tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37146344846044028002024-03-06T03:14:35.159-05:00No Fair FightsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714634484604402800.post-68483089464595426742016-02-15T16:15:00.000-05:002016-02-15T17:04:59.288-05:00A Look at the Duskwall Heist Deck for Blades In The Dark<h3>
Two decks for fast creation of Heists in Blades in the Dark.</h3>
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So, <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/102241355698439183778" target="_blank">+John Harper</a> makes games that I enjoy. One that he is working on right now is called <i><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/1835879">Blades in the Dark</a></i>. Find out about<a href="https://www.patreon.com/johnharper?ty=h"> John and what he makes</a>. <i>Blades in the Dark</i> has an <a href="http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/170689/Blades-in-the-Dark-Digital-Edition-Early-Access?manufacturers_id=7070">Early Access Digital Edition</a> available at DriveThruRPG. As a backer of the Kickstarter and a general fan of John's work, I believe that this game is worth a person's time. For me the combination of interesting setting and mechanics that support a really strong up-time / downtime cycle make even the early revisions of the game fun, interesting, and worth stealing from for other games. The game also has a nice set of rules that set stakes vs. risks that has made its way in to my own GMing, so I encourage you to investigate it and I hope you enjoy it.</div>
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I found <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/113881370051836623777" target="_blank">+Andrew Shields</a> on G+ a few years back now and after carrying on a sort of mutual nerdy correspondence over G+ we became what I'd call pretty good online buddies. <a href="https://fictivefantasies.wordpress.com/">Andrew has a blog</a> where you can find out a lot about his gaming and creating for games. I play in his online games when I can, and I enjoy him as a player, a GM, and as a creator. When he told me that he was working on a <a href="https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/duskwall-heist-deck">Heist Deck</a> for <i>Blades</i>, with John's blessing, my response was enthusiastic. The product is a triple-threat for me since I like Andrew's game and game creations, I like cards as randomizers, and I like <i>Blades in the Dark.</i> When Andrew told me that <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/109109960865392275681" target="_blank">+miller ramos</a> would be working on the design and layout of the cards this pretty much sewed it up for me. I was going to buy one.</div>
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The response to the release of the Heist Deck over on in the <a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/112767357581554417629">G+ Blades in the Dark community</a> disappointed me somewhat, so I hope that this closer look at the product will give people a little more info to go on than can be found at the Game Crafter page. Andrew has done a pretty good job of <a href="https://fictivefantasies.wordpress.com/tag/heist-deck/">discussing how this thing works conceptually</a>, so go check that out because I think he's the best ambassador for this thing. I'm already a fan, so I'm hoping to take an approach that is oriented on the specific qualities of the thing. Here goes!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Q: How many decks? A: TWO decks! (Three sir!)</td></tr>
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The "Heist Deck" is really two decks. Its 90 cards split into a 50 card "red" deck of obstacles and dangers, as well as 40 cards "blue / yellow" that have people on the blue side, and goals or treasures on the yellow side. The tuck box comes wrapped in cellophane, and has a little bit of extra room with the cards inside it that might fit something nice and small like a pocketmod notebook or the like. My guess is that the box would hold like 100 or 120 cards. The cards and the tuck box seem to be of the same card stock and have a similar finish. I like this finish more than some other finishes I've seen for RPG products its smooth, and not "chalky" feeling. Its not air cushioning finish, but its not too glossy or too matte and I think it will probably withstand your fingerprints and shuffling pretty well. Some cards I've bought for games don't, and almost instantly form finger prints. Maybe thats not a problem for everyone.</div>
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The faces of the cards have nice touches that deliberately echo the <i>Blades</i> trade dress, with the ragged slash edging, that font, and the dagger icons. The color-coding idea seems sharp, particularly with red as obstacles and yellow as treasure. People with limited color vision might offer a different opinion? I have no experience or education involving that kind of thing.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here you can see how the Personalities (Blue deck) has Objectives (Gold deck) on the flip side.</td></tr>
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The descriptions and suggestions on these cards are rich, and evoke the haunted setting of Duskwall in a way that nestles well within the setting and rules document as its been released. Suggestions on the Obstacles cards have ways of scaling the difficulty up or down, and they have lots of interesting leading questions to draw ideas out of you, or help you make decisions about the heist. Since <i>Blades </i>revolves around a sort of central "up time" for heists and "down time" for recuperating, personal projects, getting into trouble...getting another heist together quickly using this deck is going to be fairly simple with a quick shuffle and deal from the decks. If you're like me you may want more time to think these through and could do a few draws between games to give you ideas or ready-made heists to keep in a stack.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Obstacles deck has a flip side with suggestions on how to scale the problem up or down.</td></tr>
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The blue cards have a nicely sketched out NPC on them. This includes quick labels, some good info on the NPC, what kind of reputation they might have, how they get things done, and possibly locations they might be associated with. Added benefit to this instant NPC is that once you've used them, they can become a regular part of your game...or not as you like. A fast heist draw would have two people, a patron and a target, about three obstacles, and one treasure / objective. Then you ponder how they all connect.<br />
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The more use this deck sees, the more likely it is that you're going to "use up" some of these or have repeat people. Thats good for your game. With any randomizer that you deplete over time, its going to be up to you to maybe repopulate the spent results with new results. My suggestion would be to make a table or notes in your GM notebook that is linked to the card you wish to ignore. When that card comes back up, just re-draw, or go to your clever replacement table / notes.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The suggested 6 card spread with a Patron, a Target, an Objective & three Obstacles.</td></tr>
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Obviously I'm invested in this product. Its square in my game fan wheel house. It provides a big set of mix-able ideas into a format that can be easily shuffled, and have lots of evocative, quickly useable, and useful game content on them. Even really great random tables don't usually have this level of tinder for starting your imagination fires. If you want to check it out, but you don't want to go all in at the Game Crafter's price you can <a href="http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/172348/Blades-in-the-Dark-Heist-Deck-Print-and-Play">check out the smaller Print and Play PDF version on the DriveThruRPG</a> website. Even the preview there can give you some more info to investigate that might help you make a decision. There's even the <a href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/download.thegamecrafter.com/1455566672/duskwallheistdeck_readme.pdf">README.PDF</a> that works as a sort of instruction manual / thesis for this thing.<br />
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My advice is to go investigate the links, think about the ways you could use this in your games, and count your coin to decide if this is going to work for your wallet. Personal experience tells me that the shipping time was a bit of a wait for getting it from where it was to central Kentucky in the US. I was not happy about that wait, but I took the cheapest shipping option I could get. Still, I'm happy with this product and have already used it to make a heist. I can see using it to build "missions" for my own games even though I have none currently set in Duskwall. Also, my allegiances to Andrew and the game <i>Blades in the Dark</i> has already been clearly stated I think. Get out there and take a look, I hope you find that this thing is for you!</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714634484604402800.post-83641713253960749952015-01-31T16:50:00.002-05:002015-01-31T16:50:57.031-05:00'Other Dust' read through Chapters 1&2<span style="font-family: inherit;">Since I'm still going on about Other Dust and Stars Without Number...and it just occurred to me to post this here along with any other related posts.<br /><br />First, the LINK is for <a href="http://grognardia.blogspot.com/2012/09/review-other-dust.html">a solid and brief review from Grognardia from 2012.</a></span><div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>What's there to LOVE in Chapters 1 & 2 of Other Dust?</b></span></h2>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>Chapter 1: Is very short and explains that most of the book is a kit.<br /><ul>
<li>A quick and slick background breakdown that tells you what the book is about. (Its about Old Terra 200 years after the techno-collapse that really jacks things up.) </li>
<li>There is a 2/3 page, single column for "If you're new" and the same for "If you're a veteran" and then a quick glossary. Thats all for Chapter 1.</li>
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Chapter 2: Characters, and theres a lot that I like...<br /><ul>
<li>3d6 in order (with some options to alter if you want to a little later on); Attribute mods are: +2, +1, 0, -1, -2 with the 2 tails being the extreme end: </li>
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<li>14 to 17 = +1</li>
<li>8 to 13= 0 </li>
<li>4 to 7 = -1</li>
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<li>Pick from 16 backgrounds to give the character a past, and bring some skills from that past onto the sheet. (this is a very SpyCraft and FantasyCraft style conceit that is tightly merged to the skills system. To me, the benefit is customization within a limited and flavorful framework...it lets you know what the game is about, and it gives options for skills you want before you even get to class considerations)</li>
<li>4 Classes that each have an interesting core ability. Scrounger, Slayer, Speaker, Survivor all do something the other class can't do. (another kind of "post-d20 3.x kind of mechanic)There are "prime attributes" but there's a nice little set of rules that can get you into a particular class no matter what.</li>
<li>I also am happy to note that all these classes have d6 HD with some modification based on the class. The XP charts are uniform, and the Attack Bonuses and the Saves look a bit like LotFP to me, but in a good way. If you wanted to "gritty" this up some, you'd just lower the AB and the Saves down to something from an older edition of D&D.</li>
<li>Each class then picks from (or I guess you could roll) 1 of 8 different Training Packages that assign more skills or buff skill levels that were already there.</li>
<li>Encumbrance is awesome and simple. </li>
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<li>You can also carry 100% of your STR in "stowed" items</li>
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<li>Mutations are a part of the game, so character generation has a table for that. BUT it also has a simple system of trading rolls on the mutation table for stat bumps, and if you trade all your rolls for stat bumps...then you're "null-strain" genetic pool means you're not subject to mutations in the game. I think that's a nice bit of "opt-in" design. It lets you take a stand on mutations as a player...which is both a taste...and tactical choice.</li>
<li>No starting cash. Everyone gets some starting gear, with a few options. Then there's another slick, minimal system for random rolls on the starting gear table, or trading 2 rolls for 1 straight-out selection. You get 6 rolls, or any combination of 6 minus your picking fee. Simple descriptions of the gear tell you how many "items" of encumbrance each piece takes up.</li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Chapter 3 is mutations, and I'll do that one next time, if people aren't too annoyed by this kind of post.</span><br /></div>
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<li><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4699999635869807; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Aggravated Karl: Hostile</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4699999635869807; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Cap'n: Neutral</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4699999635869807; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Carnie Asada: Neutral</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4699999635869807; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Cat-Fart / Puke: Hostile</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4699999635869807; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Chafey & Slick Nethers: Friendly</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4699999635869807; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Gaurmish: Neutral</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4699999635869807; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Grumbles / Mumbles: Neutral</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4699999635869807; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Handsome Glauk / Prettyboy Thor: Neutral</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4699999635869807; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Hapless / Lucky: Friendly</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4699999635869807; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Jah-Balance: Friendly </span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4699999635869807; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Jenny Quid: Neutral</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4699999635869807; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Li'l Debbie: Friendly</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4699999635869807; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Maggie Pup: Hostile</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4699999635869807; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Marigold: Neutral</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4699999635869807; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Narr Neckbeard: Neutral</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4699999635869807; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Og the Mot: Neutral </span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4699999635869807; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">One-Two: Neutral</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4699999635869807; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Piddling Pete: Neutral</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4699999635869807; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Ponyboy: Neutral</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4699999635869807; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Poxy / Sleazy: Neutral</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4699999635869807; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Relioh: Neutral</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4699999635869807; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Rubberlegs: Neutral</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4699999635869807; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Shane McGowan: Uncooperative</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4699999635869807; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Sours: Friendly</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4699999635869807; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Slop / Wanks: Neutral</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4699999635869807; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Neck: Neutral</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4699999635869807; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Three Teeth: Hostile</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4699999635869807; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Ulk Big-Thumb: Neutral</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Vorgrak the Voormi: Hostile</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I'm doing a little leg work for a Savage Worlds conversion of <a href="http://purplesorcerer.com/sc1.php">SC-1 <i>Perils of the Sunken City</i></a> by <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/104249180602455488861" target="_blank">+Jon Marr</a>. Thanks to the G+ people, I now have an easy list of Extras to put through the funnel with the PC's. The idea is to get as much of the Savage Worlds system out in the open in stages as I can. Extras are a fun, and distinct feature of Savage Worlds, and the Extras that make it back alive with the party could become fixtures of the game.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #404040;"><span style="line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">If I wanted something closer to an actual funnel, I'd just give the players four chumps, and let them pick names from this list. I don't think the players in question are accustomed to that, so I'll probably have them build Novice level characters and throw them in with this bunch. The most important thing will be to throw in a quiet moment where they can talk about how they wound up in Mustertown's prison anyway...an interlude later in the dungeon to milk Bennies might serve that purpose. I'm actually thinking of starting the game "after" the group has been attacked by the </span></span><span style="color: #404040;"><span style="line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">opossum</span></span><span style="color: #404040;"><span style="line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"> men and then "skipping back" to the start in a bit of a flashback, but that might be too fancy for me. We'll see.</span></span><span style="color: #404040; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Roll, or use any name that strikes your fancy, mark them off and write new ones in if you want to keep a living list of scum. Some are grouped to pair the list down to 30.x</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">2 to 4 per PC depending, they're designed to be fodder for the funnel. Flat d6 in everything. If a player takes a real interest in one, add D8 skill or to something implied by nickname. Nickname will imply personality unless you wish to roll for or invent one. <a href="http://purplesorcerer.com/create_party.php">Purple Sorcerer has a great little generator for 0-level</a> that could throw up some inspiring info. <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/110118815125792309582" target="_blank">+Ramanan S</a>'s <a href="http://character.totalpartykill.ca/basic/">generator could work too</a> for quick ideas.</span><br />
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At least one extra should challenge the party for dominance, or try to turn on them at the first sign of loot, or balk at really freaky danger. This will let you go over Test of Wills. Extras will want armor, and weapons...will want to haggle over loot and shares. Extras take actions on controlling player's initiative card.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714634484604402800.post-42464633199019267642014-06-16T14:04:00.001-04:002014-06-26T00:05:26.369-04:00Savage Perils of the Sunken City.So, I got the Sunken City Omnibus not long ago. The first "funnel" adventure is light enough that I'm going to grab it and use it for a Savage Worlds demo for folks who've never done Fantasy with the system. Here are my conversion notes of monsters in the module. This assumes you have both the module and Savage Worlds Deluxe. Hat tip to the Savage Free Bestiary as well. I've added traps and environmental hazards to the key also.<br />
