How Jennell Jaquays Evolved Dungeon Design, Part 1: Pre-Jaquays Dungeons
(This is a slightly cleaned up version of my two Bluesky threads on Jennell Jaquays, preserved in a hopefully easierContinue Reading
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Pathika Devlog #2: Creating Your Own Adventurer City
In the last devlog, I talked about the practical design problems I sought to solve in my campaign by creatingContinue Reading
Pathika Devlog 1: The problems Pathika solved for my game
The material I wrote for Pathika was not originally intended to be put in a setting book. Rather, I wroteContinue Reading
Kidnap the Archpriest: a Heist Module You Need to Run
Quick Reading Guide: Elevator Pitch Highlights Content and Organization What I Did With It Conclusion Further Reading I run twoContinue Reading
What does diegesis have to do with games?
Quick Reading Guide: There has been some chatter about the concept of diegesis in the OSR recently, partially instigated byContinue Reading
Materia-esque System For Old-School D&D-style RPGs
QUICK SUMMARY: This system envisions materia as magic gems that can either be attached to a person’s body to beContinue Reading
The Trader: Dragon Quest-Inspired Random Advancement Tables Pt. II
We started off with an adaptation of the Dragon Quest Hero class, and this time we’re tackling The Trader! BasedContinue Reading
The Dreamer: a Dragon Quest-Inspired OSR Random Advancement Table
Jump to the class here. Author’s note: The original version of this article linked to Jeff Rient’s blog post onContinue Reading
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