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Daily TTRPG Blog Posts – Thursday, 24 October 2024

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Knocker-Up: The Forgotten Profession of Waking People

Roleplaying Tips – Thu, 24 October, 04:01 AM

What if your alarm clock was a person with a 10 foot pole? Shared by @Exile in Paradise on the RPT Discord server: This could be an interesting world-building detail for towns to go along with town guards and town criers… A knocker-up or knocker-upper was a member of a profession in the Netherlands,... read more.

The Political Desk: Prez and Veep

GRUBB STREET – Thu, 24 October, 02:34 AM

 Kamala Harris/Tim Walz. Well, Duh.I mean, seriously, I was going to vote for Biden anyway, even with the age issues. The current administration has spent the past four years digging out of the holes that the previous admin put us in, and has done an excellent job. Let's face it - the economy is bet... read more.

Skull & Shackles - Pathfinder 2e Conversion

The GM Is Always Right - Dump Stat Adventures – Thu, 24 October, 01:30 AM

There's adventure to be had on the high seas when a group of press-ganged strangers seizes a ship and becomes embroiled in the plots and politics of the Shackles—an infamous island chain dominated by pirate warlords. But as these new swashbucklers make names for themselves, rival scalawags, enemy na... read more.

VTT Gripes

Dungeon Fantastic – Wed, 23 October, 11:14 PM

Foundry & Forge were a problem in our last game session. We had some of the usual - slowdowns, occasional drops and hangups, etc. The usual network issues. That's typical. - There has been a change since a few sessions back with dragging and dropping damage onto a token. The bounding boxes seem to... read more.

Dolmenwood 1

The Dododecahedron – Wed, 23 October, 10:52 PM

This report covers session one of a Dolmenwood campaign refereed by the fantastic inner_blaze. Spoilers abound. Some details may have been lost in translation. Characters Brom Tolmen, 1st level human knight (played by yours truly) Impudence-Hath-Victory, or “Ivy,” 1st level elf enchanter Kitty Poun... read more.

This Is (Not) Politics

ars ludi – Wed, 23 October, 08:16 PM

I don’t normally talk about non-gaming issues in this blog, but it is just under two weeks until Election Day and this is well and truly a special case. Back during lockdown, I thought how strange it was to be making games when all around me the world was burning. Shouldn’t I be doing something more... read more.

The Legend of Vox Machina Renewed for Fourth Season

EN World: D&D & Tabletop RPG News & Reviews – Wed, 23 October, 08:16 PM

Amazon Studios has picked up the Critical Role animated series The Legend of Vox Machina for a fourth season. Amazon formally announced the pickup today, confirming that the show would continue past the current season. A fourth and fifth season of The Legend of Vox Machina was already in pre-pr... read more.

Chagrinspire Forts of the Line pt2: Loot & Decor

Elfmaids & Octopi – Wed, 23 October, 06:19 PM

Some filler for underground forts of the allies vs the Black Spherehave new computers and lots of my old software is extinct now so some planningThe Alliance used various symbols concluding an A on a round shield by the end but early in the war united under the Dragon banner of the late second empir... read more.

Kolyarut Tactics

The Monsters Know What They’re Doing – Wed, 23 October, 05:00 PM

I think it’s intriguing that Sigil, purportedly a neutral hub linking all the aligned Outer Planes, nevertheless has such a fixation on maintaining law and order. I mean, sure, that’s clearly something I would hope for from a crossroads used by powerful entities with views that might be wildly at od... read more.

Unplugged

GROGNARDIA – Wed, 23 October, 04:34 PM

I am a Luddite. I know it's common for people to joke that they're technophobes, but I'm the real deal. I'm not merely a slow adopter of technology; I'm actively hostile towards many forms of tech, especially those whose function intrudes upon our everyday lives. Consequently, I do not now nor have ... read more.

Ask Jiro!

Kobold Press – Wed, 23 October, 02:00 PM

Ask Jiro presents an assortment of kobold scribes and sages to clarify Tales of the Valiant RPG rules and confirm errata sleuthed out by the ToV community! Since the announcement of ToV, the dynamic community on the Kobold Press Official Discord has been a vital asset. They’ve helped shape the d... read more.

Ptolus: Running the Campaign – Looting Infrastructure

The Alexandrian – Wed, 23 October, 01:05 PM

DISCUSSING In the Shadow of the Spire – Session 40E: A Final Questioning Tor was able to quickly explain the situation and turn the children over to the custody of the watchmen. He decided, however, to claim that he had rescued them from the Temple of the Rat God instead of the Temple of Ebon Hand.... read more.

RPG Print News – Exalted Funeral, Modiphius Entertainment, and More

EN World: D&D & Tabletop RPG News & Reviews – Wed, 23 October, 12:30 PM

OSR, D&D 5E, Cthulhu, Dreams And Machines, and Swords of the Serpentine all have print products out this week.... read more.

Wednesday Comics: DC, January 1984 (week 3)

From the Sorcerer's Skull – Wed, 23 October, 11:49 AM

My mission: read DC Comics' output from January 1980 (cover date) to Crisis! This week, I'm looking at the comics on newsstands around October 20, 1983.Thriller #2: Scabbard wants the President of the U.S. dead, and he's coercing Salvo to do it by kidnapping his mother and putting a bomb under her s... read more.

Gnomecast 199 – RPGs for the Spooky Season

Gnome Stew – Wed, 23 October, 10:00 AM

https://polygamero.us/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GC_199_Spookygames_Final.mp3 Join Ang along with Jared and JT as they talk about how to bring the spooky to your table as we get deep into the Halloween season. Links: The Carnival’s Children Veiled Fate Shard’s Halloween Sale The Between Backerk... read more.

Cauldron OSR Eurocon 2024 Day II

GoldDiggers' Adventures – Wed, 23 October, 08:15 AM

     After a crazy day of an exhausting trip, a great on-train session provided by Nico and an unbelievable Braunstein game, we took a much needed nap. However it wasn't meant to last for long because at 7:30 we had to be awake to bath, reach the dinner table at 8 and after that enlist ourselves for... read more.

Strange Stones from Weird Aeons (GLoGtober 6 '24)

Seed of Worlds – Wed, 23 October, 07:06 AM

Taking on Glass Candles GLoGtober '24, challenge #6 is from my own list - "Secrets of the Stones." Inspired by Onion Souls idea of Magical accretion and the multiple OSR weird time epochs collected on Coins and Scrolls I was thinking about what kind of strange geology is lying around in the gamewor... read more.

Blackspear Outpost Overrun

Dyson's Dodecahedron – Wed, 23 October, 04:41 AM

Blackspear Outpost Overrun (300 dpi promo) Something powerful smashed through this small dwarven fortress. You can trace its path from the southern of the front doors to the outpost, up the flights of stairs to the “hall of friends” and then south and east through a wall, more doors and to the wark... read more.

The Political Desk: Trolling for Initiatives

GRUBB STREET – Wed, 23 October, 01:52 AM

 TLDR: NO on everything. There. That makes it easy.The top of the Washington State ballot is not the presidential race, but rather a collection of initiatives. The initiative process is a pretty cool thing that Washington State does, in that it provides an alternate method for passing law. We have t... read more.

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