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Cells of the Arena Slaves D-1</h4>
Healing pool restores all Wounds, and Fatigue on first contact. Repeated use in seven days heals all Wounds, but inflicts one level of Fatigue.<br />
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Collapsed Tunnel D-6</h4>
Dislodging the necklace here causes a minor collapse. Agility roll -2; fail 3d6 damage, success fatigue -1, raise negates.<br />
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Crocodillos (2)</h4>
As Aligator / Crocodile in SWDX.<br />
Notes say that these two are "lethargic" from feasting on Opossum men that also roam the area. So if you're merciful you could step-down the die type on STR damage they do by one or two types, or as the text suggests "they do not pursue" those who flee their wallow.<br />
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Extras for the players to "control" in fights. 2 to 4 per PC.<br />
Flat d6 in everything. If a player takes a real interest, add D8 something implied by nickname. Nickname will imply personality unless you wish to "roll" or invent one. At least one extra should challenge the party for dominance, or try to turn on them at the first sign of loot, or balk at really freaky danger. Extras will want armor, and weapons...will want to haggle over loot and shares. Extras take actions on controlling player's initiative card.<br />
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Luck Shrine (Trap) D-4</h4>
Gas Trap as Venomous Poison, Medium Burst Template, 10 Mins to disperse. Vigor roll. Smarts or Agility roll for those who witness the opening of the trap to add +2 to the Vigor roll.<br />
Flipping the brass marker on the vase from "Tragedy" to "Comedy" mask disarms the jar in question, 50% chance of each side facing out roll upon inspection. Treat "Electrum Coin" as a half-pound of meteoric iron hammered into a medallion bearing Malloc's tree sigil.<br />
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Madazkan's Arena (Death-Trap and Puzzle) A-5 </h4>
Theres a lot going on here. I haven't decided how to handle it. Contested Spirit Rolls vs. the arena crowd ghosts to act normally. Spears maybe Fighting d8 Damage 2d6. Flying murder-balls maybe Fighting d8 with Bash maneuver to drive people over the wall and into the pit. Crossing the wall without some kind of trick (Smarts roll -2 to time the climb, Agility -2 to finesse their way over...the book suggests climbing over a fallen companion...) will inflict 2d4 damage. The electrified screen maybe causes a vigor roll, and failure inflicts 1 Bumps and Bruises Fatigue each time as raw-elemental electricity courses through a body. Maybe do something really nasty if the character is "grounded" to another object when hit with this?<br />
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I think you could probably write a book about the merits of deadliness and translation to Savage Worlds. Some SW people might say its against the "Fun" in the FFF! motto, but if you can make it Fast, and make it seem Furious...two out of three ain't bad.<br />
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This is a bit of a railroad point...so careful clues and descriptions could turn some of that around. Inspecting the levers in the box could yield vital clues to the traps. Throwing the levers might start the whole thing...at least then they'd feel like it was there fault. Or it may demonstrate the arena's deadliness? Theres a few clues sprinkled into the description of the areas here, AND there's a few suits of decent armor. Be sure to have the Extras argue over who gets the good protection. *evil grin*<br />
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Malloc's Temple (Trap / Puzzle & NPC Patron encounter) D-8</h4>
Tendrils (8) Wounds as Extras, Rolls and initiative as Wild Cards<br />
D8 for all Attributes<br />
Pace 6, Parry 5, Toughness 7<br />
Fighting d8<br />
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Malloc thirsts and begins at Reaction Hostile. Bearing a sigil of Malloc adds +2 to Persuasion attempts. Add +1 to Persuasion for deference, good acting etc. and let all the players get the chance to pile on this score. Even then Malloc is an ancient and twisted being that knows no morals...so play it like that.<br />
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Those who offer to take the "mark of Malloc" must offer their blood by sticking their something into Malloc's maw willingly. These characters suffer two Thirst Fatigue levels. A Sigil of Malloc will prevent the fatal effects of Thirst Incapacitation if the character hits that level.<br />
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This is a deal that must be struck...its not automatic. Those who take the Mark must accept a taboo (Vow Hinderance), and receive the Common Bond, Luck Edges as well as a deformity that imposes the Ugly Hindrance until their taboo is broken. Common Bond only works with other marked characters. Breaking the taboo inflicts Thirst Incapacitation immediately.<br />
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Refusing the mark results in a psychic backlash, and characters are shaken for 2d6 minutes, making them easy to rebel against, or wound and offer to Malloc. Spirit roll will cut the time in half, raise will negate.<br />
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Crossing the "circle" on the floor without bearing a sigil of Malloc, or attempting some obeisance, triggers the grasping tendrils, they grapple and drag people towards Malloc's maw at their pace. Wounded tendrils are severed and wither. One round later, another sprouts from the vacant hole and is dealt into initiative.<br />
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Opossum men (Degenerate Opposummen) (8) </h4>
Add more if its fun, or buff one with Wild Card status for a prolonged battle.<br />
As Gnoll in Free Bestiary. Reaction starts at "Hostile"<br />
On a fighting roll of 1, the creature "freezes" for 1d6+1 rounds and looses its bowels / excretes a powerful musk. Treat this as Stun power (Vigor roll -2 saves) with a "Nauseating" trapping. Small Burst Template, centered on the creature. Read: adjacent squares affected, or 10' radius cloud around "frozen" adversary...however you like to roll. Persists as long as the creature "plays" dead.<br />
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Purple Slimes (2) (Wild Cards) </h4>
Wild Card status may be overkill, but provides better chance of raise on Fighting roll to activate Madness Touch. You're the GM, figure it out.<br />
Modified "Cavern Crawler" blobs from Savage Free Bestiary.<br />
Attributes: Agility d4, Smarts d4 (A), Spirit d6, Strength d6, Vigor d6<br />
Skills: Fighting d6, Notice d12<br />
Pace: 2; Parry: 5; Toughness: 6<br />
Special Abilities:<br />
Fearless: immune to Fear, and cannot be Intimidated or Taunted.<br />
Immunity: no damage from cold or fire based attacks.<br />
Ooze: +2 to recover from Shaken; no damage from called shots; immune to poison and disease.<br />
Can not Gang Up on.<br />
Can’t be blinded or deafened, they ‘see’ by feeling vibrations, ignore all lighting penalties.<br />
Reach: 1 (stretchy reach)<br />
Size: +1<br />
Slow: Crawlers have a Pace of 2, and can’t run.<br />
Wall Walker: They can move up walls and across ceilings without difficulty.<br />
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Madness Touch: As Fear power with a Fear penalty of 2, by touch, Extras are "Panicked" until a successful Test of Wills is made against them to get them to calm down. Intimidate does not work in this case. A Raise on the Fighting roll imposes Spirit -2 to save.<br />
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Rod of Chains Arena area F</h4>
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The Rod of Chains allows the bearer to Roll Spirit to "turn" the skeletons of the slaves once per encounter with Skeletons. Failure enrages them and they focus on the bearer, success emancipates 50% of them. Raise emancipates all of them. Stats as a Long Sword in SWDX, STR+d8 damage.<br />
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<span style="line-height: 1.15;">Skeletons (Chain Skeletons)</span></h4>
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As Skeletons in SWDX.<br />
Treat their barbed, slave-chains as Spears AND Flails: STR + d6; Parry +1, Reach 1, 2 Hands, Ignores Shield Parry, and Cover Bonuses.<br />
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"Whiskers" the giant, catfish</h4>
As Shark, Great White in SWDX<br />
Add "swallow whole" from Giant Sturgeon in Savage Free Bestiary<br />
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Comments Welcome</h4>
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This is my first big-ish conversion like this, and commentary and discussion is welcome.</div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714634484604402800.post-20824845781250386862014-02-04T11:50:00.000-05:002014-02-07T00:56:30.047-05:00Savage Hall of Bones part 1<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="proflinkWrapper"><span class="proflinkPrefix"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">What follows is a re-counting of my on-the-fly conversion of <i><a href="http://www.rpgnow.com/product/117475/Hall-of-Bones">Hall of Bones</a></i> for my co-workers. I was asked about how the the OSR-style setup converted to Savage Worlds and wether or not the styles were mismatched. Its just reposted here on the blog to keep it from slipping away into the G+ stream. Theres a great bit of back and forth in the comments and you can find the original post <a href="https://plus.google.com/113536486228361892653/posts/djndeQxBizR">here</a>.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="proflinkWrapper"><span class="proflinkPrefix"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Anyway, the on the fly work I did is leading me to want to dual-stat things in SW and in LL / Swords & Wizardry...more about that later I believe. Here's my reply to Jack that turns into a re-cap & reflection on my GM style...which seems to be a position statement that is emerging form my time running, and playing lately:</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="proflinkWrapper" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="proflinkPrefix">+</span><a class="proflink aaTEdf" href="https://plus.google.com/103403509490222613258" oid="103403509490222613258" style="cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Jack Shear</a></span><span style="line-height: 18px;"> I did my best to be a lazy GM and read the module bit by bit as they explored. I rounded out their party with a starting "healer" and "mage" from the template list in Deluxe. First thing I ran into was the dilapidated village, its got a map (as +Erik Jensen points out) for very little reason. I think maybe I'll recycle that map for a combat above ground post-dungeon. The two players were very cautious, and Tork's player was enthusiastic and battled with being too cautious and being "the brick" but he did it with gusto. They explored and started running into a conversion problem (ie making good "notice" rolls but getting little information.) So I just began with surface details / obvious things and your roll would give you a second level of detail, and a raise would give you accurate information. I'm a big fan of </span><span class="proflinkWrapper" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="proflinkPrefix" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.218s; transition: color 0.218s;">+</span><a class="proflink aaTEdf" href="https://plus.google.com/103464603741728371942" oid="103464603741728371942" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.218s; cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.218s;">Courtney Campbell</a></span><span style="line-height: 18px;">'s work, so I kept trying to bounce the decisions back on them with some ideas, kept trying to summarize etc. though I'm not sure I'm super good at hewing faithfully to the ideal on that. (hey, its all practice right?) </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 18px;">They ran into puzzles first, and since the fighter was ironically and sufficiently suspicious of the button he'd pressed they found the stair trap. He also set off the moldy room trap, but the other player was thinking quickly and dragged his sleeping form from the doorway pretty quickly. There was some great ham acting on his part and the two of them bantered with my two extras a lot, and had a good time. Since they thought to ask the "healer" and the "mage" about the mold after activating it they were able to get info on disabling it, and spent an "hour" with faces covered, burning out the mold with torches. They faced a bunch of "do you get discovered by dungeon monsters checks" and never had an encounter. They discovered the sanctuary room, beyond the mold trap and just before the end they faced down my re-skinned "ghouls" in the big, trashy ghoul den. I simply re-wrote "goblin" stats from the SWDX and gave them an extra power. Because they were super scared by the purple mold, I played that up in the description of the little, toothy dead-things with purple-ley patchy beards and body hair. I also doubled the number monsters in the room, and just gave the first two "surprise" THEN I had to react to the first initiative card dealt (a joker of course) to the Archer. So, I declared my actions, and then let him decide to interrupt or not. Then started the first round.</span><span style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="line-height: 18px;">Rules I made up or may have mis-used:</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">vigor -2 or fall asleep for 2d6 rounds; the end of the round you fall asleep it settles on you, colonizes and you make one more vigor check @ -2 save = fatigue, fail = 3d6 damage. If you're asleep then someone else has to take actions to help you, or the mold eats you. Mold continues to eat you every round as before.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #404040; line-height: 18px;">Surprise:</span><br style="color: #404040; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="color: #404040; line-height: 18px;">Two ghouls in this room just get automatic surprise. Fine. If someone pulls a Joker, let them in on the first round before everyone else goes, then go in order of the initiative as the cards dictate.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br style="color: #404040; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="color: #404040; line-height: 18px;">"Groovie Ghoulies": (goblins by the SWDX)</span><br style="color: #404040; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="color: #404040; line-height: 18px;">These four-foot undead have been colonized by a strain of mold or fungus that grows on their bodies and so just add a paralyze to their attacks. Any shaken, or wound they cause also gives a Vigor check. Fail = lose actions (not very sexy, but its how I translated it on the fly) for 2d6 rounds. Second thoughts about these monsters is that they should have 2, maybe 3 attacks since they're basically fighting d6 and are not likely to hit the fighter's 6 parry. Then maybe rework the paralyze by going to look at other examples of paralyze in SW products. If they are "purple mold ghouls" you could just use a the Vigor vs Sleep rules from the mold entry I guess, but I was going quickly and thats just hindsight...</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">The combat was quick and they did well. I'm going to have to do some kind of work on the spell casters that makes them easier for me to use...ie I need to know the Power Points system better or give them a set number of spells or something...</span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br style="line-height: 18px;" /></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">All in all, I felt like it was Fast for what we were doing, and we definitely had fun, I'm not sure about Furious but I can include that later. This was pretty good for a ZERO prep game though.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Thats everything I've got on it right now. I plan to take some down time and actually prep some of the module so I'll report back on that if anyone is interested. I should also get out the NPC pdf and see what kinds of personalities the "healer" and the "mage" have...right now, its like a 4 person buddy cop movie in there...which is also good.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714634484604402800.post-39986290067168413992014-01-27T19:13:00.000-05:002014-01-27T19:13:21.909-05:00Re-skinning for fun, not profit.<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is just a personal statement about use of stats. In a similar vein to <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/103403509490222613258" target="_blank">+Jack Shear</a>'s <i><a href="http://talesofthegrotesqueanddungeonesque.blogspot.com/2012/06/when-in-doubt-just-use-bear.html">Just Use Bears</a>.</i> I'm posting it here as a challenge to myself, and to provide a LINK to understanding how I intend to use / reference stats for things I post here later.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Economy:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Don't spend hours and hours rolling, or building bad guys. Pick some stats from one of the following lists...maybe add a really important, distinct power that uses existing rules. What stats you use depend on what game you're playing. Making baddies tougher is easy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For D&D / S&W / LL, you simply add a hit die, or raise AC or both. Lots of times its much easier to pick a new stat block from a humanoid or something up the scale a step, and just describe it differently. NO NAMES, DAMNIT. Calling it a goblin ruins it. Let the players call it whatever they want...if a monster appears more than once, they will name it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In SW, you make a stat block tougher by bigger or smaller degrees through manipulation similar to D&D and the clones. Parry goes up when fighting goes up. Edges can make a stat block harder to hit, harder to wound etc. Don't re-invent the wheel. Use what works for you. Steal what you need and describe it differently.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In either system: Pick one thing. You won't remember more than that for each type / individual bad guy. Make sure it uses existing rules, don't re-write rules and stay away from obscure rules that never get used. Head towards the core of either system and just play.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Quirks:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I really like </span><a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/106896777766399569820" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">+Brendan S</a><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'s house rules for the "</span><a href="http://www.necropraxis.com/2013/11/30/finchbox-rules/" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Finchbox</a><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"game he's running. Borrowing his HD mechanic for NPC's / Monsters / Adversaries is a good idea. Your milage may vary, but it makes sense to me. Same for adopting a flat AC score, and removing bonuses. Although, I'd say that for a GM, having the HD demonstrate prowess in combat is a nice, simple mechanic...so a 3HD whatever might still have a +3 to hit, or hit as a Fighter lvl3 or what have you. Do what makes sense, anything else will atrophy in use because its not suited to your style. Steal stats from the LL Monster Matrix, and keep going. Use special monster that follow simple rules you know, or duplicate spell effects that you know. Add an attack, or a special power use in the same round as experience dictates. Establish your own Ascending AC reference, and then refer to it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For SW I steal a lot of stats straight from the SWDX explorer's edition, and might tweak if I feel the need. Of the scads and scads of settings I have, there are lots of stat blocks to sift when I'm feeling like it. Also, you can raise or lower a die type pretty easily on the fly, figure out a Parry or Toughness score by comparison, and if you run SW you'll become familiar with the typical "buff" style special powers pretty quickly. Even just rolling a d6 and sending in more copies of the stat block you have on the table is a good one in SW. If they're not Wild Cards, they can ratchet tension and not really slow players down. Wild Cards have their own wounds, and chance to soak wounds so they really seem to freak the players out when they show up, or you declare their actions. Lastly, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Skin Factories:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The early attempts to commodify me are very useful as skin factories because I know them well and I love them...Thundarr, He-Man, Scooby-Do and all those other shows whose theme songs I still have memorized...they are skin factories that I should be stealing plots, characters, and situations from every chance I get, or every time I'm not feeling creative.