(Or, if you prefer, CHUD.) One of my favorite Lovecraft stories was "Pickman’s Model", mostly for its imagery of the unknown and horrible things that lurk beneath the city streets, and of course its classic ending. A lot of "Lovecraftian" … Continue reading →
Strange Sorceries One of the niftiest things about FantasyCraft (a great big steaming pile of nifty) are the various Campaign Qualities. In keeping with this week’s theme, I offer a few ideas about the Corrupting Magic quality — the trait … Continue reading →
It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Fish-men… Never let it be said I’m not incredibly lazy. (Reply from the peanut gallery:"Trust us, it was never said, and never will be.") Having just finished my introduction, and posted it so I … Continue reading →
Tricksy He Is, My Precioussss OK, once again, Friday’s Breakfast Crunch has turned into Saturday Morning Breakfast Crunch. Hey, some of us have to work for a living! Today is also a work day for me, so, you’re going to … Continue reading →
Strange Breeds I started playing D&D around early November of 1978. I started designing my first dungeon about a week later. I started designing my first RPG around December 1978. (And by "design", I mean, basically copied the randomly incoherent … Continue reading →
Arcane Breath When the Empire of Scales fell, the dragonborn were violently divided over whom to blame. Most blamed every breed but their own. Some blamed the true dragons whose behind-the-scenes squabbling eventually infected the Empire as a whole. Some … Continue reading →
Morgarin’s Chants Continuing yesterday’s theme a bit, we turn to class powers only available to those of a specific race. I really believe that choices ought to matter, that any time you’re asked to spend resources, there should be some … Continue reading →
Multiclass Powers — Fragments From Dulicain’s Scroll OK, first off, to any readers, I shall apologize… this is pretty much "After Dinner Crunch". Today was a holiday, and since I wasn’t getting to get ready for work, my usual schedule … Continue reading →
Thieves’ Guild So. Way back in the early 1980’s , the gaming market was exploding, and experiencing this sort of Cambrian sprawl of adaptive radiation, with everyone looking for new niches and unexplored concepts. A lot of games just went … Continue reading →
Rotscale Dragon The design notes and thought process which led to this beast are here. The Rotscale Dragon is a massive creature of vile decay. Bone shows through in many spots, and it seems impossible that its tattered wings could … Continue reading →