tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53737929690866196542012-01-25T04:07:10.041-04:00Just a little blog for posting various creations for the BECMI / Rules Cyclopedia edition of Dungeons and Dragons. All hail the Red Box! <hr> Updated whenever possible with a little something, whether a monster or spell or item or just a little list of whatevers.taicharahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02213053468697534564noreply@blogger.comBlogger3961100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373792969086619654.post-81137918717243465982012-01-01T11:31:00.002-04:002012-01-01T11:59:17.887-04:00

The sun was swallowed whole, and Jie Chue swept swiftly towards his forge as the sun's darkness touched the earth beneath his feet, only to pause as a shadow fell across his own.Dust-worn and weary the traveller stood, his trials plain and his oaths plainer still; bled dry to his core, betrayer and betrayed against his knowledge. Jie Chue nodded once.The stranger he gifted with the earth's own

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After once again having not only no interest in posting for months but in fact a visceral aversion to the very idea of posting, I have concluded it is time to officially hang up the hat.I may be back again; perhaps an official clean break is what I need to feel remotely interested -- or comfortable, for that matter -- with resuming activity once again. But if I'm honest about it, I've been less

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So.Magical disciplines or schools based on the houses of the zodiac Y/N?Perhaps with Ophiuchus being the necromantic -- or otherwise unsavoury -- dark horse of the lot?

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Yes, another post so short it's barely a blip on the radar -- awkward letters + awkward time of the work schedule makes for short posts ~Yesterday I was digging through Anima again and anxiously waiting for the Dominus Exxet book to finally crawl into my FLGS next month. Anima is definitely a happy place for me these days.Today I was shuffling through my collection of Planescape material while

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I can only hope my games are half so awesome.No, seriously."I did not betray you on purpose! I just decided to ally myself with a group bent on the destruction of everything you have spent your life trying to build! Sometimes people just grow apart!"

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One of these days, I will run an aquatic/undersea/marine-based campaign. Whether the main action is on a scatter of islands with some submarine facets, or primarily under the waves with a bit of activity on the surface -- or, hell, just plunk a campaign in the Plane of Water and be done with it -- it shall be done.I have an abiding fascination with watery realms and aquatic adventuring, all the

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Vampires are one of those fictional critters that I've never, ever liked. Not in fiction (especially not in this day and age *twitch*), and not particularly in my roleplaying games either. I'm quite bloodsuckered out, thank you, and I have no desire to change this fact.(which isn't to say that I don't like tossing around various sorts of blooddrinking, soul-sucking beasties. but they aren't

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Some years back I owned the Undermountain boxed set (as well as the second boxed set, but that one sucked so we won't speak of it). It wound up getting sold in a certain situation we shall not talk about and I have a line on acquiring a replacement copy. The thing is, I mostly want it for the reading and the occasional odd inspiration borrowed from a room description, or maybe to crib a cluster

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In Dragon #125, Ed Greenwood had an article on the trees of the Forgotten Realms; lovingly describing the physical forms, colours, preferred climates, types of wood, and purposes of a swathe of fantastical greenery. This article's contents would subsequently be republished in a few FR products -- one off the top of my head is Volo's Guide To All Things Magical -- and one could take that as a

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Aah, my other beloved campaign setting -- though, ironically enough, one I have never managed to actually run though I tinker with the setting all the bloody time. (reasons for this are varied and in some cases withheld to spare someone who crops up on this blog from time to time ~)Spelljammer was by and large already on the way out by the time I seriously dug into 2e, but that didn't stop me

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What little rituals do you have with your dice?Do you have a special bag or box or suchsort container for them, maybe keep them in a specific place (or, if in a box, set out in a specific order)? Do you have certain dice for certain tasks -- one die for all your attack rolls, or one set for playing and one for when you're the DM?Do you let other players use your dice, or even touch them? (a bit

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I'm sure we've all had them in our games, or at the very least had That One Player who insists on want to play them -- the PC based entirely around some (often annoying) quirk. The player has come up with some kind of gimmick, or something that they think will make their character "unique" and thus stand out, and is hellbent on pushing that quirky envelope as far as it will go.Sometimes, the

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The first "proper" -- i.e. not picking up the pieces after our first DM had to contend with a new addition to his family, but a fresh start -- campaign I ever ran was a Planescape campaign, having snapped up the original boxed set pretty much when it first arrived. We did awesome, awful things, both myself and my players (including capturing rogue animal spirits, attacking Robocop and crushing