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Freebie Stats:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.rpgfiles.org/users/spectresghost/LL_Monster_Matrix_v_1.pdf">LL Monster Matrix</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/edit?id=1qu4zzMYbPqOquVlCfgpPeoCmCEqGUgWh5dz-rpKJ1ck&hl=it&authkey=CIySp98E">SW FREE Bestiary</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dawn of the Days of the Restless, Walking Dead</span></h4>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm currently awash in research that I'm hoping will help me run a Savage Worlds "the end is happening right the heck now" game of surviving in an urban environment while the dead return to life and civilization melts down.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So here are some Extras for use in your modern-ish PA setting. Three are "pulled" using the <i>Zombie Run</i> "cast of thousands" table, which is a lot like the SWEX NPC generator that used to be in the Explorer's Edition...and their starting gear is drawn from the <i>Zombie Run </i>and <i>Hell on Earth</i> scavenging tables...just to kick the tires on those tables, and redistributed in a sensible manner. The final Extra is more of a plot/quest generator that I just got the idea for based on my read of a contributing writer for a "prepper" website which Im finding to be great reading / entertainment.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Alec, Nate, and Sophia</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These three are a little survival band to encounter early, either out scavenging or holed up in a place your PC's want to break into and loot.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Alec is: dirty, blue eyed, 20-ish, and bearded</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Used to be: WRITER (local graffiti culture)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Loves: Cats (demonstrated by the cat with mustache and monocle on his t-shirt)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Carries: Aluminum softball bat (d6+d4); 1 flash-bang grenade (stun power)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Knows: a cache of 2d20 meals and 3d12 Liters clean water</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nate is: doughy, black-eyed, 50-ish, with steel gray hair</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Used to be: ENGINEER (public works)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Loves: Conversation (the end of the world has killed a good talk over beers)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Carries: Large crowbar (d6+d4); 1 flash-bang grenade (stun power); 5 pints fuel</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Knows: how to travel more quietly using the public utilities systems</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sophia is: tall, large-eyed, 50-ish with straight hair</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Used to be: ENTREPRENEUR (start ups are her specialty)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Loves: Math (running the numbers brings her real satisfaction)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Carries: AR-15 (Use M16 Stats) +1 to Intimidation / 4 rounds left</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Knows: how to organize and delegate to medium size groups of people</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Goods held in common / up for barter:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">25 rounds of .50 cal, 15 crossbow bolts, a case of 24 sodas, 9 extra meals</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Captain Bart</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is a character with real potential: <a href="http://survivalcache.com/captain-bart/">http://survivalcache.com/captain-bart/</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But I see him as an etherial, ham-radio operating presence that relays possibly useful information. A kind of "Three-Dog" character with a survivalist / prep-er bent.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bart is: a ghostly voice on the radio, 60-ish, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Used to be: MILITARY, CHAPLAIN, MILITARY CONTRACTOR</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Loves: preparedness and ham radio</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Carries: Colt Commander (2d6+1)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Knows: that he's "too old" to "bug out" but hopes that he can still help people over the radio from his secret "bug in" location</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714634484604402800.post-9714366300346982052013-12-08T16:23:00.000-05:002014-01-30T16:25:42.650-05:00Unbirthday Week:<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">I turned 35, and decided I'd give YOU a present. Maybe more if there's time over my little holiday...</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">The light of civilization doesn't reach far in a wild, hard-scrabble fantasy world. At the dim, grey edges of organized sapient culture, there exists a twilight realm of unconscious fear and anxiety where fears take living shape and begin to colonize.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Goblin Patches are an aggressive fungus that can begin anywhere the refuse of civilization can be found...sewers, garbage piles, latrines...whatever you like. These patches produce a mess of plant goblins (read </span><span class="proflinkWrapper" style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="proflinkPrefix" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.218s; color: #427fed; transition: color 0.218s;">+</span><a class="proflink aaTEdf" href="https://plus.google.com/100886582836385728147" oid="100886582836385728147" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.218s; color: #427fed; cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.218s;">James Young</a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> 's idea below). Use your favorite stats, and number of appearing stats.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Older patches may produce goblins with specialized functions, and higher HD or wounds. Low HD or non Wild Card "goblins" either explode when taken down (</span><span class="proflinkWrapper" style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="proflinkPrefix" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.218s; color: #427fed; transition: color 0.218s;">+</span><a class="proflink aaTEdf" href="https://plus.google.com/103403509490222613258" oid="103403509490222613258" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.218s; color: #427fed; cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.218s;">Jack Shear</a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> 's idea below) or have a 2 in 6 chance if you're feeling nice. Large patches might inhabit entire sections of wilderness or dungeon and co-opt other boring encounter-type monsters making them fun again...(giant ant with a mushroom growing from its head anyone?)</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Possible weaknesses to exploit:</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Salt (or other common thing like Vinegar)</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Evidence of possible problem:</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Missing pets (or other vulnerable targets)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">goopy-exploded slime where exploratory goblins have died errupted</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">someone turns up with a gross patch of skin after being "bitten"</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">another type of low-power monster turns up, with fungus sprouting from skull...</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Possible complications:</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">explod-y goblins are spore-spreaders helping the patch expand...</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">fungus is also magical and therefore can't be starved out without some kind of arcane component (it feeds on FEAR I tell you!)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">growth has a rapid "infection" rate in certain monsters or terrains</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">it never really "dies" until you destroy the progenitor growth spore (queen, CPU, mother-brain what have you)</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Foundations of this idea:</span><br />
<a class="ot-anchor aaTEdf" href="http://tenfootpolemic.blogspot.com/2013/05/plant-goblins-for-lotfp.html" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.218s; background-color: white; color: #427fed; cursor: pointer; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.218s;" target="_blank">http://tenfootpolemic.blogspot.com/2013/05/plant-goblins-for-lotfp.html</a><br />
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<a class="ot-anchor aaTEdf" href="http://talesofthegrotesqueanddungeonesque.blogspot.com/2012/06/mucus-goblin.html" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.218s; background-color: white; color: #427fed; cursor: pointer; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.218s;" target="_blank">http://talesofthegrotesqueanddungeonesque.blogspot.com/2012/06/mucus-goblin.html</a><br />
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<a class="ot-anchor aaTEdf" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.218s; background-color: white; color: #427fed; cursor: pointer; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.218s;" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714634484604402800.post-20540062676637536252013-10-29T16:05:00.000-04:002014-01-30T16:06:17.940-05:00'Ravenous'<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Been waiting to add this one to my DVD collection for a while. Got a crummy copy at Half-Price for cheap. In tribute to Bob Carlyle, and Guy Pearce and all the rest: a SWDX imagining of a monster...</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><b style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Windigo:</b><br style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">(As SWDX "bear" but with different Special Abilities)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Pace: 8; Parry: 6; Toughness: 10</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Agility d6, Smarts d6 , Spirit d8, Strength d12+4, Vigor d12</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Skills: Fighting d8, Notice d8, Swimming d6</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Pace: 8; Parry: 6; Toughness: 10</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><b style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Special Abilities:</b><br style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Woodsman</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Pick One, or for a really mean monster add as many as you like:</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Frenzy, or Improved Frenzy</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Hard to Kill, or Harder to Kill (build in a special story based way to kill 'em)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Killer Instinct</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">No Mercy (though, I'd rather see you using the 'Blood and Guts' rules)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><b style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Hinderances, to taste</b><br style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Big Mouth, Cannibal (Windigo love to talk about...y'know)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Bloodthirsty (A bit obvious?)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Delusions</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Habit, Major</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><i style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">(might be a good way to do this, but the Vigor check is likely offset by 'bear' stats)</i><br style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Vow (lets start a master-race!)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><b style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Rules Hack to replace 'Habit' / emulate the, "insatiable" thing if you like:</b><br style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Use the 'Hunger' rules from p.99 but replace 'food' with 'human flesh.' This has the benefit of being in line with previous fatigue rules and is a minor change. The drawback is that you gotta know those rules. Doubling the requirement might be a nice tweak as well...no one but the GM is gonna give a crap though. I'd say roll a d3 to randomly determine how many 'fatigue' levels if you like...or be really mean and start them at full.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><b style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Pro Tip:</b><br style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Give your Windigo a BA back story with a few possible variations so that they can blab it when they're first discovered. </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Ravenous</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> is a great introduction on a few ways to play it. Or for a more random / monster of the week vibe, simply replace "bear" on your animal encounter table with "Windigo" I guess.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714634484604402800.post-30629433870799916112013-07-03T03:28:00.001-04:002015-03-29T13:42:41.551-04:00Answering Jeff's 20 Questions for the Blackmash Hex Reassignment<i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;">"You can run D&D with just some PCs and a dungeon. I think that's totally legit. But if you have a campaign setting, here are some things for you to think about. Better to muse on these before your players ask you, rather than finding yourself on the spot. </span><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Campaign worlds, whether published or just notes scrawled in some DM's binder, contain a lot of material that most players honestly just </span><span style="line-height: 21px;">don't give a crap about. That's entirely okay. Answer some of these questions or others like them and you'll have yourself a campaign regular players can relate to." </span></span></i><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 21px;">~</span><a href="http://jrients.blogspot.com/2011/04/twenty-quick-questions-for-your.html" style="line-height: 21px;">Jeff Rients</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The Church of the Lady is a large, and far-reaching organizing element of human society. All clerics have functions and responsibilities as well as limited legal authority inside the Church. (big 'C' Clerics are special though...they can channel / manifest power) Four apostolic Martyrs act as ideological pillars of the Church. Taking up the order of one of these Martyrs is a formal way of declaring your personal politics. A shadowy inversion of the Lady of the White Way is a sort of open secret, and it is possible to be a 'Cleric' in this tradition as well, though to do so puts one at peril from both the Law and forces of Corruption.</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Where can we go to buy standard equipment?</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Bone-stock equipment can be had at list pricing in the starting zone at Castle Blackmarsh. Dax Brothers Equipage is famous for its quality gear, but their prices usually ward off those with a light purse. <span style="line-height: 1.5;">It is possible to curry favor with different groups who could make getting gear easier: The Order of Bernus, the Wayfarer will supply Church sanctioned Wardens and Rangers with basic </span>necessities<span style="line-height: 1.5;"> at a very low cost. Becoming an agent of Abrams the shipping Magnate, or a mercantile guild might entail access to certain goods. In the wilderness, or near sparsly settled</span><span style="line-height: 1.5;"> areas there may be some issues getting various types of items. It is possible to swap with folks met on the road, etc. </span></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Where can we go to get platemail custom fitted for this monster I just befriended?</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Taking a creature of Corruption anywhere near settled lands is a bad idea, Church Warden's Patents or no. Dwarves could do it most likely, particularly if your monster is anything like their Dwarf-dogs. Their prices are always bitter though. 'Sides, its a fools errand to wear a metal suit: can't swim in it, can't run or hide in it, and Summer in the swamplands would kill you, sure.</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Who is the mightiest wizard in the land?</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"They" all say that it has to be the "Wizard of the Isle" who dwells out in the Smoking Bay on that rock "they" say is the biggest piece of the "Mountain that Fell" course "they" are all damn-fools. Tyrilas, the Summer King is most-likely to be the mightiest sorcerer alive, and he sits the throne at Castle Blackmarsh. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The Summer King ceded the wild-lands to his greatest Champions, and they ward the lands beyond the Pact where Humans are forbidden. These are the seven greatest warriors ever to take up the blade: Ash, Oak, Yew, Alder, Elder, Hazel, Apple. The Apple Knight is also called Sinerian, and she is the Chief of the Rangers based at Castle Blackoak.</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Who is the richest person in the land?</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Abrams has the largest shipping concern in Blackmarsh. How he's gotten away with that is a mystery, as he's not even taken Orders. Tyrilas and the Summer Court pretty much "own" the entirety of the Pact Lands, they just let us live here...so they must be the richest Folk around. Then again, the Cardinals hold the handles to the doors of Heaven so maybe they're the richest?</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Where can we go to get some magical healing?</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The easiest way would be to have an association with the Church. Barring that, there's some secret societies, and cults. A trick or two might be learned / found / discovered along the way if you're brave enough for that.</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Where can we go to get cures for the following conditions: poison, disease, curse, level drain, lycanthropy, polymorph, alignment change, death, undeath? </span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Same as for magic healing. Death is pretty permanent. The Orders of Coraline, or of Calbrius would be mighty hard to convince. But those who worship Mama Lazuul, or Papa Stimett might know a thing or two about calling across the veil of night.</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Is there a magic guild my MU belongs to or that I can join in order to get more spells?</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A secret society is what you're looking for. Are you religious more or less? Are you okay with breaking the Law? Cultists know spells too. Its said you can learn spells by eating Fae, but that would be a sin against the Law and open your soul to corruption...</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Where can I find an alchemist, sage or other expert NPC?</span></i><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Inside the Church when near civilization, out in the wild you'd have to bargain with a witch or something. A member in good standing with a secret society could also gain easy access to experts.</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Where can I hire mercenaries?</span></i></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Typical rowdies can be had from any place with a population. Real mercenaries could be more difficult. If you were brave enough, you could always recruit out in the Fens where the brigands and pirates are.</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Is there any place on the map where swords are illegal, magic is outlawed or any other notable hassles from Johnny Law? </span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The Church frowns hard on casting in public, and casting in general. Even with dispensation, it could bring trouble down on you for causing a stir. Real blades are marks of status, and society enforces the status pretty strictly, so you might be de-bladed as a sign of deference or something. People who can channel divine power run the risk of being pulled into a large and dangerous political game within the Church. The farther you go from the Church, the less likely you'll be met with Inquisitors.</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Which way to the nearest tavern?</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The Dancing Fool is just the other side of the wall from the harbor. Its big, its cheap, and everyone goes there; caravaners, sailors, capitans, guild-folk...y'know businessmen. (Read: Patrons)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>What monsters are terrorizing the countryside sufficiently that if I kill them I will become famous?</i> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 21px;">Hells yes! Reports from Jorvik say that Giants may have ranged down out of the Westwall. The Dwarf merchants from Olden Hold claim there's a demon boar up there so big, and smart that no one can find or kill it. They've named it Tatari-gami</span><span style="line-height: 21px;"> and placed an immodest bounty on its head. The sailors and fishermen always tell tales of the Bay Kraken, which must be utter shite, but make good stories. Even just ripping up a Gobblin Patch by the roots or keeping some Kobolds from spiriting away an entire village would earn you a little fame, and maybe an offer to join the Wardens.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 21px;">The Rangers are like to be gearing up for a push against the Gnolls sometime soon. Away east, the Cardinal Ragnar chafes under his cassock at being stuck out in a castle on the strand, facing a swamp. Its rumored he might be harboring wild, heathen men from the north rather than guarding against them. You could always take orders and join the Wardens in their war on Evil...</span></div>
