tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8504509115725831098.comments2024-03-02T02:36:36.233-06:00Inspired MythosScott Hadallerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00441488419779769091noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8504509115725831098.post-22496040243921986252024-02-19T09:00:16.281-06:002024-02-19T09:00:16.281-06:00very goodvery goodStar Spectranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8504509115725831098.post-76721540116248817602022-05-05T21:55:27.878-05:002022-05-05T21:55:27.878-05:00Thank you for wriiting thisThank you for wriiting thisHeatherhttps://www.heatheradam.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8504509115725831098.post-89106790147644336882021-04-28T03:26:17.911-05:002021-04-28T03:26:17.911-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04252195808396722708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8504509115725831098.post-5439897878782787542021-04-28T03:26:03.160-05:002021-04-28T03:26:03.160-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04252195808396722708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8504509115725831098.post-41108161367246475142020-01-30T02:39:00.668-06:002020-01-30T02:39:00.668-06:00nice info good jobnice info good jobJudi Onlinehttps://qqmuliaa.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8504509115725831098.post-14480416895291778542017-07-25T07:06:07.408-05:002017-07-25T07:06:07.408-05:00I'm sharing the remix Chick drawing with Brian...I'm sharing the remix Chick drawing with Brian. :-)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10483117079815486725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8504509115725831098.post-34946806774037568482016-01-31T12:01:32.046-06:002016-01-31T12:01:32.046-06:00I'm not familiar with any chess based D&D ...I'm not familiar with any chess based D&D monsters but chess does have its place in D&D. Gygax was a fan of chess variants and his Dragon Chess variant was published in Dragon Magazine 100 in 1985. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragonchess<br /><br />Allen Hammack's adventure C2 The Ghost Tower of Inverness from 1980 features a chess room where the floor is tiled like a chess board. The characters moves are restricted to moving in the manor of the piece that would normally occupy the square on which they start. Characters stepping on the wrong square take 5 hp of damage with no saving throw.sovietbeatnikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09959645598374352207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8504509115725831098.post-41722992434498049602016-01-31T12:01:02.336-06:002016-01-31T12:01:02.336-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.sovietbeatnikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09959645598374352207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8504509115725831098.post-9978235290832853262016-01-29T15:53:34.876-06:002016-01-29T15:53:34.876-06:00Isn't there a bunch of monsters in D&D bas...Isn't there a bunch of monsters in D&D based on chess? <br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15319480330190410434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8504509115725831098.post-81103949127439447832015-03-18T06:22:37.638-05:002015-03-18T06:22:37.638-05:00Good review. Keep up the good work!Good review. Keep up the good work!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8504509115725831098.post-78390774988811877932014-01-08T07:20:05.374-06:002014-01-08T07:20:05.374-06:00know what youre talking about, why throw away your...know what youre talking about, why throw away your intelligence on just posting videos to your blog when you could be giving us something enlightening to read?<a href="http://www.top-ten-web-hosting-reviews.com/" rel="nofollow">Top Ten Web Hosting Reviews</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12375401124093245251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8504509115725831098.post-6298489553049523562012-11-01T16:59:55.980-05:002012-11-01T16:59:55.980-05:00Thanks, hopfully I'll be able to get back to a...Thanks, hopfully I'll be able to get back to adding more content. <br />I've been doing lots of stuff so I'm prepping to write a lot more over the winter.<br />Thanks for the heads up on Mystery Men.Scott Hadallerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00441488419779769091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8504509115725831098.post-73392051844598814812012-10-18T19:30:20.823-05:002012-10-18T19:30:20.823-05:00You know John M. Stater has his Mystery Men! Rpg, ...You know John M. Stater has his Mystery Men! Rpg, I'm a huge fan of it. Check it out!<br /><br />http://matt-landofnod.blogspot.com/<br /><br />BTW digging the Blog!<br /><br />ERIC!ERIC!https://www.blogger.com/profile/18251132223571608976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8504509115725831098.post-57264661788960052692012-03-03T21:59:15.753-06:002012-03-03T21:59:15.753-06:00I started using the d12 for initiative some time a...I started using the d12 for initiative some time ago to give the poor, neglected die something to do.Sean Robsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16429301144221551751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8504509115725831098.post-84149949957499481272011-08-11T07:15:11.308-05:002011-08-11T07:15:11.308-05:00I know that I did. I have a background in fanzine...I know that I did. I have a background in fanzines from my time spent in the death metal underground, having been a part of at least 4 websites, 5 print fanzines, and other projects. I learned a lot about what I'm attempting to do with roleplaying material in that scene, which in turn learned all its tricks from the punk scene. Your point is very, very valid.HitAdjacentAllyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08632582325567098655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8504509115725831098.post-77119416560779493002011-08-05T10:14:35.940-05:002011-08-05T10:14:35.940-05:00The GFW Canting Crew does have a nice bridge and g...The GFW Canting Crew does have a nice bridge and gate tower to map out. <br /><br />Right now, I am going through a few of the Yggsburgh supplements for comparison. The supplements weren't actually done by Gygax, but they should follow the building rules he set down in the main Yggsburgh book. I would the supplements done by Jeff Talanian, who worked closely with Gygax on the Castle Zagyg: Upper Works box. There is only one degree of seperation there. <br /><br />Gygax set up a pattern for having 460' square neighberhood blocks. It is a convenient size, and, coincidentally enough, comes very close to the map grid we are setting up for the city. On a 3 x 3 page map (8½"x11" graph paper with 5 sq/1"), each square actually equals 469.3'. <br /><br />One of the things I want to do is make a compatible block template for anyone to print out or use on their computer to make their own additions if they'd like.