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a little wisdom - Found this quote while doing some research wholly unrelated to D&D type stuff: The good craftsman seeks out the commonplace and tries to master it, knowin...
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[Three Hexes] Zantra - Sky Islands of the Windlords - *Campaign: **Solid clouds covered in vegetation and vast skies are what make Zantra a unique world, home to the Windlord species! Zantrans sport a mix of a...
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Mapping a Giant Tree Trunk - I've had some preliminary thoughts on mapping a giant tree, beginning with the trunk. Have a look at the following diagram, which is a section of a trunk: ...
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Dr. Theophilus' Traveling Show. A Classic/OSR Murder Circus - I had an urge a while back to build a circus. A shady circus. A murder circus. This is that attempt. I think I've left it generic enough to be included wi...
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Godzilla! – Radio Show / Podcast Ep. 160 - Podcast version of the Shane Plays Geek Talk radio show from 8/11/2018: Godzilla! Highlights: SKREEEEEE-ONNNNNNNK! It’s go, go Godzilla with fellow big g...4 days ago
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The Stars are Right! - Had a character-building session for the new campaign last night. After we worked out who the characters were going to be, I dropped just over a thousand w...
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Encounter Stakes - Too many GMs hammer the party with encounter after encounter of "kill or be killed" life-or-death fights to survive. There are several reasons why this is...
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The Adventurers League Campaign Rules Offered a Game. How Gamers Played to Win. - Starting on August 30, the Dungeons & Dragons Adventurers League will introduce a sweeping overhaul of the campaign rules. These changes affect how charact...6 days ago
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Thoughts on the Cinematic inspiration for Blackmoor Castle. - Here is me having a little fun - don't take any of this as gospel, but rather as a speculative investigation. I'm about to spin a "Just So" story that sou...
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And So It Begins - My Tekumel Campaign, Restarted - Saturday, August 11th, 2018 - The Weekly Update - Phil 'suggested' I get a copy... The 'campaign prospectus' I've been handing out to people who played in my 'Free RPG Day' game and selected others - and p...
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Dangerous Ideas in Roleplaying Games - *This is not about murdering orc children, but it could be. Instead I want to take a look at the dangerous ideas that are out there and see what worth ther...
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Fist Fight - William was enconsultating with a man, Ness knew not who he was. She elbowed him aside and raised a finger wagging up unto the Duke! “Now, tells’t me, Lo...
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Happy Birthday - Gary Gygax - Co-Author and Midwife of Dungeons & Dragons - *Gary Gygax - Co-Author and Midwife of Dungeons & Dragons* The truth is that the most important part that Gary Gygax played is the role midwife of Dungeon...3 weeks ago
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Cantrips - I am one of those D&D (original) players that looks askance at "new-fangled" things like "cantrips." I was reading an excellent post on the new spells of...3 weeks ago
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Lake Geneva Original RPG Campaign: El Raja Key Archive and the Mapping Styles of Kunt... - Lake Geneva Original RPG Campaign: El Raja Key Archive and the Mapping Styles of Kunt...: Take a prolonged look at my Greyhawk City Sewers and Catacombs ma...1 month ago
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Una prospettiva differente: togliere le miniature ha salvato Dungeons and Dragons? - La storia di questo blog non รจ fatta solo di articoli originali, anzi si ciba spesso di articoli curiosi o approfondimenti che considero autorevoli. Per av...
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NIGHTMARES AND SUBURBS: CHARACTER SOCIAL CLASS TABLE - * CHARACTER SOCIAL CLASS * *BACKGROUND TABLE* *I am a big fan of the “Social Origin Roll” for all my player characters in all my g...2 months ago
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Character Concepts: Planescape pt 1 - The following character concepts may be of limited use outside of Planescape (or, at least, a campaign in the outer planes), but some could be adapted easi...3 months ago
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Please Update Your Link! - If you're seeing this, it means your link to the Greyhawk Grognard blog is out of date. Please update your link to www.greyhawkgrognard.com. You're missin...3 months ago
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Story for Earth Day: "A Narrow Escape" by Lord Dunsany - *"A Narrow Escape" from Tales of Wonder, 1916, by Lord Dunsany* It was underground. In that dank cavern down below Belgrave Square the walls were drippi...
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BX Combined Rule Book Printed and Bound - Just put this together this morning. I had printed the pages long ago, but had never bothered to bind them. Talking with +Gothridge Manor and +Rob Conley...
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Rogue Trader RPG Session 8: Battle of the Shard Halo - Lord Captain Regis Krell of House Xerxes (Rogue Trader) Captain Mikkos Krell of House Xerxes (Rogue Trader) Cort Gillam (Astropath Transcendent) Torian Au...
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RPGs, Avatar vs Chess Piece Playing - I've gone from DMing AD&D 1E games for friends to my kids to paying clients as a team building tool. I've seen the approaches of playing a character as an...8 months ago
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False Premises: "The DM should maximize player fun." - What. The. Actual. Fuck.Someone just said that today. In a public forum. That the only job of the DM is to maximize player fun. This discussion was related...1 year ago
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Hydra Cooperative Brings (Mild and Curated) Anarchy to North Texas - Teetering on the edge of a new, start-now, well-paying political job (i.e. demanding AF) I get one last reprieve of gainful unemployment this weekend: Nor...
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