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Thursday, January 31, 2019

Retro Repost - ICE WITCH

Due to the fact that it's FRIGGIN FREEZIN at the 3 Toadstools Tavern & Grill, we decided to repost this Ice Witch.  


Ice Witch

No. Enc:                  1
Alignment:                Chaotic
Movement:               120’ (40’)
Armour Class:            2
Hit Dice:                  6
Attacks:                   2 (Icy Blast)    
Damage:                  1d4/1d4
Save:                      MU6
Morale:                    10
XP:                         570


Ice witches are young women from the North that have taken a vow to the Evil gods, in return for their power they must sacrifice men to appease their Gods.  Ice witches are quite beautiful, with young supple skin, charismatic features.  They normally have white hair, and intensely blue eyes.  Any man in the general vicinity of an Ice Witch must save vs spell, or be charmed for 1d4 rounds by their presence.  Ice Witches have been granted the power of an Icy Blast, which they can cast at will throughout the day.  Heroes can attempt a saving throw vs spell to half the damage of the Icy Blast (Roll 2d4 damage then divide in half).  Ice Witches have access to levels 1 – 3 of Magic User spells and can cast as a sixth level magic user. (2-1st level spells, 2-2nd level spells, 2-3rd level spells per day).

Friday, January 18, 2019

Random Fungi Available Now

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https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/264489/Random-Fungi?manufacturers_id=6654?affiliate_id=470115 


This is a collection of random tables for use with Old school gaming.  As you might able to tell by these tables, I’m a bit quirky.  All of these have come from my blog, and as such they are already freely available.  I decided to put them all together in one document, just for ease of printing and at the gaming table.  If you paid anything for this, thank you very much! For the most part the tables deal with “fantasy” worlds, however there are a few post-apocalyptic tables as well.  There are a few tables in here that have already appeared for PWYW, once again I just wanted to put everything into one document.  For the ease of printing, I also decided to not put any artwork in this.  If you enjoyed these tables and found some use out of them, I’d love to know.  You can write a review on the site that you downloaded this from. 

The OSR Logo on the title page was done by Matt Jackson.  http://www.msjx.org

Tuesday, January 15, 2019

Thanks to Goblin's Henchman & Age Of Dusk for turning my Monday around.

I'm currently working on my last recording project, and it's already taking a toll on me.  Friday we went to about 12:30 am, and as usual I need to "come down" after a session.  I ended up going to bed at 1:30 am.  Last night was the exact same thing.  I have 2 more night to go and then I'll probably curl up and die thursday/friday.  I have to admit, it's a bit of a melon collie situation.  It is also very freeing.  

Onto cool RPG stuff.  

First off, I got home yesterday after what can only be described as "monday!" hahaha.  I was feeling a bit bagged, and down.  I opened the mail and VIOLA! I got a super cool thing from Goblin's Henchman in the mail.  (If I'm not mistaken he lives in the UK).  The fact that I'm friends with and talk to people all over the world because of the OSR astounds me on a daily basis.  It's so much fun! 

What I received was "Carapace" a procedural dungeon based around a giant ant colony!  Super cool.  I can't wait to read it. I'm thinking that combining this and my Antoomuns thing (which I should really finish) would make for a cool campaign.  

An adventure into a Giant Ant colony with 3 different procedural methods to make/navigate the labyrinth like maze. 

The procedural methods have been applied to the exploration of a maze-like giant insect colony. That said, these methods could easily be retrofitted to any maze-like setup, e.g. patchwork of islets in the Bonesuck Swamp, glades in an impenetrable wood, goblins caves, an overland trade route, an archipelago of mysterious islands in a pirate romp, or rooms in an abandoned space station.

I also got a really excellent review from Age Of Dusk, that totally made my evening! You can read the review here

In the review he mentions that there are a few spelling errors, which I was curious about.  When I write, I use the "Queen's English", so things like "flavor" vs "flavour" might come up.  I was curious if that was the issue, or if I had used the improper use of "Their, There, They're" etc.  As I've been known to do that.  Upon reflection, the troll in the dungeon is pretty deadly (which is mentioned in the review).  In my comment I talked about the troll, but instead of writing troll my tablet auto corrected to "trolley", which lead to a hillarious idea.  Of course this makes me want to write an adventure with a trolley like Gringots in Harry Potter.  That would be a fun map to draw! 

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Quoting Age of Dusk: 

There is a random table with atmospheric effects.

8) Wallowing Moan.

It is good stuff. The demonic elements remind me of Deadly Power, like a haunted house or a campy horror flick. That’s what Dnd needs more of. Quick and easy dungeons and campy Satan.

