In Violent City you either demonize or cyberize. Those that tread the path of the human are bound to be swallowed by powers greater than themselves; forgotten beneath wasteland sands.| Press The Beast
It turns out Demon City is taken too, so now this project is called Violent City.| Press The Beast
A long time ago I had an outline for a post-apocalyptic OD&D game called Black City (Though I've since changed the name to Demon City, because I learned some other OSR thing had the name Black City). In it there were two main forms of progression: cyberization and demonization. Demonizing involves courting the 25 monsters of the City: either through bonding or integration. Once bonded, the monster can be called upon. Each has specific tasks they excel at. To summon them, score 8+ on a reactio...| Press The Beast
Hark! Who comes this way? Oh, what ho? You wish to run prospective dungeoneers through simulated gauntlets: dungeon games which challenge their wits, fortune and daring to prepare them for the real thing, dire beyond measure? Well you should have said something, squire! I take it you’ve read the widely acclaimed—yet not quite award worthy—YE COMPLEAT MANUAL OF UNMANNERLY FIGHTING? All the principles therein apply: use them well. Any monster worth its salt knows how to think like a warri...| Press The Beast
The Big Boys, the player’s party, have had three major boss battles in Devil’s World Heroes thus far: a Sleep Dragon, the Devil Tree Zaqqum, and the dreaded Roartisserie Chicken. All three of these bosses worked very well; running combat and similar scenarios is my favourite part about playing RPGs. This post will describe what made these fights work, and explain the basic dynamics.| Press The Beast
I've been writing a lot lately. Over the past few weeks I've successfully finished 1-2k words a day on average in prose, and have been writing poetry again for the first time in years. This has been really good! While I've written lots of academic papers and a fair amount of fiction, this is the first time I've been really "serious" about fiction writing.| Press The Beast
In the campaign I'm currently running the Big Boys have made it to the second region: the Thunderplains. A sprawling savannah of megafauna and giants. There they seek out Corpulo who has swallowed his own daughter. The Big Boys (Most of the original members now moidered) seek to go inside of Corpulo's body to rescue her. The issue is that they must first get an audience with Corpulo.| Press The Beast
God forbid, the Devil’s fruit has returned from Eve’s belly and tempted me: the sweet savour of system sings as a siren. I’ve facilitated games as a referee using variations of primitive D&Ds for a long while and among my many obs is that the basic rules are merely pretty good for dungeon crawl gameplay rather than dope nasty as they could perhaps be. “Pourquoi monsieur?” you ask desperately as I stare at the clefted wrinkles of your aged forehead. Well, mon ami, allow me to enumera...| Press The Beast
King Arthur jorked it in the closet while Lancelot pounded out G-mama nice-style. Through a small crack he watched them tumble and play under the sumptuous s...| Press The Beast
It is an act of will to compress a spell, with all its truth and vastness, inside a human head. Ancient races of men built and destroyed themselves by mag...| Press The Beast