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I can't really elaborate on this idea enough to make a respectable-sized post out of it (having not actually made use of said idea), but I want to make it anyway ;3Aside from, well, actual miniatures, I've seen and/or heard of gamers using little pog-like tokens -- with or without pictures on -- paper or cardstock standups, poker chips, coins, aquarium stones, chess pieces, and once G. I. Joes

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Some numbers have a certain draw to them in D&D. Even at relatively low levels, there are certain numbers -- whether levels or something other -- that have stood out as milestones in D&D for me, whether as a DM or a player but especially as a player and more numbers still have a sort of intrinsic meaning if not importance.A few:0 --Found in everyone's favorite~ 2e hallmark, THAC0: To Hit Armour

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My go-to game is D&D of many stripes, and always has been; and yet when I look at the bookshelf behind me the fantasy games are outnumbered by the scifi games:-Anima- Pathfinder- Mekton Zeta- Alternity- Jovian Chronicles- TravellerIt's an interesting dichotomy to be sure, but I would be a rank liar if I said that nothing science-tech-mechanical made it into my D&D games. Readers of this blog

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It has been my observation (or, at least, my unfortunate experience) that one of the gaming subjects near as likely to provoke a flame war in certain arenas as much as any edition debate is the idea of "games with levels" versus "games without levels". The basic gist seems to be that the first side doesn't fancy the fiddliness of point- or -grade-based advancement (or just doesn't see any reason

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I have been a good hamster and followed Jeff's instructions re the print and PDF blog options ...*peers out; is it safe from potential pitchforks now?*;3~

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My campaigns have always had a curious deficit of the knightly persuasion. Not only has there never been any PC of the paladin-ish type, there has never been any characters remotely resembling a knightly or even vaguely chivalric ideal in my games.... No, I lie. The party leader of my longest-running campaign was a remarkably honourable and almost knightly fellow, when I stop to think about it;

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It is frankly an inevitability that any game I run will -- somehow, some way -- involve crossing dimensions or traveling to other planes. My go-to settings, even if only for inspiration, are Planescape and Spelljammer (though I've run a fair few PS campaigns, SJ is proving more elusive); and even in more "grounded" settings there are the inevitable planar bleeds, elemental hijinks and my

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I keep my Red Box, etc. next to my computer desk where I can reach it handily. Sometimes it happens to keep company with the RC and a few retro-clone offerings, sometimes it sits there alone with a clump of graph paper trying to escape. So it goes --Behind me is a glorious 8' tall bookshelf that contains my immediate go-to "library" for inspiration and firing up the ol' imagination (not

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Aah, the joyous moment when an adventurer, or an adventuring party, stakes out a home of their own. Sometimes the moment is relatively mundane -- setting up shop in a certain suite in an inn for the duration -- and sometimes, not so much.I've had PC parties go the inn route; they've also received small flats (in Sigil) or land for building in a chosen village (in more "mundane" settings) as

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No, this isn't a post on clockwork magics -- it's a shorter (if not sweeter) post about a few musings that trundled across my hindbrain this week.What gear, if any, is assumed in your games? Taking D&D and its relations as the immediate example, do your PCs start with clothing (one outfit? more? what quality?) or do you make them purchase clothes out of their starting cash? Does a

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It's essay time! No, I don't consider this the same as my anime post. Yes, it's long and full of personal opinions and such and in fact mostly borrowed from a post I made elsewhere. I'm a big FF person, I'm posting it here anyway ;3Many -- if not most -- FF fans are aware of the influence Dungeons and Dragons had on the franchise, especially the first Final Fantasy. What may not be as clear is

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If I were asked what single thing -- what lone, solitary crumb from the combined edifice of D&D in all its forms -- it is that I cannot stand, I could answer in one word.Elves.From their semi-pseudo "multiclassing" effect, warrior and spellcaster both, in BECMI to the explosion of umpety-dozen subtypes, each one more special than the last; from wild to dark to green to silver to, oh I don't know,

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It's time for an iconic critter! Something big, and impressive, and maybe scaly, something to give a party pause for at least a moment. What to use, what to use ...A dragon?Sure, dragons are great and all; I love me some dragons. But I love dinosaurs even more -- and it can be highly entertaining to fit the beasties into a game. Though it's true to say that "scaly" only describes some of them

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A rather shorter post than the previous two, due to circumstances: but still --I like small, compact spaces for adventures, or to use as adventure hooks. Whether it's microdungeons or above-ground buildings, I'm not terribly picky; small locales allow me to customize to my heart's content and still keep the gaming time to something short enough for two people with erratic schedules to be able to

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Aah, the rustle of fresh unmarked character sheets. The clatter of dice as they hit the table (if one is using dice), the rulebooks scattered about, the grumbling as one loses every pencil in reach to curious cats within five minutes of starting. It's character-making time!While one could post happily about what character generation methods are preferred and/or "optimal" -- when a game offers

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A dreaded word in some gaming circles, to be sure; and one welcomed with open arms by others, my own included. We're all a great pile of anime fans and there's seldom a game that goes by that doesn't draw on an easter-egg or three buried into a scenario. (perhaps mercifully for all involved, said easter-eggs are seldom quite as blatant as this unless we've chosen to do so quite deliberately ...

