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Monstrous Mondays: Shayṭān and Ifrit
Been spending a lot of time with Gods and monsters over the last few weeks. Today I wanted to continue that idea with some of the creatures in between. Also, I want to talk more about using monsters...
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#Dungeon23 Tomb of the Vampire Queen, Level 6, Room 27
Archway 3, Room 27: The Chamber of the Vampire Queen Altar to OrcusThe central passage way leads you to the grand temple dedicated to both the Vampire Queen and to Orcus. Though one only needs to look...
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Wasted Lands Playtest: Raven, Swordmistress of Chaos
Getting back to some Wasted Lands playtesting, I wanted to try a different character and a character whose ultimate goal doesn't end as becoming one of the Gods we know but rather a legendary...
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#Dungeon23 Tomb of the Vampire Queen, Level 6, Room 28
Archway 4, Room 28: The Chamber of the MirrorsThis room is just to the right of the central passageway.This room is filled with mirrors. The mirrors are all different sizes and shapes, and they are all...
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Wasted Lands Playtest: The Dark Elves of the Wasted Lands
The Wasted Lands Kickstarter is up and moving along nicely. As you can imagine from my posts here, I do have a campaign in mind and potentially my own setting. BUT that is far off and in no way...
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#Dungeon23 Tomb of the Vampire Queen, Level 6, Room 29
Archway 5, Room 29: The Chamber of the ShadowsThe last room on the right (or the first if going counter-clockwise) opens up to another dark chamber.This room is filled with shadows. The shadows are...
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This Old Dragon: Issue #261
I have a few of my original Dragons left from my big box of old musty Dragons I acquired a few years back. I recently picked up a couple more collections in my desire to explore more of the 1990s and...
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Wasted Lands Playtest: Runu & Urnu
One of the features of The Wasted Lands is the inclusion of the O.R.C.S. games system that first appeared in Spellcraft & Swordplay. While the Wasted Lands uses the advanced O.G.R.E.S. for rules,...
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#Dungeon23 Tomb of the Vampire Queen, Level 6, Room 30
Runu and Urnu lead the characters from room 27, to another room behind the statue of Orcus to where there is another statue of the Vampire Queen.Here she appears in her human guise. The statue is 20ft...
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Kickstart Your Weekend: Wasted Lands and Sherwood
A couple of Kickstarters close to my heart today.Wasted Lands: The Dreaming Age Role Playing GameA tabletop RPG of cosmic horror, swords, and sorcery in a savage lost epoch, 1000 years after the Old...
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Friday Night Videos: Songs of the WASTED LANDS
Nothing gets me in the mood for working on a campaign or writing new material quite like a good playlist.My memories of old-school gaming are inexorably linked to old-school rock and metal. In fact...
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#Dungeon23 Tomb of the Vampire Queen, Level 7, Room 1
The passageway beyond the opening on level 6 leads to long, long stair going down.Giant visages of the soulless damned are carved into the walls on either side of this massive staircase. The detail is...
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#Dungeon23 Tomb of the Vampire Queen, Level 7, Room 2
The area at the bottom of the stairs is an oval-shaped natural cave. There are small openings in the walls where fires can be seen. In one of the larger holes to the left of the stairs a glow can be...
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#Dungeon23 Tomb of the Vampire Queen, Level 7, Room 3
In Room 2 there are five round passageways that lead out. They look like old lava tubes and are larger than the one the salamanders came out of.On the first tube on the left the party will come face...
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Monstrous Mondays: Fire Nymph for Old School Essentials
It's a warm one out today (and I am posting remotely after visiting with my mom on her birthday) so let's get a conversion in shall we?Here is a Fire Nymph from the Tome of Horrors now for Old School...
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#Dungeon23 Tomb of the Vampire Queen, Level 7, Room 4
Following the lava tube past the hellhounds, it gets hot. The party enters a large room with glowing rocks. The floor is cooling (but by no means) cool, lava. Inside "cooling off" there are three...
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Mail Call (of sorts) Tuesday: Birthday and Father's Day gifts
This is a bit late, but one of my birthday gifts finally came in.I got the three core D&D 5 books in Spanish. I have been taking Spanish all year and wanted an RPG to read. So my wife an kids got...
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#Dungeon23 Tomb of the Vampire Queen, Level 7, Room 5
Going back to Room #2 and taking the next left leads to room where the party can smell the strong stench of brimstone. Fires can be seen flickering in the tunnel and the party can feel heat.Inside...
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AD&D Haul from the Jon Cook Collection
This past weekend I went down to my old hometown to see my family for my mom's 80th birthday. She is honestly doing great, and it was a pleasure to see all my family. I even got the chance to run...
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#Dungeon23 Tomb of the Vampire Queen, Level 7, Room 6
There is a large chamber beyond Room 6. This room is wide and open, and small flames can be seen leaping from fissures in the floor and walls. Embedded in the walls are several uncut rubies. They...
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