RPG Bookmarks
Role-playing game related things that I should probably write a blog post about.
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Gus L wrote about writing up a megadungeon and it’s good advice: Dungeon Design, Process and Keys.
Dungeon Design, Process and Keys
SRD:
This is an adaptation of the D&D 5E SRD available in Markdown (.MD), Microsoft Word (.DOCX), Adobe InCopy/InDesign (.ICML) and many other publishing formats. – OGL-SRD5
Maybe this game is a bit more about community building and less about horror:
It is about you and your crew making a home of your spacecraft or station, your only sanctuary in a dangerous universe. Most of all, it is about surviving in an abandoned frontier system where resources are scarce, and competition is fierce. – Death in Space
Brushes for maps:
Here you will find brush sets and tools to create fantasy maps that can add a touch of historical authenticity to any project. All my brushes are released under a CC0 License and are free for personal or commercial use. Links below will go to individual posts with information about the set, its history, and links to download. – Fantasy Map Brushes by K. M. Alexander
Fantasy Map Brushes by K. M. Alexander
@Zarkonnen@mastodon.social writes:
I extracted over 400 images of hills, trees, mountains, towns and cities … from a 17th century map. I hope this is useful to someone. – Extracted 1688 Map Images
@chgowiz@dice.camp has OD&D Referee Tools
Feudalism:
How Do We Get Rich? The short answer is "You don't." The system does not work in your favour unless you are high in the hierarchy. The long answer is "You don't, unless you have a plan." PCs should always have a plan. If you want to operate within the feudal structure, your group needs a noble patron. This could be your group's knight. It could be an ennobled wizard. It could be a local baron who is desperate for cash. You need to get on their good side. They will protect you. They are the lever that makes the entire system turn. -- OSR: Death, Taxes, and Death Taxes, by Skerples
You should not tax PCs by this method if your game is: Adventure Focused / Heroic (Lord of the Rings, Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition); Character Focused (driven by the interactions between players rather between players and the world. Drama-based.); Not Medieval (there's less incentive to use this in an Early Modern setting, Cyberpunk futures, etc. You could potentially adapt it for post-apocalyptic games though.); Beer and Pretzels (light, fluffy fun with low commitment). -- OSR: Death, Taxes, and Death Taxes: Part 2 (Design and Methods), also by Skerples
OSR: Death, Taxes, and Death Taxes
OSR: Death, Taxes, and Death Taxes: Part 2 (Design and Methods)
Prices:
The list of medieval prices which follows is by no means complete or thoroughly researched; I merely extracted references from some of the books I have, and I thought others might like to inspect it. The sources I used are listed at the end. If an item is listed several times, it is because I had several references I wished to record. – List of price of medieval items
List of price of medieval items
Dungeon design:
I provide practical, step-by-step instructions on how to make a 30-room dungeon that is fun to play. You’ll learn the nitty gritty of writing a dungeon from inception to completion: drawing the map, numbering the rooms, populating them with monsters, hiding treasure, and putting together notes that you can use at the table. Together, we’ll create a dungeon. Like Bob Ross, you can follow along at home using the provided workbook. At each step, I’ll talk through the design choices and philosophy of why I do things a certain way. And, like Bob Ross says, there’s no wrong way to do things—you can make different choices as you follow along. At the end, we’ll have a working dungeon you can actually run at the table. -- Designing Dungeons: Or, How to Kill a Party in 30 Rooms or Less
Designing Dungeons: Or, How to Kill a Party in 30 Rooms or Less
@dmdavid@dice.camp writes:
Player-driven turn orders play best when they enable the sort of choices a character might make in a battle: Delaying for a split second so an ally can open an advantage. Readying an attack for when a foe leaves cover. -- Turns and Turn Order Are the Worst, so Why Do Roleplaying Games Make Us Spend So Much Time Deliberating Them?, by DM David
A Coat of Arms generator that lets you generate a bunch of them, all at the same time: Armoria.
Hexgrid is a script-fu plugin for gimp. It creates a set of layers and an image grid suitable for making hex maps with custom brush tiles.
The Illustrated Bestiary is a compilation of 145 monster illustrations created by Oozejar, along with their descriptions from the Cairn RPG bestiary written by Yochai Gal. Texts and monster images are published under the Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 4.0 international (cc by-sa 4.0) license.