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Monstrous Monday: Aamon, Grand Marquis of Hell
Another social media-inspired post today. My wife was reading something on Geek Girls and she got very excited about the idea of there being border-lands in Hell. Which naturally got us talking about...
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My Old School Gaming Project
Spend any time here and you know that I do love my old-school gaming. Also for me, my introduction to RPGs coincided with my introduction to computers. For me, RPGs and computers have always gone...
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Character Creation Challenge: NIGHT SHIFT
Welcome to 2022! Last year I participated in TardisCaptain's Blog of Holding's Character Creation Challenge. It was a lot of fun and I got to do a lot of really cool witches.This year I am going to do...
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Character Creation Challenge: Prof. Van Helsing
In many ways, it was Van Helsing who was my true gateway to D&D. While I will wax poetically about the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings, it was really Hammer Horror that fueled my desire for adventure...
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Character Creation Challenge: R. M. Renfield
One of the more interesting characters in the Dracula novel and movies is "zoophagous maniac" R. M. Renfield. He is one of Dracula's first victims, though we never see the attack, we know that he is...
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Character Creation Challenge: Jonathan Harker
Harker is the first character we meet in the novel Dracula. You would think this would make him the most important character, but that role will be discussed tomorrow. Harker is a means to end, both...
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Character Creation Challenge: Mina Murray Harker
Longtime readers here will know of my love of Mina Murray Harker, the true hero of the Dracula novel. I have talked about her here a few times, but in short, she is the one that puts all the pieces...
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Character Creation Challenge: Lucy Westenra
Yesterday I featured Mina Murray Harker, the hero of the Dracula novel. The archetypical victim though belongs to her friend Lucy Westenra. I have compared Lucy and Mina a few times. Showing where...
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Character Creation Challenge: Dr. John "Jack" Seward
My next three characters are the ones that get forgotten the most. While Mina and Lucy will have their names changed/swapped, the next three are either reduced to one or two characters or forgotten...
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Character Creation Challenge: Arthur Holmwood Lord Godalming
In the book Arthur Holmwood, later the Lord Godalming, is the other suitor for the hand of Lucy and the one she ultimately chooses. One of the plot threads in the books and made more clear in the 1992...
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Character Creation Challenge: Quincey P. Morris
Quincey Morris is the odd man out here in the Dracula tale. He is a rich American, friends with Holmwood and Seward, and like Van Helsing he has had dealings with blood-suckers, in this case, vampire...
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Character Creation Challenge: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
My week of doing the characters from Dracula has been an absolute blast. Can't wait to go reread the novel again. It got me thinking about others from this time period that might work out well and...
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Character Creation Challenge: Dorian Gray
The book "The Picture of Dorian Gray" certainly fits well with my Victorian theme. The movie, and my first experience with this tale, belongs to a later time (1945) but it still works.I am not sure...
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Featured Artist: Darlene (and This Old Dragon Retrospective)
Ask any old school gamer to name four classic D&D artists you are likely to get some combination of Elmore, Easley, Caldwell, or Parkinson. Ask the REALLY old gamers and they are likely to include...
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Character Creation Challenge: Abraham Lincoln
You can't grow up in Central Illinois and not know something about Abraham Lincoln. I have been to Lincoln's tomb many times, the old Illinois State Capital, I have been to all the places he debated...
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Character Creation Challenge: Dirty Nellie, Street Fae
So far my dive into Dracula and then Victorian characters for NIGHT SHIFT has been a lot of fun. Also, my characters have largely been based on other people's characters or, in the case of Lincoln,...
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Mail Call: Art Package from Djinn
One of the things I feel is my privilege is the ability to share with you my readers and friends all the new and wonderful artists I can find. I love getting art and if I can help out an artist on the...
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Character Creation Challenge: Marie Laveau
Sticking with my Victorian-era and moving south from Lincoln's ghost to New Orleans and her voodoo queen. But "Wait," you say. "Marie Laveau died in 1881. Long before your 1890s game." True. That's...
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Character Creation Challenge: Sherlock Holmes
Today I want to wrap up my tour of the Victorian era with two of my favorite characters of the time, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson. I have, sitting on my hard drive or a flash drive somewhere the...
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Character Creation Challenge: Doctor John Watson
Wrapping up my tour of the Victorian era with the original dynamic duo of Holmes and Watson. Today I focus my sights on the good Dr. John Watson.John Watson is an interesting character. By all...
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