tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61784477476131976882024-02-20T00:40:06.553-08:00M E T A L vs S K I NThis is mostly homebrew stuff for my RPG campaigns, and thoughts on tabletop and G+ hangout gaming.Josietronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087971912456798061noreply@blogger.comBlogger206125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6178447747613197688.post-38488162747791120192017-12-22T13:08:00.001-08:002017-12-22T13:08:14.263-08:00God's Merciful Gaze (Cleric spell for D&Dish games)
To Their Imperial High Commander, Division West, Region X26-A4
-Great Commander,
What follows is a transcription of an encrypted message on a tiny crystal slow-tra drive that appeared to be blank. The L'Archer in Tower West spotted an unauthorized Eagrot burdened with a swollen belly, and called a sharpshooter to get it down without damaging the cargo - the drive. This transpired a Josietronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087971912456798061noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6178447747613197688.post-31248904501933077222017-10-29T22:38:00.000-07:002017-10-29T22:38:01.659-07:00The Prick of Transposition (Magic Item for D&Dish things)
This throwing dagger would appear mundane but for it's lack of wear and dark maroon stain.
If it has tasted the blood of it's wielder and is thrown, whoever is struck and wounded will instantly trade places with the thrower.
The initial blood must be from the one who throws it, and it must draw blood from the target struck for the magic to work.
The dagger will stay with the Josietronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087971912456798061noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6178447747613197688.post-9084871196652438592017-07-14T23:21:00.000-07:002017-07-14T23:51:03.948-07:00Encounters on The Island (d100 or 10d10 encounters)
FODOR'S GOT NOTHIN ON ME
I did not make this image
This chart assumes an encounter has been rolled. It can be used as a d10 chart for a specific region or a d100 chart for the entire island.
In my game encounters are probably more rare than usual in the South and North areas.
South
1
Roll Twice, both results are here and probably fighting; Josietronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087971912456798061noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6178447747613197688.post-91389128081982767072017-06-13T15:47:00.001-07:002017-06-13T15:47:22.377-07:00Spawn Flux - A Basic Hack/Setting MusingDiscussion of the game Banana Chalice on this Woodland Secrets episode spawned an idea in my head, mostly fully formed about what might be a fun hack of LotFP or DnD.
The essential idea is that the PCs die at the end of every session, no matter what they're doing or where they are, and "spawn" again anew at the beginning of the next. The world, however, doesn't reset. The PCs carry no XPJosietronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087971912456798061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6178447747613197688.post-73965254811255617762017-06-10T12:42:00.003-07:002017-06-10T12:42:40.609-07:00THE DEAD SHROUDS OF PAST LIVESTHE DEAD SHROUDS OF PAST LIVES
The Shrouds as depicted in the fanciful and hard to find "Historie of Dangerus Itemes" by Callais Frond
Scholarly convention holds that they be referred to as "The Dead Shrouds", and not "The Death Shrouds", although there is no real consensus as to the reason.
Perhaps they were once one item that has been riven; the answer is lost to time. It is certain Josietronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087971912456798061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6178447747613197688.post-30564263205774017682017-04-11T16:14:00.001-07:002017-04-11T16:24:56.604-07:00Mortals Are Playthings: A Table for ElvesIf you are a Bay Area friend who might play in my home game, DO NOT READ
OK, all my players gone? Good.
There are Elves on this island. They live like some amalgam of Forest Elves and the Faerie Court from some story where Fareies are very dangerous. They age, but slowly enough to be effectively immortal. They heal at an advanced rate and can regenerate limbs, but enough severe wounds Josietronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087971912456798061noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6178447747613197688.post-79692772058033384102017-03-30T18:37:00.000-07:002017-03-30T19:00:17.637-07:00Weird Toilet Customs, a table
Republicans and IBS and sometimes podcasts make me think about going to the bathroom more often than I'd like.
Where there is a communal toilet, there tend to be: shared immunities, ease digesting local cuisine, an increase in shared parasites (some of which get rid of allergies! It's a thing. There's a whole deal where severe allergy sufferers go to Africa and poop in communal tribal toiletsJosietronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087971912456798061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6178447747613197688.post-7605417501582559782017-03-23T22:40:00.001-07:002017-03-23T22:40:03.307-07:00Diary of a Meat-Hauler, Kalashul City, Extract 2
Editor's Note: "the Easterners", as referred to here, is a garrison of the Grand Army of the Empire of the Great Republic of Salimpahr, a garrison that had been moved into the author's town recently. These would have been of the same general ethnic derivation and of the same cultural root as the writer. While the writer (and possibly many soldiers in the garrison) is from outer lands that retainJosietronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087971912456798061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6178447747613197688.post-27561234023585063562017-02-24T14:34:00.000-08:002017-02-24T17:34:49.772-08:00Diary of a Meat-hauler, Kalashul City (extract 1)I'll never understand city people, and I'll never become one, no matter what Ma says. It's not the Shin. I like them. They are nice and make pretty things. The people back home that make fun of them are stupid. A Shin androgyne caught me looking at the fine garments in zir booth and might take me on as a tailoring apprentice, even.
