My OSR Blog about fantasy world building and rules analysis for D&D. Also home of the B/X inspired 5e-clone "Into the Unknown."| mythlands-erce.blogspot.com
Mmmm, races from the good old days, Before tieflings, drow and dragonborn became core options in the World of Warcraft menagerie that is modern D&D.| Mythlands: The Setting to End All Settings
It's time. A detailed and opinionated appraisal of the best, or possible second best, version of Dungeons & Dragons ever made. I mean of course Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, Second Edition.| Mythlands: The Setting to End All Settings
My OSR Blog about fantasy world building and rules analysis for D&D. Also home of the B/X inspired 5e-clone "Into the Unknown."| mythlands-erce.blogspot.com
Last time I updated this blog I did not know how the Vaults of Vaarn 2E BackerKit campaign was going to shake out. As you can probably see from clicking the link things have gone… really incr…| VAULTS OF VAARN
Hello all, as you read these words the Vaults of Vaarn 2E Backerkit campaign will have already launched and been funding for 24 hours. You know how the campaign is going while I, writing this in the past, do not. I envy your privileged position. Hopefully it’s all going well and I’m currently bathing in… Continue reading Interview with OSR Rocks→| VAULTS OF VAARN
Dearest seekers, the crowdfunding launch for Vaults of Vaarn: Second Edition is now fast approaching! If you have not already signed up on the Backerkit preview page, hit the link above and do so now! I am preparing a special digital reward for people who back the campaign after following the preview page or pledge… Continue reading VAULTS OF VAARN 2E: IMMINENT LAUNCH UPDATE→| VAULTS OF VAARN
Only eight days to go until launch! We now have a beautiful animated trailer video courtesy of the talented Mr David Blandy! Please sign up to follow along on the Backerkit prelaunch page to be notified when the campaign goes live.| VAULTS OF VAARN
Lots of exciting news this month at Vaults of Vaarn towers. Firstly, The Shrike, my enormous Hell-bound OSE adventure module, has been shortlisted for an ENNIE Award! This is a total surprise to me…| VAULTS OF VAARN
No, I'm not actually going to describe one hundred thousand encounters with a dragon. How would I even do that? If you want an exhaustively ...| forlornencystment.blogspot.com
I had the pleasure last week of running Vaults of Vaarn 2E live on Twitch for the Weekly Scroll Podcast hosts and Chris P Wolf of Offworlders fame!1 There’s now a video of the session on YouT…| VAULTS OF VAARN
When I first read Jack Vance's Tales of the Dying Earth (and other Appendix N literature) and became familiar with Mazirian the Magician, C...| forlornencystment.blogspot.com
The knock spell first appears in original D&D's Book I: Men & Magic. It is a 2nd-level magic-user spell. The description is as follows:| Blog of Forlorn Encystment
It’s been quiet on the blog recently. The reason is that I’m busy beavering away on Vaults of Vaarn: Second Edition, which I’m hoping to bring to crowdfunding this year. To give y…| VAULTS OF VAARN
I started doing some 1e comparisons when I wrote the previous entry, but it quickly grew out of control and I decided to section it off, so that 2e classes also get to be compared on their own merits. That said, let's look how classes stack up in 1e vs 2e:| Mythlands: The Setting to End All Settings
The AD&D appraisal show is back on the road. Today is about classes and it's a bit long, so here is the | Mythlands: The Setting to End All Settings