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
Just getting on the semi-regular GLOG bandwagon for single-level Cloak-and-Sword classes, this one comes from the future.| Craggenloch Tribune
I love Legend of the 5 Rings, or more accurately I love its setting of Rokugan. It is not an attempt at authenticity to feudal Japan, rather...| craggenloch.blogspot.com
One of the world's first sixth-generation fighters has moved closer to its first flight, as BAE Systems unveils the prototype Combat Air Flying Demonstrator, now under construction for the Global Combat Air Programme by Britain, Italy, and Japan.| New Atlas
Naval Aviation Comes of Age at the Battle of Midway During World War Two, air power played a more significant role than in any previous conflict. The RAF surviving the Battle of Britain in the late summer of 1940, for example, contributed directly to preventing a planned German invasion of Britain. But it was in the realm of naval aviation that aircraft played an unexpectedly crucial role. Before the war, many naval experts believed that big guns on capital ships, which had always been the de...| PlaneHistoria
Acquiring information about an enemy’s latest weapon often involves top secret and carefully planned spy operations, but in June 1942 the unbelievable happened. The British were presented with a real-life example of a Focke-Wulf Fw 190, a fighter aircraft which was shrouded in secrecy and became infamous to RAF pilots for its performance and deadliness in combat. This was not through an act of espionage or defection, but thanks to a spectacular navigation blunder made by a Luftwaffe officer...| PlaneHistoria
Even while the iconic Spitfire was still in frontline service with the RAF, plans were being drawn up for a new generation of combat aircraft that would offer performance not dreamed of by wartime pilots. One company that would drive this forward was not new, but it was also not a name popularly associated with the design of British military aircraft: English Electric. And they would go on to produce an aircraft with unbelievable performance – the Lightning. Contents English Electric Compan...| PlaneHistoria
In modern warfare, achieving unchallenged air supremacy is the most important requirement to win any battle. This is what the F-22 was built for, and it remains the number one priority of governments eager to construct a military force that is consistently victorious. The US is no different, having first learned this lesson during World War Two after the introduction of its P-38, P-47, P-51, F4U, and F6F fighters helped it achieve air domination in every theatre of war. By outmatching the fle...| PlaneHistoria
exA-Arcadia has opened up pre-orders for two new titles, Daemon Bride exAGAIN and Jamjam'n Jelly EXALENTE.| Arcade Heroes
If you've read my posts on D&D Without Damage Dice and Ascending Damage, you'll know I use a sort of "wound counting" or "hit counting" system, which by definition has static damage - every hit with a weapon is just "one hit". The design goal is to make combat simpler and faster, but ideally, it should still be interesting and have some variety.| Homebrew Homunculus
I guess the Trollkin class set my mind on the track of "slightly monstrous adventurers with death-avoiding abilities". I googled "OSR skeleton class" and found only this: https://www.necropraxis.com/2014/02/06/skeleton-class/ so consider this class inspired by Necropraxis's. Essentially I've codified a bit more what it means to be an undead PC, and made the class rather more party-dependant.| Homebrew Homunculus
You’re probably aware of the multi-attack abilities fighters have had over the years. There’s the “Melee attacks per round” table, where Fighters in AD&D could have 1/1, 3/2 or 2/1 attacks per round. That fractional value of 3/2 means your number of attacks alternates each round: twice in one round, then once in the next, and so on. Sure, it’s not hard to understand - but it’s still an additional thing to remember in the heat of battle, which I don’t want in my game. Newer edi...| Homebrew Homunculus
Link to discussion This is second in a series of posts on how to keep your low-level PCs alive in …Continue reading →| Smoldering Wizard
A conversion of Locheil's Rotless, which I have been having tremendous fun playing in his Qal Ashen game, for Ransack by Justin Todd, who also writes a damn fine game;| Craggenloch Tribune
Quite by coincidence at least twoother noble-themed GLOG classes have been published in the last week. Much like busses, you wait all day for one then three come at once.| Craggenloch Tribune
I rarely ever play fighters. Hybrids, sure. Gishes, paladins, monks, even barbarians, but seldom a farmboy with a sword and board and a yen for adventure. I've always just felt like I was missing out on half the system to play a character without any access to the kind of lateral advancement that spellcasters have. Part of this also stems from a conversation on the GLOG book club, specifically Spwack's idea that fighters need more options to do borderline 'impossible' things, because by stand...| Craggenloch Tribune
Art by Adrian Wilkins| Craggenloch Tribune
exA-Arcadia has launched a premium remake of Visco Game's lauded '90s fighting game, called Breakers Revenge Chicago. Check it out| Arcade Heroes