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(I know I've been MIA for a week or so; I got hit with the flu. Blegh.)I've basically decided to pick up the A to Z April Blogging Challenge -- you know, the one letter a day, 26 days, Sundays are a break meme. To make it more of a challenge I also decided to do it cold, with no pre-prepped list of topics. I am a brave fool, why yes ;3I make no guarantee said topics will have gameable

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Brass JackalArmour Class: 2Hit Dice: 2**Move: 150' (50')Attacks: 1 biteDamage: 1-6 (special)No. Appearing: 1-2Save As: F2Morale: 12Treasure Type: Nil (special)Alignment: NeutralXP Value: 30Clockwork constructs of bronze and black iron, brass jackals take their name from the smooth shell of brassy armour that encloses their delicate internal workings. The eyes of a brass jackal are softly

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KhetirrArmour Class: 5Hit Dice: 1+3*Move: 150' (50')Attacks: 1 biteDamage: 1-8 + flamesNo. Appearing: 1-8 (1-12)Save As: F1Morale: 9Treasure Type: NilAlignment: NeutralXP Value: 19The khetirr is an elemental-touched variant of the giant ferret. It's pelt varies from sooty black to the colour of burnt cream, and the creature can envelop itself at will in an aura of crackling flames. The

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On rpg.net, a spambot popped up in a thread and (among other randomness, presumably), posted the following:There are vampires in caves and forts all over Cyrodiil, and Daedra Hearts can be found in the realm of Oblivion.A poster noted "That's quite poetic for a spambot." I think I'll take it one step further, and see what I can't whistle up as game inspiration -- with a few name changes and

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Brought upon by musings and the previous post --I like plants that decide the PCs are dinner. I especially like plants that have bulbous, snapping jaws, like the greenfang and marrowlight and the upcoming post of "killer watermelons" -- nothing says "aiiie" like a plant sprouting (ha) a gaping maw. Plants are supposed to get eaten, not be the eaters!Thorned plants can also be fun, whether found

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Over on Zak S's blog he made a post that ended with his asking commenters to fill out a What's Chewing On That Carcass? Table For The Last NonDungeon Place Your PCs Were. It's been a bit since an active game, but memory told me my table would be:1. (really twitchy) green rat people2. a deathcluck3. giant fire ferrets4. brass jackal5. rabid watermelons6. Pac-ManAnd, for the giggles, I think

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The following set of tables can be fun for quick-and-dirty humanoid species creation, or just for spicing up an everyday encounter with goblins and orcs. Not every single table needs to be used, but nothing says you couldn't, either ~Roll 1-3 times on each or as desired:Hit Dice1. 1HD2. 2HD3. 3HD4. roll again and add a +2 hp modifier to the result5. roll again and add a +4 hp modifier to the

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Greysoul Shards: Found in bundles of 1-4, wrapped in rough linen or the furry hide of some small beast, greysoul shards are long thin wedges of a strange translucent black substance -- not metal nor glass -- that taper to razor-sharp points. Though some claim the shards to be tangible darkness, this has not been proven.A shard may be thrown like a dagger, inflicting damage as the same, but that

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Mala of the Hexad: The mala of the hexad is a set of prayer beads, meant to be worn around the neck or brandished at a target. There is no one substance from which the mala must be made; examples have been known to be fashioned from bone, wood, musk, rose petals, or large seeds. Each example of the mala of the hexad grants its owner a +1 to any defense against offensive elemental sources; this

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I've always had a soft spot for single-use magical items, especially in the low level games I find myself running. They're a convenient way to give a reward to PCs without needing to worry about lingering issues of power, can occasionally result in interesting examples of strategy, and frankly are just plain fun.(why yes, I'm also quite fond of them in my video games, why do you ask?)The

