Here are the rest of my first six weapons:
The Dagger of Tichanto the Fallen
Chaotic dagger +1,INT 7 EGO 5, COM empathy, POW control undead
Control Undead: the wielder makes a Turn Undead check as a cleric of equal level; a result of turn indicates the undead are halted and awed; a result of destroy indicates the wielder has exerted control over the undead and may command them at will.
There was a schism in the church of Saint Fiacra that ended with a rogue priest, Tichanto, and his inner circle buried alive under the stones of the church itself.
Entombed and overcome with thoughts of vengeance, Tichanto consumed his fellows while they lived. When he died, he became a Ghast and his entombed followers Ghouls.
Ever Tichanto yearns to escape his imprisonment and avenge himself but the consecrated grounds of the church have so far held him fast. That power, he has perceived lately, has started to weaken. Now, he prepares.
Fire-Belcher Flamberge
Chaotic longsword +1 / -1 vs dragons, INT 10 EGO 7, COM draconic, POW detect gold & gems / fire breath
Fire Breath: as breath, 30’ cone of fire, deals 1d6 damage per level of the wielder; one use, recharge by submerging the sword in great heat and flame for one hour.
This was once a gift from the great red wyrm, Xathrivrem the Belittler, to the leader of his cult, the anti-paladin, Kilperic. On Kilperic’s death, it was said the sword was buried at his side but rumor says the sword was secreted away by one of his lieutenants who have persisted in their dragon worship and continue to plot on behalf of Xathrivrem.
The Brass Staff
Lawful quarterstaff +1, INT 7 EGO 4, COM empathy, POW weal or woe
Weal or Woe: once per day, while the staff is held in the light of a sunrise, the wielder may ask one question that will be answered truthfully with a response of either weal (it is good) or woe (it is ill).
This staff, fashioned entirely in brass, was once housed in the temple to a Sun God. When the temple was razed, the staff was lost.
Dawnbringer
Lawful morningstar +1 / +2 vs undead, INT 7 EGO 7, COM empathy, POW detect undead / continual light
This weapon was forged for the war against the dread necromancer, Bailtang, and wielded by the patriarch, Gonalen.
After the cleric’s death, the weapon was housed in the church of Saint Fiacra, consecrating its grounds, until it recently, mysteriously disappeared.
The Fingers of Death
Lawful arrow +2 / +4 vs undead, INT 3 EGO 3, COM none, POW none
Only a single quiver of these arrows were ever made during the wars against Bailtang the Necromancer. During the final assault on his grim fortress, the arrows were spent and presumed lost. One, however, has since been recovered from a war memorial so there is yet hope the rest may be found.
It’s that time of year again! Last year I gave Swordtember a go but I fizzled out. This year, I’m trying it again but I’m going to extend it to any weapon and I have dubbed it Weaptember! I’ve posted my first batch of weapons to Patreon (they’ll go public on Friday). Anyone else giving the challeng...
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Anybody else giving Swordtember a try this year? I am giving it ago, despite failing miserably at it last year. One wrinkle for me: I'm not limiting myself to swords. I hereby dub it, Weaptember!
As it is also #WIPWednesday, here's the write-up on my first weapon:
Gorger, the Club of Blebazabu
Chaotic great club +2 / +4 vs Law, INT 9 EGO 8, COM empathy, POW illusion generation / detect law
This was the war club of the demon, Blebazabu, lost somewhere on the prime material plane. Legend places it at the bottom of a steep crater hidden under a sea of ice.
Though the great demon cannot leave his abyssal abode, it is said his servants are ever seeking for the club. Woe betide the world should they find it!
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> During my marathon pointcrawl across the country, I had a Gamemastering epiphany: everything should have a cost!
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During my marathon pointcrawl across the country, I had a Gamemastering epiphany: everything should have a cost!
Are they compatible in a special way? I don’t hear midderlands mentioned much these days. I’m not very familiar with it. What’s the elevator pitch?
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I had the thought of replacing the resource cost of spells in a system like an into the odd hack or knave hack with creativity.
How well this works is going to be very table dependent. If everyone playing are creative dynamos, they will go crazy with a system like this-- whether it goes too far or not will be on you as the GM. If only some of the players excel at this sort of thing, it will create an imbalance between a set of haves and have-nots: those who can muster up the haikus, insults, etc. and reap the benefits and those who can't. I tend to think that unless you carefully craft the effects and cap them in some way, it can get out of hand either way to the detriment of the experience as a whole.