But the Fleshless, them I'll never be comfortable with. Josietronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087971912456798061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6178447747613197688.post-72972904638763242392016-09-28T14:26:00.003-07:002016-09-28T14:26:47.270-07:00Quick Non-Specialist Skill System for LotFP
Everyone once in a while my brain picks at a sci-fi LotFP hack that can be expressed in 3 pages or less to be at the start of an adventure I need to write. The biggest thing with radically changing the technological level of a setting is skills, as far as I can tell. How to do work out whether the PC knows/can do/is successful at a technological thing that isn't remotely covered by the Josietronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087971912456798061noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6178447747613197688.post-16577333036348596712016-02-19T15:27:00.001-08:002016-02-19T17:25:25.409-08:00Octopus Correction & PC Creation (Panfalia)I am running a game this Sunday. A very silly game. You might still die, though!
A correction to the XP chart for non-Magical-Animal Octopus PCs as detailed in this post (and linked below).
I have also updated the post where they were originally detailed.
So, to create a new Panfalia PC from scratch:
1. Roll 3d6 seven times. Assign in order if you're old school and like toJosietronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087971912456798061noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6178447747613197688.post-45053432383181645392016-02-18T20:19:00.001-08:002016-02-18T20:19:27.426-08:00Magical Animals of West Panfalia (DIY DnDish Race)
Panfalia is full of many of the "normal" animals we know here on Earth. Many of them talk, but otherwise are as an Earthling would expect. Sometimes in Panfalia, however, they get magical powers from silly stuff like magical radiation fields or tree sap or some junk. These seem to gain a fairly standard set of magical abilities, and often go adventuring. While their powers are helpful, they Josietronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087971912456798061noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6178447747613197688.post-12698629915338425222016-02-04T16:26:00.000-08:002016-02-19T13:18:24.489-08:00Some Species and Classes of Panfalia (DnDish DIY Race and Class)The madness continues. Note that the base system is Lamentations of the Flame Princess, but I am altering things to separate Race and Class. I'm call Race "Species" and adding an XP tax, essentially.
Species of Panfalia
Tiefling
The offspring of a human and...anything else, pretty much. They are commonly the angsty "straight man" to the humor and optimism of the average Panfalian. Josietronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087971912456798061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6178447747613197688.post-60647158369210813992016-02-02T10:25:00.001-08:002016-02-19T15:45:46.403-08:00Yon Squires and Humans of Panfalia (DIY DnD Race and Class)
I occasionally have the urge to run a game of whimsical fantasy, where I can riff and imagine and create without trying to square everything up or be limited by something that came before. Something like a deadly Adventure Time!, something a little like Swamp Thing and good anime mixed with Turbo Kid (the movie).
Anyway, whether any of that reflects what's coming out, I got inspired the other Josietronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087971912456798061noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6178447747613197688.post-51665437873727642802016-01-29T11:14:00.001-08:002016-01-29T12:12:11.026-08:00Some Nonstandard Magic ItemsSome Things the Party Found in my online game that you might want to crib for your own:
TRUMPET OF HOLY FURY: those hearing it played get +1d6 to hit/damage when attacking demons and devils (each individual rolls their own 1d6 with each to hit or damage roll)
(as above picture, but metal, and the "horns" are valves that can be pressed)
DAGGER OF THE ESSOPHAGE: wielder gains 60 ft Josietronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087971912456798061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6178447747613197688.post-49177602878727449732016-01-20T15:17:00.001-08:002016-01-20T15:17:46.922-08:00Dungeon Room A Day is Born (on Twitter)Oh Satan, what have I gotten myself in to? Inspired by https://twitter.com/HexADay, I made
https://twitter.com/DungeonRoomADay
I'll post one room, tunnel, door, feature, etc a day, changing dungeons/themes roughly monthly. Sometimes I'll post an encounter to keep it fresh.
The first one is based on this drawing/painting I did a few years ago.
Play on.
Josietronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087971912456798061noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6178447747613197688.post-39812480507256715282015-12-03T22:41:00.003-08:002015-12-03T23:00:08.703-08:00Comparative Theology: WH40k VS Moorcock
"Why is Conan -?" Let me bandy with words a bit, in these panels he's my WH40k stand in.
