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July 6, 2007

Full Circle

The Tome of Battle: Book of Nine Swords is growing on me. At first, I sort of thought it was an Exalted clone in D&D clothing. My first impression wasn’t wholly misplaced, but I think that the primary inspiration was a bit closer to home. Ultimately, my take on Bo9S is that it is an alternative magic system for D&D....

July 6, 2007

Random

Have I mentioned that a not-insignificant NPC in Goblins of Gourm happens to be a chicken?…because, you know, one of them is.

July 5, 2007

Many decks of things?

I hate the Deck of Many Things. OK. There are occasions when using it can be fun – usually when the GM puts his own interpretation onto the cards. I’ve seen a version of it show up in a Mage game where the the draws resulted in the start of a major campaign arc. Usually, though, the results of a...

July 2, 2007

WoAdWriMo: Day 32?

I has been a hell of a month. I mean, it would have to be in order to make it to day 32, right? As predicted, I didn’t finish my WoAdWriMo adventure. I have a good bit done with it, and I am fairly happy with what I do have (but I still need to add a couple of action...

June 28, 2007

WoAdWriMo: Day 28

Well – there’s no way I’m going to finish this month… but it isn’t too far from done. The point of WoAdWriMo, of course, is to have new adventures available free on the web. That will happen. For me, it will just happen in July rather than June. I realized last night just how much new rules-content I will have...

June 28, 2007

Real Magic Items, Special WoAdWriMo Edition

Tonight we get a sneak peek from the Goblins of Gourm. The material enclosed in the box below is released via the Open Game License. Malachite Menagerie This item is similar in many ways to the Figurines of Wondrous Power. It consists of a small copper cage with three statuettes of animals inside it, carved from malachite: a badger, a...

June 25, 2007

Separated at Birth?

The reason Angela has few ogres in her campaign world: every time she pictures them, she sees the Dark Crystal Mystics and wants to characterize them as wise and peaceful.

June 25, 2007

WoAdWriMo: Day Twenty-five

This has been a hell of a month. I had this big conference that I was planning for this past Saturday – and doing largely by myself since my coworker was out on sick leave after being diagnosed with stomach cancer. Friday night, my coworker died during a relatively minor surgical procedure. So, yeah. I’m a mess. WoAdWriMo was going...

June 21, 2007

WoAdWriMo: Day Twenty-One

Eep! Will I finish? I don’t know. I am fairly sure I’ll have at least 32 pages worth of an adventure. Will it be a coherent adventure, though? Only time will tell. Nine days of time. I should get in a full day or two of work next week on it, which is a good thing. In any case, Goblins...

June 21, 2007

Feeling reflective

…like a mirror. Today I rewrote the description of this blog for no particular reason. Last night: Beyond Vinland. We slaughtered us some stone-age Duergar and their pet dinobots (dinosaur skeletons with eye lasers?!?). Their boss got away, though. That was a shame. Also, Jeff couldn’t find his digital camera, and I decided not to bring mine… so there are...