Mar 25, 2024

Remnants of Galik Mon

 This was originally designed for a Sword & Planet adventure for Warriors of the Red Planet. I'm still working on the encounter key, but here is the map. The idea is a remnant of an ancient civilization live in the ruins of their ancestors, they've forgotten how to use the highly advanced technology that fills the place.



Mar 11, 2024

Cleaning House

 I've been going through boxes in storage and pulling out lots of classic gems, old school TSR products and other gaming and interesting rare and precious items. My daughter is helping to sell on eBay to earn some money. If you are interested in completing your collection or finding new (old) treasures, we are uploading new items nearly everyday until we've cleaned out our storage.

Sample only, there are a variety of items


eBay Auctions


Mar 7, 2024

D&D 50th Anniversary Minis

Wizkids just announced 25 new minis based on classic D&D characters and creatures. 

The upcoming #DnD 50th Anniversary miniatures feature 25 timeless characters and creatures, each sculpted in both their original and fifth edition forms.

And you can collect 10 secret rare minis. Four have been revealed so far. What could the others be?


In 1982 I would have been so excited to see these in stores. Now, I think I'm getting burned out on the nostalgia mining. Oh, who am I kidding? I'll probably buy them.

After seeing the press release I went to the Wizards website to check this out and see they have all kinds of 50th anniversary minis being released.

https://www.dndmini.com/collections/pre-order-today/products/d-d-icons-of-the-realms-50th-anniversary-8-ct-booster-brick



Mar 6, 2024

Alternative to Spell Points

The Vancian spell casting system of D&D is a tried and true proven system. Since the beginning there have been complaints about it, but no better system has yet been devised.

Alright, that's a pretty strong stance. That's my opinion on the matter.

I am still fascinated by alternate methods, and have yet to see a Spell Point system I'm fully convinced is better than classic D&D Vancian magic.

Here is an idea that is perhaps one of the simplest expressions of a spell point system, it is somewhat half way between Vancian and Spell Points.

You get X levels of spells to cast per day. X is your character's level + modifiers (ie. INT 14/+1)

A 1st level caster could cast a 1st level spell.

A 3rd level caster could cast a 3rd level spell, or three 1st level spells, or a 1st level and a 2nd level.

 This does give access to higher level spells before classic D&D does, but I think at a cost that somewhat balances it. You could add some sort of exhaustion system to further balance it, but I haven't fully thought that out yet.



Wizard Tower of Deth Daekas

 




Deth Daekas was the student of an Eldritch Lord, but he never achieved the level of proficiency as his master. So he sought other methods to increase his power by finding and modifying artifacts. He passed before completing his work, his tower is said to be filled with unique magic items of immense power.