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Things drift (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by Stamets@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/rpgmemes@ttrpg.network

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[–] frunch@lemmy.world 22 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I always enjoyed this aspect of D&D games: the creative, interesting enemies, places, and artifacts that you could find in some of the books/tomes.

In fact, i was able to find the exact book i was thinking of at archive.org! The AD&D 2nd edition Book of Artifacts: https://archive.org/details/tsr02138add2ebookofartifacts/mode/1up

Here's one of my favorites from the book, though it's been so long i really could do to give in another gander:

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

That's a direct ripoff of Slavic folklore, FYI

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baba_Yaga

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 weeks ago

Everything is derivative.

[–] frunch@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I saw that too!! I was googling about it for a while this morning, fascinating stuff! I enjoy the ways that they recommend introducing the character and house into a campaign etc in the Book of Artifacts, too. I think it's cool they use real folklore to give the game flavor and interest.

[–] MutilationWave@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It directly says so in the text of the book.

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

Yeah, I didn't read the text on the page, only the title.