Shane Ward. Consider yourself redeemed. Thank you for sending this to me. 6.5 out of 10.

WOO! This was great, and a well thought out review.  You can also read the review of "Mad God's Jest" right here. 

Just a quick note.  Reading any kind of review will usually give you a bit of fire to keep going.  Reading a positive review even more so!  I feel asleep last night thinking about settings, and this idea I've had rolling around in my head for awhile.  The last thing I watched on youtube was this, which also helped cement a few things.  Can't wait till lunch so I can start doing some writing. 

Thanks Goblins Henchman & Age Of Dusk! 


Monday, January 14, 2019

d30 - DRINKING, CAROUSING AND GENERAL MERRYMAKING

d30 - DRINKING, CAROUSING AND GENERAL MERRYMAKING

1.  Loose a few teeth from a bar fight.
2.  Win 1d6 x 10 SP at cards.
3.  Spend an evening with a paramour, robbed in the night.  Loose 1d6
x 10 GP or equivalent merchandise.
4.  Win a treasure map.
5.  Wake up in jail, sentenced to 2 days hard labour.
6.  Win a small animal familiar.
7.  Screaming headache from grog, loose 1 constitution for 1d6 days.
8.  The "soup of the day" has given you really bad diarrhea.  Spend
1d6 days in bed.
9.  Apparently you were so drunk you decided to regale the bar with
tall tales.  You were tipped 30 SPs
10.  You arm is broken from a arm wrestling match that went sideways.
Loose -2 Strength for 1 month.
11.  You won a very large egg, it seems warm to the touch.
12.  Your leg really hurts when you wake up, you realize that you got
a tattoo! Gain one point of Charisma for 1d6 days (due to your great
mood!)
13.  Winnings from a excellent game of dice include:  a pair of worn
shoes, a silver dagger and a large framed canvas (worth 15 GPs)
14.  You've got a new follower/henchmen (whose a bit annoying, asking
lots of questions).  They have pledged their life service to you (plus
a few gold pieces here and there).
15.  Stuffed in your britches are 2 scrolls (bless and cure light wounds).
16.  There's a note on your pillow, apparently you bought a round for
the bar.  You owe 150 GPs to the barkeep.
17.  Awful bed bug infestation! Loose 1 Constitution for 1d6 days.
18.  There are 3 full bottles of expensive wine in your backpack
(worth 5 GP each).
19.  You have a "writ of residence", it appears you won a small cabin
in the woods from some unlucky gambler.
20.  A ticket for taxes owing on public drunkenness, you owe 15 SPs to
the local magistrate.
21.  Winnings include: A 3 stringed badly damaged lute, 1 jewel worth
200 GPs and a pair of decent wool socks.
22.  You are know the proud owner of a donkey  named "Shillelagh"
23.  Pounding headache and stomach ache.  Loose 1d6 days with a
massive hangover.  Plus 50 SPs.
24.  There is a large gold 2 handed sword propped up against your door
(+3 against evil).
25.  You wake up in jail, you can't remember what you did, but you
know it was bad.  There's blood all over your hands.  Loose 1d6 days
awaiting trial.  Fined 300 GPs.
26.  The god's of luck were on your side, and you made out like a
bandit.  There's a treasure chest in your room filled with:  500 GPs,
250 SPs, and 1d10 jewels worth 100 SPs each.
27.  You pissed off the local authorities so bad, that you were
evicted from town.  You wake up under a tree, badly bitten by bugs
while you slept.  Loose 1 CON and 1 CHA for 1d6 days.
28.  There's a rose on your bed, and a note "Thank you very much, I'll
see you at the church at 9 am".  It's 8:30 am.  It appears you
proposed marriage.
29.  Lost one finger playing "knives" and 40 GPs.
30.  One of your party members was kidnapped, a ransom note explains
to bring 400 GPs to a out of the way place, there is a map detailing
the location.

Thursday, January 10, 2019

The world I want to play in

Eventually I'll run Greyhawk and Mystara (both of which I've talked at length).  However what is on my mind today, is world building.  Specifically the world I want to play in.  To quote Uncle Matt "Whatever D&D you play, imagine the hell out of it!".

The other day I posted on mewe about how I'm bored with the typical D&D troupes, damsels in distress, wizards in towers, etc.  And even monsters, being the same old same old. One thing I came up with is in a post apocalyptic world, what if there was a death knight in it from the pre apocalypse?  What would that be like? Maybe the knight was a mad surgeon, living during the era of pre nuclear war.  They did crazy experiments in their home on dead tissue.  What if somehow the knight figured out a way to cheat death, well... I mean cheat and become undead? What if it remembers everything that happened in the pre era?