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<i style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">How about gladiatorial arenas complete with hard-won glory and fabulous cash prizes?</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 21px;">Aways south and west of here the Dwarf Lord Mazardan stages gladiatorial</span><span style="line-height: 21px;"> combats to honor the Dwarf Gods and to bring riches into the markets of Olden Hold. She has a reputation to maintain after all, even so far from home. Rumor has it she's seeking another husband for her Manner-serai.</span></span></div>
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<i style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Are there any secret societies with sinister agendas I could join and/or fight?</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 21px;">Several esoteric societies inside the Church, cults, covens, and guilds. What's your fancy?</span></div>
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<i style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">What is there to eat around here?</span></i></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Snake-blood-porridge, giant crab-man stew. Fish, wild game (just don't poach beyond the Pact) & Halfling grain for brewing and baking.</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Any legendary lost treasures I could be looking for?</span></i></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">There are a few relics holy to the Church at large. Any decent-sized piece of the Mountain that Fell will get you into some serious trouble too. Ancient dwarf weapons lost to time, and mysterious magical elf constructions surely must crop up as well.</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Where is the nearest dragon or other monster with Type H treasure?</span></i></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">"The Lake King" lives in the bottom of one of the great swamp-lakes in the Blackmarshes, in a city made from solid gold.</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714634484604402800.post-11291320644414823722013-04-08T17:38:00.000-04:002015-03-29T13:42:30.345-04:00Spring Cleaning<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm not good for frequent posting. I'm still tinkering with Blackmarsh, trying to understand it, trying to make it less (in my humble opinion) vanilla-fantasy. Meanwhile there are a great number of creative, and productive DIY D&D projects just erupting around me, and lots of "I paid for this product and now I'm going to read it" type-situations to take my attention away from getting up a regular blog post.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The "Gygaxian-democracy" thing has been producing interesting and eminently useable crowd-sourced things for play. You can, were you inclined, simply pickup, prep a bit, and run things like <i><a href="http://talesofthegrotesqueanddungeonesque.blogspot.com/2013/03/devilmount-arise.html">Devilmount</a>, <a href="http://save.vs.totalpartykill.ca/blog/the-kraal/">The Kraal</a>, </i>and <i><a href="http://save.vs.totalpartykill.ca/blog/the-hexenbracken/">Hexenbracken</a></i>. In their way, they are more distinct, interesting, and useful than many, many, many products that you and I have paid for. I love that, and I think you should look them over if you get the chance. Armed with any of your favorite versions of the rules, and maybe Zak's advice on <a href="http://dndwithpornstars.blogspot.ca/2013/03/more-hexenbracken-how-hell-do-you-run.html?zx=1d44445bc3ff075e">"How To"</a> do it...you should be in for a lot of fun and discovery.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are a few products for Labyrinth Lord that I have found to be worth my money in terms of ideas and potential use, and they are from <a href="http://www.sinenomine-pub.com/">Sine Nomine</a>. <a href="http://www.rpgnow.com/product/89888/Red-Tide%3A-Campaign-Sourcebook-and-Sandbox-Toolkit?manufacturers_id=3482"><i>Red Tide: Campaign Sourcebook and Sandbox Toolkit</i></a>, and <a href="http://www.rpgnow.com/product/99063/An-Echo%2C-Resounding%3A-A-Sourcebook-for-Lordship-and-War?manufacturers_id=3482"><i>An Echo, Resounding: A Sourcebook for Lordship and War</i></a> are two products that seem like companion pieces to me. They explain the "sandbox" thesis of Sine Nomine pretty well, and give good examples to boot. <a href="http://www.rpgnow.com/product/110293/Spears-of-the-Dawn"><i>Spears of the Dawn</i></a> and <i><a href="http://www.rpgnow.com/product/103502/Other-Dust?manufacturers_id=3482">Other Dust</a></i> also look like great and useable games, but I'm not done really digging into them. I did help KickStart <i>Spears</i>, and the timeliness and the quality of it convinced me to go back and look at other products...well played <a class="g-profile" href="http://plus.google.com/115055273425645223134" target="_blank">+Kevin Crawford</a> ...well played.</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714634484604402800.post-43815983853892536042013-03-10T18:45:00.000-04:002015-03-29T13:42:17.922-04:00Hex Reassignment Surgery: TurfI really like the <a href="http://www.d20swsrd.com/swords-and-wizardry-srd/for-the-referee/blackmarsh-campaign-setting">free Blackmarsh stuff</a>, and I've been trying to connect in a more intuitive way with the Blackmarsh map, so I went through <a href="http://www.welshpiper.com/monster-turf/">Welsh Piper's ideas about turf</a> and started dotting the map. This is a conceptual map for now, trying to show different types of influence, knowledge and allegiance. Since this work is ultimately for trying out <a class="g-profile" href="http://plus.google.com/103403509490222613258" target="_blank">+Jack Shear</a>'s gothic flavor I'm using the Blackmarsh map key as a basis to launch the re-skinning from.<br />
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I've used green to show areas that have a loyalty to the Church, are settled, and relatively safe. Yellow is for specific adventure sites and / or encounters that aren't always going to overlap with the Church's laws, goals, etc. Red, is mostly for monster-controlled territory or ranges, specifically dangerous sites, and anti-human or anti-church things.<br />
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The zones of influence suggest a lot to me at a glance: who might know what about things in the area; who you might bump into when you're out and about; where the secret / valuable stuff is; what kind of re-skinned monsters ought to go where. <a href="http://dndwithpornstars.blogspot.com/2012/12/a-warbox.html">Zak had a post about zones a short time back too.</a> For me, the coloring works as a way to get some better info at a glance. (In reality, I don't know what the "X" with superscript next to them are intended to mean...so I did this instead.)<br />
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Its not quite finished, but I've certainly gotten a better idea of the map and the map key overall than I had before. Welsh Piper's thoughts about world building, turf, and letting random tables guide the wilderness exploration experience have produced some interesting results. I've not added all the overlapping territories yet, as I wanted to focus on the areas around Blackmarsh Castle to get a better idea what starting characters near there might face. If you're checking my work, you'll note that I didn't really fill in some of the full "ranges" suggested by the size of some of the encounter monsters...thats because I was in a hurry and more interested in settlements and the like.</div>
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With any luck, I'll be able to figure out a way to tag a PDF version of this map with "stickies" or annotations that I can simply click on during a session to get a bit of detail of each 5 mile hex. Then, maybe add some custom encounter tables for zones, and BAM...its all over but the treasure rolls...right?<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714634484604402800.post-58522570816425054092013-01-05T13:33:00.000-05:002013-01-05T14:16:17.457-05:00"Duke" BrassclawI've been looking for inspiring images of Goblins and Kobolds for the Blackmash work I'm doing, but the side effect is that I wind up finding more pics that make me think of <a class="g-profile" href="http://plus.google.com/111470222834402043164" target="_blank">+Erik Jensen</a>'s <a href="http://wampuscountry.blogspot.com/">Wampus Country</a>. <a href="http://codinginparadise.org/images/owlephant.jpg">So now this image won't get out of my head.</a> So here I present to you the villan, Duke Brassclaw. I used the <a href="http://www.random-generator.com/index.php?title=Wampus_Country_Striga_Generator">Wampus Country Striga Generator</a> to give me an idea of what I wanted to know about it / him. So here's a story about the "Duke" Brassclaw...<br />
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Name: "Duke" Brassclaw<br />
Once there was a Duke and Duchess back West, in Granddad's Country. They joined the wrong Magikcal Social Organization. The price they paid was loss of social capital and since they were mostly broke anyway they had to sell their titles and lands and head East in to Wampus Country. This was some time ago, and since they came out here they say they ain't never been heard from since. You and me, we know different though, don't we?<br />
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Origin: foul pact, foolish bargain<br />
Being sorcerers of some skill, the two thought they knew the score. Just move West, make some ritual bargains, get rich. More's the pity, they only realized too late that Wampus Spirits can be fowler...er fouler, and blacker than any old demon.<br />
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Hates: newborn infants<br />
Now you know that "Brassclaw" was once two people. Because they bargained away their domestic union, and their future heirs, babies and their cries only serve to remind 'em of their bitter loss.<br />
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Modus Operandi: harries travelers on "her road"<br />
Away out in Wampus someplace, there's a road that leads to an ancient place. This is where the Duke and Duchess went to make their dark pact. It was the place they'd hoped to call their own. Now, their minions patrol the land around that road, and demand "taxes" of any who dare venture there.<br />
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Features: frightening primitive mask<br />
There was a mask, once. A big, ol' owl-headed thing with a long nose on it and little owl legs made of bright brass just a-pokin' out the front next to some ivory tusks! It was the symbol of the pact for riches and glory between the couple and the ancient spirit in that old, old place. The thing is...they had pledged to display the mask in their great hall, ugly thing that it was, and never never were they to put that thing on. Of course, they knew the mask was the face of that ol' spirit. It was plain to them as the nose on your face is to me...they jest <b>knew</b> that they could cross that spirit, and make it work for them if they put that mask on...so they did.<br />
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Dress: shift woven of spider-webs<br />
Well, I don't have to tell you that the ancient spirit not only tricked them, but cussed them good for breaking that bargain to boot! It didn't welch on the deal entire...now the two of them do have a title and lands. Though not the way they might have thought. They've got a crown, and a cape too. But the cape is made of cobwebs, and the crown is made of feathers.<br />
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Supernatural Quirks: she can remove any curse with a kiss - any curse but her own, that is<br />
Oh, and they're still powerful, my dears, yes they are! They can break the foulest of curses with but a kiss from their long nose.<br />
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Vulnerability: mundane plant (holly-berry, potato) Obviously, baby's breath!<br />
I heard from a Cupcake Man I met on the road once that ol' Brassclaw can be kept away by wearing a crown of Baby's Breath in your hair, and that in the Springtime they ain't seen in the meadows nor the glades.<br />
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Conveyance: chariot/coach drawn by (black steeds, skinless hounds, blinded orphans)<br />
But sometimes in the dark of night, you can hear Brassclaw's royal-purple coach a rumblin' down a lonesome road. If you do, be sure to be clear off the road before those poor, blind, orphans pulling that thing can smell you! 'Cause if you ain't, and they ketch you...you'll have to pull that coach in their place my dears! Yes, and they'll get to go home to your folks just as reg'lar as anything, and won't nobody notice it. Only folks who'll remember will be the two of you, and of course, won't be no helpin' it 'lessen you can trick Brassclaw into kissin' you!<br />
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Implement: skull, corpse, or body-part (cat’s skull, mummified infant, fox-tail)<br />
The Cupcake Man told me that sometimes the Feyan out in the wild get a little meanness in them and try to scare folks on the road at night by conjuring up a vision of Brassclaw and that purple carriage. I tricked him into tellin' me how to know the difference between the haint they use and the real Brassclaw too! The only way to know you're stuck in the dread presence of the real Brassclaw is the bright red Foxtail Brasclaw carries as a wand...<br />
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Minion: superior-to-the-norm specimen (lesser undead, goblinoid)<br />
...and the whippity-clever Goblin footman wearing giant hip-boots and a wig who carries the Foxtail wand and is never far from its master.<br />
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There! Now I can get to thinking of something else! Whew! Also, if you want stats...I don't know...use Owlbear stats and have the thing cast as a 4th level Magic-User or something. "Warning DIY D&D product...never use as directed."<br />
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~IMCTTUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714634484604402800.post-60958888738416894262012-12-29T02:47:00.002-05:002015-03-29T13:42:04.428-04:00Hex Reassignment Surgery: DeitiesSo, the basic tone of the re-skin is trending towards "grim" and that means I'm working against my typical inclinations. Not a problem, but a challenge. <a class="g-profile" href="http://plus.google.com/103403509490222613258" target="_blank">+Jack Shear</a>'s TotGaD: <a href="http://talesofthegrotesqueanddungeonesque.blogspot.com/search?q=what+I+know+about+the+gods+of+the+world+between">What I know about the gods of the World Between</a> is the source I'm drawing from.<br />
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Really quick detour:<br />
I have just begun my read through of <a class="g-profile" href="http://plus.google.com/113881370051836623777" target="_blank">+Andrew Shields</a> ' excellent '<a href="http://fictivefantasies.wordpress.com/fictive-hack/">The World Between for Fictive Hack</a>, and I believe if you've not seriously looked at his adaptation you're doing yourself a disservice. There are a lot of exciting ideas, and he expands The World Between in very interesting ways, and adds a beautiful map into the mix.<br />
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Okay, back to deities. Before I enumerate a buch of Jack's stuff, let me give you the outline of my idea on how these are going to be used: The source material is human-centric. The humans of the setting have a unified, organized church that is a major pillar of human culture. Elven law dictates that humans are not permitted to worship any gods other than their own, and human culture and religious practices reinforce that. The demi-humans have their own cherry-picked pantheons from Jack's lists. Not much invention, just re-mixing whats already there.<br />
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The weird, otherworldly, and capricious Nature Gods seem like a good fit for the elves in the Black-Mash. These gods should be linked to rites that make them seem primal, alien, and pagan. Blood, and sex magic as suggested by <a class="g-profile" href="http://plus.google.com/113881370051836623777" target="_blank">+Andrew Shields</a> seem appropriate.</div>
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<li>The Forest Who Walks</li>
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Dwarves should have some considerably "metal" deities...so I'll combine the Storm Sovereign pantheon with anything on the list that seems fitting to me. I notice a lot of female deities in the dwarven pantheon, and that's fine. I've always liked my idea of matriarchal dwarves anyway. It will make for great tales of their dalliances.</div>
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<li>Astariax (Goddess of Intrigue, Stratagem, and Mercantile Prosperity) – always depicted as wearing luxurious clothing and with her nose turned up in the air haughtily; like if Paris Hilton were Machiavelli</li>
<li>Charlak (God of Imprisonment) – it is said that he carved out dungeons beneath the world before men ever walked the globe.</li>
<li>Garm-Gorak (the Bloody Maw, God of Wolves and War) – like a Viking on an LSD-and-PCP cocktail *In Black-Mash, Dwarves are Wolf-Riders and have a special kinship with Canines. Over time, they have bred dogs for many purposes and Dwarven Dogs are a thing as much as Dwarven Weapons.</li>
<li>Hulmora (Goddess of the Elements) – if Thor were a permanently pissed-off goddess who threw thunder and lightning and rain everywhere</li>
<li>Merrihel (Goddess of Death and Glorious Battle) – the Morrigan via German opera and Romanticism; has Shadar-Kai Valkyries; hates Baba Yaga</li>
<li>Thanalia (Goddess of forging, sailing, and cavorting) – party-time goddess *Sailing might seem contradictory, but embrace that...its a good detail.</li>
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The humans of Black-Mash have an elaborate and unified religion. Their church plays a part in nearly every aspect of human culture, and is often the connective tissue of human civilization in the wilds.<br />
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<li>The Lady of the White Way – a warrior-mother goddess, like Mother Mary crossed with Joan d'Arc; a monotheistic goddess—all other divine beings are considered to be false idols and demons; has a hierarchical priesthood, a pope, cathedrals, inquisitors, witch hunters, and templars; her church has four apostolic saints.</li>
<li>Arianna, the Bloody Redeemer, a crusader who brought the fledgling Church of the Lady to the pagans. She is depicted as a mighty warrior in plate armor wielding a sword stained with the blood of infidels. She is especially revered by cavaliers, mercenaries, warlords, and nobles from military families.</li>
<li>Bernus, the Stumbling Wayfarer, was a merchant who converted to the faith of the Lady after an encounter with an angel on the road. He is depicted as a blind-folded pilgrim leaning on a shepherd's crook. He is especially revered by travelers, traders, gypsies, and penitents.</li>
