Improved Death and Dismemberment Table
Remember the last time I tried to write a Death and Dismemberment table? I liked it, but it kind of sucked. Not quite usable, not quite generic enough. So I rewrote it.click meIt even all fits on...
View ArticleInevitable Damage Rules
The way I see it:So, HP represents your ability to dodge, deflect, and soak up blows in combat. And nearly everything does HP damage. But certain types of damage bypass that system entirely. It...
View ArticleTAKE A BATH YOU DAMN DIRTY MURDER HOBO
This is my entry into +Joey Lindsey's contest over at metalvsskin.blogspot.com, whereby normally decent people smash our forebrains into each other until one of us is decided to be the most good brain,...
View ArticleHow to be Creative, also Blobbins
Or at least, this is how I think I think creatively. Your mileage may vary.1Keep a slush pile. This is where you put all of your incomplete ideas, or ideas that don't quite meet your criteria for...
View ArticleDisgusting Peasant Foods
OffaStinking brown jelly grown on wet rocks, poisonous until fermented, and fermented in pits. Served in shallow bowls and traditionally eaten with clamshells. Nevertheless a point of cultural pride...
View ArticleStragimen, Which Fails to be a One-Page RPG
I've seen enough 1-page RPG systems that I thought they were elegant, and so I wanted to write one, too. I don't think I succeeded--It's like 4 pages long, but I also filled it with examples so maybe...
View ArticleBrackles, a PC Race
Inspired by a sweet picture over at Dungeons and Drawings, those mayfly fairies I wrote up that one time, and this video about cicadas.My goal here was to create a player race that was all about...
View ArticleHeralds of the Immaculate Morning, pt 2
Here's part 1.OverviewThe Heralds of the Immaculate Morning are a cult (although they would say that they are the last real religion) dedicated to the end of sentience. They desire this because they...
View ArticleBlowhole Caverns
Parties will find the blowhole caverns by either (a) finding an old pirate treasure map in a different dungeon, (b) hearing rumors about barnacle men dragging their captives back in this direction, or...
View ArticleChelinausca and Morlocks
it is tough to find a cool centipede logo :(A History LessonAbout 750 years ago, the world was ending in fire. Volcanoes were erupting everywhere. The skies turned black and the sun was forgotten....
View ArticleHEX 0312 The Fragrant Mother
HEX 0312 The Fragrant MotherThis is another part of my Frogstar Peninsula Hexcrawl, typed up all pretty.I'm trying to fill it with bunches of minidungeons (see also: Blowhole Caverns) so that's what...
View ArticleMap for The Dig + Cambrian Organisms
So here's the map for The Dig, a minidungeon on Hex 0905 of the Frogstar Peninsula hexcrawl.I'm planning on sticking the map on the right side of a page, so the elongated shape won't be too...
View ArticleFungal Giants + Moss Men + Disease Rules
Fungal GiantsFungal giants are rare.Fungal giants grow spontaneously from marshy ground. At first only the top of their head is visible, resembling a normal mushroom, but over the course of the next 9...
View ArticleThe Black Pyramid of Khalgorond
Pictured: CenterraHighlighted: AbasiniaIn the land of Abasinia, they have no kings. This is why.They say that Khalgorond is the oldest city in the world. It was not built by men, but by cyclopes....
View ArticleThe Long Halls of Luroc
Normally, the pictures I post are all unrelated.But the Long Halls are huge, weird, and old.There could be anything in there. Anything. Even this.In the karst hills west of Kelzonn (kell-ZAWHN),...
View ArticleTreasures of the Long Halls
Here are 3 treasures that you can find in the Long Halls of Luroc.Casket of BrealoughCommon Knowledge: The Casket of Brealough is full of ghosts what'll smite yer enemies.Rare Knowledge: Pajranwald the...
View ArticlePsychic Gore Police
What is the opposite of a monk? Monks spend their lifetime meditating and focusing inwards, learning to sense the secret chakras that articulate their body. By studying and mastering these forces,...
View Article7 Myths Everyone Believes About Druids
Listen, you've got it all wrong.Frequently, the picture you see of a druid is some green-haired boy scout cavorting atop a white wolf, or gazing soulfully into the eyes of a moose. They're depicted as...
View ArticleThe Devil in the North Woods
Warning: NSFWSo, I just finished writing a post about druids, and now, rereading it, I realize that it looks sort of like druids are into chaos and Satan and stuff. And that's not right. Druids are...
View ArticleFalse Hydra
Common wisdom holds that false hydras come from the ground. They spontaneously originate as undifferentiated masses of flesh. Potatoes that sprout from no seed. Supposedly, they germinate in response...
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