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Swordtember 2023 (forums.hexed.press)
submitted 1 year ago by HexedPress@lemm.ee to c/osr@lemm.ee

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!

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submitted 1 year ago by HexedPress@lemm.ee to c/osr@lemmy.world

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/4986588

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

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submitted 1 year ago by HexedPress@lemm.ee to c/osr@lemm.ee

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

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submitted 1 year ago by HexedPress@lemm.ee to c/osr@lemm.ee

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submitted 1 year ago by HexedPress@lemm.ee to c/osr@lemm.ee

I found a copy of "Three Hearts and Three Lions" set out on a stoop yesterday. Someone's trash is now my treasure!

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submitted 1 year ago by HexedPress@lemm.ee to c/osr@lemm.ee

Hey Gang,

I'm seeing an uptick in downvoting to, I presume, express displeasure. Please don't. If a topic doesn't speak or appeal to you, move along, please don't downvote it. Please use the downvote button for content that doesn't belong here because it is inappropriate.

Thank you and game on!

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Yoon Suin and Orientalism (familiarwaves.substack.com)
submitted 1 year ago by HexedPress@lemm.ee to c/osr@lemm.ee

Saw this posted to Mastodon and I thought it was worth sharing.

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submitted 1 year ago by HexedPress@lemm.ee to c/osr@lemm.ee

Saw this and thought it was interesting.

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submitted 1 year ago by HexedPress@lemm.ee to c/osr@lemmy.ml

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/2157285

Last night I ran a one-shot based on one of the scenarios from Kavlov's Sanctuary! Everybody had fun (at least that's what they told me so it must be true, right? 🤐 🤣) and it was nice to finally do a live play-- though I absolutely had some nervousness going on. If you're interested in any of the prep that I did, I streamed some of that earlier yesterday.

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submitted 1 year ago by HexedPress@lemm.ee to c/osr@lemmy.world

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/2157285

Last night I ran a one-shot based on one of the scenarios from Kavlov's Sanctuary! Everybody had fun (at least that's what they told me so it must be true, right? 🤐 🤣) and it was nice to finally do a live play-- though I absolutely had some nervousness going on. If you're interested in any of the prep that I did, I streamed some of that earlier yesterday.

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submitted 1 year ago by HexedPress@lemm.ee to c/osr@lemm.ee

Last night I ran a one-shot based on one of the scenarios from Kavlov's Sanctuary! Everybody had fun (at least that's what they told me so it must be true, right? 🤐 🤣) and it was nice to finally do a live play-- though I absolutely had some nervousness going on. If you're interested in any of the prep that I did, I streamed some of that earlier yesterday.

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Deliverables for XP (hexed.press)
submitted 1 year ago by HexedPress@lemm.ee to c/osr@lemmy.ml

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/1866866

Been thinking about loot for xp this weekend.

[-] HexedPress@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

What should a town in a West marches campaign even have in it?

  • a relatively safe place to rest
  • resources (hirelings, equipment, etc.) and trade (have to unload those paintings we dragged out of the dungeon somewhere!)
  • access to information, factions, and potential patrons
[-] HexedPress@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

It got funded so I’ll look forward to seeing thoughts on it when copies emerge in the wild!

[-] HexedPress@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

It’s probably a good idea, for situations like this, to post both sides. Here’s the statement from Munkao.

[-] HexedPress@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

I mentioned archive.org on my reply in the forum. I've never tried saving something to the archive. Does it handle threaded forum style discussions well? That might be one complication for saving at least some sorts of things.

[-] HexedPress@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

What makes these folk a faction is less about what powers they have and more about their active role in the world: what are they trying to accomplish and why?

It’s totally fine for these hermits to just be an interesting feature of that particular area— without any influence on the outside world— but, if you want to factionalize them, they need goals and motivations.

I like the concept. They sound like adherents to a god of lightning or storms. What might such a god ask of their followers?

[-] HexedPress@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

No idea. I hope all is well with him personally.

[-] HexedPress@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Sly Flourish also updated their blog roll.

[-] HexedPress@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Hey, not sure if you’re aware but there’s a whole genre that harkens back to old school D&D styled gaming. It’s called the OSR and I’ve got a community here on Lemmy if you’re interested in checking it out: !osr@lemm.ee!

[-] HexedPress@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

I’ll give it a read, thanks for sharing!

[-] HexedPress@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Man that’s quite the list and more than a few of them are enigmas to me! I’m riding the train but I’ll try to think up my list later!

[-] HexedPress@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

Like you, I run almost entirely homebrew content. However, I hear from numerous folks that run adventure modules, both old and new, at their tables. I'd guess there's probably a good mix of both styles in the community at large, not to mention the folks who like to take modules and then rip them apart and mash them back together to form something new.

[-] HexedPress@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

I missed the kickstarter but I am eager to give it a read!

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