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Sci-Fi: Plot Seeds for the Bright Conference
If the Bright Conference ever gets made into an RPG book, I’d like to have a cutaway illustration of a pod and its contents. Like this, with much more detail, and actually good:Here’s what you’ve got....
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Sci-Fi: Unexpected Desirable Outcome
Paul PeperaUnexpected Desirable Outcome They’d let him name his ship. He picked “Hope”, after the virtue and after his sister. Translating Hope into Galactistandard was difficult, but they’d settled on...
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Sci-Fi: Assorted Reviews: Spiders and Skeletons and Strategy
So many books, so little time.linseedling.tumblr.comChildren of Time, Children of Ruin, Children of Memory-Adrian TchaikovskyDan over at throneofsalt suggested this series. Dan is very wise, and sums...
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OSR: Wards and Counterspells
Over on discord, evilscientist42 asked if there were any good counterspell rules. They published their own before I had a chance to finish this post.True counterspells are dedicated spell-eating...
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Sci-Fi: Sensors and Navigation
Sensors are often overlooked in science fiction. They're a tool that allows the plot to happen, and have whatever capabilities and author requires at the moment. In fiction:"Captain, we've detected a...
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OSR: The Mystery of Uriah Shambledrake Session Session 15 & 16 - Thunderstruck
In the Previous Installment, the PCs:Contemplated a Massive Erection.Milked a Jelly.Predicted a Riot.The PCs are:Tom ShambledrakeElectric Wizard and heir to the bankrupt Shambledrake estate. Inventor...
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OSR: The Mystery of Uriah Shambledrake Session Session 17 & 18 - Marching...
In the previous installment, the PCs:Raised a mighty iron tower.Unleashed a dragon.Spawned, and then destroyed, a race of egg-laying butlers. The PCs are:Tom ShambledrakeElectric Wizard and heir to the...
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OSR: Eight Diseases of Wizards
Wizards get sick in unusual ways. Dooms and Mishaps are, arguably, wizard diseases, but they're not the only afflictions unique to spellcasters. Applied magic can cure an illness, but inadvisably...
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OSR: The Mystery of Uriah Shambledrake Session Session 19 - A Tale of One City
In the previous installment, the PCs:Witnessed a revolution.Discovered the secret of basement lumps.Accidentally facilitated the destruction of Parliament.The PCs are:Tom ShambledrakeElectric Wizard...
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Film Notes: An Eclectic Film Festival
Over the last few years, I've had the opportunity to watch a lot of films. Here are some of the best that you may not have seen. It's difficult to judge the obscurity of films these days. People who...
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OSR: Class: Speed Demon
Some people think devils turn up in cool cars. They are complete wrong. Cool cars create devils. It doesn't start immediately with the invention of the motorized carriage, or your setting's...
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OSR: The Mystery of Uriah Shambledrake Session 20 - Colliding Fates
In the previous installment, the PCs:Critiqued a constitution.Plotted civic improvements.Performed, and then fought, an environmental cleanup operation.The PCs are:Tom ShambledrakeElectric Wizard and...
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OSR: Perlesvaus and the Iron Gates
The Iron Gates setting is the successor age to Alexander the Great. What if the Alexander Romance, In Cath Catharda, and the weirder bits of Benjamin of Tudela's travels were true? What if this mythic...
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The Travels of Rabban Bar Sauma
In the 13th century, two monks from China, Rabban Bar Sawma and Rabban Mark, embarked on a pilgrimage. Their journey is sometimes describe as "reverse Marco Polo", but this isn't a useful comparison....
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Mirabilia Urbis Romae - The Wonders of Rome
While tracking down a quotation for a post on Virgil's reputation as a sorcerer, I fell down a footnote rabbithole. From Italy generally, Higden proceeds to a description of Rome in particular, which...
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40k: HamWarmer 24.5 - Imperial Guard
HamWarmer 24.5 is my cobbled-together 40k homebrew. Here's the Imperial Guard faction.Imperial Guard PDF v 0.1After 5th edition, every official Imperial Guard rulesset included some type of Orders...
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Narracio de Mirabilibus Urbis Romae - More Wonders of Rome
In the previous post, I examined the anonymous 12th century guide to the city of Rome, the Mirabilia Urbis Romae. In this post, I'm going to examine two related but less widely distributed texts, the...
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OSR: The Monster Overhaul Is Now Available
The Monster Overhaul: A Practical Bestiary is now available for general sale! US (and the rest of the world): Indie Press RevolutionCanada:Compose Dream GamesUK/EU: SoulMuppet.PDF: DriveThruRPG.Check...
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OSR: The Mystery of Uriah Shambledrake Session 21 & 22 - A Castle in the Air
In the previous installment, the PCs:Exploded a photograph.Experienced horrible sobriety.Participated in Endon's first ever car crash.The PCs are:Tom ShambledrakeElectric Wizard and heir to the...
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OSR: Iron Gates Draft Content: The Arena of Rhen
The Iron Gates is an Alexander Romance / Dark Souls setting guide. After years of (vague and unfocused) development, it's finally reached the point where I can start writing actual content.If you want...
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