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Sau'inpuArmour Class: 7Hit Dice: 2*Move: 120' (40')Attacks: 2 or 1 (by weapon)Damage: 1-4/1-4 or 1-6No. Appearing: 1-20 (10-100)Save As: F2Morale: 8Treasure Type: E (U)Alignment: LawfulXP Value: 25The sau'inpu -- crudely referred to as desert jackals by many -- are a species of tall, lean canine humanoids, notable for their narrow, elegant nuzzles, tall tapered ears and short dense fur of jet

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Usually found as small solid pellets of a translucent yellowish-brown or in a thin syrupy tincture stored in a jade -- always jade -- phial, magistry has a potent effect indeed: it may be used to restore spell levels expended during the casting of magic. Each dose (a single pellet or five drops) of this rarest of essence-of-amber will replenish a spell level for a magic-user, though depending on

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No, I haven't fallen off of the map again already -- just had to deal with training the most evil new arrival to the worksite I've seen in years for two nights, then capped it off with a three-hour dental appointment. Blegh.Posting shall resume anon! In the meantime, a question that I've surely asked before but the moment, my mind it is a sieve:I posted a draft of an esper class here on the

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[Found dyed in cobalt and peacock green on a tattered white silken scroll on the one hand, inscribed on verdigrised brass plates in delicate white acid etchings on the other, these two spells appear entirely unrelated though lying amongst the same bleached bones. But are they indeed coincidentally collected together, or is there a connection after all?]Shining Tear of TimeLevel: MU3Range: 30'

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The Boneheart: A singular lute, though related to an older strain of harps, the Boneheart is stripped of nearly all colour; the instrument has been fashioned of bleached wood and cunningly shaped ivory plates, its pegs and details carved of bone and the grillwork of its soundbox woven from splinters of baleen. Only amongst the gut of its strings is there notable pigment -- four of said strings

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Parvani's CurseArmour Class: 4Hit Dice: 2*** to 6****Move: fly 120'/40'Attacks: 1 or by spellDamage: 2-12 or by spellNo. Appearing: 1Save As: C6Morale: 9Treasure Type: NilAlignment: ChaoticXP Value: 35 - 1175Parvani's curse is seldom seen; this troublesome daemon much prefers to feed from its victim from deep within a magical item or some other precious object. If cast from its hiding place by

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[This spellbook -- or, rather, portion of spellbook -- has seen better days. Sages are uncertain whether the tawny scroll's surface is of papyrus strengthened by magic to the durability of parchment, or of parchment enchanted to resemble papyrus; the lettering and diagrams of the spells upon the scroll's surface are inked in sooty black, accented with vermilion and gold. A scattering of

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Aah, potions. Those useful little gulps of liquid, especially when they happen to be a potion of healing and one's hapless PC is in desperate need of hit points; dungeon standbys, really, especially in the low levels where I tend to have most of my games.Magical potions have an appeal for me (as do one-shot items in general, but more on those in another post), evoking a certain alchemical

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PakhArmour Class: 5Hit Dice: 3+5***Move: 150'/50'Attacks: 2 claws + 1 bite or by weaponDamage: 1-3/1-3 + 1-4 or by weaponNo. Appearing: 1-8Save As: F4Morale: 10Treasure Type: DAlignment: ChaoticXP Value: 150The pakh, or goblin cat, is a malicious and vindictive creature that delights in playing with its human (or demihuman) prey. In its natural form a pakh is an oversized coal black cat with

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Or, How the hamster hopes to kick into gear again --When I started up this blog, I hadn't counted on the sheer amount of material I was about to produce and toss up on it -- it was a grand time, but I couldn't maintain it forever and I only hurt myself by trying, especially after a few events (the most significant of which has nothing to do with gaming) put me in a place where I just wasn't

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Well, it looks like I'm actually devoting some brainpower to trying to make this work. Naturally, almost immediately I find myself having Deep Thoughts -- in this case about the four classes and what I plan to do with them.The cleric is being, to put it kindly, a pain in the arse.You see, the concept of a "cleric" or "priest" as it exists in the modern Western world (and in many other modern

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Egypt Gazetteer- (very!) brief overview- class changes -> alternate thief skills -> redistribute spell lists -> change/remove turning -> "name levels"; patronage, titles- currency and gear -> weapons, armour -> Egyptian versions of adventuring necessities -> "basic kits"?- spells -> typical magic types -> remove/alter most "blasters" -> summonings, blessings, cursings -> wax crocodile -> parting

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Because I can never resist these kinds of suggestions ...MusillycArmour Class: 4Hit Dice: 1+3*Move: NoneAttacks: 1 clampDamage: 1-6No. Appearing: 1-100Save As: C2Morale: 12Treasure Type: SpecialAlignment: NeutralXP Value: 15Strange and oddly beautiful molluscs, musillyc are believed by some to have been magically modified from the jekti. Unlike the cave clams, however, musillyc are