<li>Calbrius, the Light Seeker, a monk who compiled the scattered theological documents said to be the holy writ of the early Church into the Book of the Lady. He is depicted as a cowled, hunchbacked scribe laboring over ancient tomes. He is especially revered by scholars, astrologers, wizards, and learned theologians</li>
<li>Coraline, the Voice of Doom, was a mystic who became a prophet after wandering the wastelands of the north. She is depicted as a gaunt figure whose eyes burn with divine radiance. She is especially revered by oracles, inquisitors, templars, and witch-hunters.</li>
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I think it would be a good idea to put a kind of dark-mirror version of the Church of the Lady into play. The reverence of these gods is a kind of open secret tolerated by the Church of the Lady. These gods seem like a good fit for halfings too, since halfings somehow were once human.<br />
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<li>Killane of the Road (The Luck Lord, The Prince of Coins, The Keeper of the Crossroads) – revered by gamblers, pirates, bandits, and travelers; a happy-go-lucky god; definitely a trickster. *the archetypal man at the crossroads </li>
<li>Mama Lazuul (Lady of the Midnight Hour) – goddess of crimes that happen under the cover of darkness and late-night rendezvous; goddess of thieves and love</li>
<li>Papa Simett (Lord of Secrets and Whispers) – it is said that anything that is whispered is heard by Papa Simett</li>
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These primal deities are a collection of Gnoll-gods and the forgotten, elemental remnants of pre Church domination. Isolated humans may take up the worship of these gods, but it will cost them much of their humanity.<br />
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<li>Father Sothack (God of the Briny Depths, the Drowned King, Prince of the Kraken's Maw) – grim sea god; Neptune crossed with Dagon; his avatar looks like that Cthulhoid guy from Pirates of the Caribbean; his rites involve near-drowning baptisms</li>
<li>The Golden Lion – Beast God; God of Pride, Honor, and Martial Prowess</li>
<li>Hakhan (Demon Lord of Bestial Bloodshed) – depicted as a massive minotaur or broo-like creature covered in blood and girt with a belt of skulls; basically the god of death metal album covers</li>
<li>Junox (The Ever-Flowing God) – a god more feared than worshiped; said to have created oozes, slimes, jellies, puddings, etc.; rules from a throne made of garbage and refuse</li>
<li>Kumo-Thlis (The Snake God, The One Who Slithers) – definitely sinister; his rites involve snake-handling, speaking in tongues, rolling in the aisles</li>
<li>Mong-Trall (The Capricious Monkey God) – a trickster god; his temples are defended by monkeys wielding razors</li>
<li>Mother Lothack (Demon Queen of the raging sea, the Tempest Queen, Our Lady of the Sharks) – the demonic consort to Father Sothack; those who survive shark attacks are considered to be blessed by her</li>
<li>The Luminous Hawk – a Beast God; barbarians believe that he drags the sun into the sky each day; he is the enemy of the undead</li>
<li>The Unconquered Badger – a Beast God; he is the God of defending hearth and home; you've seen the honey badger video right? he's like Ron Swanson in honey badger form</li>
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That leaves me with Devils, Demons, and Extra-planar Menaces. This is a kind of tool-box to pull from when I might need ideas for Black-Mash later.</div>
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<li>The Carrion Marquis – super creepy and gross death; god of death in war; depicted as a rotting general surrounded by a cloud of black flies</li>
<li>The Dismembered One – super creepy and gross death god worshiped in Mord-Stavian; depicted as horribly crippled and missing limbs</li>
<li>The Flayed Maiden – super creepy and gross death god; depicted much like Julia in Hellraiser II before she gets her skin back</li>
<li>Matakhan (Demon Queen of Assassins, Executions, and Poison) – purple-skinned and multi-armed; bloodthirsty; may be a female avatar of Hakhan</li>
<li>Morgath (Lord of Undeath, The Corpulent Reaper) – a big fat fleshy grim reaper; fit for doom metal album covers; worshiped by liches, vampires, pennangalan</li>
<li>Narlathia (Fey Goddess of Enchantment, Pain, and Plunder) – her servants are deadly red-caps and drow; revered by marauders; Lolth-y and Cenobite-y</li>
<li>Skaylex (Goddess of Fungi) – more feared than worshiped; the mushroom men are her servants</li>
<li>Slithian Vor (Demon Queen of Aestheticism and Carnality) – Slaanesh as designed by Oscar Wilde and Aubrey Beardsley; sends succubi as emissaries</li>
<li>Sluurge (Demon Lord of Pestilence, Famine, and Gallows Humor) – always depicted as wearing a top hat; a diseased dandy</li>
<li>Zzorch (Demon Lord of Mutation and Wild Magic) – like Tzeentch, but more interested in mutations and magical experiments; Victor Frankenstein would have worshiped Zzorch</li>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714634484604402800.post-69322671123973618632012-12-14T01:15:00.000-05:002012-12-28T12:15:58.973-05:00Fun with AbulafiaI'm learning how to use Abulafia. HENCE: the <a href="http://www.random-generator.com/index.php?title=Wampus_Country_Striga_Generator">Wampus Country Witch Generator</a>.<br />
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I'm still learning how to make it work. Even with just a couple of entries automated...its kind of exciting for me to watch it work. I had to force myself to stop dog-piling entries into the tables. Obviously, I'm going to have to separate the generator into "Classic" and "Modified" versions or something. I immediately started wanting to make "private" pages that would help me run games...any ideas on that front would be welcome!<br />
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Here's one to come back to:<br />
Black Betty Sumac or "Dame Sumac"<br />
foul pact, foolish bargain<br />
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My adventures with Abulafia are all documented here:<br />
<a href="http://www.random-generator.com/index.php?title=Category:Coded_by_Bryan_Mullins">http://www.random-generator.com/index.php?title=Category:Coded_by_Bryan_Mullins</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714634484604402800.post-44421421151142810502012-11-28T12:50:00.002-05:002015-03-29T13:41:52.207-04:00Hex Reassignment Surgery: Humanoids, assembled!<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, I'm making a list of things that will help me keep towards the uncanny side of demi-humans. Its intended to be a kind of quick-n-dirty reference to remind me what I'm aiming for when I use or re-skin demi-humans from the Blackmarsh source. I intend to "lump" some of these together and so they are listed together.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://talesofthegrotesqueanddungeonesque.blogspot.com/2012/04/demi-humans-of-world-between-ii.html">Dwarves</a>: <i>the fear of Avarice</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dwarves should always have a price. One that is high, strange, and inflexible. Dwarves should always have the most unique gear and / or services that can be crafted and bought. Dwarves will always insist on being paid in the clearest of terms. They should be blunt to the point of rudeness about what they will and won't do; do and don't want etc. Dwarves should also behave as though their greed is normal. They will expect those they interact with to have a price, and will want to know what that is. Graft and nepotism are expected...then you'd want to run their societies kind of Roman. Patrons, and favors and bribes, and obsessions. They might be kind of Hanseatic, or Mafioso...I'm not sure. The entire race should be in some sort of protracted war against another non-human race over a failure to pay a debt. These are the folk who created the idea of interest as a thing that accumulates, they may have invented money too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My first lumped group, and one of the more problematic demi-human races for me personally. I don't really like fantasy elves of any stripe, its just a problem I have. I like that Jack has removed the color coding from his elves, so I'm keeping that and renaming them all Faeries until I come up with something better. Every Elf, Nixie, Sprite, and Mermaid in the Backmarsh source needs to be filtered as I go. That shouldn't be hard to do because one of the stories baked into the setting has to do with Elves and where they stand on the idea that they have the right to govern the other races. That can be spun in a gothic way, right?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Where you find a Faerie will tell you a lot about them. If they are rustic, they might be Elves; urbane and social, possibly Drow; aloof and hermit-like...maybe Eladrin. Fey should have a modestly knowable set of logical operators. They should keep their word (perhaps strictly), have long memories, and have a hard time relating to shorter-lived races. They should not use magic, but rather be magical. They should distribute boons and curses frequently per the TotGaD source.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My <a href="http://greaterthanb.blogspot.com/2012/11/hex-reassignment-surgery-backmarsh-meet.html">list from before</a> applies here. Making them weird and unique will be necessary as they have a large part of the Blackmarsh back story, and I might get bored with them if I don't lean into the challenge.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Two words for you...<i>Troll Hunter. </i>There is plenty of swamp in Blackmarsh and plenty of Trolls in the TotGaD Compendiums. A broad selection of Troll-ish goodness lets me have good, old-fashioned monster fun times. I like that Jack gives Trolls a kind of antipathy. Their nearness assaults the mind and drives out reason. They curdle milk, and pollute clear streams of water. They rage through the countryside and consume mass quantities. If they do talk, they talk of the greatest meals they've ever had (or the bravest people, or the most valuable item) and may be goaded and tricked easily. This includes Hags though, too so don't get too triumphant there, Finn McCool.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Maybe it was all the <i>He-Man</i> and <i>Thundercats</i> in my early days, but Hyena / Jackal dudes are completely rad. They should attack in packs, have alphas, and be red in tooth and claw. Anytime you start to put a wolf encounter in, change it to a Gnoll encounter instead. Gnolls are often linked to slaving in D&D...who are they taking people to? They don't keep them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Basically Gremlins. They should spawn like crazy, die in droves and be mostly reptilian...keep the "dog head" for extra strangeness if you like. Should be known for eating the flesh of Humans, diabolically-trapped warrens, dangerous war machines, weird magical automatons (made of what: wood? bronze?), and unexpected explosions. Their leaders should be a major cut above, with ageless shamans and wizards maintaining enough organization to keep the Man-flesh supply steady. Goblin as a name has a lot of baggage attached to it for me, so I will probably use Kobold in its place. "Kobolds ate my baby!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What happens to a Human when they have no hope? What does it look like when they succumb to the mundanity of life? Hobbits. Thats the answer. Over time, Humans can <b>literally shrink</b> as their spirit of independence withers and they become a caricature of the free-willed individual they were once. Halflings, are therefore mundane in every outward aspect and sinister in every interior manner. Interactions with them should be a kind of "hey this could be you, if you'd settled down and started pig farming..." or "Damn, down-and-out is <b>really</b> down and out..."They might be used as a kind of house-fairy analogue as well...the ones you leave little gifts for in hopes they don't ruin your life. They should certainly be a kind of gleeful parasite on human societies.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Caliban & Half-bloods. Interbreeding rarely goes well, and there are dark, corrupting forces out there everywhere. Curses, diabolic-pacts, and magical mutations are just a few ways you could wind up with a messed up humanoid. I personally don't like Tieflings (see Elves above) so I wont be using them in the strictest sense. Maybe some cultists and sorcerers have to hide their forked tongues, and file their horns down...thats fine. What I'm thinking of is more along the lines of <a href="http://greaterthanb.blogspot.com/2012/05/ten-freaks-for-hubris-part-1.html">Mike's Half-Elves</a>. Setting aside the willfully mutated, I want some slice of half-blooded freaks to be victims, or innocents. That might be too Quasimodo...I don't know.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That's everything I have that overlaps between what I want in the game, whats in Blackmarsh, and what Jack has written. I'm resisting the urge to kitchen sink a whole bunch more monsters. Snake-men, for example, make an appearance in any game that I run (...too much <i>V: The Final Battle</i> for me as a kid...) My counter-argument to myself being that any more 'monsters' should be unique rather than assumed as a 'species' ... which serves my ethic of trying to fight the Vanilla Fantasy Creep.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714634484604402800.post-87545331236854156492012-11-21T09:50:00.001-05:002015-03-29T13:41:39.962-04:00Hex Reassignment Surgery: Backmarsh, meet The World Between<br />
Deciding where I wanted to pull my ideas from for this mash-up / re-skin was pretty easy. I've been reading <a href="https://plus.google.com/103403509490222613258/posts">+Jack Shear's</a> <a href="http://talesofthegrotesqueanddungeonesque.blogspot.com/">Tales of the Grotesque and Dungeonesque</a> compendiums for a couple of weeks now. I am really enjoying them as gaming materials and academic primers on the subject of gothic literature. Reading them, and trying to understand 'how-to: Gothic' has been fun and challenging. I'm finding that in my attempts to wrap my head around the materials that I'm able to prevent some of my own, vanilla fantasy assumptions from being so automatic.<br />
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The <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/swordsandwizardry/">Swords & Wizardry SRD</a> has all the marks of a labor of love, and like its bigger cousin the Pathfinder SRD I love that its online, and easy to get to. When I saw the <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/swordsandwizardry/swords-and-wizardry-srd/for-the-referee/blackmarsh-campaign-setting">Blackmarsh Campaign Setting</a> described as an example for newer GM's to follow, I decided I wanted to take the time to try and understand it. Hex-mapped campaign settings are not really in my background as a gamer; I was rarely able to afford game books growing up, and I didn't take the time to really appreciate the technical side of game books until much more recently. So, hex-mapping is pretty much "all-new" to me.<br />
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Having read most of the TotGaD companions a couple of times now, I can tell that while I'm going to aspire to be as "Gothic" as I can manage while re-skinning this, I don't think I will manage to be as faithful to the inspirational materials as I want to be. That's pretty okay with me in the context of trying it out though. I'm not writing any papers for Jack's class so I should be okay. The exciting thing for me is going to be using his material as a way to stretch my GM repertoire and try to put a clear "fingerprint" on this basic campaign setting. Due to my own personal tastes I may wind up with something more Alex Toth than Edgar Allan Poe, but I will have made an honest attempt.<br />
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I want to read Blackmarsh through a couple of more times before starting, in earnest with the re-skin and hex reassignment, but here are some of the ideas I've got forming currently on the big picture side:<br />
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We have GOT to get rid of 'Viz' as a name. I can't take it...I keep flashing back to the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3Ek9VjGcgY">Coo Coo Cola Cult</a> episode of Rescue Rangers. I'd rather call it Magicite, or Manna. Quintessence has the right sort of feel to it, but seems less "does what it says, says what it does" than Manna. Even blood stone, star metal, or ghost rock would be better. So, Viz is gone and Manna is in for now. I want to reserve Jack's 'demonstone' for later.<br />
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So, Manna is a thing in this setting. A discreet unit of magical quintessence that allows a magic user to cast a spell, but retain it in memory. This works on a 1:1 ratio of Manna to Spell Level. So, you can burn 1 Manna and keep a Level 1 spell in memory; 2 Manna for a Level 2 spell etc. Also, 1 Manna is equivalent to 100 GP for making magic items.<br />
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That's pretty cool, right? It makes Manna a fantasy-style gold-rush kind of resource. The problem now is that I'm reading that Manna (Viz) is both a discreet unit and some kind of interestingly unique snow-flake resource. The setting has some indications that it can be any number of amazing forms: <span style="font-family: inherit;">"<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; color: #444444; line-height: 18px;">a flask of pure spring water, a newly bloomed flower, or an iridescent rock" while simultaneously, the sand-box has locations with artefacts that have places where "Viz can be inserted." So I'm going to want to clean that up. Hopefully without rules / too many rules. The questions that arise immediately for me are "where are the Manna pools?" or "how can I make that game-able?"</span></span><br />
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What I'm thinking right now is that Manna can be caught, and crystalized somehow to make it a unit. With some skill, this could tie into the gothic 'grandeur of nature' thing and maybe even cast an eye towards Reason vs Supernaturalism...I'm not sure yet.<br />
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Gothic themes and window dressing:<br />
Feyan Folk, Elves, Eladrin, Drow and fairies of the D&D description are a bit whimsical for the inspirational material. Making Elves weird is going to be hard for me in actual play, so I'm going to want to set them up well in my head. That means narrowing the field and changing some designations and really trying to use Elves for something other than 'High Men' or whatnot. (I will not take 'Ancient Astronauts' off the table.) So I want to lump Elves, Eladrin, and Drow as concepts into something more compact. I think I want use them to highlight the fears as indicated in the Compendium...I just don't want to make a major kind of distinction between them. I think I'll have an easier time emphasizing the subtleties at the table if I keep them together in one slot in my head.<br />
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I will want to think deeply about the cultural rules that allow Men and Feyan (or whatever I'll call them eventually) to interact. In Blackmarsh, as in Tolkien, the Elves are the shepherds of civilization but on the wane...I'll want to address that in particular rather than assume it. Bake it into the setting as a feature not a bug. Keeping them weird will require some anthropological raiding for strange customs and the like.<br />
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Weird ideas about individuality, property, and modesty<br />
roles as names "Puck" "Alder King"<br />
bound by certain kinds of agreements<br />
morbidly fascinated by mortality in short-lived sentients<br />
a comment on class / colonialism<br />
problems with intensity or exposure to human emotionality makes ruling humans complex<br />
have a 'veiled countenance' and 'unveiled' wich is hard on other sapients<br />
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Monsters are going to get lumped a little too. I want Trolls that are Giants, and want to call them Trolls ala 'Troll Hunter' with a lot of various breeds. There are Troll tables for that. Gnolls are definitely in because of the 'Grand Guignolls' and my love of animal-dudes. There's plenty of swamp, but I don't know what kind of D&D swamp denizens I want. I do want Goblins as Gremlins, and maybe Kobolds can be my swamp guys. They eat humans and are devious so they hit some classic Degenerate Hillbilly notes with a lot less of the classist implications I see with Ogres and Voodoo Halflings. If I have Orcs, I may use them as created enforcers for the Elves...<br />
