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Here’s a TTRPG play-culture axiom I have been thinking about and consciously using, recently:Factions / characters whose values align with the values of your players should be...
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I've written about Impairing in Mythic Bastionland, but what's the plan with this tricky little mechanic in Intergalactic? Well first let's go back to the start.Impaired was...
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Wizards have a boundless lust for new spells, yet rather bounded opportunities for satisfying it. Aside from looting spells from the remains of your bested foes and their...
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The Drift SeriesWhat this is: A low-key baseball tournament set in the same universe as my Odradek's Drift Classic Traveller campaign, on the industrial planet El Zocalo. Run...
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A playtest of some house rurles to convert Trav to fit the Star Wars galaxy. Featuring Sticks as the eponymous Fartik. Fartik Caah, called FartCar behind his back, had a rather...
Resurfaced in the ring
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This is a follow-up to my last post, Encounter Table - Bandit Blood Swamp. My goal for that post was to show that the Universal Encounter Table is flexible enough to portray an...
Recently linked from Even Better Encounter Tables by Patchwork Paladin .
Yesterday
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A saint grants their blessing to those who keep vigil at their shrine. Such favour comes with vows that cannot be broken.
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3 year callback post. What if curse-classes, but good?
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Write a diverse encounter table that ratchets up the tension during play.
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Religion is the opium of the Dolmenwood folk.
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Modified Wandering Monster Check ProcedureNormally, a wandering monster check has a 1-in-6 chance every 2 turns. Then, the referee has to roll again on the dungeon's encounter...
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Listen to this episode here. Further Reading Pendragon 6e, The House Edge, Socials Caleb on Bluesky and Haunted Table Seraphina on Bluesky and itch The Dice Exploder blog is...
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Playing with Fletchwind
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Historical references and rules for IRON and other medieval stories
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Have you talked to your dad about Reacher? I haven't, but I have been talking to my mom. Mama Magnolia and I have spent the past two months or so watching Amazon's show...
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A skill-based freeform system, currently in progress.
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Date Played: 11/2/2026 Players: Bomb - FelineAvian Zema Zafat - Laumry ZitDrik - Matt Skand - Revolter Delmar RIP/Thimble - Apontius Snubrash - Tor Recap: Curious to see what's...
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The Bull and the Seed. A Mythic Bastionland campaign report.
This Week
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Another Prismatic Wasteland blogwagon has dragged me out of blog purgatory. It turns out community accountability is good? Whaaaat? This time, we're giving out some player...
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Los famosos sátiros de Calebais.
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To quote myself quoting myself: As someone who still loves and occasionally plays the episode one podracer game, this ain't it. It's pretty fun, but it's a fundamentally...
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get cracking (idiom): to start doing something quickly.
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I've been thinking about what I want to peel out of my old Hellbenders rules and playtests, and this morning Marcia at Traverse Fantasy shared a lovely essay that crystallized...
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This is part of my ongoing blog series where I use a random wikipedia article as inspiration for system agnostic TTRPG game content! The Real: Windsor Salt Let's pick out any...
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There has been some discourse about hirelings. I felt this discussion leaned more towards "NPCs you recruit to fight alongside you" - i.e. men-at-arms (hirelings) or henchman...
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Some shiny links from about the internet! For even more, try last weeks set found here or the weekly r/OSR blogroll or check the RPG Blog Carnival. Bloggie-nominated....
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I don’t know who the target audience is for this. As much as I do preach the virtues of the play culture surrounding D&D Fifth Edition, it’s with no thanks to the actual...
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Mini-games and fragmented stories
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El pueblo cerca de Calebais.
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I made an advice handout for my young players, who are all interested in becoming DMs. Many players get their start with the most recent edition of D&D, and I think much great...
