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Empire in Black and Gold - part 1
If Adrian Tchaikovsky's Empire in Black and Gold isn't the GLOGosphere's favorite novel, it probably should be. In the first place, all the characters are technically human, but they're also all...
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Quotes from Empire in Black and Gold - part 2
I wanted to share some quotes from Empire in Black and Gold, both to show a little what Adrian Tchaikovsky's writing looks like, and to illustrate a few ideas from the text. This is a follow-up to my...
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CRAWL-thulhu
My friends John Potts and Todd McGowan have just published the second issue of their DCC zine - CRAWL-thulhu!Zine by John Potts, Art by Todd McGowanI was a playtester and a volunteer proofreader for...
View ArticleShould we Start Numbering Hallways on our Maps?
I was thinking about Diogo Noguiera's now-famous post "How to Never Describe a Dungeon!"If you haven't read it, you might like to. He makes a persuasive argument. I'll summarize.There are two ways to...
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Overland Maps - Gridcrawl, Chromatic, Mars
Lately I find myself wishing my campaigns were set someplace a little better defined. For awhile now I've been running a very episodic campaign that started in one town, then relocated to another, and...
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Investigations in DCC
I mentioned before that I'm going to be taking over as the head writer for Discerning Dhole's CRAWL-thulhu zine. I haven't made many decisions about the future direction of the zine yet, but I know I...
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The Invaders - Invid, Inheritors, Dreamers, Ividia
The Invid were one of the first monsters I ever wanted to fight. The Invid are the villains of season 3 of Robotech.The villains of season 2 of Robotech, the Robotech Masters, spend about half the...
View ArticleLinks to Occupations
Below is a list of occupation lists I might use in my own DCC games.I like occupation lists, both for the way they paint an immediate picture of the game world, and also for the way they provide an...
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Ballet Idea - Neko Nabe
So I had this idea for a slice-of-life ballet set in a restaurant where a human waitstaff serves cat customers. All the romance and visual euphemism and innuendo of traditional ballet is converted to...
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Book Cover Trends - The Occupationist's Female Relative
.The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter by Arielle North Olson, 1970.Ronia, The Robber's Daughter by Astrid Lindgren, 1985.The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan, 1991.The Antelope Wife by Louise Erdrich,...
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5e Characters I Want to Play - School of Red Magic Wizard Archetype
SCHOOL OF RED MAGICRed Mages are polymaths and dilettantes. They try to bridge the divides between martial prowess and magical insight, between the "white magic" of healing and the "black magic" of...
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Reverse Engineering Random Tables - Campaign Events & Minor Magical Items
Two of my favorite random tables are Dreams in the Lich House's Campaign Events for the Black City and Dungeon of Signs' Starting Minor Magical Items for Darkly Haunted Noble Characters.I like them so...
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Procedural Generation Demonstration - The Manse's Underdark Ocean Island...
Cacklecharm from The Manse wrote a series of random tables to generate islands on an Underdark ocean. These tables work together quickly, and I had little trouble assembling the pieces into a...
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Blogs on Tape 2 - Hallway Boogaloo
After a summer hiatus, Blogs on Tape is back! And, I'm honored to report that the most recent episode was a reading of one of my blog posts. This is the second time something I've written has made...
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Procedural Generation Demonstration - Box Full of Boxes' Subdimension, Hive,...
Box Full of Boxes is a relatively new blog on the scene, but they've already written several interesting random generators, including one to create a small extradimensional space to use as an...
View ArticleNon-Core Underworld & Dungeon Alphabet Dozen
I was going through some old files on my computer recently, when I came across an idea I had before I started blogging, one that I actually continued to write about even after I started my blog,...
View ArticleDungeon Alphabet Dozen - H is for HALLWAYS
H is for HALLWAYSRoll 1d12!Random Pain-in-the-Ass Hallways of the Underworld1 Hallway looks twice as long as it really is, walls narrow and ceiling dips to the point where you're squeezing through at...
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A Mechanic for Misinformation
Okay, so your player characters are trying to gather information.Maybe they're detectives on a case, or chthonic investigators looking for clues, maybe they're picaros out rumormongering, buying drinks...
View ArticleDungeon Alphabet Dozen - D is for DOORWAYS
D is for DOORWAYSRoll 1d12!Random Pain-in-the-Ass Doorways of the Underworld1 The door opens draw-bridge style, falling on whoever opens it for 1d12 damage and pinning them to the ground, unless they...
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Lost World Miscellany - Greater Adria, Lotharingia, Doggerland
Lost Continent Revealed in New Reconstruction of Geologic HistoryRobin George AndrewsNational Geographic"This continent first separated from what is now Spain, southern France, and northern Africa,...
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