Grenzland no. 6 appeared in my mailbox last week, and now can also be downloaded from archive.org. A harcopy can be purchased for 5 Euros from Wanderer Bill (as long as copies last that is). It fea…| Stuffed Crocodile
To round out myposts statting up magic items from the first two Dragon Quest games for The Saga of the Ortegids, here's a few magic items from Dragon Quest III.| Tales of the Lunar Lands
This encounter could be used in a dungeon, at a site in the wilderness, or maybe even in a town - preferably in some run-down house tucked away in a dark alley out of sight. You may want to plant rumors in the surrounding areas of strange robed figures gathering and chanting heard in the vicinity if you wish to lead your players to investigate.| Tales of the Lunar Lands
Continuing off my last post, here's a few more magic items for The Saga of the Ortegids, each based off items that debuted in Dragon Quest II. Stay tuned for the conclusion to the trilogy next week.| Tales of the Lunar Lands
The original Dragon Quest doesn't have a lot of notable magic items, but there's definitely enough for us to work with - and what's there is iconic enough to frequently show up in later games. Here's a few magic items for The Saga of the Ortegids - they may also work in other campaigns.| Tales of the Lunar Lands
Now that I've finished documenting every major location in the original Dragon Quest trilogy for The Saga of the Ortegids, my next priority is going to be statting up a few magic items from the games. I've used them plenty of times in my campaigns, but it's high time I got something written down somewhere. I'm going to make a series of posts detailing some key items from each of the first three games, but I think it warrants a separate post for the Arms of Erdrick - the equipment used...| Tales of the Lunar Lands
Inspired by @prokopetz making the point that "hospitality was a major part of a wealthy household’s basic social obligations" and "at any given time, a large household might be playing host to a bewildering assortment of friends, relatives, friends of relatives, relatives of friends, celebrities both far-ranging and local, dignitaries, con artists, miscellaneous weirdos, and that one guy who nobody can quite place" so that "you’re missing an opportunity if you never talk about the Guests"...| Seed of Worlds
For September's RPG Blog Carnival, host WobbleRocket at his eponymous blog chose the topic Magic Stones. Among possible examples...| Advantage on Arcana
This is a dueling method for AD&D. It is not recommended for regular combat. Really, only used voluntarily if both parties choose to do so. This breaks the 1-minute round into component segment…| Fluid -- Druid
Introduction I previously posted some warts-and-all email summaries of the ‘Curse of Strahd’ DnD 5e campaign I ran in 2017-18, the ‘Tomb of Annihilation’ campaign I ran in 2018-19, the ‘Out of the Abyss’, a campaign I ran in 2020, the ‘Phandelver’s Pact’ campaign I ran from 2020-21, …| Laidback DM: SteveStillStanding.com
Rukdar-Zin was an ancient dwarven under-mountain city that fell into ruin centuries ago. Who knows what caused the city to be abandoned? Who knows that challenges await in its dark corridors, echoing halls, haunted mines and flowing underground rivers? Only YOU do, because Rukdar-Zin is YOURS to …| Laidback DM: SteveStillStanding.com
‘MAPS For FANTASY RPGs Workbook 10’ is a 128-page softcover book/PDF with 20 hand drawn, full color maps which includes spaces provided to name your maps, stock your dungeons and/or add notes as yo…| Laidback DM: SteveStillStanding.com
Here’s the write up from our latest Tomb of Annihilation session, in which the adventurers travelled to Nangalore in search of the black orchid Teacher needs to cast the Dance of the Seven Winds ri…| Richard Green | Game Designer
Murkmail had a cool idea for hex/sub-hex encounter tables - Mixing hexcrawl encounter tables and I gave it a spin as part of Hexcrawl25. I...| seedofworlds.blogspot.com
Random Tables d100 – Vignettes for Faerie & Other Unseen Lands (d4 Caltrops) d100 – Pecuniary Problems, Awful Arrears, & Delinquent Debts (d4 Caltrops) D6x6 Grimy Grimlocks (Arc…| Stuffed Crocodile
