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Someone on the OSR Discord server asked me to write this up in a blog post, so I thought I would talk a little bit about terrain for hex maps.| The Retired Adventurer
Here's a simple and fast system for placing locations of interest in a single hex on a grid. I am assuming a four hour watch as the basic unit of travel movement. Hexes can be divided into six equilateral triangles, for anyone who didn't know that.| The Retired Adventurer
Five years ago, I wrote the original Trapplications post. After years of updating it based on use, it's time to present the more streamlined version I've adopted. This version is better for stocking and restocking dungeons, while also remaining usable in play as a "wandering trap" table.| The Retired Adventurer
I haven't yet, but I'm going to experiment at some point with using 2d4 for hit locations in Mythras. It has seven results on a bell-curve, to match up with the seven hit locations of a character. I think you could use this to emphasise armouring certain parts of the body that are likely to be the target of strikes, without requiring a full suit of armour. | The Retired Adventurer
(Old notes I’ve found of years prior, back when running a freeform thing. Typed up unaltered for Glaugust HPless combat prompt) Damage takes two forms: Wound and Doom. Assume: A character can…| Roll to Doubt
“Slaying the Dragon” by fireflythegreat is licensed under CC BY 2.0. This is an optional rule for Bold Against Monsters (BAM). Also, heroic actions can replace Weapon Masteries in D&…| Dungeon Master Assistance
When your character drops to 0 hit points1 in On A Red World Alone, two things happen:| Papers & Pencils
While researching a recent Twitter/Facebook Fact-of-the-Day post, I came across a notation in the Congressional Globe (similar to today’s Congressional … More| U.S. Capitol Historical Society
Thinking about +Joseph Manola's post on time and distance, I'm going to give my PCs 1-3 months downtime between every adventure. A few loose rules for downtime actions.| Permanent Cranial Damage
The Old DM’s House Rules on Hiding D&D 5E’s rules for hiding are a mess. I previously posted my thoughts on this in my post D&D 5E – Stealth and Hiding. In a similar vein I posted D&D 5…| Dungeon Master Assistance
I've been running D&D 5e for a group of remote friends recently. These are the “house rules” that I've adopted to make things go smoother, or at least reassure myself. I'm sure I got most of these from other places, but I can only credit what I remember.| The Benign Brown Beast
Bring additional dimensions to your classic fantasy gaming! This 64-page book presents players and DMs alike with information to expand the playability and possibilities in their campaigns. It's a cornucopia of information on all aspects of the game including characters, spellcasting, adventures, encounters, monsters and dungeon mastering. This is truly an indispensable resource for the the classic edition Dungeon Master (BX, OSE, LL).| Save Vs. Dragon
So just about the time we finished editing this earlier this year, I decided I wanted to just fold this into a much larger "B/X DMG" with all kinds of additional stuff (e.g., all the thieves' info from In Alley & Shadow, plus I'm working on information about creating pantheons, clerics establishing orders, how to structure settlements and encounters, etc.—you know, the kind of stuff that is the 1e DMG, just for BX). But that's a meaty bite to chew, especially with the demands of work, life,...| Save Vs. Dragon
This has been in the works for a while, and we're in the final round of edits and tweaks. | Save Vs. Dragon
The title to this post pretty much says it all.| Save Vs. Dragon
Sonderlunding culture puts a great importance on honor. Sonderlundings strive to live honorably and perform heroic deeds, both for their own...| tales-of-the-lunar-lands.blogspot.com
This post grew from watching a video by Aaron the Pedantic (Twitter: @cha_neg) I saw recently, where he mentions things he (as a new guy with that edition) likes about AD&D, second edition. One…| Emperor's Notepad
Art by the fantastic DiTerlizzi In reading Marcia's review of her experience with Shadowdark , I contemplated on how I run my own OSE games....| icastlight.blogspot.com
So like an idiot I got a full-time waste services job (which is actually great) so I've been doing more bin crawls than dungeon crawls lately. If you don't like it pay me. Justin Hamilton commented on Death & Dismemberment that he doesn't like the idea of attacks causing wounds on max-damage because it means| Last Gasp
Emmy Allen just put up a great post over at Cavegirl's Game Stuff about wounds/not automatically dying at 0HP, you should read it.On a tangent, last year I found time to start thinking about D&D again, and I found that after such a long time without playing at all it really changes/solidifies what you want| Last Gasp