tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54704020660332861632024-02-25T07:18:09.264-06:00Of Dice and DjinnQuibishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13566050970164487157noreply@blogger.comBlogger143125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470402066033286163.post-63594057497142355082022-04-01T15:03:00.000-05:002022-04-01T15:03:00.882-05:00Songs That Are All About the Same Thing<p>Just in case you lose the muse and get a hankering for the flavor of some tasty new jam. Most of the artists here have even better songs, this list isn't about that. Love, Light, Luck; Health, Wealth, Elf<br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/bVYXWVs0Prc" target="_blank">Mind Games - John Lennon and the Plastic U.F.Ono Band</a><br /></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/syIUmrSJWAU" target="_blank">Into the Mystic - Van Morrison</a> </p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/lcUeothSPyc" target="_blank">What I'm doing here - Lake Street Dive</a></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/M9PGmxmeaZI" target="_blank">The Seeker - The Who</a></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/Yq7FKO5DlV0" target="_blank">Land of Confusion - Genesis</a><br /></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/R4Y15U09uM4" target="_blank">Only Us - Peter Gabriel</a></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/8GyVx28R9-s" target="_blank">Miracles - Insane Clown Posse</a></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/Dy4HA3vUv2c" target="_blank">Don't Fear the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult</a></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/t4QK8RxCAwo" target="_blank">More Than a Feeling - Boston</a></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/1k8craCGpgs" target="_blank">Don't Stop Believing - Journey</a></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/2X_2IdybTV0" target="_blank">Carry On My Wayward Son - Kansas</a></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/u1ZvPSpLxCg" target="_blank">Mad World - Tears for Fears</a></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/49FB9hhoO6c" target="_blank">Where is My Mind - The Pixies</a></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/CTAud5O7Qqk" target="_blank">Float On - Modest Mouse</a></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/g2N0TkfrQhY" target="_blank">Innuendo - Queen</a></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/iqu132vTl5Y" target="_blank">I Saw the Sign - Ace of Base</a></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/Yam5uK6e-bQ" target="_blank">Dreams - The Cranberries</a></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/G_sBOsh-vyI" target="_blank">Knights of Cydonia - Muse</a></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/pFptt7Cargc" target="_blank">Let It Happen - Tame Impala</a></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/7nxWP9BhI7w" target="_blank">Roads - Portishead</a></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/AO0CrlYZlQw" target="_blank">Here Comes the Flood - Peter Gabriel</a></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/WLQ6KJfkFdQ" target="_blank">Spectrum of the Sky - Break of Reality</a></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/eOCExv3QQP8" target="_blank">Daybreaker - Electric Light Orchestra</a></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/s88r_q7oufE" target="_blank">No One Knows - Queens of the Stone Age</a></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/vVXIK1xCRpY" target="_blank">Show Me How to Live - Audioslave</a></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/W2msh0jut2Y" target="_blank">Spirit in the Sky - Norman Greenbaum</a></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/aQUlA8Hcv4s" target="_blank">Mr. Blue Sky - Electric Light Orchestra</a></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/NFeUko-lQHg" target="_blank">Break On Through (to the Other Side) - The Doors</a></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/CxKWTzr-k6s" target="_blank">Even Flow - Pearl Jam</a></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/QkF3oxziUI4" target="_blank">Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin</a></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/89dGC8de0CA" target="_blank">Dream On - Aerosmith</a></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/u1V8YRJnr4Q" target="_blank">Have You Ever Seen the Rain? - Creedence Clearwater Revival</a></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/Em6v3sF7stM" target="_blank">Spiraling Shape - They Might Be Giants</a></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/3M_Gg1xAHE4" target="_blank">Pyramid Song - Radiohead</a></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/PrBUjXaRSUQ" target="_blank">Rainbow in the Dark - Dio</a></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/HtUH9z_Oey8" target="_blank">Strawberry Fields Forever - The Beatles</a></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/0fDZD46IZ5Q" target="_blank">The Beginning is the End is the Beginning - Smashing Pumpkins</a></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/Y7JG63IuaWs" target="_blank">Lateralus - Tool</a></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/sOks2HArHf0" target="_blank">Glory and Gore - Lorde</a></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/2EIeUlvHAiM" target="_blank">Cosmic Love - Florence and the Machine</a></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/LWGJA9i18Co" target="_blank">Upside Down and Inside Out - OK Go</a></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/90WD_ats6eE" target="_blank">The Times They Are a Changin' - Bob Dylan</a></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/aBKEt3MhNMM" target="_blank">Starman - David Bowie</a><br /></p><p><br /></p>Quibishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13566050970164487157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470402066033286163.post-83967334110776739592020-03-15T17:07:00.000-05:002020-03-15T20:01:19.614-05:00Ouroboros<br />
It
just occurred to me that the Milky Way galaxy is the Ouroboros. The
ancients used the symbol to represent the phenomenon. In Akkadian the Milky Way is
ṣerret šamê "the snake of the skies". Norse mythology Jörmungandr is a
sea serpent, the middle child of the giantess Angrboða and Loki. Odin
tossed Jörmungandr into the great ocean that encircles Midgard (the
world). The serpent grew so large that it was able to surround the earth
and grasp its own tail. As a result, it received the name of the
Midgard Serpent or World Serpent. When it releases its tail, Ragnarök
will begin. So, I guess that makes the supermassive black hole at the
galactic core the mouth eating it's own tail. Neat.<br />
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<span dir="ltr"><span class="_3l3x">There
is a better case to be made, if someone cares to do the research. All the stuff about the sun's path through
the stars being a reflection of the soul's journey through life and the
underworld until it's rebirth. That's why the sun is named Sol, you
know. Then there is also the enlightening/obfuscating narrative about
the Great Year as the equinoxes pass through the zodiac every 25,772 years.</span></span><br />
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<span dir="ltr"><span class="_3l3x">"The first known appearance of the ouroboros motif (seen below) is in the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enigmatic_Book_of_the_Netherworld" title="Enigmatic Book of the Netherworld">Enigmatic Book of the Netherworld</a>, an ancient Egyptian funerary text in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KV62" title="KV62">KV62</a>, the tomb of Tutankhamun, in the 14th century BC. The text concerns the actions of the god <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra" title="Ra">Ra</a> (the sun god) and his union with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osiris" title="Osiris">Osiris</a> in the underworld.
The ouroboros is depicted twice on the figure: holding their tails in
their mouths, one encircling the head and upper chest, the other
surrounding the feet of a large figure, which may represent the unified
Ra-Osiris (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osiris" title="Osiris">Osiris</a> born again as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra" title="Ra">Ra</a>). Both serpents are manifestations of the deity <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehen" title="Mehen">Mehen</a>,
who in other funerary texts protects Ra in his underworld journey. The
whole divine figure represents the beginning and the end of time." - so says Wikipedia about the Ouroborus</span></span><br />
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<span dir="ltr"><span class="_3l3x"><span dir="ltr"><span class="_3l3x">Oh, and that's not even pulling in all the similar references like the feathered serpent </span></span><span dir="ltr"><span class="_3l3x">Quetzalcoatl of South America. The Hindu texts and iconography back this stuff up too. I mean, take a look.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span dir="ltr"><span class="_3l3x">Every planet is a delicate
bubble of heaven floating in a vast freezing radioactive hell, at least
to any creature adapted to live within. Time is just the apocalypse of
the big bang unfolding at a slow enough churn that we can sit back and
really enjoy it.</span></span><span dir="ltr"><span class="_3l3x"><span dir="ltr"><span class="_3l3x"> </span></span> </span></span>Quibishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13566050970164487157noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470402066033286163.post-91305193886230820232020-02-17T17:07:00.001-06:002020-12-11T13:00:23.872-06:00A Morning Chant for Mirrors to Reflect<div class="_5pbx userContent _3ds9 _3576" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" data-testid="post_message">
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I stand now upon the shoulders of giants and repeat the things I
thought worth hearing. I cry for Heraclitus, Plato, Marcus Aurelius,
John Lennon, Terence McKenna, and all the other philosopher kings who
haunt my dreams; I speak so others might catch the call.<br />
<br />
All
language is magic which traps mind. To spell is to spell; telepathy,
what once in my mind now in yours. Alphabetic runes bind ideas for a
term and I imprison them for this sentence. Every story is a spiel or a
spell, and I take that as gospel or God's spell. Honestly, our whole
civilization is held together by small mouth noises. The great Tower of
Babel lifts the babblers from the land of common-tongued beasts into the
airy realms of enlightened divinity. The heights breached determined by
how firmly the foundations anchor into the rock solid truths of the
Earth. The hardest of the rock solid truths I know is this: ALL FLOWS.
All flows, and nothing lasts. Nothing lasts! Permanence is not our
purpose. Fame and wealth are not prizes to plunder, but gifts to bestow
upon those who uplift our lives... on this short, short ride. Chasing
dizzying new heights while ignoring the facts on the ground puts it all
at risk. Too many tall tales taught to toddlers through twinkly techne
and tinsel tend to teeter the tower til it topples!<br />
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Hello, I was
born Nicholas Alan Peterson, but I've come to see that Nick Alan Pete,
N, A, P, is a NAP from which I struggle to awaken. I've named this
reflection Quibish Freemind. I am a wizard and so can you. ***The key to
all magic is to stop doubting the intention of the attention.***
Everything we do and say is a magical ritual and chant as we put our
soulpower to the karmic wheel, so lets steer toward peace and harmony.
Confidence is key. Nature loves courage. The past and future are mythic.
Reality is the ever changing Now, and the visionaries present pull this
gift towards the imagination. Reality is not time, we are. We are
memory, we are experience, we are spirit, we are breath, we are rhythm.
If time were space history would be a spider's web. Gossamer filaments
stretching back to connect various points, but oh so many gaps left
betwixt and unbeknownst. Seek. You must have a plan. If you don't have a
plan, then you are a part of somebody else's plan. Now is a constant
unfolding, and we each choose the part we play. History = His story, and
Mystery = My story. Don't be a passive victim steamrolled by history,
explore your mystery. Reality is far stranger than anyone even knows HOW
to say. You are not your identity, nor any of the labels hung upon you.
Culture is not your friend. It can draft you into war, or jury duty, or
a tax audit. Culture = Cult of Ur, Ur: the ancient city built in the
mesopotamian cradle of civilization. Culture is a mindset, a branding, a
network of walls physical and mental. It is a shared imagining pushing
and pulling at flesh through enforcement and compliance. The real you is
somewhere underneath all of that. Do you still trust the status quo, or
do you seek to verify with your own methods and discernment? Both?
Trust, but verify. Once we drop the burden of cultural baggage and
expectations it becomes easier to do what we know is right and to say
what we truly mean. Someday, without pretense or precondition; we will
be free to meet our honest selves. Today, hiding in plain sight, a
Freemind is at play, set loose upon the world, and everyone else a
brother or sister mirror upon reflection, free to reword my chant to your own perfection. Let's all get out there and awesome the place up.<br />
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What is best in life?<br />
The Good<br />
The True<br />
The Beautiful<br />
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What is Good?<br />
Tricky... tricky... tricky...<br />
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What is True?<br />
Even trickier... even trickier...<br />
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What is Beautiful?<br />
Easy to discern <span class="_47e3 _5mfr" title="smile emoticon"><span aria-hidden="true" class="_7oe">:)</span></span><br />
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Though, I warn you that if you judge by beauty alone, be wary and ever
watchful for cracks in the facade. Can you discern the intention of the
attention? Which wonders are being beaten wrought? Don’t let conditioned
submission set failure baked in. Every painful feeling is a signal, and
each difficulty a highlighting, tune in to the teaching to prevent the
repeating. Look into it. Bear a load. Build up strength. Stoicism.