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Thats it for now. Feel free to sound off on some of this if you have the notion.<br />
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~IMCTT<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714634484604402800.post-9236515302858700222012-11-20T02:53:00.002-05:002015-03-29T13:41:21.926-04:00Hex Reassignment Surgery: Getting StartedOkay, I want to learn something about hexes and stocking them. I've been doing the reading, and being the lazy sort that I am...I intend to re-purpose, re-skin, and borrow wholesale from wherever I can. The purpose is to learn something about what kinds of building and randomization tools I work best with. That means its time for Hex Reassignment Surgery!<br />
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Rule #1: Free is for me</div>
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If its not free, with some sort of fairly-clear intent of free use attached its not going to be used.</div>
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Rule #2: Re-skin-spiration!</div>
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There are a ton of awesome, random generators and free ideas out there...try to use them to good effect.</div>
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Rule #3: Less is more</div>
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Just a reminder to keep the representations light so more people can use them.</div>
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Basic Ingredients: </div>
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<a href="http://www.d20swsrd.com/swords-and-wizardry-srd/for-the-referee/blackmarsh-campaign-setting">Blackmarsh Campaign Setting @ Swords & Wizardry SRD</a></div>
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<a href="http://goblinoidgames.com/labyrinthlord.html">Labyrinth Lord by Goblinoid Games</a></div>
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<a href="http://grandwiki.wikidot.com/ll">Labyrinth Lord rules in wiki format</a></div>
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<a href="http://talesofthegrotesqueanddungeonesque.blogspot.com/">Tales of the Grotesque and Dungeonesque by Jack W. Shear</a><br />
<a href="http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/36626">The Grim, Gritty, and Strange world of Hubris by Mike Evans</a></div>
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Hex-Stocking Theory:</div>
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<a href="http://untimately.blogspot.com/2012/06/hex-stocking.html">Untimately: Hex Stocking</a></div>
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<a href="http://jrients.blogspot.com/2010/03/wilderness-stocking.html">Jeff's Gameblog: Wilderness Stocking</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.welshpiper.com/category/worldbuilding/">The Welsh Piper: Worldbuilding</a></div>
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<a href="http://thealexandrian.net/wordpress/17308/roleplaying-games/hexcrawl">The Alexandrian: Hexcrawl</a></div>
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Miscellaneous Inspiration & Resources:</div>
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<a href="http://save.vs.totalpartykill.ca/">Save vs Total Party Kill ~ awesome web apps</a></div>
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<a href="http://truculent.org/llchar/">truculent.org ~ Labyrinth Lord Character Generator</a></div>
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<a href="http://gibletblizzard.blogspot.co.nz/2011/12/secret-santicore-2011.html">Secret Santicore 2011</a></div>
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<a href="http://dndwithpornstars.blogspot.com/2012/01/mustorganizeuselessideas.html">Zak's Orientation Essays</a></div>
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<a href="http://shamsgrog.blogspot.com/2011/03/distribution-of-monsters-and-treasure.html">Sham's Grog n Blog: Distribution of Monsters and Treasure</a></div>
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<a href="http://campaignwiki.org/wiki/LinksToWisdom/Preparing_and_Running_the_Game">Links to Wisdom ~ Preparing and Running the Game</a></div>
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Damn, that's a lot to contemplate! Next time, the Elevator Pitch, and some re-defining of the basic Blackmarsh lingo to suit my desire.</div>
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~IMCTT</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714634484604402800.post-69887610478935472832012-10-08T00:40:00.002-04:002012-10-08T00:40:33.366-04:00Wampus Country Roll Call<span style="font-family: inherit;">There's a game I want to happen. Maybe you'd like to play? Its a Play by Post set in a tall-tale fantasy wilderness called <a href="http://wampuscountry.blogspot.com/">Wampus Country</a>. The setting is great, go and see. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Here are the details. <a href="https://plus.google.com/111470222834402043164/posts">+Erik Jensen</a> has this living, breathing, and unique land just waiting for us to kick around in. He's using <a href="http://www.goblinoidgames.com/labyrinthlord.html">Labyrinth Lord</a> as his base rules. His house rules are on his blog. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">If you're wondering what that might look like using some version of Basic D&D as its engine, I will tell you that recently some PC's stopped a gigantic rooster from destroying a town...so yeah.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Erik says: </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">"<i>I'm projecting a "fairly casual" pace - looking at a minimum of 4 posts a week as we find our feet, and adjusting from there. My posts will most likely be in the evening (EST) during the work-week.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Please distinguish between ic spoken, ic narrative, and ooc text by some clear means in your posts. I don't need standardization so long as I can easily tell what's what</i>!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">You don't need to know anything about the setting except that we're going to try and play in a game where things like </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_tales" style="font-family: inherit;">The Jack Tales</a><span style="font-family: inherit;">, the legend of </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Fink" style="font-family: inherit;">Mike Fink</a><span style="font-family: inherit;">, are mostly true. It could get a little Deadwood, or be more Wild, Wild, West or O' Brother Where art Thou? ... but one thing it won't be is boring. Particularly if you are there with me. So...consider it won't you?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">If you're interest is peaked, then let Erik know. He'll provide greater details, I'm just the hawker.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Here are some things that might get you in the mood:</span><br />
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http://wampuscountry.blogspot.com/2012/08/booze-banjos-and-bazoul.html<br />
http://wampuscountry.blogspot.com/p/house-rules.html<br />
http://character.totalpartykill.ca/basic/Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714634484604402800.post-14955195558075053602012-07-13T11:43:00.000-04:002012-07-13T21:29:13.694-04:00The "Man" in the Cold Iron Mask<h4>
For Clayton,</h4>
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There was a phrase uttered at the table two weeks ago that has been haunting me. So much so, that I'm going to try and blog it out into something people might want to use in their game.</div>
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The "Man" in the Cold Iron Mask</h4>
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So, there's the phrase...and you can see how it kept niggling at me. Poking my brain with lots of little questions...that you can answer and use in your game.</div>
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Let's break it down. You've got some good ingredients here: musketeer-era politics, a mysterious prisoner, and a really kind of striking artifact. Let's tinker with them and try to get something for your home game.</div>
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1. A servant who was imprisoned with his VIP master and now can not leave...</div>
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2. A scheming, bisexual, minor noble from court who has embarrassed the King...</div>
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3. A non-person who was invented by the prison administrator to make himself seem more important...</div>
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4. The king's brother from another, but also French-royal, father...</div>
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5. The king's identical twin brother...</div>
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6. An assassin hired by a highly-placed government official who failed to kill his target...</div>
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but really...let's weird that up now. (d6)</h4>
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1. who is also Reynard, the trickster fox spirit...</div>
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2. who is also Morgan LeFay / Oberon / The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Blood,_Holy_Grail">Merrovingian Heir</a> / <em style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; line-height: 16px;">Cernunnos...</em></div>
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3. who is also the were-beast of <span style="font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">Gévaudan...</span></div>
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4. who is also a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_theological_demons">"theological" demon from this list</a>...</div>
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5. who is also the actual King, who's been secretly replaced...</div>
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6. who is also the dragon who once ruled this land long before the advent of men...</div>
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Whats with the mask?</h4>
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The mask is not as interesting unless it is iconic and invariable. It is a face covering and head piece that has been hammered from a single piece of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteoric_iron">meteoric iron</a>. The mask simultaneously keeps the prisoner's identity a mystery and prevents the prisoner from expressing a True Nature. To the naked eye at least, the mask should appear to be made of some crudely-shaped and maybe lumpy metal. If the Actual King is in the mask, then the mask should draw on his memories, or life-force, or aura to send power to the villain who is impersonating him.</div>
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The next time your players are in the Bastille, or any old, weird dungeon you can have them run into someone like this instead of a regular monster encounter. How long has this person been here? What's been keeping them alive? How hard is it to get the mask off? I don't know, but it could be fun to find out.</div>
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I tried to keep the flavor of the above options related to French folklore, but there's no reason beyond that.</div>
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Here's <a href="http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2047/who-was-the-man-in-the-iron-mask">a pretty decent recap of the real-life situation from straightdope</a>.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714634484604402800.post-1907997551021814732012-07-08T20:07:00.001-04:002012-07-08T20:11:33.728-04:00How I'm using the Pathfinder Beginner Box<h3>
Keeping it simple?</h3>
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The idea with this game is to just relax, have fun, test out a few ideas, and learn some things about running D&D that I might not have known. One loose goal I set for myself has been to just keep running games with the material that is inside the box, or material that I already have, or material that is free. So far, thats been great. I (mostly) keep to my cheap ethic, and I learn some things about making my own game out of what's available.</div>
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What's in the box?</h3>
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The box has some useful things in it. Very clear and basic GM guidance for different types of terrain, random tables for said terrain, lists of traps, a fair-sized bestiary with accompanying cardboard figures...a dry-erase flip-mat, a book with some items & magic items, a little bit of information on Sandpoint...<a href="http://paizo.com/beginnerbox">just click here if you don't know what's in it</a>.</div>
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What else did you bring me?</h3>
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There are some free downloadable extras, including <a href="http://paizo.com/products/btpy8q4o">four small adventures</a> that I've also added to the pile of things to pull from. I have always liked early level adventures, and I have a pretty big virtual stack of those to use should the need arise. I've pulled some of my favorite One Page Dungeons for use in this game...and I broke my "don't spend money on this game" rule by purchasing a few James Raggi adventures in PDF for further inspiration.</div>
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So what?</h3>
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So, I feel like I have what I want for the most part...a bunch of ideas in various stages that I can take apart and put back together as I need them. That seems pretty advanced for me considering I've only really run some linked modules for the system before this. I want to push myself to find that sweet spot between being over-prepared (and therefore over-committed to an idea) and not having anything for the players to do if they act "unexpectedly." Previously, I've not been a big fan of how the modules constrain my sense of the game...so I want to go more towards an 'in the moment' style.</div>
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What did you learn?</h3>
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So far, I've learned that players don't do what you expect them to, and that putting some limitations on what I'm doing has allowed me a little room to grow. The last session went really well on my side, it didn't need so much prep that I got 'tired' of thinking about the game, and so I felt a lot more engaged with the table as a result. I didn't even have a set number of adversaries; (I know, I know...SLOW DOWN TEX!) instead I just kept feeding them goblins and complications until it seemed like enough. It was interesting. The "heavy" encounter of the night was another sort of organic thing I threw together based on the dungeon layout. Secret door here + hall full of traps = locked door, ambush shooting gallery here. I felt good about it, and I could tell they were engaged...so that made me happy.</div>
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Where are we going?</h3>
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Basically, I'd like to branch this thing out into a kind of sand-box for them to rummage in. The next steps will be to get a sense of the area, place some things...make a decision or two about how to handle random encounters, if any...and to stock up on useful tables and charts generated by my favorite DIY D&D folks. By rolling those things up with the contents of the box, I think we may have a mini-campaign that is worth talking about when its over.</div>
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Do you use it RAW?</h3>
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No...and yes. I'm pretty much using the rules as written. I've allowed the PC's to take full HP at the first two levels (to lure them into a false sense of security). After that, I'm afraid they're not in much luck...I'm planning to limit the HP from here on pretty seriously. I'm still working on a scheme to keep all the HP in the game low, so if anyone has any suggestions or interesting precedents...I'd like to know. Maybe just three / level for the fighter, two for the rogue and cleric, and one for the wizard? I don't really know yet.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714634484604402800.post-57554157844087496252012-06-17T01:34:00.003-04:002012-06-17T01:52:49.439-04:00Ten Freaks for Hubris Part 4<h4>
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://greaterthanb.blogspot.com/2012/05/ten-freaks-for-hubris-part-1.html" style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">First</a><span style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">, I decided to randomly roll ten half-elf characters for </span><a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/104780290634286531079/posts" style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">+Mike's</a><span style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://wrathofzombie.wordpress.com/2012/05/10/merging-warhammer-2e-with-my-frankenhack/" style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hubris</a><span style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;"> hack.</span></span></h4>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://greaterthanb.blogspot.com/2012/05/ten-freaks-for-hubris-part-2.html">Then</a><span style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">, I diverged into table wankery.</span></span></h4>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://greaterthanb.blogspot.com/2012/05/ten-freaks-for-hubris-part-3.html">Next</a><span style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">, I dropped a bunch of stats on you and thought I might be done with these guys.</span></span></h4>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://dl.dropbox.com/u/37084187/10%20Freaks%20for%20Hubris%20half-page%20sheets">Finally</a></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">, I have half-page, 1st level character sheets for these ten freaks!</span></span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">What is behind the link, and how to use it</span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">The link has a PDF copy of my ten, half-page character sheets for the Hubris game. The ten classes in the Hubris hack are each represented by one Half-elf freak set to Mike's starting rules as best as I can tell. They are pretty freaky and look like fun to me. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Keeping with the X-Men / Morlocks vibe, I imagine these ten as a highly motivated and committed unit who are banded together for mutual protection and to execute the will of their master, Javier. You can make them sound mysterious by using lots of bad Latin phrases. 'Domum Damnatis' and 'Reformatorium ab Vaccum' are two that I really like...regardless of how they don't really translate IRL.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Their very bad German "pirate names" are code-names, or secret names that they know each other by. They would also have as many given aliases as needed. They might travel as some kind of "Midnight Carnival" or may be stationary and based out of a type of sanitarium or asylum for keeping Void / Chaos mutated freaks from offending the bourgeois's delicate sensibilities. There are lots of ways to use these.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Even for "first level" they have some interesting abilities and weaknesses. What intrigues me is the idea that they all can sort of keep tabs on each other using the basic Half-Elf 'Hound Dog' ability. Which could allow them to execute some pretty elaborate plans without having to really talk to each other. They're resistant to further chaos mutations, and have some Elven immunities. To me, that sets the stage for some interesting questions with interesting answers.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Now, if only Mike would let me play the regenerating warrior priest of a bastard trickster god...or the pig-faced alchemist with the small, conjoined stomach twin, or the bat-winged ranger, or...or...or...</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">*sigh*</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Enjoy these!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">Notes, Disclaimers, etc...</span></h3>
