If your table loves unique worlds, is interested in a seafaring or mercantile campaign, or wanted to enjoy Ultraviolet Grasslands but it felt too picaresque or undirected, this is a book for you. What it will require from the referee, though, is a lot of prep work, both before session 1, and between sessions, and a decent level of confidence with improvisational play.

Not even sure if I’m ready for playtesters yet or if I’ll even keep working on this, but I had fun making it so far. If you’ve got any thoughts on what would make this more or less playable, it’d probably help me if/when I do get back to working on this.

I really miss old roleplaying forums where instead of being more "gamelike" you would more write a story together and the rules were more of a self governing expectation that people wouldn't try to take over a story for themselves (which didn't always work as intended). I remember being on one's for everything from warriors to neopets. They were kind of like writing a collaborative fanfiction.

I feel like it could be kinda cool to encourage people to create a story together like this in an online written format again. This game system has:

• light enough and more story based rules that could probably be adapted to a forum format

• the setting/type of story is HIGHLY flexible, so each subforum or thread could be wildly different types of stories

Downsides:

• the book costs money but also this is a small independent game maker and I'm not sure what the best way to encourage people to pay them would be in this context.

• I don't know how to write bots but you'd probably want there to be some public/impartial dice roller (or in this specific case, a card-puller).

Any other thoughts or other systems that could work well for this or that could provide some guidance for a completely new model?

It was a bit stressful and confusing at times as new abilities were constantly being piled on, and maybe it was a mistake to choose a system like DCC. If I had it to do over again something simpler, with flatter curves and less wacky stuff injected might make for a smoother ride. But maybe the bumps along the way are what made the ride so memorable to begin with.

My aim is for it to be a living document that evolves as I run games, scratch out well-used results, add new ones, and add/subtract whole tables. It is also not intended to be a new RPG ruleset or anything like that, but more my reflection of BX D&D. The way I butter my toast.

The Monsters & Mazes blog has suggested #Hexplore24 to replace #Dungeon23. The idea is to solo play through a newly generated hex each day for a year.

I'm creating a wagon inventory sheet for my players, who are using slot-based inventory tracking. They want to modify the wagon to have solid walls and a roof, like a vardo. How many slots should I reduce the carrying capacity by? I think the 3d6DTL crew did something similar in their Dolmenwood campaign. Any suggestions on the cost of the modification? We're using OSE Advanced Fantasy. Thanks!

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The Great Flanaess River Adventure

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/rrola91bka8e3qy/AAALdfzA99LDdgZJfXKUTtwGa

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Simple roll stats and then roll under mechanic

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Professor DM just casually creating a masterclass in how to run a megadungeon, giving an entertaining as all hell recount of a campaign, showing a whole mess of incredible miniatures AND bringing a supergroup of creators to present it all, absolutely 10/10 content!

I've seen people go with the approach that says that you can stunt (ie. achieve an effect different than damage) by simply forfeiting your damage roll if you hit. It's simple and nice, but I think doesn't really add to the game what stunting should - Something out of the box, raising the stakes to gain an advantage somehow, at added peril to yourself. So here is how I would do ii.

This past year, my home-group have ventured across the much-anticipated Dolmenwood setting. In hexcrawling through this mystical land, I anticipated the classic dungeon-game sandbox experience… you know, hexes and such. Yet, in play we engaged most with Dolmenwood’s mesmerizing pathcrawl, where trails, rivers, and fairy roads intertwined with the classic hexmap terrain.

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This reminds me very much of Emily Allens Adventures or Mr. Reed's Ten Down.

It has a very OSR vibe to it. Could be very useful in your toolbox to have generational map for the characters. A good why do we delve is always useful.

I used the KELP Forrest a few times now as well as the The TWILIGHT location and encounters tables.

Anybody else giving Swordtember a try this year? I am giving it ago, despite failing miserably at it last year. One wrinkle for me: I'm not limiting myself to swords. I hereby dub it, Weaptember!

As it is also #WIPWednesday, here's the write-up on my first weapon:

Gorger, the Club of Blebazabu

Chaotic great club +2 / +4 vs Law, INT 9 EGO 8, COM empathy, POW illusion generation / detect law

This was the war club of the demon, Blebazabu, lost somewhere on the prime material plane. Legend places it at the bottom of a steep crater hidden under a sea of ice.