Your habits form your future self. We are what we choose to do, so go do
the best possible you. Exceed expectations, just for the fun of it. The
road to success is paved with failure. Learn, get up, and go again. Our
universe is made of magic, every atom of matter is only a symbolic
representation of underlying energies poised spinning and charged. You
are a ghost driving a skeleton wearing a meatsuit on a rock made of
stardust spinning around an inferno screaming through a glittering void.
Your willful spirit is the eternal flame, and now's the time to shine.<br />
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Love, Light, Luck<br />
Health, Wealth, Elf<br />
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*(We clap once, and release the philosopher kings to work our wonders and fulfill the dream)*</div>
Quibishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13566050970164487157noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470402066033286163.post-33083107530933538242019-08-03T07:43:00.001-05:002019-08-03T08:21:49.595-05:00Jordan Peterson on Egyptian Gods<br />
So, I'm not trying to ruffle feathers and I know that Jordan Peterson is called a heartless intellectual and worse. It might be true. I personally feel that people should be free to alter and express
themselves however they wish, which will soon begin a constellation of
profound genetic modification and eventually the need to reimagine
ourselves as a collection of sentient species who shepherd worlds. Sorry, I'm getting
off-topic. Maybe he is heartless, but I have learned from the heartless before. I learned lessons from the attempted mugging when I got punched in the face. Hopefully, this goes down easier for you.<br />
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<a href="https://youtu.be/YpqXNgvfa4k">It's a 15 minute video about the Egyptian Gods that I find highly engaging.</a><br />
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... I'll be watching this again later. I don't really know what to say about it. I just like to share the treasures that I find.<br />
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I'm pretty well convinced by now that proper storytelling is all about archetypes and engagement. DMing takes an even subtler touch due to the openended exploration aspects.<br />
<br />Quibishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13566050970164487157noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470402066033286163.post-40134212189348357952019-08-02T13:59:00.001-05:002019-08-02T14:52:12.734-05:00The Sun<br />
Sky Magic Correspondences: The Sun<br />
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We begin with the sun for it is representative of the self, the will manifest as light bound in flesh, and the ego radiating it's influence outward to all. The sun is born each dawn, rising up to the height of it's noon power and then dropping into sunset. Crossing over the horizon, The Ring and into the unknown underworld of death and rebirth, only to rise again each dawn. So then, as each new day is the same sun; so too be we the same cosmos witnessing itself from within each skin.<br />
We live and die and live again.<br />
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Center, self, source, strength, the solar-plexus chakra, yellow, gold, white (divine light), radiation of personality, projection of image and influence, the collection of objects pulled (and pulling) into your orbit by your personal power and gravitas, force of will, relentless discipline, consistency, honor, ethics, light. The enlightened self seeks to allow the divine to shine through; in word, deed, and especially thought. We are the imagination of ourselves. Death is the illusion, and life is the dream. Do as thou wilt, but prepare to get hurt, and then learn to want better things.<br />
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Willing toward itself through gravity, and simultaneously pushing away with an aura of solar wind.<br />
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Sense of self, identity, willpower, hero, goals, savior, expression, purpose, work, enthusiasm, the face<br />
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Mind that you do not let your light be subsumed by the designs of stiflers and the black-hole-hearted. Do not get yourself so lost within the anxiety of unfolding history (his-story), that your attention falters from following your true mystery (my-story). We must learn to love our fate, which is in fact our life.<br />
We make our own luck.<br />
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<br />Quibishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13566050970164487157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470402066033286163.post-18172171365846499192019-08-01T12:37:00.001-05:002019-08-01T15:54:50.968-05:00Dark XP vs. Enlightened XP<br />
New concept for my new game. This is the crux of the thing really, if I can find the proper words to capture it. Almost all the experience points earned will start as Dark XP. Once your character has enough Dark XP the gravitational mass of the experiences can collapse into themselves (data compression) and form a new class level AND a new Mental Twist (insanity/madness/quirk).<br />
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The Players can enlighten those experiences, by helping to drag the game into reality. We sculpt our lives as we fold our stories into material artifacts, art, books, whatever. So, there are daily exercises that allow you to enlighten 10XP each. No penalty for missing a task (!), but you do get 10xp enlightened for
each task you check off the list. That max is then 490xp per week, 70
per flavor. Enlightened XP gets flavored into the Sky Magic Correspondences. All tasks are optional, though I suspect balance is best. Here is the list. <br />
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Str = Sun = Exercise (at least 3 things 5 times, like sit-ups/squats/pushups)<br />
Wis = Moon = Meditation (at least 15minutes, 30 is better, for me; but I think hours are best, so...)<br />
Dex = Comets = Good Deed (Try to right a wrong, tries count; you'll improve)<br />
Int = Stars = Journal (Keep track of this list of tasks, and write some thoughts each day)<br />
Con = Rainbows = Community (share, help, volunteer, improve environment, act locally)<br />
Cha = Clouds = Passion (Do something you are passionate about, enjoy it fully, food/music/love)<br />
Conviction = Ring = Discernment (clean, recycle, repurpose, reorganize, settle the homestead) <br />
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AND, we can enlighten experiences by helping to craft our game into reality and thus marketability. This would be like ... monthly? 1000xp each? No. Per session, 500 each.<br />
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Str = Sun = Radiance (outreach, media presence, marketing, promotion, enthusifying)<br />
Wis = Moon = Inspiration (think of a new way to improve the game, any idea to add to to-do list)<br />
Dex = Comets = Knight Moves (Errands/tasks/quests done for the sake of the game, to-do list)<br />
Int = Stars = Write/Code/Record (Help put the story in a format that gets us paid, to-do list)<br />
Con = Rainbows = Set & Setting (Improve gaming space/experience, share with group, $*)<br />
Cha = Clouds = Art (maps, sketches, scribbles, music, themed rave, anything emotive)<br />
Conviction = Ring = Discern (Improve upon/streamline an existing part of the game)<br />
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*Yes, I'll give out rainbows in exchange for cash and/or gaming books (it's all the same to me). <br />
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I don't mean to be demanding at all, just encouraging. The idea being that we all try to push ourselves to improve a bit each week. Obviously, I hope that people explore these practices however deeply
they wish, but I'm not going to evaluate performance or duration or
anything really. I was imagining a simple checklist that gets tallied up. Now that I'm in the midst of it all, I see it's a bookkeeping nightmare. I MUST FIX.<br />
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Ugh. I just... I've been playing these games for years, and I feel that there is a missed opportunity here somewhere to gently incentivize my friends to improve our lives over time. It's stuff that we all know we should be doing, so why not offer in game rewards to help us along?<br />
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Oh, the Enlightened XP! Sorry. It can get used to alter things within the game. Serendipitous magical effects. Synchronicities which the DM would arbitrate into the game. For example, your character is trapped in a cage and the DM says that the only thing you can get to is a little rock outside the bars and you hate it, so you want to expedite your escape. You tell the DM "I spend 500 rainbows and reach through the bars to see if the key to the lock might be behind that little rock.", now the DM might not grant the full wish, but you did just burn 500xp so <b>something</b> should happen, like finding a twisted bit of metal to pick the lock with. Also, I was thinking of allowing Enlightened XP to mitigate or remove the Mental Twists that build up over time as the character continues to level. They might also be spent to give bonuses to die rolls, give advantage/disadvantage, or perhaps increase ability scores. Meta-game sort of stuff, where the universe of the game bends to the will of (the Star Magi who fulfills the request of) the player. Maybe you can think of it like this... The players spend the Enlightened XP so that their future self can sneak back in time and put bits in place for their current self to find right now in the present. No? We could also tie it to magical item creation. Allow warriors to pour their xp into their favorite weapon in order to level it up into new abilities? So much to sort out.<br />
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P.S. And let's not minimize the psychological benefits of simply going around the table and hearing about everyone's real life achievements. Even if it's boiled down to a number. Habits and self-doubt don't change themselves, but over time positive reinforcement will sink down into the subconscious and encourage new adaptation. Quibishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13566050970164487157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470402066033286163.post-42093333331624453252019-07-31T10:12:00.001-05:002019-07-31T11:40:23.891-05:00On Fearlessness<br />
Fearlessness is the natural human state. We have all forgotten. Brainwashed into our cult of culture, molded by social order, and trapped within ourselves by all the vocabulary that we lack. We have forgotten the old ways.<br />
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The universe is made of magic. We dream reality into existence, pulling it into the material by every art and craft at our disposal. The new is conceived before it is born. Imagine your desires with all the detail you can muster. Imagine it happening now. Put yourself there. Add more detail. Write it out. Do a vision board. Talk about it. Imagine the thing vividly, and then wind your words around it so that others might see the shape. Now, move toward the goal at a deliberate plodding pace. DO NOT SPRINT. Sprinting to goals equates to vulgar magic which will deplete reserves. You must move at a plodding pace so that the universe can meet you halfway. It will help you, if you are <b>attentive</b> enough to notice the opportunities as they arise. Be here now. This slower pace equates to subtle magic, the pulling of probability toward your favor, synchronicity, Luck. <br />
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Roadblocks, obstacles, and difficult people are.... fascinating, not infuriating. Say it with me... Fascinating! It's fun to say. You can say it super sarcastically or say just like Mr. Spock. You can even say it straight at an infantile with little repercussion. If however, you let the situation pull you into a place of anger, then you are pulling your probability curves toward a future with unrealized dreams.<br />
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The key to infinite magic is to stop doubting the intention of the attention.<br />
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Envision, Will, Work, Realize<br />
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I don't like doing Work. That's something I'm improving on now, but I'm just being honest. Dreams still take some effort. My magic plays with probability, not effortless outcomes. Maybe one day.<br />
The Realize part is the bitter pill sometimes. When you realize your dream, that's great! Mostly though, I tend to realize that "oh, this thing is in the way of my dream"; so now I need to start a new working and Envision a way around this new obstacle.<br />
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And that's how it's done.<br />
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But now I need to do it FEARLESSLY!<br />
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.... and that's... a different kind of life. I'm not sure I'm prepared for living my life without a safety net... but fascinate that, that's just fear, right? Hmmm. It's still in me, the fear is. Perhaps it's best to take my own advice and plod my way to fearlessness, rather than leap off the canyon and pray.Quibishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13566050970164487157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470402066033286163.post-57010664965187678122019-07-30T15:45:00.000-05:002019-08-05T07:50:39.209-05:00Movies and TV Shows about True Reality (mixed and out of context)<br />
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<a href="https://youtu.be/bnvhVZOHDX8">Battle Beyond the Stars (1980)>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>></a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/NoAzpa1x7jU">Blade Runner (2007)</a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/6TXQyfa1nPI">Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (2016-2017)</a> <---Best Show Ever? 2nd season is next level <br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/GC2TzspJn5A">The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009)</a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/oZEbLVD72hY">Defending Your Life (1991)</a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/gt9HkO-cGGo">Dark City (1998)</a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/CNYG9cXTSds">City of Lost Childern (1995)</a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/_gpt2Zb5V5A">Alice in Wonderland (1951)</a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/x6D8PAGelN8">Wizard of Oz (1939)</a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/hWnAqFyaQ5s">Cloud Atlas (2012)</a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/86R9NoIdc-M">Dr. Who (1963-)</a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/SpIoPQHYhrw">Dark Crystal (1982)</a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/h24D87SqaLQ">Watchmen (2009)</a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/B67TuUwghqE">Guardians of the Galaxy 2 (2017)</a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/pYub7xwhWYg">Glitch (2015-)</a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/vKQi3bBA1y8">The Matrix (1999)</a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/RdanCNK4ayo">The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai across the 8th Dimension (1984)</a> <br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/q3fx6TugN7g">Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)</a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/qtRKdVHc-cE">Fight Club (1999)</a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/VZp10uBMBDc">Explorers (1985)</a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/rQ5p7l1hNuQ">Branded (2012)</a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/NoSWbyvdhHw">Under the Skin (2014)</a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/Jm-upHSP9KU">Weird Science (1985)</a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/ZKPFC8DA9_8">Brazil (1985)</a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/kUtNwE8o5w0">Altered States (1980)</a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/As6xGoF0uzM">Permanent Vacation (1980)</a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/b9EkMc79ZSU">Stranger Things (2016-)</a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/gcTkNV5Vg1E">Game of Thrones (2011-2019)</a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/IuS5huqOND4">Westworld (2016-)</a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/iZ3as6Vf1ao">Real Men (1987) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>></a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/5Ay5GqJwHF8">Field of Dreams (1989)</a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/_19pRsZRiz4">A.I. (2001)</a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/6ziBFh3V1aM">Avatar (2009)</a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/ickbVzajrk0">Beetlejuice (1988)</a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/dBa8p0NFwM8">The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)</a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/yHfLyMAHrQE">Starwars: