Here to document my RPG prep and thoughts!...
So it's been a while since my open table megadungeon campaign petered out after a poor transition to online play. As I'm about to get into refereeing an Arden Vul campaign, now seemed as good a time as any to reflect back on the choices I made when running the Palace. Thoughts This was a great campaign that I highly enjoyed running. It was great seeing my players treat the dungeon as a real space,…
I wanted a more consistent method for generating names for my game. I figured out the phonemes that were in the names I used, and shoved them into a series of tables. (Why yes, this is absolutely overkill and unnecessarily complex.) Sample Names (Aumspyr) 1d30 Name IPA 1 Aumu /ɑʊmu/ 2 Fevu /ɸevu/ 3 Hihkhla /hi:χla/ 4 Yaumoth /jiɑʊmoθ/ 5 Yoathus /joaθus/ 6 Nedipsak /nedipsak/ 7 Abideb /abideb/ 8…
This is a quick, barely cleaned up transcription of a looping puzzle dungeon that I ran a while ago. Layout The dungeon is divided into a 5-by-5 grid of rooms, connected by hallways in each cardinal direction. The north exit of the northmost room in each column connects to the south exit of the southernmost room in the same column. Likewise, the same is true for the western-most room and…
I hacked this initiative system together as an alternative to individual initiative for the last OSR-style game I ran. It allows sides to have combatants act in different simultaneous batches every round while still being fast. You will need two decks of cards with different backs. One of these decks is the player deck, and the other is the monster deck. At the start of session, assign each player…
I was thinking about how to speed up character creation, and figured that buying equipment was one of the slower parts of it. Here's some equipment packages that I'll be using for my next campaign. Equipment Packs All characters start with a backpack, waterskin, tinderbox, 6 torches, and 1 week of standard rations. Note: Sword is a stand-in for any melee weapon. Cleric : Holy symbol to god, Mace,…
Ages ago, the Clockwork King, whose name has been lost to time, ruled from his palace, the beauty and riches within transcendent even for that time. More recently, rumors have spread that the palace itself has been found, drawing treasure hunters from far and wide. Best that you make your mark before the palace is picked clean. Palace of the Clockwork King It's been a while since I've played or…