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OSR: Missing a Session in the Veins of the Earth

A player doesn't turn up. What do you do? If at all possible, use a plausible in-game reason for their PC's absence. The PC decided to stay...

Found while cleaning my moms house. My grandmothers aunts owned a corner store in Philly and lived above it. We were given some books when they passed away. My favorite find is a first year latin text with some great advice 😅

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Best Monster Manual For ShadowDark! ~ [or ANY TTRPG]

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A Lancer: 1:35 Swallowtail Scratchbuild coinsandscrolls.blogspot.com/2024/09/lanc... Any project designed to reduce the number of spare bits you own will inevitably backfire.

Lancer: 1:35 Swallowtail Scratchbuild

Back in the day , I suggested that the best mech system is a mechanics-heavy RPG system, but scaled up. D&D 4E seemed like a good candidate...

"Look at this, Hastings." "Oh I say... well, it is rather flattering." "Flattering? It is grotesque. I am not a hero of the American comic serials. Where is the dignity? The charm? The unequalled humility?"

Rewrites of the high-level Illusionist spells. coinsandscrolls.blogspot.com/2024/09/osr-...

OSR: High-Level Ilusionist Spell Rewrites

In the previous post , I covered low-level Illusionist spells for the Treausure Overhaul . Higher-level spells present their own design cha...

New article that SUPPOSEDLY is a review of Barkeep on the Borderlands by @prismaticwasteland.bsky.socialwww.technicalgrimoire.com/david/2024/0...

The Immaculate Vibes of Barkeep on the Borderlands

This is superficially a review of Barkeep on the Borderlands. But everyone knows it’s good. It won a bunch of awards, it’s written by a killer team, and the book is absolutely gorgeous. So we’ll get t...

Massmorph, at level 4, isn't discussed in the post, but I'm pretty pleased with this variant. People might actually use the spell now.

Yeah, there will be a section explaining the time system. 10s (ish) combat rounds, 10 minute exploration turns, but with duration described in minutes and hours because "turn" is one of the most confusing turns of phrase in the rules and spells are often used outside of turn-based exploration.