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  • The Other Side blog
    Dracula, The Hunters' Journals: 6 November; Mina Harker’s Journal - Our hunt is at an end, but the cost is high. [image: Dracula - The Hunters' Journals] *Mina Harker’s Journal.* *6 November.*—It was late in the afternoon...
    4 hours ago
  • Pits Perilous
    Bitterblossom: The Small-Press Supremecy... - Our hobby has always been a small-press thing. Even now, with modern, corporate D&D, the pastime remains in the capable hands of the hobbyist, empowered ...
    1 day ago
  • The Alexandrian
    Ask the Alexandrian #15: Speedrunning Dragon Heist - S. & B. ask: In the Dragon Heist Remix, what should I do if the PCs head to the Brandath Crypts and find the secret door leading to the vault doors early? ...
    2 days ago
  • B/X BLACKRAZOR
    Why D&D Works - I had an epiphany Saturday night, something I'd been struggling with and considering for years: *why does D&D work*, i.e *why does it have staying power as...
    2 days ago
  • OSR Grimoire
    Master DM's Book: Monster List (Other Planes) - The monster list for Other Planes in the Master Set rules includes some powerful new creatures. *Other Planes*: *Illustration by Jeff Easley* Archon -...
    3 days ago
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    4 days ago
  • Havards Blackmoor Blog
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    5 days ago
  • What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse...
    Update on Flying Swordsmen 2E - Progress has been slow, but I am making progress on the game draft. I've got the first draft of the character generation guide. It's only two pages, so ...
    5 days ago
  • Blog of Holding
    Bastions: And How to Make Them Pay – Maximizing Profits for Bastions in the 5e 2024 DMG - ANOTHER RORY GUEST POST! With the release of the 5e 2025 Dungeon Masters Guide, Bastions are official and can be easily acquired at 5th level for any DM wh...
    1 week ago
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    Male Leads, Female Authors - I am currently in the middle of reading CJ Cherryh's really very good *Ealdwood* books - a superior example of the fantasy-knights-slip-into-faerie subge...
    1 week ago
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    Welcome new Greyhawk Fans! - With the publication of the new Dungeon Master’s Guide, there are doubtless going to be a lot of new D&D players interested in my favorite setting, the Wor...
    2 weeks ago
  • Goblin Punch
    The Werewolf Rule - Ever since the nose-blind apes succeeded in driving them away, wolves have carried their hatred in their guts, like a cold embryo. Humans are slow, stu...
    2 weeks ago
  • ZENOPUS ARCHIVES
    A Return to Greyhawk! - *"Behold Greyhawk" by Bruce Brenneise for the new DMG* A few days ago *DMs Guild* announced that *Greyhawk* is now available a campaign setting for co...
    2 weeks ago
  • The Retired Adventurer
    Yes, You Can Translate and Share Six Cultures of Play for Noncommercial Purposes - I've been getting a lot of requests to translate Six Cultures of Play into various languages and for those translations to be posted on various RPG sites...
    4 weeks ago
  • Bardiches & Bathhouses
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    5 weeks ago
  • Delta's D&D Hotspot
    Star Frontiers: Volturnus Racial Abilities - [image: Ul-Mor in desert] As you'll know if you followed the spring season of Dan's Olde Time Minis Show, I've been playing the classic Star Frontiers ga...
    1 month ago
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    2 months ago
  • Hidden in Shadows
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    2 months ago
  • Gothridge Manor
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    2 months ago
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    3 months ago
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    3 months ago
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    3 months ago
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    3 months ago
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    4 months ago
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    6 months ago
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    7 months ago
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    7 months ago
  • Breeyark.org - "It's OK — Gary sent us."
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  • for h in hexes:
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    1 year ago
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    1 year ago
  • Urt's Outer Skin
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    1 year ago
  • Save Vs. Dragon
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    1 year ago
  • Breath of Mystara
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    1 year ago
  • Signs in the Wilderness
    The Island of Death and Rubies - Today I'm rolling up another random campaign. I'm choosing two of the three starting adventure opportunities to test out their roll-up tables, then lett...
    2 years ago
  • The Tao of D&D
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    2 years ago
  • Semper Initiativus Unum
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    2 years ago
  • Thorfinn Tait Cartography
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    2 years ago
  • Cruel & Unusual Punishment
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    2 years ago
  • Old Guy Gaming
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    3 years ago
  • Cartonerd
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    3 years ago
  • Beyond the Black Gate
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    3 years ago
  • Sir Poley
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    3 years ago
  • The Dragon's Flagon
    A new beginning - I've been blogging here for a while now, but I think it's time to move on to a new blog with a new title. There's a lot of dragons and flagons and flago...
    3 years ago
  • Treasure Hunters HQ
    The Crowning of King Harold - Here is a spooky story that comes from my latest novel, Lions Red and Gold, available now in digital and dead tree only on Amazon. I post it here in ho...
    4 years ago
  • 21st Century D&D
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    4 years ago
  • Known World, Old World
    Blood Sundown Review - I've actually been running games recently! Bully for me. I decided that I'd start reviewing the products I actually use - this was my first review on Driv...
    4 years ago
  • DYVERS
    Closing Comments. - Due to the influx of spam comments on Dyvers I am closing the comments. I'm not currently doing anything with this blog, but I don't want to see the commen...
    4 years ago
  • Faerie Tales & Folklore
    Archetypes, Talents, and the Evolution of Character - After an interesting conversation in a chat room on MeWe, I came to realize that it was time to publish an article on one of the most important ways any gi...
    5 years ago
  • For Honor...and Intrigue
    - The campaign is currently on a long hiatus, so this seemed a good time to post some stats.
    5 years ago
  • Spells and Steel
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    5 years ago
  • Save Versus
    All Wands
    Announcing the Contest Winner! (Plus Some Interesting US Coin Facts) - The third semi-annual Save Versus All Wands contest - What is the Value of this Coin Hoard - is over. $1,000 was the winning guess, only a bit below the ...
    6 years ago
  • Stocking The Dungeon
    A lighthearted open letter to Greyhawk fans. - Let me start by saying I don't dislike Greyhawk. I play in a current AD&D 2nd ed. game set in that setting, Greyhawk and Blackmoor also, as the settings de...
    6 years ago
  • Merric’s Musings
    Rules Spotlight: Surprise and the Assassin - The rules for the Assassin (a Roguish archetype) in the latest edition of Dungeons & Dragons include an extremely powerful ability: Assassinate. It’s the s...
    7 years ago
  • The Fodder Cannon
    Into the Crystalmist Mountains - Part 1 - Into the Crystalmist Mountains *A module compatible with the 5th edition of the world's most popular tabletop RPG!* *by Lance Kepner* *A group of adventu...
    9 years ago
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