Wer das „größte Rollenspiel der Welt“ leiten möchte, kommt schnell auf das Spielleiterhandbuch. Dieses verspricht in einem Band alles zu vermitteln, was Spielleitungen brauchen, um Abenteuer zu erschaffen, magische Gegenstände zu verteilen und erklärt nochmal die wichtigsten Regeln. Wir haben für euch reingeschaut, wie nützlich die Neuauflage ist.| Teilzeithelden
tl;dr: roughing out your local crystal sphere can pay dividends in keeping campaigns consistent.| Seed of Worlds
"Great fleas have little fleas upon their backs to bite 'em, and little fleas have lesser fleas and so ad infinitum" - Augustus De Morgan (Siphonaptera)| Seed of Worlds
Wobble Rocket gives us this months prompt Magic Rocks for the RPG Blog Carnival. | Seed of Worlds
tl;dr: continues the stable trend since 2023 - 5e still 2/3 of campaigns, very little sign of change anywhere. So on the one hand, this is a 'nothing to report' report - on the other, the stability is the point.| Seed of Worlds
On the theme of 'how I prep' - sometimes you hit inflection points or changes to the campaign that require some unusual prep. My home campaign has been running a while, I have talked about 'shifting gears' before but there is an unusual prep condition that crops up when you *shift back* in trying to recapture an old campaign mode. This could also apply where you are trying to spin up a lore-true campaign in a setting with a lot of books; say a Baldurs Gate campaign with players who are Ed Gre...| Seed of Worlds
tl:dr; fun old school dungeon with a romance-story core, solid recommend.| Seed of Worlds
Art by Zara Alfonso| Tales of the Lunar Lands
If you've been following my blog, I don't think it should be any surprise to you that I love backgrounds. They're one of the best ideas 5e ever had, offering customization options for characters that add flavor, and most of the features are narrative-focused, opening up new avenues for characters to explore and interact with the world rather than just giving them mathematical bonuses. That being said, I do think that there's room for background features to introduce mechanics of their...| Tales of the Lunar Lands
This encounter can be used anywhere outdoors, but probably has the most potential in a wilderness environment relatively close to civilizati...| tales-of-the-lunar-lands.blogspot.com
A few months ago in one of my anthology sessions I had an opportunity to use the flickers, a magical disease I homebrewed. I thought it went quite well. ...| Advantage on Arcana
Here’s another map in my new map drawing series on YouTube. Enjoy! 🙂 For more Laidback DM, click here.| Laidback DM: SteveStillStanding.com
Introduction I previously posted some warts-and-all email summaries of the ‘Curse of Strahd’ campaign I ran in 2017-18, the ‘Tomb of Annihilation’ campaign I ran in 2018-19, the…| Laidback DM: SteveStillStanding.com
It could be argued that the Alternative Combat System that appears in th original Dungeons and Dragons is what distinguishes Dungeons and Dragons from the earlier game Chainmail. From one viewpoint, OD&D is just Chainmail with the ACS bolted on. But, that’s not what this post is about. What this post is about is continuing […]| Fluid — Druid
I cover unarmed combat for dragons here. Jousting with dragons here. There is still a bit more information to cover when jousting with dragons. First there is the lance. Given the ratio of neck to body of a dragon, the lances used in dragon jousting are specialized instruments quite a bit different from those used […]| Fluid — Druid
I’ve never been a great fan of the Dragonlance setting, modules, or novels. However, that does not mean I’m not a fan of dragons and lances. I’ve posted before about an expanded method that both allows the use of the Chainmail jousting matrix in AD&D. I’ve now extended this method to jousting with dragons. Procedure: […]| Fluid — Druid
One of a series of Lands of Parsantium posts revealing more about one of the core worlds of Kobold Press’ Labyrinth setting. This post details the minotaur-ruled island of Phokris in the Corsairs’ Sea.| Richard Green | Game Designer
I’ve got a few pieces of game design news to share this week. Firstly, the Northlands Kickstarter has launched. This is a setting of epic, rune-driven adventures across a northern realm of gi…| Richard Green | Game Designer