The idea of the "dying earth" campaign intrigues me.  Maybe it's not outright, like destroyed buildings, barren wastelands, mutant creatures etc.  What if its a fantasy world, but there are these little bits and pieces of the past the crop up from time to time? I read a great blog post a few days ago, the combined Thundarr the barbarian, He-Man and a bunch of other great cartoons and references into a campaign world.  (and for the love of whatever multiverse god that is listening, I can't find the link!)

BIG THANKS TO Jorge Jaramillo
Here's the link
http://adventuresingaming2.blogspot.com/2019/01/legendaria-new-labyrinth-lord-campaign.html

For me, I tend to start world building with the typical 1.  Build a village 2. surrounding area  3.  create a dungeon  4.  Give the players a reason.

However, what I really enjoy lately is flipping thru a monster manual.  Usually something catches my eye, and I start thinking of ways to incorporate the monster in the world.  Normally I'm drawn to monsters that I haven't used but really want to.  Things like Chimera, Gorgons, Hydras.

So the world I am imaging (this is coles notes).

*  The nuclear war happened, destroying a LOT of the world. 5000 years ago.
*  The world grew back (plants, animals, etc).  3000 years ago.
*  Humans survived.
*  New races were created.
*  Magic was unleashed upon the world.  But not typical D&D magic.  Pact magic, and Godly magic that requires sacrifice and time.
*  The demi human races (halfling, elves, dwarves) have been slowly dying off.  1000 years ago.
*  Present day, the are tribes of human kind slowly rebuilding.  It is not technically medieval, but the beginnings of Medieval.  At least from a technological stand point.
*  Small settlements are being built, and the land is being explored.
*  Barbarian raiders run amok across the land.
*  Some technology has made its way into the hands of the inhabitants.  The rest is buried (lazer swords, guns etc)
*  There are a few religions, most of the devout despise other religions.
*  There is a reasonably good chance that demons walk the earth.
*  And aliens
*  There is no "great old one".

This is probably what Crimhuck was meant to be.
Basically it's Swords & Sorcery, with a bit of tech, and dying earth and greek mythology thrown in for good measure.  And of course some Conan "Hour of the dragon"

I know it's a bunch of ADD as is typical.

For the most part, I'd like the PCs to come from "places unknown" or far off lands.  Their boat lands on the shores of a new world.

And all hell breaks loose. 


Photo credit: https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?dlid=11233

Monday, January 7, 2019

So basically I've been a bit busy.

Pardon the rambling.

Just latetly I wrote an adventure for Matt Jackson.  He has a series of Barrow mounds that he is populating.  

The one I did was called "The Grey Acolyte" and it's just been released.  Here:  https://www.patreon.com/posts/23784003

The setup:
The Grey Acolyte was burned long ago as a heretic.  He preached that the world would change, the gods would fade and the land would rot.  After he was burned, his carcass was thrown into a makeshift grave to be forgotten about.  Rumours exist the he was buried with ancient religious texts, and the wealth he accumulated from worshippers.  The wealth was thought to be tainted.

Just a quick note, It's friggin deadly! The rules are B/X Essentials.

I intend to do a few more of these. I like them because most of the maps don't have a pile of rooms in them. It allows for some major creativity!

Matt gave me a crazy shout out, which was very nice:
The always awesome @Shane Ward mentioned in his latest AnchorCast that he wrote an amazing adventure for me and I have failed to share it with the world! So Happy New Year all, and enjoy a most excellent adventure written by the awesome Shane Ward!

In other news, I'm almost finished the layout project for D-oom publishing.  Should have it completed tonight.  Then onto a NEW layout project.  A heartbreaker house rules project.  Woo! I'm excited about that.

In other other news, I created a group on mewe called "the lab". The gist of which is a place to bounce ideas off of people, push each other to complete things, possibly collab when needed.  If you are interested it's here:  https://mewe.com/group/5c3125b6ff70c83347de4e84

My intention was a place to bounce writing ideas off of each other. I remember when I first started on gplus and there was so much fun stuff happening, conversations would quickly turn into fun gameable stuff. Later on FB the "FY DIY rpg group" did some fun stuff as well.

Oh and I recorded a podcast on the weekend:  https://anchor.fm/gilligans-isle-of-add

On a personal note, I'm desperately trying to not bite my nails this year.  So far so good.   3 days.  Oh and I really want to learn how to spell "unfortunately" correctly this year.