A New Hope (1977)</a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/zzayf9GpXCI">The Man in the High Castle (2015-)</a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/aQsV8yCULMM">Gravity Falls (2012-2016)</a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/UIMnbv85qdY">Donnie Darko (2001) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>></a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/2LqzF5WauAw">Interstellar (2014)</a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/bVfHNhBcMTw">K-PAX (2001)</a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/LNRnOcW5yqs">The Serpent and the Rainbow (1998)</a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/jo18VIoR2xU">Pi (1998)</a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/vioocIR0gHQ">Time Bandits (1981)</a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/TUTlOC4mVQ8">The Number 23 (2007)</a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/5jeCZE5iq0o">Truman Show (1998)</a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/E7XGNPXdlGQ">Pan's Labyrinth (2006)</a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/kB15UFO5ebA">Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond (2017) *****</a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/U94litUpZuc">Mr. Robot (2015-)</a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/rKEtft8TGEo">They Live (1988)</a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/uh1sCdcSDi0">Pinoccio (1940)</a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/RfBgT5djaQw">The Good Place (2016-)</a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/AlugldzO9zY">In the Mouth of Madness (1995)</a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/HAdbdUt_h9M">ExistenZ (1999)</a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/MOF0Ov8isvI">Lifeforce (1985)</a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/o-uGQYEN4jc">The Arrival (1996)</a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/592EiTD2Hgo">Big Trouble in Little China (1986)</a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/UFHey3utk0I">Videodrome (1983)</a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/rD6HagsWk8A">Sucker Punch (2003)</a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/DvHJtez2IlY">The OA (2016-)</a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/bAhBZXw1Kak">The Machinist (2004)</a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/m8IlyFCbNZg">The Fountain (2006)</a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/q2x14ZhEc9k">Battlestar Galactica (2004-2009)</a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/3efV2wqEjEY">Tron (1982)</a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/M-FXkj-r9Mc">Wag the Dog (1997)</a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/qm3YWiHUip8">Crossworlds (1996)</a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/4SZ3rMMYBLY">Legion (2017-)</a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/tvHgxTubFSQ">Total Recall (1990)</a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/SXi38hV9zvQ">Instinct (1999)</a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/SJUhlRoBL8M">Life of Brian (1979)</a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/JC-ykURLzSg">Fallen (1998)</a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/Ijd8bregkt4">The Ruling Class (1972) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Watch it, seriously</a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/N_jGOKYHxaQ">Soylent Green (1973)</a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/epTX8VeFqoM">House (1986) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>></a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/_SR_OZCtJkU">Twilight Zone (1959-1964)</a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/Ur8UgpvRPXU">The Endless (2017)</a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/ncfFNRKjgaI">Strange Angel (2018-)</a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/CUYeBmFUt1M">2036: Origin Unknown (2018)</a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/W-d29C-bxyY">Starman (1984) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>></a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/4v92gXetGqA">Swiss Army Man (2016)</a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/TPZpQsEFcKI">What Dreams May Come (1998)</a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/rTrjOHnIeAI">The Network (1976)</a><br />
<br />Quibishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13566050970164487157noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470402066033286163.post-91279030709475134502019-07-29T11:29:00.000-05:002019-08-01T12:57:19.830-05:00FascinatingHere's a thing. It supposes that consciousness exists independent of space/time, gaining mass and density through experience until able to reincarnate as a being of the next density, like notes moving up a musical scale.<br />
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Right, so if I understand this right... Kur would be a 5th density service-to-self type being (that's basically a demon). 5th density is like the angel/demon level... I guess. 6th density is where the angels mind meld into hiveminds, or choirs of angels; also no service-to-self types allowed up in 6th Density. Those demons will have to purify themselves a bit if they want be able to touch the hem of the robe. Then to reach 7th, once nothing more can be learned through service to other selves, the 6th density entity turns backward in time to help aid and assist it's own previous incarnations. Your guardian angel/star magi is you from the future working to help both of you meld with joy/divinity/source. Quibishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13566050970164487157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470402066033286163.post-20666765660984489702019-07-28T13:23:00.000-05:002019-08-01T12:54:50.263-05:00Kur's Comet<br />
So way back when, all the Atlanteans and far flung colonies were living it up full of abundance mindset and love for community. King Atlas held the weight of the world and kept all people trading, traveling, happy, prosperous, and self-actualized. The world became so happy and peaceful that everyone began to feel sorry for a star. <br />
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It was dim at first, slumping up off the horizon with difficulty and heaving it's way wearily across the sky. It's plight seemed evident though the cause was not. Atlantis, the colonies, all people, offered to ease the woe they felt emanating from the star. Using all efforts of communion, aid was offered from all over our world.<br />
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Kur saw this pity as weakness.<br />
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Kur became banefully brighter upon the approach, til near rivaled the sun and threatened to broach.<br />
Bearing light, false dawn, morning star, mourning star, shattered star, raining fire, earth, and water.<br />
Comets tails, dragons fires, demons hearts, tongues of liars, Kur binds the will and twists the mind.<br />
Fear, lack, scarcity, and pain; those are Kur within your brain. Not every thought you have is you.<br />
Sometimes thoughts are having you!<br />
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<br />Quibishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13566050970164487157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470402066033286163.post-31203067013837905002019-07-27T11:24:00.000-05:002019-08-01T12:54:50.297-05:00The Feral Atlanteans<br />
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Quibish tells this tale, in pieces, using metaphor. I'll stitch it up.<br />
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After the Fiery Fall of Kur which melted the ices of the world, which shift in weights, popped the plates, and washed Atlantis away. The survivors of the mountain temples wept for the loss of their people but vowed the preservation of their wisdom. The empire was vast, but coastal; conditions now barbaric where active at all. The wise atlanteans of mountain sanctuary devised to move to a far away land to join a friendly mountain tribe they knew of there. For without farmers, toilers, or workmen; these wizards of star, stone, sea, and breeze were at the mercy of their elements. Preservation of the ageless wisdom be their task, so off they set then to find some folks to feed them. What sailors remained had to Atlantis came, but no refuge there did find them. So all off they sailed, then strode, then swam until upon stood pot bellied hill and settled in within the tribe which did then welcome them in.<br />
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The wise did teach the tribe, and the tribe taught the wise as well. They worked the stones and built the temple on the hill. The standing stones impressive and carved, the floor waterproofed so that standing water within could reflect the glittering stars above. As above, so below. Mostly though, they spent their time folding their knowledge into the sky. They weaved wisdom into story and put those then within patterns in the stars, such that the student might use the night sky as a mnemonic device, memorizing ancient wisdoms by reading the night sky as a magical tome.<br />
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Quickly here... the basic breakdown into sky magic correspondences<br />
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Sun - Like the self, it is the same sun each day, as we the same spirit in each body, each life.<br />
Moon - Liken to our subconscious intuition, hidden depths, knowing illusion, the reflections of self<br />
Comets - Fiery active force, deeds of action, destruction, deflection, impact, violence, valor<br />
Stars - Knowledge, thought forms, psychic entities, egregores, memes, language, ego, personality<br />
Rainbows - Service to Other Selves, community, volunteering, improved set and setting, festivals<br />
Clouds - Gratefulness, intimacy, rain/tears, art, connection, interaction, overshadowing emotions<br />
Ring - Horizon line, the unknown, death, terminus est, deny, withhold, transformation, rebirth <br />
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Among all in this new grand tribe then were passed the lessons of humility, patience, gratitude, unity of spirit, and psychedelics. These people made contact with the Star Magi and were enlightened by the brilliance they saw. In groups of seven (or twelve, whatevs) they would volunteer to be joined in special ceremony with the spirits of the future ancients. They would go out into the world to spread this timeless wisdom to all the people of the world. They used their magics to teach and inspire and to grow civilization. The Apkallu to Sumer, the Olympians to Greece, Odin's clan further North, Seven Sages East and Asia, how many of these groups of seven were remembered as gods, I know not. Most probably perished unforgotten along the way. Unfortunately Kur has a foothold in the world now and seeks always to poison minds with scarcity and inferiority in order to press them into service and spread farther again, layer upon layer, burrowing into the heart of the world.<br />
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Eventually Kur found this secret mountain sanctuary. Forces dispatched to enslave what feral atlanteans remained there. The ancient temple buried such that no man can now find it.<br />
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Quibish says he can speak to the now past feral atlanteans in dreams and visions. He claims to talk to the Star Magi. He says that he can perform the symbiotic synchroschism ceremony and has seven volunteers, but he needs me to find seven future ancients to splice with them so that they/we can become demi-gods or whatever.<br />
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If you've been looking for something a little different, I believe I have a game for you.Quibishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13566050970164487157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470402066033286163.post-42038144641436902162019-07-26T02:51:00.000-05:002019-08-01T12:54:50.328-05:00The Freemind Society<br />
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Within my Ancients&Aliens setting (Sumer) exists a character named Quibish Freemind who purports to have received the ancient wisdom of a lost ocean-sailing civilization. Many laugh away such notions, or pitied him a madman, for everyone throughout the lands of Sumer know that the Anunnaki created mankind here and none sailed the oceans before then, but Quibish is emphatic. He is charismatic and well spoken, and eventually finds a few who listen to his words of hope, peace, and love. He travels from city to city, gathering new followers as they go marching out to found a new village of their own, Sanctuary.<br />
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Now, these beliefs, the stuff he's telling his people... it's freaking me out honestly. I made a character in my mind who has successfully and repeatedly disturbed me. I'm not even sure what to do with that, or how to sum this up. Here, see for yourself.<br />
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Nick: Quibish, would you please come explain a bit about the Freeminders?<br />
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Quibish: HEEEEYYYOOOO Pequenyo hiya what? Oh, no. Freeminds. We are freeminds.<br />
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N: Sure, fine. So, how did you receive this knowledge?<br />
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Q: Telepathy! It all poured right in. Many think of telepathy as hearing voices in the head, but that's not even half of it. Telepathy is seeing what someone else means, which is an altogether different form of thing. If you are referring to the circumstances of the acquisition, I sat in meditation for hours attempting to experience beyond the limits of my perception before I had any success.<br />
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N: Ok, so who is it then that you communicate with telepathically?<br />
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Q: I assume that you mean besides yourself? Countless others who are all pieces of the one intelligent infinite perfection which fractals it's way towards ever greater complexity in the endless quest for novelty, our endless dance of separation and reunion with our other selves.<br />
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N: Yeah, so... I'm not sure this is working. Um, piercing through your words to see your meaning is... a workout sometimes.<br />
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Q: Perhaps you should ask better questions.<br />
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N: Perhaps you're right. Maybe I'm coming at this all wrong. Why do you choose to communicate with me?<br />
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Q: Our star magi introduced us so that we might help each other. You will gather other future ancients to commune with my people and advise us in our struggle against Kur and those bent toward his service to self mentality which enslaves those bodies held within it's psychic grip.<br />
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N: Ugh, my blog is a trainwreck happening in realtime. Can you define "future ancients"?<br />
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Q: Yes. You and your people are the future ancients. You travel to the Moon and stars. You hold the tablets of fate which tell the tales of all those who ever live. Your vivid dreams wing and whoosh to wanting eyes a blink of a world away. We dub thee "future ancients" for we glory in your wonders and weep at your passing.<br />
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N: Oh, um, do you think I'm dead?<br />
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Q: Your time has long since past.<br />
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N: I... are you serious? Are you just trying to irritate me now?<br />
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Q: I am sorry if my honesty vexes you. You're circumstances remain, only perspective alters.<br />
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N: I made you up. You live in a version of ancient sumer that I made up.<br />
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Q: Yes, we make up each other. I'm glad that you are coming around to the idea.<br />
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N: *sigh* Ok. ok. I'm rethinking this whole format now. You said that the star magi introduced us. Can you tell me more about the Star Magi?<br />
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Q: Our star magi is our truest self striving always toward enlightenment, magic, and wonder. A condensation of consciousness moving towards ever greater understanding and realizations. You associate this thought pattern with the word "soul", but to the understanding of the feratalanteans this was star magi is a student undergoing magical instruction within the university of the unseen, a school which we cannot perceive because it is all pervasive and most beings tune it out as noise.<br />