Prepare to Cry Edition. A. Shipwright In Mythic Bastionland, you travel the world and the myths reveal themselves with each roll of a 1, 2, or 3 on the Wilderness roll. Plot lines unfurl as the fin…| DREAMING DRAGONSLAYER
A semi-regular column: new magic items! Let’s see how long I can sustain the enthusiasm for this lol! Scroll of Echoes Wondrous Item (scroll), Rare (requires attunement by a spellcaster) This scroll appears to be made from translucent vellum. Once …| Laidback DM: SteveStillStanding.com
Introduction I previously posted some warts-and-all email summaries of the ‘Curse of Strahd’ DnD 5e campaign I ran in 2017-18, the ‘Tomb of Annihilation’ campaign I ran in 2018-19, the ‘Out of the Abyss’, a campaign I ran in 2020, the ‘Phandelver’s Pact’ campaign I ran from 2020-21, …| Laidback DM: SteveStillStanding.com
So it's almost the end of GLOGust and everyone else made their posts at the end of July. Anyways, here's some Jumping, but Cooler. Aozora ni...| sameissharkinjapanese.blogspot.com
Introduction I previously posted some warts-and-all email summaries of the ‘Curse of Strahd’ campaign I ran in 2017-18, the ‘Tomb of Annihilation’ campaign I ran in 2018-19, the ‘Out of the Abyss’, a campaign I ran in 2020, the ‘Phandelver’s Pact’ campaign I ran from 2020-21, and …| Laidback DM: SteveStillStanding.com
Time for a free, old school map! I love drawing maps for Dungeons & Dragons, Pathfinder and Dragonbane adventures. I have far too many, though, so I like to give away my hand-drawn maps when I …| Laidback DM: SteveStillStanding.com
Introduction I previously posted some warts-and-all email summaries of the ‘Curse of Strahd’ DnD 5e campaign I ran in 2017-18, the ‘Tomb of Annihilation’ campaign I ran in …| Laidback DM: SteveStillStanding.com
Last week we had the 26th session of my Glimmermark Labyrinth Lord game, which makes for a game about every 2 weeks on average since I started in July 2024. Unfortunately sometimes it’s just not possible to find enough people to play, even if I offered the game as an open table game. We decided […]| Stuffed Crocodile
Ok, this is only connected with role-playing games in the most tenuous way possible, but there was a Polish chain of gas stations called D&D which even had a logo that reminded me of old Basic D&D logos. I think they were mostly around Lodz, and even when they were around it never was all […]| Stuffed Crocodile
A recent episode of Retronauts reminded me about the Chicken Stinger (or Chicken Leg, or even Cockatrice although that name sounds wrong), the monster used in both Golden Axe and Altered Beast. Wel…| Stuffed Crocodile
Introduction I previously posted some warts-and-all email summaries of the ‘Curse of Strahd’ campaign I ran in 2017-18, the ‘Tomb of Annihilation’ campaign I ran in 2018-19, the…| Laidback DM: SteveStillStanding.com
Introduction I previously posted some warts-and-all email summaries of the ‘Curse of Strahd’ DnD 5e campaign I ran in 2017-18, the ‘Tomb of Annihilation’ campaign I ran in …| Laidback DM: SteveStillStanding.com
Introduction I previously posted some warts-and-all email summaries of the ‘Curse of Strahd’ DnD 5e campaign I ran in 2017-18, the ‘Tomb of Annihilation’ campaign I ran in …| Laidback DM: SteveStillStanding.com
Here’s another hand drawn, isometric map of mine – enjoy! :) For more Laidback DM, click here.| Laidback DM: SteveStillStanding.com
Introduction I previously posted some warts-and-all email summaries of the ‘Curse of Strahd’ campaign I ran in 2017-18, the ‘Tomb of Annihilation’ campaign I ran in 2018-19, the…| Laidback DM: SteveStillStanding.com
FiveE Magazine is a FREE annual periodical dedicated to content for the World’s Most Popular Fantasy Role Playing Game! The first four issues are FREE in PDF & PRINT at DrivethruRPG! (With the …| Laidback DM: SteveStillStanding.com
Introduction I previously posted some warts-and-all email summaries of the ‘Curse of Strahd’ DnD 5e campaign I ran in 2017-18, the ‘Tomb of Annihilation’ campaign I ran in …| Laidback DM: SteveStillStanding.com
Don’t know who Laidback DM is? Or maybe you just want to “top up” some adventures you missed at a super-cheap price? What better way to start than with the Laidback DM Sta…| Laidback DM: SteveStillStanding.com
Introduction I previously posted some warts-and-all email summaries of the ‘Curse of Strahd’ campaign I ran in 2017-18, the ‘Tomb of Annihilation’ campaign I ran in 2018-19, the…| Laidback DM: SteveStillStanding.com