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Under the brilliant noonday sun Jie Chue laboured at the forge; a tremor signaled another's presence, and he paused his work.A brash and stubborn princeling stood before him, his temper quenched as he detailed his desire. Strength and brilliance forged as one, though without the touch of iron; no dainty graces, only the power and the will.Jie Chue sent the princeling to the south as he turned

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Sometimes, you just need a bit of "dungeon dressing" or an oddity to leave your players scratching their heads ... - A stone statue of a goblin, paper-thin and hollow. If the statue is broken, goblin bones tumble out.- Seven mushrooms growing from a rotted leather satchel, each one's cap being a different colour of the visible spectrum.- An intricate set of gears and levers set into a

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What started off as my deciding on writing another video game hack (similar to, if not as extensive, as my Final Fantasy hack notions) has rapidly mutated into something else.I suppose I had other ideas simmering in the back of my head; whatever the cause, the items and critters contained in the document below pay lip service at best to the original source material.Feathers and DeathA 1-up to

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"when you think about Dungeons & Dragons, the cover of what product comes first to mind?"Oh yeah. I went there. *snorts*I may be happily pittering about with the Rules Cyclopedia off and on at the moment, but AD&D2 is my home and always will be -- and one of these days I'll be getting that Spelljammer campaign up and running. And my next Planescape campaign for that matter.

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JektiArmour Class: 5Hit Dice: 1-1Move: 6' (2')climb 6' (2')Attacks: 1 spitDamage: 1-4No. Appearing: 4-40Save As: Normal ManMorale: 12Treasure Type: SpecialAlignment: NeutralXP Value: 6Commonly called cave clams and dungeon oysters, jekti have slippery grey-green bodies and a row of beady red eyes encased in thick, ruffly bivalved shells the size of an ogre's head. On rare occasions a

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Lithira Armour Class: 8Hit Dice: 3*Move: 180' (60')Attacks: 2 hoovesDamage: 1-4/1-4No. Appearing: 2-20Save As: C3Morale: 7Treasure Type: SpecialAlignment: NeutralXP Value: 50Found in oases and the grasslands that make up the desert's southern reaches, the lithira is a delicate looking creature that travels in small herds and resembles an antelope in basic build. Long of limb and neck,

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After my dead-tree copy of Jeff Rients' Ye Olde Book of Spells arrived in the mail today, I was struck by a certain notion:To cheer up the poor lonely letters in the book.I'm also half out of my head in a murderous heatwave, so fair warning in regards to what follows *grins*Gate of the MoonLevel: MU3Range: 1 mileDuration: 5 roundsEffect: Opens a temporary spatial gateWhen this spell is cast a

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Tifani: A small defensive construct beloved of the neu, a tifani is an orb of scintillating glass shards in a riot of colours, held in spherical shape by a delicate orichalcum frame.Some tifani are are triggered by touch (such as by being picked up), or are pre-set to trigger when a moving object comes within a certain range, or by the presence of a specific type of being. Other tifani are even

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As the old download link is, it seems, broken:Esper v. alpha

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[A small volume, this spellbook has covers of finely hammered and frosted steel with a faintly bluish tinge, formed over a core of oak. Both covers are lipped and one is slightly larger than the other, such that the pages are completely encased when the book is closed. The pages themselves are of fine parchment, the script and diagrams within recorded in a strong hand in black ink; the front

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In the falling light of evening Jie Chue found himself approached by the scion of an ancient line.This pale-haired prince desired a pair of light and shining blades, quick to blood, a hidden sting; though, cursed in his blood, could wield no steel. He asked only for wisdom.Jie Chue smiled and turned away.In the rising light of morning he gifted the prince with dawn's own lightning.The Waiting

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The Peacock RobeLevel: MU1Range: 0Duration: 1 hourEffect: Enhances the personal Charisma of the casterBy casting this spell, the magic-user cloaks themselves in a scintillating glamour that amplifies their personability. Appearing to be a more charismatic and trustworthy individual, the magic-user gains a +2 to reaction rolls for the spell's duration.Bright Ember BindingsLevel: MU2Range:

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Scarab Arrows: Ancient creations of the oldest kingdom of the Glittering Sands, scarab arrows are in the current era often more prized for their antiquity and delicate craftmanship than for their enchantments. All scarab arrows have bronzewood shafts and are fletched with golden falcon feathers; the head of an arrow is a delicate, detailed sculpture of a scarab beetle, legs held pointed before