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">I learned a lot more about C&C than I thought possible without owning any of the books...that being said...I am prone to human error and make no claim that these are free from flaw.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">I also learned that there is a really engaging thing that happens when some of your choices are constrained. The random tables that started all this have really turned me around on the idea of random tables. Guess my PSY professor was right...too many choices = bad; a few choices to spur creativity = stimulating.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Useful Links for C&C</span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">These were *very* helpful, and some are super nice!</span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://www.adnd3egame.com/cnc.htm">http://www.adnd3egame.com/cnc.htm</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://www.adnd3egame.com/documents/ckscreen.pdf">http://www.adnd3egame.com/documents/ckscreen.pdf</a></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://goreanmale.homestead.com/files/cnc/cnccheatsheet.pdf">http://goreanmale.homestead.com/files/cnc/cnccheatsheet.pdf</a></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://www.altobanor.com/CastleKeeper20.html">http://www.altobanor.com/CastleKeeper20.html</a></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">IMCTT,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">>B</span></span></div>
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714634484604402800.post-42199209107485192562012-06-06T15:00:00.002-04:002012-06-15T23:01:16.017-04:00Beria Annis: Finder of People and Things<a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/104780290634286531079/posts">+Mike Evans</a> has gotten me thinking about games I'm not in again. So, I will take a small break from the <a href="http://greaterthanb.blogspot.com/search/label/10%20Freaks">Ten Freaks for Hubris series</a> to put forward an NPC idea for your city games...<br />
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I'm presenting the details I settled on eventually first, but further down I just throw down the process by which I arrived at my idea and cite the places I'm pulling things from. There are no stats per-se...just a kind of conceptual map that I'm hoping will be useful for any type of game. You can make your own stats when you decide how you want to use her. Plus, I'm linking to a few stat blocks that were inspirational.<br />
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Beria Annis: Finder of People and Things</h2>
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The Details</h4>
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beira_(mythology)">Beria</a> is a towering (even though bent), ancient-looking, female humanoid; twisted of limb, sinewy, and with hard, nobly skin. Her teeth are metal and rusty red, her skin is iron hard, dark blue, and she is immune to cold temperatures / effects. Fitting her barbaric ancestry, she is able to handle herself in a fight and forgoes the use of weapons. She is particularly good at finding things using her wits, and the ancient magical practices of her people, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marzana">Marzanna</a>.<br />
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Skills & Strengths</h4>
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<li>Finding things using sympathetic magic through <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sympathetic_magic#Correspondence_in_sympathetic_magic">correspondence</a>.</li>
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<li>This requires her to follow a list of <a href="http://www.sacred-texts.com/cla/tms/index.htm">taboos and perform rituals</a>...</li>
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<li>High intelligence, and <a href="http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/thinking-about-kids/201203/old-age-and-treachery">the experience of a long life</a>.</li>
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<li>Guiding idea: '<a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NeverMessWithGranny">Never Mess With Granny</a>'</li>
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<li>The Marzanna-folk bear the Frozen Blood of the North.</li>
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<li>Iron-hard skin, and immunity to Cold effects of all kinds, </li>
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Weaknesses & Complications</h4>
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<li>Fire is a problem.</li>
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<li>The Marzanna never had need of the promethean gift, and are 'vulnerable' to it.</li>
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<li>Experiences pain within 10 feet of naked flames and x2 Damage from fire.</li>
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<li>She must observe her taboos or lose her gifts until she can correct the problem. (Would you like a list of her taboos, or want to make them up yourself?)</li>
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<li>Must eat the flesh of a freshly dead sapient once every new moon or can't 'Speak w/ Dead'</li>
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<li>An expensive magic ritual is needed to attune herself to the Otherworld if the moon phase is not favorable.</li>
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<li>Must conceal her skin in motley rags and deep hoods or lose her Iron Skin.</li>
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<li>Has to go 24 hours without someone's gaze falling upon her, make new motley, and bathe in blood.</li>
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<li>Cannot accept payment in the form of money, or loses half her health/wounds.</li>
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<li>Must do a favor unasked, and without thanks to be able to heal to full.</li>
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Motivations</h4>
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<li>To keep living off the decadence of civilization.</li>
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<li>Her disdain for the decadent and moneyed is well-known and hard to conceal.</li>
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<li>To find things to amuse, and interest her voracious intellect.</li>
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<li>Ala Sherlock Holmes, she loves mysteries, puzzles and occasionally drugs. </li>
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The Seed</h3>
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Beria Annis is an intelligent problem solver after the fashion of Sherlock Holmes. You could use her as a Special Inspecktor attached to the City Watch or as a particular type of Bounty Hunter Employed by the Influential. You know, an IG-88 for your Vornheim game or whatever.</div>
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In your game, she might be a Warrior Priest who can 'Speak w/ Dead' ... but in my own Pathfinder Basic games, I like to look for a monster entry that captures the "feel" I'm thinking of. In the case of this character I'm thinking: "witch" & "hag" with a tweak or two to make her seem new...the two images that best capture her in my mind are...<br />
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Inspirational Pictures</h4>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/30019445@N03/4213850419/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/30019445@N03/4213850419/</a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/armchairdj/2284835338/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/armchairdj/2284835338/</a><br />
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And then I started sorting through "Hags" and "Iron Ladies" until I arrived at an idea for basically a Black Hag, or Annis Hag, or an Iron Hag...and tried to get an idea for a story out of that creature.<br />
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Inspirational Links</h4>
<a href="http://wrathofzombie.wordpress.com/2012/03/05/wrathofzombies-stab-at-the-monster-manuals-g-big-one-today/">WrathofZombie's Monster Manual entry 'G' (for Green Hag)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.lotfp.com/store/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=67">Zak S. ~ Vornheim</a><br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beira_(mythology)">Wikipedia ~ Beira</a><br />
<a href="http://www.realmshelps.net/cgi-bin/mainlist2.pl?name=Marzanna">Forgotten Realms ~ Marzanna</a><br />
<a href="http://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/monster-listings/monstrous-humanoids/hag/hag-annis">D20PFSRD ~ Annis Hag</a><br />
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And again, I'd love to hear some feedback on this if you've got the time. Thanks again to Mike, for inspiring me on a day off!<br />
>BUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714634484604402800.post-34355520630029849252012-05-21T22:55:00.002-04:002012-06-21T22:13:48.590-04:00Ten Freaks for Hubris Part 3<h2>
<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Part 3, meet the freaks...(edited)</span></span></h2>
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><a href="http://greaterthanb.blogspot.com/2012/05/ten-freaks-for-hubris-part-1.html">Before</a>, I decided to randomly roll ten half-elf characters with the Hubris mutation tables.</span></span></div>
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><a href="http://greaterthanb.blogspot.com/2012/05/ten-freaks-for-hubris-part-2.html">Last time</a>, I diverged into tables and learned how to bore you all.</span></span></div>
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Now, I've assigned stats, classes, and a single background to each stat block, and included sex and gender information just to satisfy my own curiosity / motivate my choices, but without knowing more about Castles & Crusades, I can't really do much more with them.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you're German is better than mine, then I apologize in advance for the names. I couldn't shake that Marvel comic book vibe while I was doing this, so I tried to subvert it with literal, or ironic names...what I would describe as "pirate" names.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;">Based on the stats, and the mutations I tried to work a theme, just to make them seem interesting. In some cases, it works and in some it does not. I did not make statistically optimal choices in every case, but hey...</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sonnenbrand</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">professional beggar / pickpocket</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sunburned Skin - 09</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hair Smells Like Garbage - 24</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Rogue +2 DEX</span></td><td style="background-color: #efefef; border: 1px dotted rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">12</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">13</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">15</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">__</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">17</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">8</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">13</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Gelbende</span><span style="font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">raised by animals</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Yellow Skin - 06</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cat Tail - 57</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Druid +2 WIS</span></td><td style="border: 1px dotted rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">11</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">__</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">16</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">17</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">13</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">9</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Leer</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">used to be a hand-servant</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Grey Skin - 03</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Androgynous - 85</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Monk +2 CON</span></td><td style="background-color: #efefef; border: 1px dotted rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">13</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">12</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">12</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">13</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">14</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">__</span></div>
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">16</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">8</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Knorrig</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px dotted rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">STR</span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px dotted rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">INT</span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px dotted rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">WIS</span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px dotted rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">DEX</span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px dotted rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">CON</span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px dotted rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">CHA</span></div>
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<tr style="height: 0px;"><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px dotted rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">S: Male G: Neutral</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">former circus freak (the unkillable child!)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Regeneration - 96 (limb regen & 1 HP per round)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Albino Skin - 01</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Warrior Priest +2 CHA Diety = Baily</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px dotted rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">11</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">8</span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px dotted rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">13</span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px dotted rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">14</span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px dotted rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">15</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">15</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">__</span></div>
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">17</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Seuche</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">STR</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">INT</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">WIS</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">DEX</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">CON</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">CHA</span></div>
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<tr style="height: 0px;"><td style="background-color: #efefef; border: 1px dotted rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">S: Male G: Male</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">from a long line of male witches</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Plague Skin - 75 (GM's choice</span><span style="background-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;">; CON save or contract)</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Spiked Tongue - 48 (5 ft. Long - 1D4 damage)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Witch +2 CHA</span></td><td style="background-color: #efefef; border: 1px dotted rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">11</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">11</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">11</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">14</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">13</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">14</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">__</span></div>
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">16</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Stur & Reiter</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">STR</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">INT</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">WIS</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">DEX</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">CON</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">CHA</span></div>
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<tr style="height: 0px;"><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px dotted rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">S: Male G: Female</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">was worshiped as a god by goblin tribe</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pig Face - 54</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Small Conjoined Stomach Twin - 64</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Alchemist +2 INT</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px dotted rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">11</span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px dotted rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">17</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">__</span></div>
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">19</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">15</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">14</span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px dotted rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">14</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">13</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Zungeline</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">STR</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">INT</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">WIS</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">DEX</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">CON</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">CHA</span></div>
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<tr style="height: 0px;"><td style="background-color: #efefef; border: 1px dotted rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">S: Male G: Neutral</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">started out as a grave robber</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Spiked Tongue - 48 (5 ft. long - 1D4 damage)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Claws and Fangs - 49 (claws - 1D6 / fangs - 1D4)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Fighter +2 STR</span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></td><td style="background-color: #efefef; border: 1px dotted rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">14</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">16</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">10</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">11</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">11</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">12</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">8</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Nicht</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">INT</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">WIS</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">DEX</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">CHA</span></div>
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<tr style="height: 0px;"><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px dotted rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">S: Female G: Female</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ex scribe</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Void Jaunt - 45 (15ft. per day in 5ft. inc.)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Extra Arm - 30 (provides extra attack at -6)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sorcerer +2 INT</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px dotted rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">7</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">16</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">__</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">18</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">14</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">12</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">12</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">12</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Schafskopf</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">INT</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">WIS</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">CHA</span></div>