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N: Yeah, this is a mess. We have to tighten all this up into a manifesto or something. I don't know how to package this madness. I worry about my mental health.<br />
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Q: Don't worry, you aren't crazy. We've just gone a little unsane is all.Quibishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13566050970164487157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470402066033286163.post-10456348121746499562019-07-25T02:23:00.000-05:002019-08-01T12:54:50.145-05:00Ongoing insane DM notes - ClassesTypically, I like to think that my DMing style is akin to an explorer forging ahead into the unknown with my players. The actuality is that I show up ill prepared and then make the fun happen through intuition and force of will. Case in point, my class list...<br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Warlock</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Sorcerer</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">12</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Gladiator</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Cleric</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Burglar/Scout</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Viking</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Hexenblade</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Alchemist</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Nightblade</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Pirate</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">10</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Red Shirt</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Runenmeister</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Wild Elf</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">9</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Ranger</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Sun Elf</span></div>
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So there it is. A lot of these are custom classes that I haven't taken the time to build yet. I just let people roll up whatever, and if they pick an unfinished one I just ask them what they imagine the class to be like, give them some kind of class ability/bonus for the first session, and then try to finish making the class at home before the next session. To get the mechanics right, I'd ask these questions...<br />
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Spell Use? As cleric or wizard or other? Describe if other.<br />
What size die do you roll for hp?<br />
Hit Progression has 4 options; Fighter, Cleric, Magic-User, Normal Man (aka non-progression)<br />
Any armor or weapon restrictions?<br />
Any beyond human abilities? Describe please<br />
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I'd go home and plug those answers into my<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 14.49px;"> </span><a href="http://quibish.blogspot.com/2011/12/customized-classes-for-bx.html" style="background-color: white; color: #72014f; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.49px;">Custom Class Thingamajig</a>, and then fiddle with it all until I was happy. Whether it's a new species or faction/profession I'd try to put together the framework of the culture and how they fit within the world, but on the flip side of that I want the player to create whatever backstory they like for their character, family, and background. Then we weave all those ideas together to help give richer detail to the class. In practice it's a glorious mess.<br />
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Oh right, character creation... so once your scores are rolled up, you look at your highest and lowest total to find your two class options (which can be combined btw if the player and I are crazy enough), or be a human (always an option). I've got 96 classes listed here, but with possible combinations who knows. I'm keeping the non-humans on the low end of the list for a few different reasons. The main one being that I allow players to lower their ability scores if they want to play a particular (fancy ability-heavy) character class. It gives people the opportunity to play any species they want, but is fair to those who bow to the will of the dice. Speed of character creation is a serious consideration, I don't like to think about how much of my life has been spent rolling up characters. When you have a class list of 96, you give people 2 options plus human and then move on. Trust me. Another reason that I tied non-humans to low ability scores is because when I create these custom classes I have to just give a number weight to each new ability, and I'm sure that I'm undervaluing things because player ingenuity will always surprise you. How much xp are wings worth? What about gills? So, as I make the class I will give a value to these, and then later often go back to increase these values. I feel the ability score penalty adds a bit of balance. Hmm, and the third reason is spite. Oh, you're too good to be a human? I've had to be one my whole life, here have an ability score penalty you special little snowflake.<br />
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It just dawned on me that I need to add Conviction to my chart and 16 more classes. Oy.<br />
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Feels easier to just let people write down anything as a class (two words or less) and make a custom class for each one as I go. No. That's the procrastination talking. You can do it you insane DM you!<br />
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<br />Quibishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13566050970164487157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470402066033286163.post-19615572582846489322019-07-24T13:19:00.002-05:002019-08-01T12:54:50.234-05:00Daily!Just got back from a root canal, which has put a wrinkle in my writing plans, as I cannot seem to concentrate on much else at the moment. Hmmm.<br />
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This blog feels so artificial to me. I'm too used to simply talking to people at the table. Suppose if I type as I speak that might at least help me feel more honest. I'm not sure how to blog about Star Magi Mystery School. I could run it, but... huh<br />
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So, you roll 3d6 for each ability score, and write down the number on each die in the order that they landed in front of you from left to right. Here, I'll roll one up too. 4,4,2. On my character sheet...<br />
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Ok, so the column of numbers on the far right are the totals that most players would recognize. As for the others; the left column represents the relative magical strength of the Star Magi as it channels itself through this character, the middle column represents the character's instincts/emotions/unconscious and gets used for saving throws, the column on the right (left of Str) represents the character's ego/persona and how they interact with the world.<br />
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At this point I feel I should point out that the left column could be seen to represent Fire/Spirit, the middle Water/Emotion, the right Air/Mind, and the far right Earth/Physical Manifestation<br />
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Don't worry if you don't get it, we'll learn as we go.<br />
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So, now we look at the lowest and highest scores to see our class options. Dex6 opens up Andwarvian as an option (spliced dwarven/andorian DNA), and Con14 offers Berserker, but I'm going with option #3 Human which is available no matter what you roll. Oh! You can combine results as well, so technically Andwarvian Beserker was option #4, but who would want that?<br />
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Humans begin play with two special abilities, adaptability and suffering. Enjoy :)<br />
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That's all for now. I know it's vague, but that's where I live honestly. I'll ramble more later, but my face aches right now.<br />
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Please feel free to ask questions, I need all the help I can get.<br />
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<br />Quibishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13566050970164487157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470402066033286163.post-38623724509923048402019-07-23T03:25:00.001-05:002019-07-23T03:32:06.662-05:00Star Magi Mystery SchoolA new campaign for us. I'm hoping to weave meta-gaming into the story such that it no longer irritates my sensibilities during play; allowing us all to enjoy a smoother experience of the unfolding narrative. I'm incorporating the players into the narrative as helping spirits who exist in a different space/time and suddenly begin to advise and guide their characters (good luck convincing the peasants that your characters aren't possessed). The players will have a host of magical abilities, anything meta-gamey is explained away as some innate magical effect indicative to the nature of spirit (like having whole conversations between sword swings, telepathy between party members, even asking the DM to change reality within the game can be explained as the daemons interceding with a higher power).<br />
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I'm overhauling my magic system, breaking it into categories tied into the ability scores and with xp costs for use. So, if the player wanted to make their character ,say, immune to all fire and heat for a duration of "long enough to cross this room/chamber" might cost 100xp of the Comets/Dexterity flavor. I'm adding a new ability score called Conviction and the possibility of overpowering your character's mental guards and taking direct control in those instances when they are under magical control or just being stubborn about swimming across the river of lava even though you promised them that you remembered to cast the fire protection spell this time.<br />
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So yeah. The jist of it is that the players are spirit wizards amusing themselves by haunting their characters into the insanity of dungeon delving... but that seems a bit dark for me. Instead, the characters are all part of a cult called Star Magi Mystery School, based upon the teachings of the feral atlanteans who survived the flood. They've awoken their inner star magi, given self-awareness to their subconscious, they see their imagination as both creator and creation. They say that we are all one; that life is but a dream, and that we are the imagination of ourselves. They seek to give themselves over to the highest good that they can accomplish with their life, and so.. dungeon delving, to fight the cosmic evil named Kur whose comets evaporated ice sheets and flooding the ancient world in the times forgotten. The dungeons of Kur are dangerous, full of traps, and so it was decided that they should channel the spirits of the "Future Ancestors" who walk upon the Moon and hold the in their hands the Tablets of Fate which tell them the destiny of anyone who ever was, they who are expert in all manner of tricks and traps will help guide them (enter the players with science/smartphones). All the xp expenditure magical effects is actually being performed by the Star Magi, who teach/learns only to the character but seems happy to provide any magical service the player wants to spend xp on.<br />
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I gotta go make a living right now, but I'll be back later to pull more of this game into reality; daily if I can build up the discipline.<br />
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<br />Quibishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13566050970164487157noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470402066033286163.post-81674274469795976562017-01-25T13:09:00.001-06:002017-03-22T15:15:47.000-05:00The Dwarves of Ghem<div>
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Ghem isn't labeled on the Minaria map, so no XP bonus for entering their territory. Each of the clans has a labeled fortress though, so characters can get 500xp for their first visit inside each of those. I wanted to use published modules (or free stuff from rpg blogs and such) to populate the labeled hexes on the map, but I seem to have a severe shortage of dwarf strongholds so no maps yet. I'm open to suggestions if anyone has ideas. So far I'm mostly just borrowing stuff from the Dwarf Fortress computer game, and adding in my own variety of weirdness. Special thanks to Jeff for some much needed inspiration about <a href="http://jrients.blogspot.com/2011/08/easy-peasy-demihuman-clan-relations.html">non-human clan relations</a>. I steal from his blog endlessly.<br />
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Anyhow, this is what I have so far...</div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">GHEM - Ghem is the kingdom of the Dwarves, it’s legendary lost capital was founded ages ago deep in the darkness of the underworld. The Dwarves now dwell near the surface in scattered mining colonies around Minaria. Each of the seven clans prefers to tend to their own business, but will rally to each other’s aid if called. Sadly though, the dwarves suffer due to a web of feuds and rivalries that prevent them from ever truly uniting together. Two of the clans each claim that their fortress is the new capitol of Ghem, and honestly it just gets worse from there. It has been said that the dwarves never forget, and never forgive. Despite their faults, the dwarves are given at least grudging respect by the other kingdoms. Dwarven craftsmanship is unsurpassed, and their airships help to facilitate trade throughout Minaria.</span></blockquote>
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<b>The Loss of Dwarven History </b><br />
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Ghem's legendary capital was lost ages ago, back when the Ancients waged a war of genocide against both dwarves and elves. Zion was hidden deep in the bowels of the world, but even this great stronghold was eventually overrun by the Ancients' war machines and mutant monsters. There are none now living who remember how to find it. After the fall of Zion the resistance was broken. The remaining dwarves and elves scattered and hid throughout the underdark, hunted relentlessly for generations. <br />
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Then, one day, the Ancients suddenly ascended from the world and the reinforcements of hunter droids and mutant horrors abruptly stopped. Some of the survivors eventually returned to the surface, but found that it was now overrun by humans and the other slave races created to serve the whims of the ancient ones. Those first encounters were fraught with anger and retribution. Hundreds of years of guerrilla warfare followed, but eventually these hostilities subsided and the dwarves and elves now live in relative peace with humanity; though some tensions certainly remain.<br />
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The dwarven population has never truly recovered.<br />
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Today, Ghem is comprised of seven clans of mountain dwarves who dwell in scattered territories around Minaria. Each clan has their own customs and laws, especially now that the kingship is contested. One of the only Laws of Ghem that is still universal is the ban on the sale or gift of dwarven military technology to outsiders, because of the worry that airships and repeating crossbows might someday be used against dwarfkind.<br />
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Dwarven society is rather strict and steeped in tradition. Dwarves who break their oaths or defy the clan chiefs risk banishment, and no clan would welcome such a dishonorable dwarf. Any child born to a clanless dwarf is then also clanless, and so their numbers grow. These are sometimes called "Hill Dwarves", and they are the ones who are sometimes found living and working within human communities. Most adventuring dwarves are hill dwarves. There are rumors that an eighth clan (or more?) never returned to the surface world. They remained in the deep darkness below and have grown twisted and strange over time, but most dwarves refuse to speak of such things.<br />
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1. Knuckles' Folk - the McStabby Clan (I couldn't think of a good one that started with A)</div>
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2. B)ogbeard</div>
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3. C)oalfist</div>
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4. D)oomhammer</div>
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5. E)lectrumeye</div>
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6. F)rorefoot</div>
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7. G)ristlegut</div>
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8. H)ill Dwarf (clan-less)</div>
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The
feuds are between the clans who are near each other alphabetically.