I played in a one-shot at PAX East. I haven't played it as a campaign. If I were to run it, I would lean into the doom and the calendar and the like. As with other OSR games, I would set up an overall scenario that player-characters could be easily plugged into rather than a personalized narrative. I don't think MB would be my first choice if I were setting out to referee a campaign but I think it absolutely can work and, if I loved MB, I would not hesistate to run a campaign with it.
I found a copy of "Three Hearts and Three Lions" set out on a stoop yesterday. Someone's trash is now my treasure!
It is! I may reach out that way.
If you disagree, I think that's what the reply button is for-- state your disagreement and have a discussion (keeping it civil, of course). Just driving by and downvoting does not add anything, in my opinion.
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I'm seeing an uptick in downvoting to, I presume, express displeasure. Please don't. If a topic doesn't speak or appeal to you, move along, please don't downvote it. Please use the downvote button for content that doesn't belong here because it is inappropriate.
Thank you and game on!
I streamed a post-mortem of the game earlier today, if anyone’s interested.
Interesting! Thanks for the write-up!
When most people think of the older editions of D&D, 'romantic fantasy' is not the first genre that comes to mind. OSR D&D tends to get used...
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Saw this and thought it was interesting.
Can you describe Law I a bit more? Also, got any practical examples of spell-casting that used this system?
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> Last night I ran a one-shot based on one of the scenarios from Kavlov's Sanctuary! Everybody had fun (at least that's what they told me so it must be true, right? 🤐 🤣) and it was nice to finally do a live play-- though I absolutely had some nervousness going on. If you're interested in any of the prep that I did, I streamed some of that earlier yesterday.
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> Last night I ran a one-shot based on one of the scenarios from Kavlov's Sanctuary! Everybody had fun (at least that's what they told me so it must be true, right? 🤐 🤣) and it was nice to finally do a live play-- though I absolutely had some nervousness going on. If you're interested in any of the prep that I did, I streamed some of that earlier yesterday.
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Last night I ran a one-shot based on one of the scenarios from Kavlov's Sanctuary! Everybody had fun (at least that's what they told me so it must be true, right? 🤐 🤣) and it was nice to finally do a live play-- though I absolutely had some nervousness going on. If you're interested in any of the prep that I did, I streamed some of that earlier yesterday.
Loot, what is it good for? Treasure, even in its most basic form as coinage, isn’t an end in itself (unless you’re a...
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> Been thinking about loot for xp this weekend.
Loot, what is it good for? Treasure, even in its most basic form as coinage, isn’t an end in itself (unless you’re a...
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> Been thinking about loot for xp this weekend.
I was more interested in the selling of things than the buying but I will give it a read!
Loot, what is it good for? Treasure, even in its most basic form as coinage, isn’t an end in itself (unless you’re a...
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Been thinking about loot for xp this weekend.
If you grok the DCC attitude and vibe, you won't be able to play this game and not have fun.
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DCC is OSR-adjacent enough that I thought this was worth cross-posting.
Really? Glad that I haven’t run across it!
What should a town in a West marches campaign even have in it?
- a relatively safe place to rest
- resources (hirelings, equipment, etc.) and trade (have to unload those paintings we dragged out of the dungeon somewhere!)
- access to information, factions, and potential patrons
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I saw this posted on Mastodon. It’s an interesting listen. If you were thinking about using the ORC license, it may give you pause.
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Yesterday, I streamed a live conversation with blogger and creator, Prismatic Wasteland! We talked about his Ennie-nominated supplement, “Barkeep on the Borderlands,” along with a bunch of other topics.
I created a couple of coats of arms for myself. This is tool is going to be very handy for me as I will definitely be building a bunch of these for my micro-setting.
Stumbled upon this yesterday and it was just what I needed. While I could have mucked around and done it myself, this is much faster. There don’t seem to be any strings attached— roll up some random coats of arms, tweak them to suit, and go!
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Saw this over on !dnd@lemmy.world and thought it was worth sharing.
I think once you publish, the cat’s out of the bag. You can take it down on your end but I don’t know id there’s some right to force others to destroy it too. I think the digital world twists this a bit but, in an analog sense, if I clip something out of a magazine article and, some time later, the author retracts it. That had no authority on me if I want to reference it in an article that I write.
As The Dungeon Key announced this morning, I am working with them to convert their Mork Borg adventure, Kavlov’s...
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Just posting a head's up: I'm working with The Dungeon Key to convert their Mork Borg adventure to OSE. There's a bit more at the link. Super excited about it!
It got funded so I’ll look forward to seeing thoughts on it when copies emerge in the wild!
Of all time? Not sure but it’s definitely the longest one I’ve done in a LONG time.
Are these related to the C.H.U.D.?