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<tr style="height: 0px;"><td style="background-color: #efefef; border: 1px dotted rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">S: Senseless mutant plumbing G: senseless mutant gender </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Overgrown HEAD - 67 (big, bony plates) (+1 to CON)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">White Hair - 26</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Barbarian +2 CON</span></td><td style="background-color: #efefef; border: 1px dotted rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">14</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">9</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">12</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">12</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">13</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">16</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">9</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Geflugelt</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">DEX</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">CHA</span></div>
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<tr style="height: 0px;"><td style="border: 1px dotted rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">S: Female G: Female</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">raised by a cult to track & kill their enemies</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bat Wings - 60 (fly at your movement rate)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Reptilian Skin - 97 (high-quality, handbag-style leather)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ranger +2 STR</span></td><td style="border: 1px dotted rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">16</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">18</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">9</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">12</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">16</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">13</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">10</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-size: medium; white-space: normal;"><br /></b></span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">So, here they are, a stable of ten, corrupted half-elf souls. This turned out to be the exact number of classes in the Hubris hack's rules so I tried to get one member to fit each class. There are some mixed results, but over all I was pleased. There are a few in this bunch that I would *LOVE* to try and play in Mike's game...feel free to use them for whatever in your own games. If you do, I'd like it if you dropped me a note and told me what you decided to do with them.</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">EDIT:</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Here are the final Freaks at first level. This is the basic format I use for adversaries in my Pathfinder Beginner Box game, and I thought they might be of use to someone. So here they are...</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Stur & Reiter </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Schafskopf</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Gelbende</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Zungeline</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Leer</span></div>
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<tr style="height: 0px;"><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Initiative:</span></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">+1</span></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">+2</span></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">+1</span></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 0px;"><td style="background-color: #f3f3f3; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Move:</span></td><td style="background-color: #f3f3f3; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">30</span></td><td style="background-color: #f3f3f3; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">40</span></td><td style="background-color: #f3f3f3; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">30</span></td><td style="background-color: #f3f3f3; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">30</span></td><td style="background-color: #f3f3f3; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">30</span></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 0px;"><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">HD / HP:</span></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">d4 / 16</span></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">d12 / 22</span></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">d8 / 16</span></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">d10 / 15</span></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">d12 / 21</span></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 0px;"><td style="background-color: #f3f3f3; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">AC:</span></td><td style="background-color: #f3f3f3; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">13</span></td><td style="background-color: #f3f3f3; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">16 (18) / 14 (16)*</span></td><td style="background-color: #f3f3f3; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">16 (17)</span></td><td style="background-color: #f3f3f3; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">16 (18)</span></td><td style="background-color: #f3f3f3; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">11</span></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 0px;"><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Melee:</span></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">dagger 1d4</span></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">great axe (+1) 1d12</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">longsword (+1) 1d8</span></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">hand axe 1d6</span></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">claws (+1) 1d6</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">fangs (+1) 1d4</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">spiked tongue( +1) 1d4</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">bstrd. sword (+1) 1d10</span></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">glaive 1d10 (reach)</span></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 0px;"><td style="background-color: #f3f3f3; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ranged:</span></td><td style="background-color: #f3f3f3; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">dagger 1d4 (10ft)</span></td><td style="background-color: #f3f3f3; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></td><td style="background-color: #f3f3f3; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">s. spear 1d6 (20ft)</span></td><td style="background-color: #f3f3f3; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">whip 1d3 (reach etc)</span></td><td style="background-color: #f3f3f3; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">bola 1d4 (nonL, trip)</span></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 0px;"><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Special:</span></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">hurl bomb 1d4 (20ft)</span></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">rage* (2 rnds) </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">DR1; +2DAM; -2AC</span></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">animal companion</span></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">claw/claw/bite</span></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">punch 1d3 (L)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">stunning fist (1/rnd)</span></td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">alchemist lab</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">100 gp</span></td><td style="background-color: #f3f3f3; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">hide armor</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">hvy. wooden shield</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">400 gp</span></td><td style="background-color: #f3f3f3; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">hide armor</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">lgt. wooden shield</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">400 gp</span></td><td style="background-color: #f3f3f3; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">chain mail</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">hvy. steel shield</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">200 gp</span></td><td style="background-color: #f3f3f3; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">300 gp</span></td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Geflugelt</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Nicht</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Knorrig</span></div>
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<tr style="height: 0px;"><td style="background-color: #f3f3f3; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Perceive:</span></td><td style="background-color: #f3f3f3; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></td><td style="background-color: #f3f3f3; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">+1</span></td><td style="background-color: #f3f3f3; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">+3</span></td><td style="background-color: #f3f3f3; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-1</span></td><td style="background-color: #f3f3f3; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 0px;"><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Initiative:</span></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">+2</span></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">+2</span></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">+1</span></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">+1</span></td></tr>
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<tr style="height: 0px;"><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">HD / HP:</span></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">d10 / 17</span></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> d6 / 9</span></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">d4 / 13</span></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">d8 / 18</span></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">? / 15</span></td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">hvy. mace 1d8</span></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">quarterstaff 1d6</span></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">sickle (+1/+1 holy) 1d6 (trip)</span></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">dagger 1d4 (10ft)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">spiked tongue 1d4</span></td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(20ft; ROF 3)</span></td><td style="background-color: #f3f3f3; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></td><td style="background-color: #f3f3f3; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">sling 1d4 (50ft)</span></td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">favored enemy human</span></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">imp back attack </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">+ 4 to hit; x2 DAM</span></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">spell casting</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ritual magic</span></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">channel god 3/day</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">lay on hands 2/day</span></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">bewitch (CHA) 2/day</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">buckler</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">200gp</span></td><td style="background-color: #f3f3f3; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">studded leather</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">caltrops</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">thieves’ tool kit</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">100gp</span></td><td style="background-color: #f3f3f3; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">padded cloth armor</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">spellbook</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">100gp</span></td><td style="background-color: #f3f3f3; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">chain shirt</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">holy symbol</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">holy water</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">100gp</span></td><td style="background-color: #f3f3f3; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">leather armor</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">300gp
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;">For part two, I've done some leg-work behind the scenes trying to get some decent randomization options for suggesting colorful and appropriate outcomes for the Hubris setting. I've rounded our freaks up, tried to determine a few random facts about them using some tables, and was planning to stat them out when...</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;">My domestic partner, significant other, and badass girlfriend, got involved with making the random tables. We drank, quibbled, and talked through an ethos surrounding them; they have to provide interesting outcomes in order to spur ideas, fit the spirit of the genre / game, represent our social science geekery, and they are totally optional. Feel free to use them if you like.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>(Inspiration for the following tables is attributed to)</i></span><br />
<a href="http://lotfp.blogspot.com/2012/01/what-went-wrong-carcosa-character.html" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">what went wrong?</span></a><br />
<a href="http://wrathofzombie.wordpress.com/2012/05/14/merging-warhammer-2e-with-my-hack-part-3-giving-my-setting-a-facelift/" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">hubris</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://vaultsofnagoh.blogspot.com/2011/07/small-but-vicious-dog-steals-hearts.html">small but vicious dog</a></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sex and Gender are different</span><span style="font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: </span></span></b></div>
</td><td style="border: 1px dotted rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(d20) Roll once for (</span><span style="font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">biological)</span><span style="font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> sex</span></span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>1-9</b></span></div>
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</td><td style="border: 1px dotted rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(d12) Roll once for (</span><span style="font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">psychological)</span><span style="font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> gender</span></span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>1-6 </b></span></div>
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</td><td style="background-color: #efefef; border: 1px dotted rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You don’t really feel like a Chick or a Dude</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12px; white-space: pre;"> </span></span></b></td></tr>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sexual Preference</span><span style="font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">:</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">based on the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinsey_scale"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kinsey scale</span></a><span style="font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, although of course not representative of the range of human sexuality, because, hey, we’re not generating actual humans!</span></span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>1</b></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: #efefef; border: 1px dotted rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Exclusively heterosexual</b></span></td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>2-4</b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>5-7</b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>8-11</b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>12-14</b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>15-17</b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>18</b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>19</b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>20</b></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: #efefef; border: 1px dotted rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Cross-species gender attraction (choose the species/object, and what combination of that species’ gender you prefer)</b></span></td></tr>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Your philosophy of life</span><span style="font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">:</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b> “There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy” </b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Shakespeare, </span><span style="font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hamlet</span><span style="font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>1</b></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: #efefef; border: 1px dotted rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>The gods hate you, and your suffering amuses them</b></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>2</b></span></div>
</td><td style="border: 1px dotted rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Everyone has an agenda; it’s your job to figure out how they want to screw you</b></span></td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>3</b></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: #efefef; border: 1px dotted rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>The world is what you make it</b></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>4</b></span></div>
</td><td style="border: 1px dotted rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Please the gods and you will know your path. Displease the gods, and, well...</b></span></td></tr>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Selfishness vs. Altruism</span><span style="font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">:</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>“There are no heroes in the world.”</b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- wrathofzombie, on </span><span style="font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hubris</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Well yes, but...</b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>1-6 </b></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: #efefef; border: 1px dotted rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>You always think only of yourself</b></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>7-12 </b></span></div>
</td><td style="border: 1px dotted rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>You usually think only of your needs, unless there’s honor or money or...</b></span></td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>13 </b></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: #efefef; border: 1px dotted rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>You strive to equally balance your needs and the needs of others</b></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>14-19</b></span></div>
</td><td style="border: 1px dotted rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>You usually think only of others’ needs, unless there’s honor or money or...</b></span></td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b> 20</b></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: #efefef; border: 1px dotted rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>You always think only of others</b></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;">Next time...</span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;">I want to go back to our freak's stats and rearrange them. I know I'm risking the mockery of cruel gods to do so, but hey...</span></div>
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