The McStabby Clan is the alphabetical oddball, feuding with the
Bogbeards and the Gristleguts. Oh, and all the clans treat the
clanless hill dwarves like untrustworthy bags of crap. It's possible
that a clanless dwarf might distinguish themselves in such a way as to be
accepted back into a clan, but this is so rare that any such tale would have to be the stuff of legend.<br />
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<b>The McStabby Clan - Alzak</b><br />
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The McStabbys are the most volatile of the dwarf clans. They are famous for being moody and aggressive. The other clans have long suspected that Knuckles' Folk are all prone to fits of paranoia and madness. The McStabbys are known to be overly prepared and suspicious (even by dwarf standards), but also bold and fearless. They seem willing to take unnecessary risks and leave their fate to chance so long as it might help their clan. Most of them have red hair which they keep in a tall mohawk.</div>
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Feud #1 - McStabby vs. Gristlegut</div>
"They said that they could find Zion if we combined our collected lore, but it was a lie! They were just tricking us into letting their historians look though our sacred texts. Now they're telling everyone that Knuckles McStabby wasn't real! They've always been jealous of our noble forefather, and now they want to wipe away his memory! This insult will not stand!"<br />
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Feud #2 - McStabby vs. Bogbeard<br />
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their home at Winter Rest, we were the only ones gracious enough to
invite the lot of 'em to stay with us. For over a decade we set 'em up with plenty of food and nice hard beds down in our mines for rather
reasonable rates, but all those ingrates did was complain the whole
time. Then one of those doofuses pulled the wrong lever and flooded the
lower mines with magma. We told 'em all to get the hell out before they
ruined our home too. Cheap, smelly bastards still haven't paid the
rent money they owe us."<br />
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Aws Noir<br />
The Shunned Vale<br />
Walled City of Adeese - Shucassam<br />
Port Lork - Hothior <br />
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<b>Bogbeard </b><b>Clan - The Gathering</b><br />
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The Bogbeards were driven from their home at Winter Rest by the forces of Zorn. They lost many soldiers, sacred texts, and much of their wealth. They traveled as scattered refuges for a while, until they were invited to live in Alzak by the McStabbys. When relations there soured, they set out wandering once more. The clan has coalesced at last at The Gathering, a collection of substandard caves on the north end of the Worn Downs (which isn't even a proper mountain range anymore, but it's best not to mention that to them).<br />
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The Bogbeards pride themselves on having the most elaborately styled and spiky beards of all the clans thanks to their continued use of the traditional recipe for Old Sage Fuzzworthy's Beard Balm, which is mostly rancid butter and curdled bat's milk. If you can withstand the smell long enough to have a conversation with them, you'll find that they are a friendly and jovial people (though there is always a certain sadness in their eyes). They definitely aren't embarrassed about the smell, and are quick to make jokes whenever someone mentions it. "That's the price of beauty, love!" and similar comments are said with a smile and a wink. They will absolutely resist any attempt to wash the stuff out of their hair.<br />
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Feud #2 - Bogbeard vs. McStabby<br />
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"Oh sure, they invited us in with open arms. Then they started demanding rent money that they knew we didn't have. They basically forced us into indentured servitude down in their mines in order to pay the debt. Can you believe it? They used us as slaves and then expected us to pay them rent for the privilege! That wasn't even the worst of it. Those crazy bastards don't have any safety regulations at all, and they work with MAGMA! We warned them about the unsafe working conditions constantly, but when the magma flood happened they blamed it on us. They can take their generosity and shove it!" <br />
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"We pleaded with the Coalfists to come help us defend Winter Home, but those good for nothings wouldn't lift a finger to help. You notice how Zorn never attacks their home? Those backstabbers have probably got some kind of backdoor alliance with the gobos. Those Coalfists would have gotten us all killed if the Electrumeyes hadn't of been there to cover our retreat."<br />
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Aws Noir<br />
Mines of Rosengg<br />
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The Crag is a fortress built within a massive plateau that was split by some titanic force in the ancient past. The entrances are dug into the cliff sides of these split canyons. Some of these cave mouths are joined by bridges that span the gap, while others have landing docks for the airships. The tops and sides of the plateau are riddled with traps and secret hatches. The bottom of the canyons are often slick and wet. Some of the smaller caves in the cliff walls can be used by the dwarves to shoot bursts of water or steam as defense against aerial attacks.<br />
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The Coalfists are a hardy bunch with dark hair and skin, though it is hard to tell how much of that might be soot and grime. They live precarious lives, not only because of the cliffs, but also due to their location between the goblin armies of Zorn and the undead armies of the Black Hand. It is an open secret (and the Coalfists greatest shame) that they have sullied themselves by signing tentative treaties with both of these groups and they are continually forced to pay tributes in exchange for peace.<br />
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Feud #3 - Coalfist vs. Bogbeard<br />
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"They refused to uphold their end of the Treaty of Blackanvil and support our troops during Goblin War VII. It's their fault that we signed those treaties with Zorn and had to start paying tributes. Then afterward those Bogbeards expected us to rush over and save Winter Rest? Saving them was a fool's errand that would have cost us our home as well."<br />
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"Those bastards don't know when to keep their mouths shut. It's easy to talk big when you have hundreds of miles of desert protecting you, but we've got whole goblin armies camped outside our doors. We do what we have to in order to survive. Calling us goblin kissers and zombie lovers is WAY out of line. They need to shut up, or we will shut them up!"<br />
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The Stone Face<br />
Mines of Rosengg<br />
Tower of Zards - The Black Hand (tribute)<br />
The Pits - Zorn (tribute)<br />
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<b>Doomhammer </b><b>Clan - The Shunned Vale</b><br />
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Near the southern end of the Dry Mountains lies The Shunned Vale, so-named because it is home to a spiteful and miserable clan of dwarves named the Doomhammers. No one is quite sure exactly where the entrance to their fortress is, and they like it that way. The small city of Jipols sits just 100 miles to the east of the vale, but the people there do their best to pretend that the dwarves of Doomhammer are much further away. Traders there like to tell the story of a man who was separated from his caravan during a sandstorm and was forced to wander the desert, slowly dying of thirst. He eventually saw a band of Doomhammers riding camels and rushed over to them, begging for a drink. One of them spit in his face and said "You're welcome" before riding on.<br />
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The Doomhammers have a deep seated belief in dwarven superiority, and seek to elevate Ghem by pushing down everyone else. They won't trust anyone who isn't a dwarf, and dwarves with friendly ties to non-dwarves are also suspect. It's rumored that the Doomhammers have built long underground roads that help them to avoid the blistering sun of the nearby deserts. Their airships travel all over Minaria and make brief stops at friendly dwarven fortresses for repairs and supplies, but they rarely do any bulk trading. Instead they raid and pillage their way across the lands and seas, and any non-dwarven groups are potential targets.<br />
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Feud #4 - Doomhammer vs. Coalfist<br />
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"These backstabbers have turned against their kin. The traitors are collaborating with the gobs of Zorn AND that necromancer called the Black Hand! They spend their days now kissing goblin ass and stroking bones. Those aren't true dwarves anymore, and I'm not sure if they ever were."<br />
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"These flower-picking peacemongers are gonna be the death of us. Those traitors are already collaborating with the elves of Neuth, and now they're looking to cut deals with the humans too. Their trying to take away our weapons and make us all kowtow to the elves. They can have our repeating crossbows when they pry them from our cold, dead hands!"<br />
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Alzak</div>
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The impressive fortress Aws Noir sits atop of the Spires of the Eternal, deep within the great forest Neuth. It is here that the Electrumeye clan consolidates their power and wealth. They have the smallest standing army of all the clans. Instead they exert their influence through trade and political deals. When diplomacy fails they will use highly specialized strike teams to accomplish their goals. These teams can drop down from airship at night to perform quick missions with surgical precision. By the time the enemy becomes aware of the strike, they are already gone.<br />
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The Electrumeyes are the most cosmopolitan of the dwarf clans. They have a mutually beneficial alliance with the elves of Neuth and allow the elvish ambassadors to charter airships for diplomacy and trade within the human kingdoms. The Electrumeyes are both savvy and amicable. They are working hard to make similar deals with many of the human kingdoms.<br />
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Feud #5 - Electrumeye vs. Doomhammer<br />
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"They expect us to bury our heads in the sand and pretend that the rest of the world doesn't matter. Well, guess what? It does. They're willful ignorance is not only an embarrassment, but absolutely dangerous. Dwarven prosperity depends upon trade and diplomacy, but these Doomhammer fanatics refuse to listen to reason and take every opportunity to undermine our diplomatic efforts. Now they've started raiding and pillaging our friends?! We need to take away their airships before they start a war. If they don't drop this rhetoric about dwarven superiority we might all end up on the wrong side of a vast human alliance."<br />
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Feud #6 - Electrumeye vs. Frorefoot</div>
"They're stole our plans for the airships and shared them with the others
clans. We'd have a trade monopoly if it wasn't for them. Those
airships would have been useless without our airbladder designs.<br />
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Ider Bolis - Neuth<br />
Castle Altarr - Immer<br />
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Far within the treacherous Mountians of Ice live the dwarves of clan Frorefoot. There are scattered mines and villages, but the Frorefoot leaders rule from the old Mines of Rosengg. The Mines of Rosengg run deep, for they've been producing precious metals and gemstones for generations. Queen Brynhilvieg Frorefoot now sits upon the throne here, and claims to rule over all of Ghem; though her rule is disputed.<br />
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It is an unfortunate tale. Long ago, when the kind and elderly King Hrodolfr died, the clans all came together as was their custom to negotiate deals and make concessions until a majority of the clan chiefs could agree upon a new king. Deals were struck, and it was agreed that Einarr Gristlegut would marry Dagmaeri Frorefoot and they would then rule as king and queen. All seemed well during the ceremony, but the reception soon fell to ruin when it was made public that Einarr had long been having an affair with Gunnhildr, who was Hrodolfr's young queen. When Einarr publicly denied their relations she cursed him in such a way that he could not consummate his new marriage. Dagmaeri was outraged by all of this and quickly divorced him, but Einarr retained the dowry by challenging Dagmaeri's father to trail by combat. Her father refused the fight as he knew of Einarr's reputation as a warrior. Thus Einarr kept the dowry (and the crown!) in accordance with the laws of Ghem, but this was such an offense to both honor and justice that many dwarves refused to accept Einarr's rule and instead swore their loyalties to Queen Dagmaeri. The matter has never been resolved. The appointment of a new monarch can only happen during a great assembly of the seven clan chiefs, and most of them refuse to speak to each other due to the great tangle of feuds. Until then, the Frorefoots and Gristleguts both claim rulership over Ghem, and each disputes the legitimacy of the other. The Frorefoots have been passing down Dagmaeri's crown from mother to daughter for generations now. Thus, the queen's crown is now worn by Queen Brynhilvieg.<br />
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Queen Brynhilvieg pursues a policy of openness and trade, not only between the clans but throughout the kingdoms of Minaria. She also advocates for social justice, and wants the wealthier clans (like Frorefoot and Electrumeye) to help provide for those who have fallen upon hard times (like Bogbeard and Coalfist), so that they might spur development and thus improve the economic growth of all the clans. These new policies are a break from the longstanding traditions of competition, and reactions among the clans have been mixed.<br />
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Feud #6 - Frorefoot vs. Electrumeye<br />
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"Those greedy Electrumeyes wanted to keep the plans for the airships and all that trade wealth to themselves. It's selfish and despicable that they'd let other dwarves suffer while they're living the good life. The airships are vital for the prosperity of all the clans, and they should have been happy to hand over the plans. Besides, those
