I’ve previously posted versions of my Thief variant Knave class for OD&D and Labyrinth Lord, now here is a version …Continue reading →| Smoldering Wizard
I want OSR combat to look more like “OSR Style Challenges” than “D&D combat”. Make each round an interesting puzzle for the players to get out of. The results change the situation and they’re presented with another challenge. PbtA games basically do this.| Lithyscaphe
Here's a thing I've been working on recently; side project sixty three of eleventy seven. Yeah yeah, too much design, not enough play, I know. Get used to it.| Lithyscaphe
taking a break from the Internet, except for writing work, blog posts, research, and music. not doing anything social. those of you who know me on the discord are aware i retreat into hermetic semi-seclusion 3-4 times a year. i probably won't be very active again outside this blog until after Halloween, potentially until after new year. we'll see how it goes. if you really want to contact me for some reason I'm sure it'll happen.| VILE CULT OF SHAPES
So I decided to run a quick game on the discord, thinking there should be more low stakes 'just for fun' mess around games on the server. There's a lot of hijinks you can get into in an hour! We tossed around some ideas and decided to run Knave. I had a half-finished dungeon that was burning a hole in my brain, but i couldn't locate the file, so I generated a random dungeon on Donjon and familiarized myself with it while the players rolled up theirs characters.| VILE CULT OF SHAPES
I recently finished a campaign of Knave Second Edition, and I think there’s stuff to say about it. This isn’t a review per se – neither of Knave 2e nor of the material that saw pl…| Augury Ignored
Image by Russ Nicholson I won’t bury the lead. Here is the link to my free OSR “Classic Bestiary.” You can read the stuff below it if you’re interested. It is based on the A…| Bucolia
Image by David Trampier About a year ago, I posted that I am writing up a Bestiary for Knave, drawing inspiration from AD&D 1e Monster Manual and the Basic D&D monsters. Between then and no…| Bucolia