C heck out another of my hand drawn maps on YouTube! Enjoy! :) For more Laidback DM, click here.| Laidback DM: SteveStillStanding.com
This is partly my attempt to modularize more complex rules from Cinco! (I can’t decide how to type that) as opt-in rules for characters, as well as coming up with additional ones because they’d make more sense as special abilities than as general (if complex) rules. The following subsystems would be impacted and restricted only to characters with the appropriate feats:| Traverse Fantasy
Here’s the write up from our latest Tomb of Annihilation session, in which the adventurers helped to defend Kir Sabal and headed back into the jungle in search of a dragon’s lost hoard. Begin…| Richard Green | Game Designer
Here's a simple two-room puzzle designed to be slotted into a larger dungeon. This one is based on Archimedes's principle that an object displaces water equal to its mass, and attempts to simplify these physics for the sake of gameplay. Keep in mind that the intended solution to this puzzle may not be obvious unless your players are familiar with the theorem, although there are alternative solutions as well.| Tales of the Lunar Lands
As of this date, I haven’t really done any product reviews. I don’t reckon I’ll be doing many. Unless, discussion of old games is considered a product review. But, nonetheless, I …| Fluid -- Druid
It might have been visible in my post from yesterday, but I don’t actually like Oriental Adventures. The original ’85 AD&D book that is. The book purports to give rules for an ̶…| Stuffed Crocodile
Over the past four years I’ve been writing on this blog, I’ve published many posts about Parsantium: City at the Crossroads but this material has become increasingly hard to find. Although the Wor…| Richard Green | Game Designer
Last week’s post covered most of the silly names in Power Behind the Throne, and sharp-eyed readers called out a few more in the comments. This week, I’m moving on to the adventure itse…| Graeme Davis
The Graxworm is a massive dead dragon of mythic scale, several miles long and large enough to contain a town in the mouth. Creatures have set up here to “mine” the massive corpse for it…| Dyson's Dodecahedron
These weapons are intended as a replacement for the weapons in the official rules. They have been modified somewhat to work with Bold Against Monsters (BAM) and ShadowDark, but could be used with T…| Dungeon Master Assistance
Had such a fun session of my home campaign! Got to use my new travel rules and (due to the all-you-can-roll nature of them) honestly I had to convince my friends to end each leg of the trip to actually play where they were wanting to go... But we love it when journeys aren't about the destination, right? The rulebook for Cinco! now has all the latest updates I've been using to play if you're curious :) I'm tired and a little buzzed so I'm gonna summarize this session with bullet points.| Traverse Fantasy
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I did the oopsie of assuming that a controversial, or at least non-consensus, position was actually a non-controversial consensus. From “Inaugurating the Icon0clasm Ball”:| Traverse Fantasy
The true picture of the past whizzes by. Only as a picture, which flashes its final farewell in the moment of its recognizability, is the past to be held fast. “The truth will not run away from us” – this remark by Gottfried Keller denotes the exact place where historical materialism breaks through historicism’s picture of history. For it is an irretrievable picture of the past, which threatens to disappear with every present, which does not recognize itself as meant in it.| Traverse Fantasy
One common complaint about feats or even class features is that they foreclose particular actions from characters in general by cloistering them within specific character options. For this reason, I tend to like what I currently have going on in my home game CINCO, where a character's equipment in combination with their aspects determines their capabilities, which feels both more flexible and more natural.| Traverse Fantasy
