Creatures for any Setting S&W and Next – The Gortach
The following creature came about in the last game I played with my daughter. It is a mixture of a zombie and a wraith and is attracted to the smell of cooking food. My daughter found the creatures especially scary because of how the originally died (famine) and how they could instantly make a target […]
Magic Item – Whipping Boy
New Magic Item for Swords & Wizardry Whipping Boy The Whipping Boy is a small figure made of clay that has a vaguely humanoid appearance. When a drop blood is placed on the Whipping Boy the Clay figure takes on the appearance of the blood’s owner bonding itself to the owner. Legend has it that […]
Creatures of Eira – Hodekin (S&W and Next)
Hodekin The smell of offal and rotting meat filled the air as El dropped into the cavern from poacher shift. Dirty linen tents lay in disorganized mass around a large fire pit. El slipped and suppressed a gag as she stepped in something’s waste. If not for the offal she would have died, as it […]
5 minute Adventures for Next (WIP) and Swords & Wizardry Core Halls of the Dwarf King
A new 5-minute adventure for the month of May. Yes the map is on a post-it note and the Next section is incomplete. That will be fixed early on the morrow, for now though, please enjoy and as always, feedback is greatly welcomed and will help me make better adventures in the future! Five Minute […]
5-minute Adventure Listing by Request
This was asked of me a week ago by a Blogspot user named “The Scarecrow”. I promised him it’d be up by the 26th … once again I’m late! Shrine of ThiseirAdventure for characters level 2 through 4 for Swords & Wizardry and Next The characters are tasked with discovering the cause of the black smoke […]
Snow Beast – A Creature for Any Setting (OSR + Next)
Snow Beast Tis like a wolf rising from the deep snows of the wastes. Fur edged in frigid ice, teeth grinding, chipping ice. The howl like that of the worse nor’easter … they hunt in packs and stain themselves with the blood of their dinner. Type: Construct Hit Dice: 2 Armor Class: 7[12] Attacks: 2 […]
5-Minute Adventure: Shrine of Thiseir for Swords & Wizardy and Next
While the following is a new 5-minute adventure it is a departure from a normal 5-minute adventure in two ways. The first is obvious as it is listed in the title of the post and that is tha tI developed the adventure to be usable in both Swords & Wizardry Core (4th printing) and the […]
Creatures of Eira Preview – The Alp-Luachra
Alp-Luachra El watched in fascination as the small newt-like creature slid from the dark waters of the nearby river and sped to the sleeping Rock. Up his chest it went toward the large Highlander’s open mouth. At the last second El pointed a finger and magic sundered the creature. Type: Fae, Lesser Hit Dice: <1 […]
The Lost city of Barakus – Update
Earlier when I posted about the Barakus kickstarter I had failed to look at the pre-existing kickstarter updates before posting. I have now looked at those updates and most say it is a bit of an incentive to backing early: If we fund by 9am, April 2nd, we will provide Player’s Maps for Barakus! For […]
Kickstarter Barking – The Lost City of Barakus
As Tenker has already reported Frog God Games has just started a new kickstarter campaign for another entry into the Lost Lands. This time in the form of a new version of Barakus. I was lucky enough to get a copy of the old Necromancer Games version last Christmas as part of FGG’s grab-bag sale, […]