d30 Challenge Day 24

This is my 24th entry in the d30 Challenge, which is a bastardization of an idea I first saw on Mark "CMG" Clover's feed. Now I'm a sucker for these things and I know some folks aren't so while I'm committed to answering one question about my favorite hobby each day, and putting together a d30 table before the end of the month, I know not everyone is so interested. I'll put the question & answer after the break, posting late in the day, and not promoting this on G+ so those who don't like this kind of thing should be exposed only minimally.

I think this is the best I can do....

d30 Challenge Day 23

This is my 23rd entry in the d30 Challenge, which is a bastardization of an idea I first saw on Mark "CMG" Clover's feed. Now I'm a sucker for these things and I know some folks aren't so while I'm committed to answering one question about my favorite hobby each day, and putting together a d30 table before the end of the month, I know not everyone is so interested. I'll put the question & answer after the break, posting late in the day, and not promoting this on G+ so those who don't like this kind of thing should be exposed only minimally.

I think this is the best I can do....

d30 Challenge Day 22

This is my 22nd entry in the d30 Challenge, which is a bastardization of an idea I first saw on Mark "CMG" Clover's feed. Now I'm a sucker for these things and I know some folks aren't so while I'm committed to answering one question about my favorite hobby each day, and putting together a d30 table before the end of the month, I know not everyone is so interested. I'll put the question & answer after the break, posting late in the day, and not promoting this on G+ so those who don't like this kind of thing should be exposed only minimally.

I think this is the best I can do....

Free GM Resource: A Free HM4/OSR Adventure...but Only for One Day!

Today is my 44th birthday and because I want to "phone it in" and celebrate, today's Free GM Resource is a limited-time-only copy of an adventure I wrote for 4th Edition HackMaster called "The Test".

Since it is written for 4th Edition it should run just fine for AD&D and most of the Old-School clones. Sure, some stuff might not make perfect sense (like use of the HackMaster Combat Wheel), but I would be more than surprised if an experienced OSR GM couldn't adjudicate on the fly. Just don't forget that in HackMaster everybody got a 20 HP "kicker" and the damage dice penetrated!

Please feel free to use this link (or click on the adventure pic) for the special deal and pass as many copies of said link to your gaming buddies, but be warned that it will only work for Monday, June 22nd.....whenever the DriveThruRPG servers deem it to be that date.

If I can ever find the follow-on adventure I'll get that on DriveThruRPG, but that adventure is quite silly (and stupid) and isn't really required at all.

d30 Challenge Day 21

This is my 21st entry in the d30 Challenge, which is a bastardization of an idea I first saw on Mark "CMG" Clover's feed. Now I'm a sucker for these things and I know some folks aren't so while I'm committed to answering one question about my favorite hobby each day, and putting together a d30 table before the end of the month, I know not everyone is so interested. I'll put the question & answer after the break, posting late in the day, and not promoting this on G+ so those who don't like this kind of thing should be exposed only minimally.

I think this is the best I can do....

d30 Challenge Day 20

This is my 20th entry in the d30 Challenge, which is a bastardization of an idea I first saw on Mark "CMG" Clover's feed. Now I'm a sucker for these things and I know some folks aren't so while I'm committed to answering one question about my favorite hobby each day, and putting together a d30 table before the end of the month, I know not everyone is so interested. I'll put the question & answer after the break, posting late in the day, and not promoting this on G+ so those who don't like this kind of thing should be exposed only minimally.

I think this is the best I can do....

Free Monster: Ecology of the Deep Dark Cave Worm

I decided to put up a brief write-up I did of the "monster" that inspired me to create The Wizard of the White Hills.

Sometimes the creative process, at least for me, is a bit convoluted. This time around I started with a weird creature, came up with some ideas for it, and then created a story around it.....but the creature doesn't actually make an appearance in the story. Instead it drives one thing that drives another and there you go.

Now it isn't important to the story to know anything about the creature that inspired it all. To me this is the GM equivalent of the player trying to explain their PC's motivations. As a GM I don't really care about motivations, just actions. As a player, they don't care about this creature, just its effects that start the cascade of events that cause something they can interact with.

Of course with this extended write-up, there might actually be something worthwhile for the PCs to interact with. More than likely this is just some background "fluff" for the GM. At best they'll get to use some of this info to throw a bone to the players in a specific situation, at worst....well that would up to the GM's designs. Maybe some GM will decide to size this thing up to an absurd size and make it attack the party.

Heck I could see some enterprising bastard toss the real-life inspiration for this monster on the table and creep out the players.....please don't do that. Seriously, that would not be cool.

d30 Challenge Day 19

This is my 19th entry in the d30 Challenge, which is a bastardization of an idea I first saw on Mark "CMG" Clover's feed. Now I'm a sucker for these things and I know some folks aren't so while I'm committed to answering one question about my favorite hobby each day, and putting together a d30 table before the end of the month, I know not everyone is so interested. I'll put the question & answer after the break, posting late in the day, and not promoting this on G+ so those who don't like this kind of thing should be exposed only minimally.

I think this is the best I can do....