Since getting back into roleplaying games in my 30s, it's become clear that I missed out not getting into two cultural phenomena that were around when I was an adolescent but I never delved in to. I saw the Warhammer people, especially the 40k dudes, at conventions all the time - they were Josietronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087971912456798061noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6178447747613197688.post-34865196059547502592015-11-26T11:04:00.003-08:002015-11-26T11:04:55.370-08:001d20 SE Asian Daggers and other Gameables from the MuseumPOTENTIAL GAMEABLES FROM MY VISIT TO THE ASIAN ART MUSEUM IN SF
So you roll a dagger on your treasure list. Kinda mundane, til you show the player these and have them roll d20. These were all just labeled as "Dagger".
Here are some charming fellows to put on your encounter chart:
And lastly, a few random treasures...
Rhino-horn carved goblets
and never Josietronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087971912456798061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6178447747613197688.post-64420830841750435762015-10-16T11:14:00.002-07:002015-10-16T11:15:32.073-07:00Volunteers Needed for Secret Santicore 2015!This is not a solicitation for regular participation or entries, but for background organizational help. I am not directly involved this year, so please ask questions at the link, not in comments here.
http://santicore.blogspot.com/2015/10/volunteers-needed-for-2015-secret.htmlWhose hooves and paws are on the roof?Santicore's come for your front tooth!He has many roles for you to fill...SanticoreJosietronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087971912456798061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6178447747613197688.post-6471747734752643302015-10-07T12:56:00.002-07:002015-10-07T13:04:11.185-07:00Like A Bumper Sticker On A Spaceship
So there I am driving a big moving van all around the Bay Area, picking up my friend, moving my stuff, waking up early the next morning to move a couch on 3 hours' sleep...and I see some bumper sticker I've already forgotten and it makes me laugh and I think about what if the people who play in the WH40K RPG I'm gonna run put bumper stickers on their ship.
&Josietronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087971912456798061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6178447747613197688.post-10732803941524889392015-09-24T17:46:00.000-07:002015-09-24T22:29:54.843-07:00Pardon the Interruption, but... (1d20 encounters)On occasion, I idly think up outdoor encounters that could go several ways, depending on the PCs' actions and disposition. I like encounters that present a world just happening, not focused on the PCs (usually). Here is a collection of those encounters. I think of these are more entries to write into your existing encounter tables when you cross out an entry, but for ease of use I'll present themJosietronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087971912456798061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6178447747613197688.post-26767025322223803492015-09-19T15:58:00.002-07:002015-09-19T15:58:28.904-07:00A FutureYou do not know why you were spared. Who are you? Why are you -
You think you are near what was once a major city, but then, any sense of orientation or direction is illusory. They have no need to emulate anything you recognize or understand, and they shape the world. They make the world, or crust over it, they are the world now in every meaningful sense of the word. We made them, if we Josietronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087971912456798061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6178447747613197688.post-72686033451468031432015-09-15T15:48:00.001-07:002015-09-15T15:48:08.426-07:00A Horrible Vision Come Upon .MeThe silence brought me back to myself then, with no idea what I had been thinking. I heard the mercenary barbarian breathing behind me, shifting his weight, tiny creaks from the layers of animal hide he wore for protection. The seer had stopped scratching ink into her papers some moments ago. Slowly, her eyes cleared of the milky fog of the trance and became fully aware. Sharp.
She sat in Josietronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087971912456798061noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6178447747613197688.post-48074581656392187552015-09-02T00:40:00.000-07:002015-09-02T01:05:50.020-07:00Metal Heart in the Rust Waste
By Beksinski
The metal heart of Jay The Ragged, beloved court dwarf and raconteur has been stolen! An activist group of flymen known as Vapid Rath are suspected. They were last seen leaving the city for the Rust Waste by a chambermaid deflowering a candle lighter in a forgotten alcove of the Tower of Nish in the wee hours of the morning. As newly christened Knights Attendre and hopefuls, the Josietronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087971912456798061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6178447747613197688.post-83182682572524226072015-08-24T23:58:00.001-07:002015-08-25T00:09:28.557-07:00Phantasy pHartbreakerI had fun times talking gaming with +Natalie Bennett , then came back to a few game invites on G+ I can't make it to. I'm all excited to game, but won't have time for at least a week if not more. I was feeling kinda bummed I can't hang on G+ more. Then I was looking at some slime girl comics and was like MAN I'M GONNA MAKE UP A GAME IN LIKE 30 MINUTES OR LESS to feed my gaming bug.Josietronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087971912456798061noreply@blogger.com0