As they went around the corner, the pit trap triggered for the two fighters in front. This caused some push back from the playersâ they didnât think it should have gone off. They claimed that their ten-foot-pole trap checking was a continuous action and that they never stopped doing it. I didnât quite see it that way, but in the interests of...
Jeff Dee has launched another Kickstarter project for his lost TSR artwork. This time, it's the big one: Re-Creating my Melnibonean Art from Dieties & Demigods! If you've never seen the original AD&D Dieties & Demigods, some of this artwork might be new to you. It's all really awesome. Jeff Dee did the entire chapter, with the one exception of The...
ITEM: the skull Ohmphal, of the Master Thief Ohmphal, with great ruby eyes, and one pair of jeweled hands. - "Thieves' House," by Fritz Leiber, in Swords Against Death Who doesn't love magic skulls? From Ohmphal to the demi-lich, Yorrick to Morte , skulls have always been fun things to throw into a fantasy game. Here are my top 5 uses for skulls. ...
I've made a lot of progress on my megadungeon - Felltower aka Grak Yorl aka the Boneyards . - As I mentioned before , I whipped up a rough "stocking table" based on the broad DF power categories outlined in DF2 - boss (individually tough monster, a threat one-on-many), worthy (tough as group, a threat many-on-many), and fodder (weak, a threat many-...
So I popped over to The Dungeon Dozen this morning and saw this entry at the top of the day's table: 1. Shrunken head array: selections span available sentient species, ensorcelled variously (see subtable below) As soon as I saw that I had a flash of an idea. Lucky for me, the shrunken head powers table didn't cover my inspiration. Not exactly anyw...
- I haven't gamed in a while because I was sick the one day we could play near the end of February. Next game is late March, if you're starving for session reports - expect one then. - Stocking my megadungeon update . I decided after all the B/X stocking table is kind of lame. That 1-in-6 rooms is trapped thing, eh. Too many "specials" I don't know...
DM: "You are in a chamber about 30' across to the south and 30' wide east and west. There are 10' wide passages to the left and right and ahead, each in the center of their respective walls. The stairway you descended likewise enters the chamber in the center of the north wall. -- Gary Gygax, Dungeon Master's Guide , pg 97. Why cardinal directions...
Jeff Dee is running a Kickstarter to fund his art from S3 Expedition to the Barrier peaks. There are only a few days left, but check it out. Re-Creating my Art from S3: Expedition to the Barrier Peaks
I read about this over on the excellent Hill Cantons blog - Old Stuff Day. I think I may have almost missed it, but there you go. Old stuff. Here are four posts I think that got missed, mostly because few if any people actually read my early blog posts. And who could blame them for missing them? It was early yet. Building a Better PC - some tips fo...
In part I , I babbled on a bit about D&D's niche protection (as I see it) and niche protection in play. Here, I'm going to babble on a bit about how I see the role of niche protection when designing games. I've written two official templates for GURPS Dungeon Fantasy 12: Ninja (the ninja and the assassin), and in both cases I had to give very spec...
The other day I (respectfully) challenged B/X Blackrazor's JB's definition of niche protection vs. redundancy. JB does a great job of explaining his idea of niche protection and redundancy here , so go read that first . I think he's right on the money with niche protection in play. However, I think D&D (especially the very oldest versions of it) ha...
If you haven't heard, RPG Countdown is giving out $2011 as a prize for buying one of their top 100 RPG products of 2011. That's two thousand and eleven dollars , for you, and your receipt does double-duty as a chance for your FLGS to win $2011 in advertising. So, since I'm GURPS oriented, what GURPS stuff is on the list? Ed Healy clarified that any...