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More bones! Just of a perhaps more palatable kind ;3FossilArmour Class: 6/4/2Hit Dice: 3/6/9*Move: 90' (30')stoneswim 90' (30')Attacks: 3Damage: 1-4/1-4/1-8 or 1-6/1-6/1-12, or 1-8/1-8/2-20No. Appearing: 1-4Save As: F3/6/9Morale: 12Treasure Type: IAlignment: NeutralXP Value: 50/725/1950Fossils are unusual elementals; spirits of earth inhabiting the petrified bones of long-dead

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Kiknai (Frost Swan)Armour Class: 7Hit Dice: 2+2Move: 120' (40')fly 180' (60')Attacks: 2 wings or by weaponDamage: 1-6/1-6 or by weaponNo. Appearing: 1-3Save As: F3Morale: 9Treasure Type: MAlignment: AnyXP Value: 35The kiknai – commonly referred to as “frost swans” or “snow swans” – are large swan-like birds with faintly sparkling, pure white plumage, silver-grey feet and bills, and

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Cerastes Staff: Though ancient of design and -- like many other objects of their kind -- attributed to the neu of more temperate climes, the cerastes staff has found its greatest popularity amongst the traveling spellcasters and mystics of the Golden Reach and its desert borders. Appearing crafted of bronzewood carved with a sheath of tiny scales and bound with copper rings, when held up to the

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Sa'au Armour Class: 4Hit Dice: 1+4Move: 150' (50')Attacks: 2 claws + 1 biteDamage: 1-2/1-2/1 + specialNo. Appearing: 2-12Save As: C1Morale: 12Treasure Type: NilAlignment: ChaoticXP Value: 23Eerie little creatures of death, sa'au resemble nothing so much as the half-crystallized, ambulatory skeletons of human infants. Empty jaws chattering like off-key chimes, sa'au prefer to attack in

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Name: JenanClass (or lack thereof): Normal Man (jack-of-all-trades)Armour and Armour Class: none -- AC 9Hit Points: 4Weapon(s): dagger, staffBelongings of Note: wrapped leather packet of honeycomb, dog and small cartAlignment: LawfulNotes: Cheerful, but prone to taking sides in an argument. Third-generation daughter of beekeepers, highly knowledgeable about unusual insects and insectoid

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[A compact volume of spells and cryptic notations on the construction of mageries, the Book of the White Cat is small enough in size to be cradled comfortably in the crook of an arm. The Book's pages are of creamy parchment edged in gold, its contents scribed in a sure and delicate hand in black and cinnabar inks; the covers are of dense oak overlain with immaculately clean white velvet. And --

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When spicing up a treasure hoard, sometimes minor -- if still unusual -- properties of an item's material can be every bit as interesting as a new enchantment, especially if the material is rare and/or valued in and of itself. (Mithral, anyone?)With that in mind, a few unusual metals for weapons, armour, or odder widgets:Ignis Cor: A dense, brilliantly cherry-red and slightly translucent metal

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DurakiArmour Class: 5Hit Dice: 3+5Move: 120' (40')Attacks: 1 fists or by weaponDamage: 1-4/1-4 or by weaponNo. Appearing: 2-8Save As: F4Morale: 10Treasure Type: EAlignment: ChaoticXP Value: 75Strange humanoid creatures, duraki are androgynous and eerily similar in appearance to one another, as if all created at the once by some magic-user's experiment. Their flesh is smooth and

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Not back for a week, and the blogosphere has managed to already cough up the beginning of another one of Those Debates. Pfeh. Lovely. And with a side-order of one of my other annoyances, besides; but that seems confined to a small space, so what odds.This is the sound of me knocking my head against my desk. (tis rather a hollow sound ...)New critter in the morning if work doesn't eat me alive.

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QiparalArmour Class: 7Hit Dice: 1+1Move: 30' (10')fly 120' (40')Attacks: 1 biteDamage: 1-4 + specialNo. Appearing: 2-20Save As: F1Morale: 8Treasure Type: IAlignment: ChaoticXP Value: 19Unusually large bats, qiparal are covered in dark fur and have muzzles much like that of a jackal, as well as a jackal's ears and oddly grooved fangs. Their most shocking trait are their wings, however;

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Rings of the Winged Moon: “Rings” in name only, this pair of slender bangles are crafted of a strange silvery porcelain-like substance, translucent and faintly bluish. Stronger than they appear, the Rings must be worn on either wrist in order to function; placing both bangles on one wrist renders the enchantment temporarily inert. When active, the Rings may be called upon to produce any

