I am still excited by the announcement of the Kreo-O Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) line coming out next January for the potential it holds. Up until this announcement Hasbro has been extraordinarily quiet of its ownership of Wizards of the Coast (WOTC) and through WOTC the D&D franchise. This has always struck me as strange […]
After a four day wait I finally got my copy of Ambition & Avarice by +Greg Christopher. I was hoping for this on Monday so I could review it for Friday. But 2 days should give me enough for a quick review.
Hasbo annoucence’s Dungeons and Dragons Kre-o line. I now know what my son will receive for his birthday!
One of the biggest struggles I have had with the development of Eira is in handling potential changes to normal and core mechanics that have been a part of the system since its inception. While not the biggest of these self-contained arguments with myself is that of Hit Dice and how they should be determined. […]
The Pixie race and class where my first entries into the OSR community and the positive response of the Pixie is one of the factors that lead to the creation of this blog. The following is a slightly revised Pixie Trickster to fit more inline with the whole of “Lands of Eira” and to be […]
Currently I am writing a short, linear adventure for +Erik Tenkar‘s upcoming fan-zine called “Nidhog’s Hall”. This adventure takes place far to the east of Eira in the homeland of the dwarves long before they left that land and sought refuge in Eira. The main adversary of this adventure is the ancient Arch Draco-lich, Nidhog, who […]
In Celtic Mythology the Korrigan are one of three things. The first is a generic term for Fae, interchangeable with Sidhe/Seelie/Sith. This, however, may be more of a misunderstanding with 16-18th century writers in regards to terminology. Korrigan are also considered, in some folklore, to be small dwarf-like creatures banished to the mortal world. Finally, […]
I have spoken before on the limitations of the Magic-User as described in the 0 edition of the world’s first fantasy RPG as well as the Magic-User as presented in the retro-clones of the OSR. Simply put, while the Magic-User is awesome near the end of his life span he generally is a let down […]
Today I picked up a .pdf copy of the Dave Bezio’s X-plorers adventure “Cleopatra Station”. First off I love X-plorers and wish there was more support for the game, so old or not I virtually squee’d when I found “Cleopatra Station” quite by accident on drivethrurpg.com. I’ve already read through it twice and cannot wait […]
Last night I contacted a DA artist whose work I am fond of to commission character art for the Pixie, Cat-Sith and Blood Witch races and Class respectively. This of course is for the direct cause of having original artwork for both this blog and the “Races of Eira” character book which I hope to […]
