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The Purchased Brother: One-Shot Heist

on running a one-shot heist / a game accelerating rule (criticality) / the story of the Purchased Brother / aftermathContinue readingThe Purchased Brother: One-Shot Heist

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Development System Vastlands

Creative Permutations: Dead City

—The slow horizon has eaten the living god. The millennial city falls. Gore runs in the archaic streets. Bones break beneath the stud wheels of the conquerors. —”Reason!” they yell as they sack the…Continue readingCreative Permutations: Dead City

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Table of Tables, Hijacked

My last few weeks have been dominated by the Ultraviolet Grasslands kickstarter. We’ve hit $70,000 in backing, so I’ll be coloring the whole book. We’re making cool dice with Q-Workshop and I need to…Continue readingTable of Tables, Hijacked

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A Bad Turn of Words: Fantasy Heartbreaker

In 2002 an ‘essay’ came out that brought the term ‘fantasy heartbreaker’ into popular use. The author, Ron Edwards, was one of the founders of the Forge and a proponent of the GNS theory…Continue readingA Bad Turn of Words: Fantasy Heartbreaker

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Other Vastlands

Who are the heroes of the UVG? (post 59)

The 14th Update of the UVG has just gone live on Patreon. It continues threading Ultraviolet Grasslands westward, finally reaching the Chasm that divides the great steppe from the western ridges and that locus of…Continue readingWho are the heroes of the UVG? (post 59)

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47 Demiwarlock’s d100 Magical Tomes

Another necro-retro-post from the past! The d100 pseudo-magical tomes was one of my first posts on my old blog, Cauldrons & Clerics, and here I’m bringing it to expanded un-life! From the old post:…Continue reading47 Demiwarlock’s d100 Magical Tomes

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40 Not classy – a satire of heroes

D&D with commentary & illustrations by Luka Rejec of @stratometaship and the WTF Patreon, etc. Fighter Requirements: you suck at everything else, so here’s a spear and a shield. Stand in front and get…Continue reading40 Not classy – a satire of heroes

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39 Thundergrammar The First of Like Twelve or So

Over on the FYDIY RPG group on Facebook Adam Scholtes proposed a d100 table of Bard spells based off song titles. I really liked the idea, and now I’m compiling spell books of rocking spells…Continue reading39 Thundergrammar The First of Like Twelve or So

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38 The Porcelain Throne

After a few weeks of traveling and bureaucracy, we return to the Ultraviolet Grasslands and the slow and ponderous progress of the stratometaship. Yeah, verily, there’s a new patreon expansion to the expedition: section…Continue reading38 The Porcelain Throne

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30 Catlord of the Violet Citadel

This is Part 0.5 of 8 of the first WTF Expedition RPG Pointcrawl. You can get the whole Part 1, v2, here. This is a teaser for the full Patreon-supported series, which you are totally welcome…Continue reading30 Catlord of the Violet Citadel