airships would have been useless without our designs for the sails and repeating bellows. We had every right to share them."<br />
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"If those Gristleguts had any honor they would have give up their misbegotten crown and admitted that Einarr was wrong to keep it. You can't just scream that a deal's a deal and snatch the crown away. A true king would know that."<br />
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At the northern end of the Shaker Mountains, deep within the foreboding Trollwood, stands a mountain with a great stone face. The Gristlegut dwarves live within. The Stone Face is a natural formation, though it has been reinforced and augmented by dwarven engineers over time. The Gristleguts are currently in an uneasy truce with the nearby nations of Hothior and Mivior. The fighting started when the Gristleguts took control of the region around Serpent Bay and cut off Mivior's northern holdings. Mivior has a fearsome navy, but their army was not prepared to repel fortified dwarves who were quickly trapping every roadway into the region. Hothior eventually got involved after Mivior agreed to pay a large sum. The whole thing became a quagmire on all sides. The Gristleguts lost some of their mountain forts to Hothior, but still retain the territory west of Serpent Bay. The Gristleguts make regular patrols through their territory, and skirmishes are not uncommon. The roadways, mountain trails, and much of the Trollwood are now riddled with traps.<br />
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The Gristleguts are hardy and stubborn folk who revere history and tradition. They claim to have the most complete and detailed sacred texts of all the clans. They still contend that the kingship of Ghem is theirs according to the law, and Einarr's crown has been passed down from father to son for generations. They recognize that simply stating the legal facts are not enough for some dwarves, and they've been working hard to make some grand gesture that might unite the clans behind them. Their efforts to find the lost city of Zion seemed promising at first. They spent much of their treasure and political capital in order to convince the other clans to allow Gristlegut historians to look through their sacred texts in an attempt to decipher secret codes within that might lead them to Zion, but those promises quickly became an embarrassment due to the forgeries that led to the whole Knuckles McStabby debacle. Now the king's crown is worn by King Ortwin Gristlegut, and he hopes to unite the clans against a common enemy. He would prefer to turn them all against Hothior somehow as the Gristleguts want to take back their mountains and also because Hothior would not fare well versus the combined might of Ghem, but many clans balk at the thought of attacking humans. Uniting the clans against the goblins of Zorn might be easier, but that war would be far more risky. For now King Ortwin watches and waits for any opportunity to begin his great war. <br />
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Feud #7 - Gristlegut vs. Frorefoot<br />
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"We were about to unite the clans until those loons and their forgeries ruined everything. It's their fault that Zion is still lost. If they had bothered to keep proper records then we'd have found it by now!"<br />
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In the hills west of the Well of Lered a new fortress has been constructed. It's entrance is set back into a ledge on a large stony hill, protected in front by a deep gorge. The dwarves who live here call it Geshud Gatizid, which (to the amusement of many humans) roughly translates to "Fondle Rock Fortress".<br />
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The dwarves here are all hill dwarves, exiled from their clans (or the children of such exiles). They've been brought here together by their charismatic leader King Micah Ludovidicus. He claims that the clans have become corrupt and outdated institutions, and that he is the true king of Ghem and all dwarfkind. The clans of course ignore him and dismiss all such claims, but many are drawn to the promise of a new dwarven society, free of the rigid clan structures. <br />
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Feud #8 - Hill Dwarves vs. All the other Clans<br />
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"They're so mean and unfair!"</div>
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"They won't even sell us an airship!"<br />
Some overland trading with Unseen University at the city of Mezmer and the town of Hardingham deep in the Forest of the Lurking.<br />
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<b><br /></b>The human gods, demons, and devils are mostly uninterested in dwarves (and vice versa), for there is little to be gained. A dwarf can neither pledge their soul in service nor trade their soul away. All dwarven souls are the exclusive property of Armok, and Armok does not negotiate. Many humans think that Armok is a deity worshipped by the dwarves. They're wrong. Armok isn't a god they pray to. Armok is the god they serve. It is not a matter of faith or devotion, they simply cannot help but to obey the divine will. The various dwarven clans each have their saints and legendary ancestors whom they pray to for aid and intervention, but no one really expects much. Armok is rarely swayed by the pitiful pleas of demigods.</div>
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The dwarves see Armok as the one true god. The one who created the world. The one who compels them to build their greatest monuments. The one whose whims can turn paupers into kings, but also leads wandering adventurers to raise armies of the dead and slaughter entire towns of men, women, and children. The one whose lust for the rarest of metals provides great prosperity, or can also cause them to unleash untold suffering on the world.</div>
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The dwarves do not worship Armok, no. They are slaves to Armok the God of Blood.</div>
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An individual dwarf can expect to be touched by Armok at least once during their lifetime, perhaps many times. They will fall into a strange mood, withdraw from society, and then be compelled to craft an object or to complete some strange task or quest. During this time they know only the next step in the process, but never to what end they are striving for. If they are to craft an item for example they might know which raw materials are needed (they must find and acquire these on their own), but once the components are collected they will work as if possessed and create objects that they themselves may not know how to build. Clever dwarves will carefully watch their quick moving hands for this is how the dwarves have learned many secrets of crafting, stoneworking, machinery, and more. Being touched by Armok is not always a boon however. Sometimes the materials needed are impossible to find or the destination too far or dangerous to reach quickly enough. Those who fail to complete their assigned task will become increasingly agitated over time, eventually falling into a manic madness which makes them a danger to themselves and others. Occasionally, the madness may pass if Armok is satiated by a significant amount of bloodletting and death.... occasionally. Usually the other dwarves will simply work together to surround and morosely kill the poor mad bastard before he murders his friends and family or pulls that one lever that fills the entire fortress with magma.</div>
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Quibishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13566050970164487157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470402066033286163.post-4121076017293672322017-01-18T11:06:00.001-06:002017-01-18T15:28:04.724-06:00The Mountains of Ice<br />
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The Mountains of Ice are clustered tightly, as if huddling
together for warmth. Their peaks and shoulders are covered in snow.
You can see why the primitive tribesmen who live among them claim that these
mountains are alive, and blame the frequent avalanches on their
shivering. Perhaps deep in the granite there do live spirits of the
rock, thinking in ways that timeless creatures must; no concept of time
or what it must be to hurry. The trail ahead winds between the
peaks and along the mountainsides, navigating it's way though the labyrinthine
mountain range.</blockquote>
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+500xp for each character who enters the Mountains of Ice for the first time.<br />
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Our campaign moves on. The Dragon Pope has sent the newly revived (and Quest spell induced) Wingard the Wizard on a mission to find a lost artifact of the ancients, Daoud's Wondrous Lanthorn. He'll have the help of his comrades, and a few paladins that the pope is sending along with them. There are at least 2 other groups searching for the Lanthorn though. The Eaters of Wisdom and the nation of Pon are both keen to acquire the artifact, and they both have a head start. I'm using S4 The Lost Caverns of Tsjocanth as the basis for this quest, and placing this module within The Mountains of Ice on the Minaria map.<br />
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I'm imagining that this module is set in the border region between Muetar (yellow) and Pon (blue), probably that blue mountain hex just south of the river and those two adjacent mountain hexes with the river flowing through them. The center of the module map will be near the vertex where those three hexes meet.<br />
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Many of these old D&D modules are new to me. I've never run, played, or even read through a lot of them before now. This exercise of filling all the labels on the Minaria map will have the side benefit of forcing me to take a closer look at all of these adventures that I have sitting on my shelves.<br />
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S4 seems to have a lot going for it. I see a lot of imagination and many details that I'm going to use, but there are some other things that I'll cut out completely. I'll also be making a few changes so that the module is a better fit within my existing setting. I've got some work to do.<br />
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My favorite sentence so far is on page 2.<br />
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"As Dungeon Master you should enliven the module with as much creativity as you wish, and then add your personality to interpret the cold lines of print and make them come alive."</blockquote>
It's nice that the designers give explicit permission for this sort of thing. Important advice for DMs everywhere. Keep this in mind for every module, every time.<br />
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Later on however, the module irritates me a bit by advising me to trick my players and use some underhanded tactics. I call these "Douchebag DM Tips", and I'm always disappointed when I see them in printed adventures. Stuff like... when you give the PCs 3 levers to pull, but it doesn't really matter which they choose because it will always be the last lever pulled that opens the door. I've come to hate that stuff. I understand that you want to ramp up the tension and whatnot (and I've pulled some of these moves in the past), but it's always just dirty, and false; and just don't. It's more fun for everyone if you don't. Promise.<br />
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Anyhow, let's focus on the good stuff. I'm keeping the outdoor area map. The module map uses 3.5 mile hexes, so the page fits within those big honking Minaria 50 mile hexes pretty snugly. The river shown on the Minaria map above is unnamed, but conveniently the river shown in the module is named the Velverdyva River so I'll just use that. The module assumes that the PCs will enter the map from the southwest, but I think it makes more sense in my story for Wingard and company to enter from the northwest (Muetar) to begin their search. Wingard could potentially use his contacts at Unseen University for a one way teleport straight into the lost caverns, but then they would all have to wander aimlessly to find the way back home.<br />
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Besides the titular Lost Caverns there are 2 other detailed locations on the module map and 21 other spots that the DM is told to populate using the 20 listed random wilderness encounters. In addition to all of these static encounters, the DM is advised to roll a d10 each morning and night to determine if any random encounters occur (10% chance twice per day). I'll do all of that, but I'm going to be making changes to most of the listed encounters first. Then, after I randomly place the encounters, I'll add more details and try to link some of them together. If the PCs come across a border patrol, then they might be able to learn about other encounters nearby. If a border patrol from Muetar is near a border patrol from Pon, then maybe they've had a recent battle. If the dragon is near a rock slide or avalanche encounter then maybe the dragon caused those things in order create an ambush site that makes it difficult for prey to flee. Stuff like that.<br />
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Let me run you through the list of encounters and tell you about some of the changes I'm planning.<br />
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1. Border Patrols<br />
These patrols are from Muetar and Pon now. Regular mounted patrols are sent into this disputed region of dangerous rugged
mountains. They watch for smugglers and brigands, prevent raids by
tribes of goblinoids, and give advance warning in case of incursion by
enemy troops. Muetaren patrols each have a chaplain with a pair of paladin bodyguards, all sworn to the Church of the Gold Dragon and the Dragon Pope. Ponese patrols each have a supporting mage and some rangers used as scouts. Each nation also has a fortress near their respective ends of the mountain trails.<br />
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2. Avalanche<br />
I'm not going to take the module's advice and describe some faint cracking sound and then silently count to 10 and make any PCs who haven't moved out of the way by then save vs. death. That seems like a dick move. I will happily kill NPCs though, and let PCs risk their lives trying to rescue them. That sounds more fun.<br />
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3. Rockslide<br />
Piles of rock upon the trail that slows movement through the hex. If people try to rush over the rocks quickly, then there is a chance that the character and/or their horse slip, fall, and plunge to their doom. It's a keeper.<br />
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4. Bears, brown<br />
These are grizzly bears now. I'll probably also mention that scene from The Revenant.<br />
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5. Gnoll Raiding Band<br />