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MyrristArmour Class: 6Hit Dice: 1-1Move: 120' (40')Attacks: 1 weapon or biteDamage: 1-6 or 1-3 + specialNo. Appearing: 2-8 (3-30)Save As: F1Morale: 11Treasure Type: Q (C)Alignment: NeutralXP Value: 5 Sworn adversaries – and natural predators – of the cricet and chiktik both, the myrrist are small, long and lean; weasels or fishers in a humanoid shape. Standing some two and a half to

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ShutaiArmour Class: 5Hit Dice: 1/2*Move: 150' (50') (special)Attacks: 1Damage: SpecialNo. Appearing: 4-16Save As: M1Morale: 9Treasure Type: NilAlignment: ChaoticXP Value: 6 Strange, small entities, shutai glide swiftly across any and all possible surfaces; living shadow-shapes, like lacy and baroque silhouettes of teardrop cutouts that slide and swarm towards any available targets.

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Ring of Viridian Veins: A slender finger-ring of copper in the form of twisting vines, the Ring of Viridian Veins is decorated with tiny leaves of deep green jade. Despite its apparent fragility the Ring is strong as steel and will resize to fit as needed. The bearer of the Ring will find their hair (or fur, feathers, etc.) develops a vibrant emerald tint. So long as the Ring is worn,

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I am indeed not dead, only sleeping, as it were. For a few various reasons -- some having to do with the blogosphere, some to do with non-Interwebs events, and a great deal to do with other activities in my life at the moment -- I've not been feeling the itch to write for this neck of the woods. I haven't given up my Rules Cyclopedia by a long shot, but my attention is elsewhere.Burnout chewed

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It's taken me longer than it should have to get to these; I think this will be reliable, at least in the short term. In any case, here they are:Final Fantasy Red Box Hack 1.0Little TreasuresOne-Page Dungeon: Chantry of the EarthflameI know the download site isn't ideal; please bear with me ...

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AzulArmour Class: 2Hit Dice: 3+4*Move: fly 180' (60')Attacks: 1Damage: 1-4No. Appearing: 1-3Save As: M4Morale: 11Treasure Type: Nil (special)Alignment: NeutralXP Value: 75An azul is a gaseous entity, a billowing sapphire fog measuring no less than 20' x 20' in rough dimension (though it will flow down corridors, through cracks, and generally "deform" itself as necessary). Alien creatures, it is

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Ivory Carbuncle: Another of Mindara's creations, or so he claimed, the Ivory Carbuncle is a smooth sphere somewhat less than an inch in diameter. The Carbuncle's colour appears to shift randomly, though smoothly, between a nacreous cream and a glittering ruby red; it may be mounted in a jewel's setting and still function, or it be applied directly to the flesh where it will adhere and sink

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Winter's Drafts: Named not for any particular quality they hold, but for only the season in which they may be distilled, these translucent elixirs glitter like ice crystals suspended in white wine. Each type of elixir is traditionally identified only by the small enameled mark on the body of its frosted silver flask, or by a sprig of the appropriate foliage tied to the neck with a bit of white

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Circumstances beyond my control (*glaring mightily at the contractors on-site*) have me rather scattered at the moment. I shall do my best to catch up, and within a day or two will hopefully have new download links for the Little Treasures and Final Fantasy Hack files, which have gone down since I first posted them --

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When in the market for a historical setting -- for any rpg, really, though since I'm writing for Classic D&D on this blog one can take that as a starting-point -- what do you look for?More to the point, what sort of information and details do you expect to find, and want to find, in a historical setting? New critters, magic, class tweaks or descriptions of how classes fit in? An overview of the

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Mindara's Drop: First created by the now-legendary Mindara, spellwielding sub-captain of the Revolution of Thorns, the small ornaments now known as Mindara's Drops continue to be a boon for secretive magic-users. Unfortunately the design of the Drops contains Mindara's curse of flaws in execution. Whether a ruby hung from a delicate golden chain, a rough stoneware pendant on a peasant's woven

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LadannaArmour Class: 6Hit Dice: 2+5Move: 150' (50')Attacks: 1 bite or 1 gore, + 2 hoovesDamage: 1-6 or 1-8 + 1-4/1-4No. Appearing: 2-8Save As: F2Morale: 9Treasure Type: NilAlignment: ChaoticXP Value: 25Ladanna have the basic appearance of deer: the same size, body shape and speed. However, complementing their rusty-tan pelt a ladanna's upper body, from muzzle to tail, is cloaked in articulated

