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Weapons and Armor Rules Without Numbers
You know what makes no sense, that two-handed weapons strike last. They should strike first! That’s the point of having longer range! Anyway. Here’s a long table with weapons and…
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The shift from location based to story based adventure modules in early German TTRGPs
In 1984, after a contract dispute with TSR around licensing D&D, German fantasy creators Ulrich Kiesow, Werner Fuchs and Hans Joachim Alpers released The Dark Eye (Das Schwarze Auge/DSA, henceforth TDE). This game…
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Dungeons are a place, Railroading is a technique, stop arguing about what Railroading means
Railroading is something game masters do during play. It is when the GM makes something happen in the world in response to something the players did, which negates the effect…
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Just flip two coins
Just flip two coins. Count the heads. (Or do 1d4/2 rounding down, or 2D20 ≤ 10, same thing.) Read as: 0, 1 or 2 heads. 0: you fail. 2: you make it.…
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Into the Caves of Chaos: Stats, first draft
I am preparing to run B2. This post is probably the start of a series of attempts to adapt it for my purposes. First, stats. Given that more people have…
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Goblins: The Goblining
So, a game. You’re goblins. Goblins. The plural matters. Some goblins, they have a purpose, dignity, even names. You’re not that kind of goblin. You’re Goblins, Plural. A single goblin…
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El Dorado of Damage and Death
Great module title isn’t it? Anyways. I’m generally against combat systems, but if you have to have them: the El Dorado of TTRPG combat and damage systems, to me, is…
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Does it matter if something comes from prep or not?
That’s something we argued about on the Discord, somehow, in the context of how Blorb (a play style insisting on strong prep) relates to FKR (a play style centered on…
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D6 Magic Blade Tables
When you acquire a magical blade, either finding an artefact or having one created for you, roll 5d6 and assign as you wish. Found Over 100 years old, forged for…
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Fantasy TTRPG Actual Plays I like
Here’s a list of Actual Plays I like and recommend listening to. I love TTRPG Actual Plays. I don’t quite know why. For sure it’s not for their audio book…