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I n most of my Campaign Settings, I try to emphasize that Magic is a rather Rare and Wonderous thing. You’ll seldom find Arcane Artifacts ...| blog.d4caltrops.com
T here is a rather lovely bit of implied world building secreted away in the Spell Acquisition process for Magic Users in B/X and OSE. Whi...| blog.d4caltrops.com
C arousing as a means to gamble for Experience via Coin Spent is a pretty popular part of some Games, serving to slightly decorate the Cor...| blog.d4caltrops.com
Blognard?| blog.d4caltrops.com
W hen the Characters find themselves haplessly traipsing about in very strange places, be it Dolmenwood’s Realms of Fairy, the Gardens of...| blog.d4caltrops.com
Here is a consolidated list of all entries for my OSE Encounter Activity Table Project (includes all Monsters in the Rules Tome or B/X). By...| blog.d4caltrops.com
Here is a table with some Monster Miens, inspired by the lovely Troika! Method of attaching a tiny table to the denizens of adventures in or...| blog.d4caltrops.com
C onfession Time: I’ve always found myself to be very fond of Spell Components, even though tracking such things is often a bit too fiddly...| blog.d4caltrops.com
F or a little while now, I have been working on a series of Flow Charts that illustrate some of the basic Procedures present in the B/X ru...| blog.d4caltrops.com
Here is a consolidated list of Random Tables on this Blog. Some are quite old indeed, and the most recent ones are always available through ...| blog.d4caltrops.com
Blognard?| blog.d4caltrops.com
H ere’s a d100 Table that features some additional ideas for starting a Session, Campaign, or Adventure outside of the rather timeworn “Ta...| blog.d4caltrops.com
T he following table contains a Hundred Ideas for unusual features that might be possessed by Tieflings or those of uniquely Fantastic Blo...| blog.d4caltrops.com
W ho doesn’t love a good Magical Ring? Compact and convenient (for those with Fingers or other places to wear them), here are a hundred ad...| blog.d4caltrops.com
O ne bit of Set Dressing that I often find myself scrambling to embellish are Bookshelves. I will place them frequently but am often at a ...| blog.d4caltrops.com
W hen it comes to Encounters with the Fair Folk, it’s always handy to have some idea of what they might want from Mortals in exchange for ...| blog.d4caltrops.com
R ecently I embarked on a little self-imposed Challenge. With some of the previews of the Dolmenwood Materials available to Backers, I no...| blog.d4caltrops.com
W hen it comes to Wands and Staffs, I have always preferred the ones that are a bit more unique than just the standard “single purpose” Sp...| blog.d4caltrops.com
T ime to polish off another Magic Item Post! These are always really fun to produce and this time we’re focusing a little bit more on re...| blog.d4caltrops.com
S erving as a bit of an “opposite” to my Magical Mishaps & Calamitous Curses table, the following entries are geared more toward those “...| blog.d4caltrops.com
M agical Potions and Dweomered Draughts are a time-honored tradition in these games. I like to provide some minor Clues to their Function ...| blog.d4caltrops.com
T he travelling Troubadour is a wonderful way to dispense Rumors and Information. Sometimes they even find themselves within Party Rosters...| blog.d4caltrops.com
I ’ve always been quite fond of placing Magical Portals leading to other Places and Planes in my games. During the Higher Levels of Play (...| blog.d4caltrops.com
O ften coming as a Surprise, by default in some earlier presentations (like B/X) transcribing Spells from captured Enemy Spellbooks isn’t ...| blog.d4caltrops.com
F requently, it might be useful to festoon an NPC with Fame or Infamy to create a more compelling Character. Whether it’s a Denizen’s Deed...| blog.d4caltrops.com
F rustratingly for some participants, within the standard rules for B/X and in other early presentations, there simply isn’t really a way ...| blog.d4caltrops.com
P roponents of Overloaded Encounter/Hazard Die might sometimes find themselves in a bit of a bind or at a loss for some of those Telegraph...| blog.d4caltrops.com
W hen painstakingly placing a happy Haven or convenient Village somewhere in a World, I often find myself needing a few things. Names are ...| blog.d4caltrops.com
R ecently inspired to finally polish off this Table off by a recent post from the I Cast Light Blog , I’ve often found myself needing some...| blog.d4caltrops.com
I nspired by a request from another Referee, here is a century of entries that can be used to explain why a the location attached to a Dun...| blog.d4caltrops.com
O ne of the ways some Referees handle Magic Item Identification is by imbuing the Items themselves with tiny Clues or Hints to their funct...| blog.d4caltrops.com