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You know you've been trundling along with something too long when you entertain thoughts of how you would like to rewrite it, if you could.Recently I've been mulling over the idea of what I would put in a "Red Box" of levels 1-3 D&D. What critters, what sort of items; would I add or remove classes, or make alterations to the classes in the Mentzer box (my preferred Red Box) ... Could I condense

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Sira'she, the White Ghost Mask: None can attribute this full-face mask, of impossibly thin ivory carved with sweeping lines into idealized, almost stylized features, to any single enchanter. Perhaps the very nature of the White Ghost Mask prevents such a thing. What is confirmed is the existence of copies of Sira'she alongside the original, also of ivory but bearing a tiny gem in the brow, or

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OojeniArmour Class: 6Hit Dice: 3+2*Move: 90' (30')climb 90' (30')Attacks: 4 tentaclesDamage: 1-4/1-4/1-4/1-4No. Appearing: 1 (1-6)Save As: F3Morale: 9Treasure Type: DAlignment: ChaoticXP Value: 75Mottled in blues and green and dull reds, oojeni are land-dwelling octopi with a distinct bent towards domination and control -- preferably of humans and similar creatures. They are also more than

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TaurowanaxArmour Class: 5Hit Dice: 4**Move: 180' (60')Attacks: 1 gore + 1 trampleDamage: 1-10/2-12No. Appearing: 1Save As: C6Morale: 12Treasure Type: SpecialAlignment: Lawful or NeutralXP Value: 175The taurowanax, king of bulls, is a massive creature that stands head and shoulders above a common ox and displays a frightening amount of intelligence. Most commonly encountered leading a herd of

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Dashifen's Glass: A thick plate of an unidentifiable crystal-clear material, shaped like a broad teardrop, faceted along its edges and as large as a grown man's head, Dashifen's Glass is trimmed with delicately etched scrollwork and mounted in a slim frame of gold and burnished blue steel.When laid against any magical inscription, such as an enchanted rune, a spell scroll, or a warding glyph,

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Kingfisher Chimes: Named for the stone they are carved from -- translucent green jade, tinged with deep blue and shot through with delicate white veins -- the Kingfisher Chimes are strings of round bells no larger than the last joint of the fourth finger, their bead-like clappers carved from the same stone as the body of the bell. The Chimes are strung on lengths of pure white cords, and may

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Shining King's Bulwark: Of unknown origin, this large shield is composed of a single massive scale, as if from a titanic dragon or similar reptilian beast. Greyish-blue and nacreous, almost opalescent, the scale is unworked; the addition of grips and strapping in steel and woven silver -- somehow smoothly bonded to the scale's interior -- is the only noticeable alteration to its original

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Golden JellyArmour Class: 8Hit Dice: 1-1Move: 150' (50')Attacks: 1Damage: 1-6No. Appearing: 1-3Save As: C1Morale: 12Treasure Type: NilAlignment: NeutralXP Value: 5Strange little creatures even for jellykind, golden jellies are semi-fluid masses of glistening, translucent metallic gold roughly a foot and a half in diameter. Though dangerous, like any jelly, golden jellies do have their usefulness

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Thief-of-HuesArmour Class: 6Hit Dice: 4Move: 120' (40')swim 90' (30')Attacks: 1 biteDamage: 2-8No. Appearing: 1-2Save As: M4Morale: 9Treasure Type: NilAlignment: NeutralXP Value: 100The thief-of-hues -- also known as a nijiara or chromatic python -- is a huge serpent that most closely resembles a constrictor in shape, with scales of a dull pearly grey, milky white eyes, and virtually silent

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Chrysaor, the Sunlit Edge: A weapon of relatively recent history, Chrysaor was forged as one component of a Dawn Knight's consecrated regalia. Unfortunately for Dawn's Korvun, he lost his life in battle with a knot of wraiths and the sword was lost; it has subsequently changed hands from one adventuring band and sapient monster to another, all so far unaware of the blade's origin -- or the

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K'kithilArmour Class: 4Hit Dice: 1-1Move: 90' (30')climb 90' (30')burrow 90' (30')Attacks: 2 liv or 1 biteDamage: 1-3/1-3 or 2-5No. Appearing: 2-12 (20-200)Save As: Normal ManMorale: 9 (12)Treasure Type: FAlignment: NeutralXP Value: 5Sapient, industrious scarabs some two feet long, k'kithil congregate in massive labyrinthine burrows and dense scalloped towers, building up and filling in space

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.. Just distracted ;3 And with a newish philosophy that I shouldn't push myself to post when something else is on my mind.Don't worry, I'm not gone forever ;3

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