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Monstrous Mondays: What's Next for This Old Dragon (and more BB updates)
Combining two posts into one today. Mostly because I don't have a monster to share.A few years back, I bought two large collections of Dragon Magazines. They were in terrible shape, most missing their...
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#Dungeon23 Tomb of the Vampire Queen, Level 3, Room 28
This room is really a wide hallway with many smaller cells on each wall to the left and right. There are four on each lower row on both sides and four above these in an upper row for a total of 16...
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Review: Blue Flame, Tiny Stars
I was on Mastodon a while back (and I really do need to do more over there) and I struck up a conversation with Stephen Wendell. He was promoting his new book Blue Flame, Tiny Stars, and I asked for a...
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#Dungeon23 Tomb of the Vampire Queen, Level 3, Room 29
This room opens up from the hallway to reveal the last creature worked on by the Necromancers. It is a Zombie Owlbear (5HD, attacks like an owlbear, but last in initiative like a zombie).This creature...
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The Witch Queens of the Basic Bestiary
On Monday, I mentioned some plans for Basic Bestiary, namely to include many of my various Witch Queens with stat blocks. I wanted to talk about it today.As my Basic Bestiary project has grown (and...
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#Dungeon23 Tomb of the Vampire Queen, Level 3, Room 30
This room is right off of the smaller lab (Room 29). This room is large with lots of operating tables in the center and desks and workbenches along the walls. There are large vats along the walls.When...
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This Old Dragon: Issue #128
Time to reach down into the dusty old box under my desk and pull out another Dragon magazine. Today's gem comes to us from December 1987. I was wrapping up my first semester at University, George...
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#Dungeon23 Tomb of the Vampire Queen, Level 3, Room 31
Beyond the door in Room 30 is a flight of stairs descending into darkness. Once every character is out of Room 30 the doors will slam shut behind them. They are locked and there is no keyhole or access...
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April Blogging A to Z: Doctor Who (An Introduction)
Here we are at the end of March (can you believe that?), and April 1st is tomorrow. So to get the ball rolling on my April A to Z Blogging Challenge, I thought I would introduce my topic here and...
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Kickstart Your Weekend: Swords & Wizardry Complete Revised Rulebook
I think this one was funding mere seconds after going live.Swords & Wizardry Complete Revised...
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#Dungeon23 Tomb of the Vampire Queen, Level 4, Room 1
Level Four seems to be mostly rough-cut stone as if the entrance from Level Three was cut out of an existing cavern system.When the PCs get to bottom of the very long stairs they find another door. It...
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#AtoZChallenge2023: Doctor Who Aliens
Starting the A to Z challenge off easy with one that always comes to mind when talking about Doctor Who; Aliens.The Doctor (an alien from the Planet Gallifrey) has encountered numerous aliens in the 60...
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#Dungeon23 Tomb of the Vampire Queen, Level 4, Room 2
This is a large cavern. The ceiling of the cave is 20' high (about the about they went down the stairs). There are three tunnels extending out from the far wall. One to the left, one to the center,...
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#AtoZChallenge2023: Doctor Who The 3 Doctors
Sunday is not a normal posting day for the A to Z Challenge, but I always use Sundays as "Special Topics." This challenge will be no different. Plus Sundays were the day Doctor Who was on for me in...
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#Dungeon23 Tomb of the Vampire Queen, Level 4, Room 3
Taking the center opening leads down a rough-hewn passage. There is a light ahead, but it is diffuse.It looks like there is a room beyond, but this is an illusion. The Gelatinous Cube uses this...
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#AtoZChallenge2023: Doctor Who Bad Wolf
"No, no, in this form, I'm called...Bad Wolf. Are you afraid of the big bad wolf, Doctor?"- The Moment in the form of Rose Tyler/Bad Wolf.Bad Wolf was an "easter egg" / recurring theme/motif in the...
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#Dungeon23 Tomb of the Vampire Queen, Level 4, Room 4
Going back to Room #2, and taking the tunnel on the left (now on the character's right) takes them down another tunnel.This tunnel is long and makes a lot of turns. It opens into a very large cave....
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#AtoZChallenge2023: Doctor Who Companions
"When you run with the Doctor, it feels like it'll never end. But however hard you try you can't run forever. Everybody knows that everybody dies and nobody knows it like the Doctor. But I do think...
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#Dungeon23 Tomb of the Vampire Queen, Level 4, Room 5
Once again, returning to Room #2 and taking the tunnel that was on the right. This opens into a large cave system similar to what was seen in Room #5. There is a diffuse glow ahead. This cave is...
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#Dungeon23 Tomb of the Vampire Queen, Level 4, Room 5
Once again, returning to Room #2 and taking the tunnel that was on the right. This opens into a large cave system similar to what was seen in Room #5. There is a diffuse glow ahead. This cave is...
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