2 posts published by Doug during September 2025| Smoldering Wizard
Link to discussion There are some posts on the historical OSR blog scene that I’ve read recently from the Grumpy …Continue reading →| Smoldering Wizard
Link to discussion In online commentary on various forums, and even in my own group’s games, I’ve noticed that we’ve gotten away from the “take what you get” emergent …| Smoldering Wizard
Over the years I’ve tried various methods of spicing up combat in my old-school games, including using different flavors of critical hits and fumbles charts. Like many of you, I’ve trie…| Smoldering Wizard
Link to discussion Over the years I’ve settled on a way to run 0e/OD&D/White Box combat that keeps the action moving and is pretty simple, while covering many cases that come up. I use this bas…| Smoldering Wizard
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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
Link to discussion The story of the Thief class is well-known by now, with the idea being given to Gary …Continue reading →| Smoldering Wizard
I’ve added a BLUEHOLME Prentice random character generator to my Player & Gamemaster Resources page. I’ve also added it to the compiled list of known generators post. As with the ot…| Smoldering Wizard
Link to discussion This is a continuing series of ‘Staying Alive’ posts. The the first three were about Magic-Users, Fighters, …Continue reading →| Smoldering Wizard
Link to discussion This is a continuing series of ‘Staying Alive’ posts. The the first two were about Magic-Users and …Continue reading →| Smoldering Wizard
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
Dates: 1/10/21 and 1/16/21 PCs: Louis (FM 1)Osan (Elf F/MU 2/1)Omes (Half FM 2)Arro (MU 1)Habru (Cleric 2) NPCs: Guff – MU 1 and muleHabru’s war dog, named DogHorace – Habru’…| Smoldering Wizard