Cyclopean Ruins
Almost two weeks ago I posted a query concerning Numenera. My interest in that book has cooled somewhat, but not the quote that I shared in that post. I simply can not shake the image of a small band...
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More Cyclopean Ruins
I remembered this morning there was a supplement of weird spells. These seem like a pretty good fit for what I'm trying to shoot for here, but not necessarily a good fit for DCC. Obviously this idea is...
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Free from Sine Nomine
I've mentioned Sine Nomine in a post about Stars Without Number. What I haven't mentioned is just how impressed I am with Mr Crawford's work, both in quantity and quality. Well, he has struck again....
View ArticleA Teaser (and we know how those go)
The release of issue #1 of The Sandbox from Sine Nomine has me totally jazzed for Mr Crawford's work for the nth time. My gaming ADD drags me away from it as readily as it drags me to it. The plain...
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[S]ine [N]omine: Scarlet Heroes
My friend, Rick, had his own campaign world. It was one of those things that was in development before he found D&D. Needless to say, it was deep and rich some 25 years later. It was its own...
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Tinkering with NWPs
I was thinking about Non-Weapon Proficiencies this week. I'm not a fan, as written. We used the shit out of them, but I never really liked them. They are too restrictive/narrow, especially when...
View ArticleCLERICS!
In this thread on the Delving Deeper google+ page, Simon Bull talks about alternative level titles for clerics. I'm not a fan of the cleric, as I've indicated before. I like the idea of a crusader/holy...
View ArticleA Little Spitballing
So, I've been thinking. I like to stick as much with free RPGs as possible. It's not even a monetary thing because I usually print them or have them printed. It's just a preference. As we all know, the...
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Breaking My Own Convention
There is a game, a game I've never talked about. I absolutely love this game. The reason I've never talked about it is that it violates one of my principle desires in a rules system: it isn't freely...
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Quick Thoughts About Primes
This will be brief. It is just my thoughts on the main knocks I see about Primes and the SIEGE engine. Primes There are quite a few comments about Primes being a base target of 12, and non-Primes...
View ArticleAlignment Language
I've been reading B/X these last couple of weeks. It came out when I was out of the gaming loop for a year, so I had never played or read it when it was new. In all likelihood, I wouldn't have read it...
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I'm Lazy, I'm Not Dead
Just when you thought all was safe in the blogosphere . . . I'm back. So, 7ish months is quite a spell. Of course, there's been work. Lots and lots of work. But, once I fell out of the habit of sharing...
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. . . and we're back
I've been nagged lately by an old idea: bringing a little more Chainmail into my D&D. As any of you who have survived my hiatuses (hiati?) know, this has been my Eleanor. I place the blame for its...
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The Collapsing Column Conundrum
In this post I talked about a friend's game where we found ourselves in a room filled with granite columns falling all about us. I was contrasting one of the differences between D&D and Dungeon...
View ArticleAn Old School Critical Hit Table
I have become rather enamored of Swords and Wizardry Continual Light. I've always had a soft spot for S&W, it being my first retro clone. Anyway, I totted up what I think (hope) is a suitable...
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Warning: Post May Offend Some Readers
I'm not kidding. This is the post wherein I will likely hurt some feelings. I may even loose some of the readership I have left. I hope not, but there's something I'm tired of, so here we go. In this...
View ArticleA Quick Thought on Thieves
I was thinking about BECMI yesterday. I love those rules. Of course, I was well "advanced" when they came out, so they weren't my introduction. In point of fact, I've never played or ran a single...
View ArticleA Quick Thought on Magic-Users
A la "vintage" D&D. A thought I've had over time, and I've seen expressed my many others, is that magic-users should dominate world affairs at higher levels. I find it to be a valid point. Many...
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Lost in Translation - the Fighting-Man
I've been pondering a lot lately about the LBB fighting-man. No shock there. I have several posts in draft form that I'm working on addressing this. Hopefully they'll see the light of day. In the event...
View ArticleMind Blowing Hit Points Epiphany
Let's get to it. We've all heard all the various thoughts on what HP represents. For me it never quite lined up with how long recovery can take. If they represent fatigue, bumps and bruises, luck, the...
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