Though the great demon cannot leave his abyssal abode, it is said his servants are ever seeking for the club. Woe betide the world should they find it!

I'm currently running an OSE Advanced campaign with some friends. Any suggestions on activities in the village that the party has established as a home base for a fall festival? I'm thinking of a log rolling (dex), ale drinking (con), etc., but I would love some creative things to add to the mix and make it more fun. Zany is always welcome with this group of players!

During my marathon pointcrawl across the country, I had a Gamemastering epiphany: everything should have a cost!

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Most of these are great 1st Level Starters

From this Reddit Post https://www.reddit.com/r/osr/comments/zlzrzf/big_big_list_of_osr_dolmenwood_fairy_tale/

-Most of these are for 1st Lvl D&Dish Characters

Forest of Doom - Dragon Magazine #73

The Lost Cache of Father Thomas - Footprints #5

Gone Fishing - Beer & Barbarians

Winter's Daughter by Gavin Norman

Wet Grandpa - Evey Lockhart

Chagmat - Dragon Magazine #63 -admitally it needs some work

Quest for Midas Orb - Dragon Magazine #61

DF27 Red Tam's Bones - Dragonsfoot

Wandering Trees - Dragon Magazine #57 -

The Witch of Windcrag - Dungeon Mag #51

Garden of the Hag Queen - Dragonsfoot

The Fell Pass - Dragon magazine #32

The Shadowed Keep by Kramer

The Gnomes of Levnec

Lamentations of the Gingerbread Princess

The Red Demon in The Vile Fens by Gus L

Pollute the Elfen Memory Water by Michael Raston

Yrchyn the Tyrant by Kramer

The Inn of Lost Heroes by Spahn

The Purple Worm Graveyard by Bryce Lynch

The Pale Lady

The Forest of Doom Dragon Magazine # 73

The Gypsy Train Dragon Magazine #93

N2 The Forest Oracle by Carl Smith

Imagine Magazine #17 Tir Nan Og

The Fungus Forest by Nash Press

A Thousand Dead Babies

Scourge of the Tikbalang (fairy horror comes to Dolmenwood)

Slaves to Fate - Earl of Fife Games

Garden of Ynn

Midderzine #2 Port Mulhollow

The Willowmere Vagabonds by Aaron Fairbrook

Barrow Keep - Den of Spies

Elder Oak by Thomas

Tangled by Josh Domanski

Tannic by Amanda P - will require some work to convert to OSE

Realm of Leaves from True Mask Games

The Black Wyrm of Brandonsford by Chance Dudinack

Spears of the Northmen https://thiefofwhispers.wordpress.com/2022/08/26/spears-of-the-northmen-an-adventure-for-worlds-without-number/

Land of Milk & Honey by Zzarchov Kowolski

Blood in the Chocolate by Kiel Chenier

A Baker's Denizen by Goblin Stomper Games

The Rot Beneath Winterbrook

Pool of the Standing Stones

Mushroom Hunt (A perfect Dolmenwood Starter) https://www.reddit.com/r/onePageDungeon/comments/r4fyob/i_made_a_lil_hex_adventure_based_on_some_stories/

Patryk Ofat's "Great Faerie Revolution"

Nate Treme's "Bad Frog Bargain"

Peril in Olden Wood

Dovedale from Dungeon Magazine 46 can be modded for it.

Tales of Enchantment from AD&D 2e

EX1 Dungeonland

The Forest of Gornate_ from EMDT/Gabor Lux

Secrets of the Wyrwoode by Luigi Castellani

Beyond the Wall and Barrow Keep - Den of Spies

I have done Barrow Keep - Den of Spies, Dolmenwood, Keep on the Borderlands combo with a certain family of conquerors having special Charm Dragon Psionics :)

Lamentations of the Gingerbread Princess

I guess it is not widely known anymore that these two setting are compatible and work well together to create a huge setting.

https://speakwithdeadtrees.blogspot.com/2020/01/dolmenwood-in-emeraude.html