<br /><br />Drawing geomorphs on my computer is only slightly less tedious than paper & pencil.Greyhawkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01174800914952880161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8504509115725831098.post-27596665644491846012011-08-03T10:59:52.916-05:002011-08-03T10:59:52.916-05:00I am referencing Yggsburgh as well as the Gygaxian...I am referencing Yggsburgh as well as the Gygaxian Fantasy Worlds books for a starting point on the building maps. I haven't put much time into getting the final geomorphs done as my campaign seems to be on hold for the time being. I'm all ready to put a sample together so perhaps I should post one soon. I'll keep a look out for the stuff your group is creating.Scott Hadallerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00441488419779769091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8504509115725831098.post-52056649620015842572011-08-02T15:30:28.002-05:002011-08-02T15:30:28.002-05:00I just found your blog; good post. Some friends an...I just found your blog; good post. Some friends and I have begun work on mapping out some of Greyhawk City and are using some of Gygax's methodology from his Yggsburgh book, making templates for various buildings. <br /><br />We plan to blog it and by interesting coincidence to your latest post, we've also posted the Gygax-Games comment. Although yours predates ours by a few weeks.Greyhawkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01174800914952880161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8504509115725831098.post-50697796895994292462011-04-10T07:34:30.556-05:002011-04-10T07:34:30.556-05:00It is intresting, but I don't need any table t...It is intresting, but I don't need any table to handle situations like this. :) I don't understand why use dnd fans tables.jkovesihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13768418889061807398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8504509115725831098.post-88138942691328816692011-04-05T05:45:55.227-05:002011-04-05T05:45:55.227-05:00I don't know if it's possible to do, becau...I don't know if it's possible to do, because ammount of great creative stuff is still growing.<br />But I like an idea :-)<br /><br />BTW: great blog!Albert R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09691712927512834666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8504509115725831098.post-60853260067976902962011-03-04T09:06:04.561-06:002011-03-04T09:06:04.561-06:00I agree. Both the monk and cleric suffer from bei...I agree. Both the monk and cleric suffer from being poorly defined archetypes. I dislike the cleric-as-templar approach that is taken in D&D; as you point out they try to be too many things. Instead, I prefer the traditional sword & sorcery view of priests as sorcerers mechanically indistinct from magic users. In my game I've done away with the cleric class and rolled all the spells into one list available to magic users, then redefined the priest as a magic user "prestige class," with some additional holy abilities.<br /><br />In this context I define monks as temple defenders who often accompany priests on adventures to guard and protect them. I like this a lot but it doesn't make sense in a normal D&D campaign where the clerics are spell casting knights.Sean Robsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16429301144221551751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8504509115725831098.post-18994993110358120272011-03-03T23:37:27.769-06:002011-03-03T23:37:27.769-06:00That sounds like the Moon Knight of Tragic Europe ...That sounds like the Moon Knight of Tragic Europe - yes! <br />I'd really just love to see some sort of campaign treatment in regard to monks, the class seems really abstract to the point that its hard to focus on the archetype - at least for me. I find the cleric is many things too as an archetype and it also suffers because I don't think that archetype comes out in actual play - the mechanics of the cleric make it something else through play, though it doesn't have to be - more Sister Rebecca and less Aleena.Scott Hadallerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00441488419779769091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8504509115725831098.post-48124464011173663792011-03-03T22:29:55.125-06:002011-03-03T22:29:55.125-06:00Sadly, I've not had much chance to play at all...Sadly, I've not had much chance to play at all the last 25 years or so, since I'm almost always behind the DM screen. The only time I've played a monk was in a campaign set in a fantasy version of Earth, sort of like the world of Moorcock's Hawkmoon series or the Warhammer world. My character was Egyptian, devoted to Horus, and I played him as an agent of the God of Vengeance, avenging those who were wronged. It was quite a lot of fun to play and full of character.<br /><br />The link to my post on monks doesn't seem to have worked, so here's the URL in case you're interested in my perspective in detail:<br /><br />http://flamingtales.blogspot.com/2010/07/everybody-was-kung-fu-fighting.html<br /><br />Cheers,<br />SeanSean Robsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16429301144221551751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8504509115725831098.post-50291705393853678082011-03-03T21:27:03.688-06:002011-03-03T21:27:03.688-06:00I guess technically quarterstaff, fencing, wrestli...I guess technically quarterstaff, fencing, wrestling and boxing could fit into that class but its the tone here that I think doesn't quite fit. The monk archetype for me is clearly oriental, although I fully agree there is a place for a martial master in a western medieval fantasy game. Its just for me I have no experience with that type of character is the fiction I've read, although I'm not one to put out the flames of ones imagination. Have you played the monk class often? If so what was that like as a player and how would you describe your character(s)?Scott Hadallerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00441488419779769091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8504509115725831098.post-47930525640105842002011-03-03T17:47:53.908-06:002011-03-03T17:47:53.908-06:00Hi Scott, nice post, and belated welcome to the ol...Hi Scott, nice post, and belated welcome to the old school blogging community!<br /><br />The notion that monks are inappropriate to all but oriental themed campaigns is a common one, and one that I disagree with heartily. I've discussed my objections at length in a previous post <a rel="nofollow">EVERYBODY Was Kung Fu Fighting</a>, but to sum up: martial arts as a systemic system of unarmed fighting arose independently all over the world, so the notion that they would be common only in the orient is incorrect. The concept of a monastic ascetic class that uses martial arts might be inappropriate in a historically accurate campaign situated in medieval Europe, but in a fantasy campaign they fit in just fine. For example, Robert Howard's Hyborian Age had monk-like characters from Khitai, and Stephen Donaldson's Thomas Convenant series also had a group of monk-like warriors. Basically, I've been in love with the monk since 1980 and I'll go to any lengths to rationalize their inclusion ;)<br /><br />Cheers,<br />SeanSean Robsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16429301144221551751noreply@blogger.com