I like fluxcrawls, but there's little choice involved as such. Instead of rolling for a random event or the quality of an event, check D20: on 9–, pick 1; on 10–19, pick 2; on 20+, pick 3:| Traverse Fantasy
This encounter could be used on the road, in the wilderness, or in a dungeon. If encountered outdoors, it works best at night. If the PCs co...| tales-of-the-lunar-lands.blogspot.com
Spread the love Welcome to the Clive Barker Podcast, and the Finale of our Dungeons and Dragons game, Jericho Squad 77, set in the capitol city of Yzordderrex in the second dominion. In the finale, Squad 77 continues their battle against the Heart of the Aboriginal, Hapexamendios himself. During the...READ MORE...| www.CliveBarkerCast.com
Check out another hand drawn map video! Enjoy :) For more Laidback DM, click here.| Laidback DM: SteveStillStanding.com
I have been thinking of making this table for a while, and right now am working on it for the Grenzland zine. The inspiration for this is of course the Campaign Event table in Oriental Adventures, …| Stuffed Crocodile
Random Tables d72 Squires (Bastionland) D6 Social Media Services of the Near-Future (Archons March On) D6x6 Sanguine Sirens (Archons March On) d100 – Wilderness Woes & Hinterland Hazards (d4 Ca…| Stuffed Crocodile
Here’s the write up from our latest Tomb of Annihilation session, in which the adventurers finally learned the location of Omu! Begin here with Session 0 – Caves of the Cockatrice 21st Uktar, 1495 DR The party continue their journey up the River Olung towards Kir Sabal. That afternoon, they spot a giant cooking pot bubbling awayContinue reading "Tomb of Annihilation Session 22 – Journey to Kir Sabal"| Richard Green | Game Designer
With the Labyrinth Worldbook recently released by Kobold Press, I thought I would publish a few posts and share some more information about my campaign setting, the Lands of Parsantium, one of the core worlds featured in the book. This all-new post describes Surivata, an important city in Sampur. Surivata The tropical port of Surivata is the capitalContinue reading "Lands of Parsantium – Surivata, the Green City"| Richard Green | Game Designer
With the Labyrinth Worldbook releasing this week from Kobold Press, I thought I would publish a few posts and share some more information about my campaign setting, the Lands of Parsantium, one of the core worlds featured in the book. This all-new post describes Ferez, a major city in Aqhran, and a portal to the Labyrinth. Ferez LocatedContinue reading "Lands of Parsantium – Ferez and the Gates of Sunset"| Richard Green | Game Designer
With the Labyrinth Worldbook coming soon from Kobold Press, I thought I would publish a few posts and share some more information about my campaign setting, the Lands of Parsantium, one of the core worlds featured in the book. This all-new post describes the city of Rezana, former capital of the Bathuran Empire. Rezana, City of Ruins FoundedContinue reading "Lands of Parsantium – Rezana, City of Ruins"| Richard Green | Game Designer
Last weekend was UK Games Expo at the NEC in Birmingham and, as always, we had a fantastic time playing games, hanging out with lovely friends, and buying stuff. Friday was all about D&D Advent…| Richard Green | Game Designer
Hi all! Hosting The Icon0clastic Ball on Itch. This is a jam for Fantastic Medieval Campaigns , a free version of the original role-playi...| traversefantasy.blogspot.com
Here's another encounter designed to give the PCs access to a potentially powerful strategic asset, but one that presents plenty of dangers too. It would make the most sense on a road, and should ideally be used in an area with a developed military. If you're using it, you should do so in a setting that has developed gunpowder or similar technologies.While on the road, the PCs come upon an abandoned cart on the side of the road, carrying a large barrel filled with a fine black dust with...| Tales of the Lunar Lands
This post is inspired by this X post discussing random wilderness encounters. He’s not wrong. But, he’s not right, either. I’ll explain. Plus he’s got this blog post. What h…| Fluid -- Druid
I left my Switch at home so I've been borrowing my partner's to play her copy of Shadows Over Loathing , a silly quirky goofy point-and-cli...| traversefantasy.blogspot.com
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