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Category Archives: Miscellaneous
A Friday link: The power of (mis)translation
[Here’s the link] One of the blogs I follow is A Book of Creatures, which regularly introduces cryptids (animals that someone has said exist… that probably or definitely don’t in reality) from around the world. Many of these would make … Continue reading
Method & Moil
Method & Moil – a Lasers & Feelings hack (I found L&F a while back, read through it once, thought it was cool, and then let it lapse as a PDF stored somewhere on my computer for several months. Then … Continue reading
Some Kind of Progress
It’s a small thing, in the grand scheme of… well, of things. But I can’t help but find it encouraging that over the course of approximately my lifetime, tabletop role-playing games have gone from a hyper-niche hobby for the nerdy … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellaneous, Musing, Nonfiction
Tagged DnD, Dungeons and Dragons, history, hope, nerdery, Satanic panic, TTRPG
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Challenge Accepted: The Museum Experience
Once again I’ve found inspiration in a passing comment on someone’s blog; in this case the source is a list of movies the writer found inspiring (for their tabletop RPG play), and the comment is in response to Indiana Jones and … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellaneous, Rules
Tagged brainstorming, experience, museum, sources of inspiration, XP
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Beasts Forged for your Viewing Pleasure
A recent post by Noisms reminded me of The Forge, and of course I was inspired to go fiddle around myself for a while. So, just in time for Halloween, please enjoy these four monsters that probably fall somewhere on the … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellaneous, World-Building
Tagged Bleak Pusher, Druid Cobra, Forge, Mute Child, Phase Ape, snakes
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Tactical yodeling
If you go to the A Book of Creatures website, you can find dozens or hundreds of monsters and crypids described in detail, and some of the details just make you itch to run a fantasy RPG specifically so you … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellaneous, World-Building
Tagged ABC, monster design, Monty Python, tatzelwurm, yodeling
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Fantasy GM tip: 100% definitely do let a neural network name your next inn.
I’m a follower of the lewisandquark blog, which is an intermittent dose of hilarity in which a neural network is trained to produce something like English – Harry Potter fanfic titles, death metal band names, new color names – and … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellaneous, World-Building
Tagged lewisandquark, links, local color, neural network, pubs
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Magic Monday – Campaign Concept – The Fire From Down Below
This post was brought to you by the very fun “You’re Welcome” song from Moana. I’ve talked before about an “unlocking” campaign, in which the main draw is to explore and plan, negotiate and fight, and acquire new tools that … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellaneous, Musing, Setting, World-Building
Tagged megadungeon, Moana, mythic underworld, prehistory, steal fire
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Campaign Idea: The Worst Year
Inspired by this Reddit post. For best effect, keep a record or campaign journal… but keep it hidden from the players. (At least until it’s all over.) Start a campaign normally in the late summer or autumn, but in a relatively … Continue reading
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Tagged brainstorm, brainstorming, campaign, nemesis, stable time loop
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