Nah, goblinoids. Mixed group of orcs and goblins.<br />
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6. Eagles, giant<br />
Yes. Keeping this.<br />
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7. Mountain Tribesmen<br />
Ok, so these are cavemen/neanderthals now. These guys are on my character creation chart as an option if someone rolls up a character with low intelligence, so I want to sprinkle some tribes throughout the wilder places on the map.<br />
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8. Snake, giant<br />
The module says that these are giant venomous snakes covered in fur. Yes please.<br />
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9. Goblin band<br />
Same as #5 above. I have plans for the gobs. Take a look below at Encounter Area A.<br />
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10. Hill Giants<br />
Sure, why not? Unchanged.<br />
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11. Wolf pack (with wolfwere)<br />
Interesting. It's a keeper.<br />
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12. Mountain Dwarf Band<br />
Ah, ok. These will be dwarves of clan Frorefoot from the nearby Mines of Rosengg. They probably got dropped off by airship. They believe that something is stirring up the orcs and goblins and are looking for the source of the problem (Encounter Area A), but will settle for just killing some gobs.<br />
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13. Hermit<br />
This guy reminds me of those unkillable questgivers in online rpgs. I feel like I should change this, but nothing springs to mind. He is one of the only useful sources of information available to the PCs, so I suppose I'll keep him? <br />
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14. Trolls<br />
I'm gonna go full on Texas Chainsaw Massacre here. Creepy cabin in the mountains. Masked Sawyer family with regeneration. Hooks, chains, knives, bear traps. No chainsaws, but some nice jagged obsidian edged macuahuitl instead. Good times.<br />
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15. Wyverns<br />
Poison filled mini-dragons. Hell yeah.<br />
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16. Hobgoblin War Party<br />
See, now this is just too many faceless mobs of baddies. Hmm. The others are "bands" of gobs, so maybe I'll use this one as a literal "party". Band of goblinoids as #5 above, but these guys are celebrating a victory or successful hunt. PCs could catch them by surprise or might even be able to sneak past unnoticed.<br />
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17. Ogres<br />
Sure, yeah. Ogres... fine.<br />
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18. Elven Warders Band<br />
Nah, no reason for a big band of elves this far from Neuth. I'll just increase the chance of human border patrols instead. Use #1 above.<br />
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19. Dragon<br />
F*** yeah! That's the name of the game yo!<br />
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20. Stone Giants<br />
Module says that they are playing catch with boulders. They're in a good mood. PCs could parley with them. I like it.<br />
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Encounter Area A: Gnome Vale<br />
This is an Andorian outpost now. Blue skin, a pair of tubular antennae on top of their head; you know the type. Andorians are my stand-in for hobgoblins in Minaria, a race of "others" competing against humanity for territory and resources. Andorians have old alliances with the goblinoid races, and they pretty much run the nation of Zorn. (Campaign Secret: They are descendants from the survivors of a crashed spaceship back in the ancient past.) They've retained a few bits of EMP tech that can nullify arcane magic, but by now they're mostly stuck using bows, polearms, and studded leather. They are a cautious and suspicious people who prefer to send out the orcs and goblins under their command to do their fighting for them. They are rather intelligent though, and can certainly be reasoned with. Diplomacy might be a good option, if you can get close enough to talk to one. FYI, I totally stole the using Andorians as Hobgoblins idea from <a href="http://jrients.blogspot.com/2008/01/campaign-visuals.html">Jeff's Gameblog</a>.<br />
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This particular outpost is busy gathering the gobinoids in this mountain region and sending them in large groups up to Zorn. They might also be trying to call down a spaceship that will then get shot down by one of the orbital weapons platforms left by the ancients and crash into the relatively nearby Barriorr Mountains (S3 Expedition to the Barrier Peaks). The andorians would be loath to travel there since it is so close to Alzak, home to the dwarves of clan McStabby (descendants of the legendary dwarf hero Knuckles McStabby). That opens up the possibility of andorians approaching the PCs to investigate the crash site. Unlikely, but not impossible.<br />
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Encounter Area B: The Craggy Dells<br />
I'm going to keep this mostly unchanged except that the group of hippogriff poacher/wranglers are now andorians and goblinoids from the outpost.<br />
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Edge of the mountains (northwest): Boltengate Keep<br />
Base of operations for the Meutaren border patrols who roam the mountains. One patrol group is always left resting here and guarding the keep. They will go out on patrol again once another group returns. In addition to the patrol group acting as sentry there are a few stable hands, cooks, cleaning staff, and officers who run the keep.<br />
*General Zusman Rao - Fighter 8th<br />
*Chaplain Leonard Ansgar - Cleric 6th<br />
* 4 Bodyguards sworn to protect the general and chaplain - Paladin 4th<br />
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Muetaren Border Patrol #1<br />
Captain Florus Wob - Fighter 5th; Str13, Con8<br />
Chaplain Eudis Favager - Cleric 4th<br />
Sergent Sheona Mikha'el - Fighter 3rd<br />
6 Lancers - Fighter 1st<br />
12 Horse Archers - Fighter 1st<br />
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Muetaren Border Patrol #2<br />
Captain Gilbert Etxebarria - Fighter 5th; Dex15, Con17<br />
Chaplain Petar Meyer - Cleric 4th<br />
Sergent Sunder Harrish - Fighter 3rd<br />
6 Lancers - Fighter 1st<br />
12 Horse Archers - Fighter 1st<br />
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Muetaren Border Patrol #3<br />
Captain Abraham Gael - Fighter 5th; Str14, Con15<br />
Chaplain Mamadou Gelens - Cleric 4th<br />
Sergent Jasper Ritter - Fighter 3rd<br />
6 Lancers - Fighter 1st<br />
12 Horse Archers - Fighter 1st<br />
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Edge of the mountains (southwest): Howler's Hold<br />
Base of operations for the Ponese border patrols who roam the mountains. One patrol group is always left resting here and guarding the hold. They will go out on patrol again once another group returns. In addition to the patrol group acting as sentry there are a few stable hands, cooks, cleaning staff, and officers who run the hold.<br />
*Commander Om Penzak - Fighter 8th<br />
*Magurion Colette Makana - Magic User 5th (Magic Missile, Sleep/Mirror Image, Web/Fireball)<br />
* 4 Sentries who protect the commander and magurion - Fighter 4th<br />
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Ponese Border Patrol #1<br />
Captain Luvenalis Tyr - Fighter 6th; Str13, Dex14<br />
Squad Mage Soremoh Bhatair - Magic-User 3rd<br />
Lieutenant Hubert Benscoter - Fighter 4th<br />
4 Scouts - Ranger 1st<br />
12 Horse Archers - Fighter 1st<br />
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Ponese Border Patrol #2<br />
Captain Vincent Bristlesnort - Dwarf 6th; Con16, Dex8<br />
Squad Mage Jace Baar - Magic-User 3rd<br />
Lieutenant Austen Cruyssen - Fighter 4th<br />
4 Scouts - Ranger 1st<br />
12 Horse Archers - Fighter 1st<br />
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Ponese Border Patrol #1<br />
Captain Theresa Zhihao - Fighter 6th; Dex16<br />
Squad Mage Arntzenius Kiar - Magic-User 3rd<br />
Lieutenant Jehoshaphat Aishwarya - Fighter 4th<br />
4 Scouts - Ranger 1st<br />
12 Horse Archers - Fighter 1st<br />
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That's enough for now I think. I'll be making some changes to the caverns too, but I'll keep those to myself. Anyhow, I'm short on time and I should go get ready for the game this Thursday.<br />
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<br />Quibishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13566050970164487157noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470402066033286163.post-12527217127764755742017-01-12T03:18:00.002-06:002017-01-12T03:19:17.764-06:00Exploring MinariaI'm still in awe of this map. Not only is it beautifully drawn by David A. Tampier, but all the labeled areas are evocative and inspire my imagination. Honestly, my imagination can use the help. It's gotten a bit sluggish after years of neglect. Just having this map out on the table while we are gaming seems to give me occasional flashes of inspiration.<br />
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Minaria is pretty big. At 50 miles per hex it's going to take a few weeks to get from one end to another. Heck, a 50 mile hex is a lot of hex just on it's own. I could run a whole campaign in an area that size. In the past year, the PCs have only left their hex of origin 2 or 3 times. <br />
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The PCs don't know it yet, but I think they are about to take a long journey. Wingard the Wizard died recently (runes with Frost Trap) and his corpscicle was taken to Pennol on the Lake in the hopes that someone from the Church of the Gold Dragon would be willing to revive him. I rolled reaction rolls as Wingard's petition for revival traveled up the church hierarchy, and everything was going well until the reaction roll for the Dragon Pope came up as "Immediate Attack" (yikes). I couldn't think of a reason why the pope would want to block Wingard's revival (especially since it had such broad support otherwise), so I interpreted the pope's reaction roll to mean "Use Wingard to Attack Enemies". Wingard was revived in a huge ceremony open to the public (and it only cost the PCs 3,000gp), but the Dragon Pope cast a quest spell on Wingard immediately afterward in the recuperation room while he was still at 1hp. So far, Wingard's player is the only who knows about it (unless they read this). We'll see what happens next at the game later tonight.<br />
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Anyhow, this got me thinking about how I want to encourage the group to explore more of the world, but at the same time I'm not going to use Quest spells and the like to railroad them into traveling to specific places (well... not often). Then I remembered this post on Jeff's Gameblog about <a href="http://jrients.blogspot.com/2009/12/exploration.html">eXPloration</a>, and I think it'll be perfect. I'm going to simplify the hell out of it though. <br />
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<b><u>New House Rule</u></b><br />
Each character receives a 500xp bonus for their first encounter in each labeled area.<br />
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Nations, cities, anything with a label. Ideally, I'd give different bonuses to different areas and write up flavor text for each one and switch up the requirements a bit as detailed in Jeff's post. In reality though, I've got a game tonight and time is a factor. I still have to figure out which quest the Dragon Pope tasked to Wingard.<br />
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Next I want to fill each of these labels with adventures by assigning/adapting the D&D modules I have sitting on my shelves. I have about 15 or 20 in mind already, but I'm going to need to come up with a lot more. I'm open to suggestions if anyone feels like helping out, especially free stuff as I am not a wealthy DM. In the days ahead I'll be posting about each label and hex as I fill them.<br />
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Below is a list of all the labels on the map. First are the nations and their cities. Then the others are arranged by terrain type.<br />
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<br />Quibishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13566050970164487157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470402066033286163.post-88933544191068799822017-01-11T03:51:00.000-06:002017-01-11T10:37:51.897-06:00Minaria: Time and Movement<div>
The Divine Right rule book says that each hex is 50 miles across (Movement Phase: Zones of Control), so I'll just stick with that. For overland movement rules I tend to prefer simplicity over accuracy. I like accuracy. It's a great goal. It's just that I have a very limited amount of game time, so I strive to keep operations simple and easy to remember and then speed through them whenever possible. People don't usually show up for game night just to watch me roll dice and do math. </div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mountain Pass</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mountains</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">8</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">4</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Open Water</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">3</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cross a River</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bridge</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pretty fast</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pretty fast</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Upstream</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">5 (if pulled)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Downstream</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Double these times if the party is encumbered.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Halve these times if the party is riding fast horses.</span></div>
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Quibishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13566050970164487157noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470402066033286163.post-22247896004967628282017-01-10T04:43:00.001-06:002017-01-12T05:41:13.709-06:00My Minaria Sandbox<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I've been running weekly game sessions every Thursday for over a year now. The PCs have mostly just been delving into Stonehell Dungeon and staying in the nearby town of Hardingham. We're still having a blast in Stonehell, but I want to spend some time detailing the surrounding world in case the group decides to roam around more.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I've placed Stonehell and Hardingham in the Forest of the Lurking, a few hexes east of the Invisible School of Thaumaturgy. M</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">y goal is to fill every named site on that map using old D&D modules, some more recent purchases, and free adventures I find online. Expect more posts soon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">In addition to the map, I'm going to borrow some (but not all) of the lore and personalities from the game. I'll also combine in the historical elements that were already established in previous sessions. These come from many </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">other sources:</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Stonehell, my old Ancients and Aliens campaign setting, Jeff Rients' World of Cinder, and a bunch of other random tidbits.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">This is a brief rundown of the common knowledge regarding the history and nations of Minaria. While not all of the information is precisely true, the information here is widely accepted by common folk throughout Minaria. Your characters already know all this stuff.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: pre-wrap;">What happened next is unclear. It’s as if the Ancients quietly packed up and left one day. The few surviving glyphs and runes say that “...the Ancient ones stepped off the world of mortal men and went up into the heavens”. Some claim that the Ancients ascended into divinity, and a few of these Old Gods are still worshiped to this day. Others say that the ancients were never gods at all, but simply left the world once they grew tired of it, or perhaps their seers saw that the world might turn against them and so chose to leave before their control began slipping away. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Eventually her luck ran out; the Scarlet Witch Queen and her forces died at the battlefield of The Wasted Dead, but the rebellion did not die with her. A band of rebels overwhelmed the reduced garrison at the prison of Stone Hell, and freed those prisoners who were still sane enough to leave. Word soon spread of the horrors found within, and all the regions and districts of the empire revolted against the potentate. He fled east with his loyal and charmed followers to the fortified city of Khos, deep in the frontier. They held there for 2 years. At the end it was clear that the city would be overwhelmed, so he ordered his mages to play the final gambit. The entire populace of the city was sacrificed and used to empower the spell of the undying. The armies of the rebellion continued the fight, but each fallen soldier would rise and turn against them. Eventually they retreated and realized that the dead soldiers of Khos can not venture terribly far from the city. It is said that the Silver Potentate continues to rule over Khos, the lost city of the dead; perhaps for all time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: pre-wrap;">UNSEEN UNIVERSITY - The original Invisible School of Thaumaturgy is claimed to have a pre-Cataclysmic origin, but this contention is often debated. It was founded by a splinter sect of the Eaters of Wisdom (so-called for their voracious appetite for knowledge) hailing from the sanctuary at The Temple of Kings. It was here, under a veil of secrecy and enchantments, that the dissident Eaters began teaching students “the ways of the ancients” and humanity came to learn the practice of spellcraft. This secrecy would later prove especially important when Minaria was ruled by the Empire. At that time the Silver Potentate was hunting down unregistered wizards and “persuading” them to take magical oaths of loyalty. A coalition of free sorcerers and philosophers hid their various magical schools offworld and then connected them via magical gates at the Invisible School of Thaumaturgy thus forming Unseen University. Since the fall of the empire the institution has become much more open and overt. In recent years the university’s Office of Community Relations has teamed with the Subcommittee on Strategic Athletic Services to pursue an aggressive policy of expansion and integration into the surrounding regional communities. Today the university is a polity in it’s own right, and still provides the finest education to which a young magician can aspire. Though tuition and other fees can be high there is no finer place to be trained in the arts of high sorcery.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: pre-wrap;">GHEM - Ghem is the kingdom of the Dwarves, it’s legendary lost capital was founded ages ago deep in the darkness of the underworld. The Dwarves now dwell near the surface in scattered mining colonies around Minaria. Each of the seven clans prefers to tend to their own business, but will rally to each other’s aid if called. Sadly though, the dwarves suffer due to a web of feuds and rivalries that prevent them from ever truly uniting together. Two of the clans each claim that their fortress is the new capitol of Ghem, and honestly it just gets worse from there. It has been said that the dwarves never forget, and never forgive. Despite their faults, the dwarves are given at least grudging respect by the other kingdoms. Dwarven craftsmanship is unsurpassed, and their airships help to facilitate trade throughout Minaria.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: pre-wrap;">NEUTH - Often called "Elfland" by its human neighbors, Neuth is the old home of the forest Elves. Long ago, the Ancient ones destroyed the elvish capitol Ider Bolis and drove the elves underground for millennia. The great petrified tree, home of Xylarthen the elven arch-mage, was also blasted to pieces and is known today as Stump Hole. These were the dark days. The Elves have returned, of course, and reclaimed Neuth. They do not appreciate outsiders wandering into their forest, but tolerate officials sent by allies and trading partners. They typically believe themselves to be better endowed with intellect, noble spirit, and pure aspirations than the other races. Some few elves still see humans as the tainted mongrel creations of their enemies, the Ancients; and will refuse to have any dealings with them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: pre-wrap;">ROMBUNE - The pirate hideaways on Skull Isle thrived for many years on the hapless merchantmen plying the Great Sea. However, as Mivior grew to become the ruler of the seas, the independent pirate captains were forced to unite and form an elected monarchy based on the articles of piracy. Tradition and bribery have kept the throne in one family for the past two hundred years. The thick forest of Skull Island supports a flourishing shipbuilding industry. A protectorate by marriage, the mainland city of Parros has secured control of the important iron industry there for Rombune. More recently, Rombune has turned its attention toward expanding eastward into the interior of the continent.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: pre-wrap;">SHUCASSAM - Minarians call the materialistic Shucassamites the "people without gods". This is not precisely true, although their type of shamanism, the legacy of their nomadic origins, lacks the ceremonial sophistication of northern religions. Only the Holy Brotherhood of Pinboh, a military order of lepers, manages to work up any real religious fervor. The realm of Shucassam is a toll gate across the caravan routes from the north to the south. High taxes on this commerce allows Shucassam to support a large army and a luxurious way of life for its upper classes, and even the slaves live in relative comfort.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: pre-wrap;">ZORN - The goblin kingdom of Zorn supports a large population of fierce fighters. The goblinoid races are usually a fractious mob of warring tribes and clans, but here they are unified under the deft leadership of the ruling hobgoblins. Had they united earlier, they undoubtedly would have controlled vast territories, but for now the growth of strong human kingdoms to the south and the appearance of the Black Hand in the Shards of Lor has slowed their expansion. Their capital is now a volcanic labyrinth known as the Pits. Aside from extensive goat herding, the chief Zornite economic activities are plundering, raiding, and enslaving their neighbors.</span></div>
<br />Quibishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13566050970164487157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470402066033286163.post-58080180517166594312016-09-28T03:22:00.000-05:002016-09-28T05:42:11.886-05:00Mapping the TesseractI thought it might be fun to make a dungeon built inside a tesseract, but mapping the thing is a bit of a challenge. I eventually made this model that helps me to visualize travelling within the tesseract, so I thought I'd go ahead and share it. I'm sure that I don't yet fully understand tesseracts but I'll go ahead and attempt to explain them anyhow. Wish me luck.<br />
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A tesseract is the analog of a cube brought into four-dimensional Euclidean space; a tesseract is to a cube as a cube is to a square. <br />
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It might help to think of a tesseract as 8 different 3-D cubes that are attached in an extra-dimensional way. Each cube shares a side with 6 of the other cubes (4 walls, floor, and ceiling). However each cube also has an opposite cube on the other end of the tesseract that it can't touch directly, but both of these will touch all six of the others.<br />
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If someone were to be teleported into a tesseract the space within might seem to be perfectly ordinary at first. There don't need to be any obvious distortions or bending of space, the person likely wouldn't notice anything amiss until they started travelling through multiple cubes. Passing from one cube to another might be obvious, but it could also be something as innocuous as a doorway. If the person inside picks any direction and walks in a straight line then they would end up passing through three new cubes, but the fourth cube they enter would be the original cube that they started from. They are effectively trapped until they find some extra-dimensional means of escape.<br />
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My handy diagram is below. The thick black lines show how the sides of the zones actually touch each other. I've colored each of the cubes/zones to make reference easier. It might help to think of the Green Zone as the starting point because the six directions (up, down, north, south, east, west) are all from the perspective of a stick figure person who is standing in that green cube facing the same direction as the viewer of the diagram (north). Below the diagram is a list to help me navigate travel from one zone to another. For example, "Green Up - White Down" means that taking stairs up through the ceiling of the green zone will bring you up through the floor of the white zone.<br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Black West - Blue Down</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Yellow West - Red East</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Blue North - Orange West</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Blue West - Yellow East</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">6. Red Zone - East</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Red Up - White East</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Red North - Orange East</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Red South - Purple East</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Red East - Yellow West</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Purple South - Yellow North</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Purple West - Blue South</span></div>
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The Black Zone is hidden from view, it's in the center of the diagram surrounded by zones on all sides. From the perspective of the other zones, the Black Zone is always down. It might help to think of the Black Zone as being like the core of a planet, it's always down from the perspective of the surface. That said, my understanding of how gravity functions in the tesseract is not great. Does the Black Zone still have a floor that things fall toward? Does everything fall toward the center of the Black Zone? I'm not sure, to be honest.<br />
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I think of the White Zone as being "above" the other zones, while the Black Zone as "below". This way the six middle zones will all seem to have the same gravity. The white and black zones are going to have some kind of gravitational weirdness though. I'm thinking of making them both zero gravity zones and maybe filling the black zone with water, but I'm still not sure.<br />
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I've labeled the Yellow Zone as "Opposite", but really that is just from the perspective of someone standing in the Green Zone. Someone walking into the Yellow Zone wouldn't experience reverse gravity or anything, and their compass needles wouldn't suddenly move; I only meant that it's orientation is the reverse of the Green Zone.<br />
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I hope this helps someone. It could make for a neat little eight room dungeon (Hut of Baba Yaga?), but I think I'm going to try for something larger where each zone is a different dungeon level with it's own particular theme.Quibishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13566050970164487157noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470402066033286163.post-64813934636404435032016-02-24T12:20:00.001-06:002016-02-24T12:48:26.000-06:00Making custom classes using my rather confusing percentage based system, example #1; Custom Class: GoblinIf you don't want to read a bunch of thoughts on making custom classes, then just skip to the end. There is a Goblin PC class there with a list of abilities and an xp chart. <br />
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I've been thinking lately about customized classes. I made <a href="http://quibish.blogspot.com/2011/12/customized-classes-for-bx.html">this whole system</a> a while back hoping to help DMs who like to create custom classes but worry about weighting the new xp charts so that they all stay relatively balanced with the original seven classes. When adding a new class with more powerful abilities I always like to make sure that the class also has correspondingly higher xp requirements for leveling up. Some DMs are probably comfortable looking at a list of class abilities and simply throwing out some numbers on an xp chart. I can't really do that. I need a method. My method still has a bit of guesswork involved (especially regarding unique powers and abilities), but I feel like the framework helps to keep me honest and impartial.<br />
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Testing out xp charts takes a long time. Over the course of many game sessions you watch
the new classes level up beside the regular old fighters and thieves. While I made this system quite a while back, I've only recently decided to be quite proud of it. The classes (and xp charts) that I have made seem to be leveling up characters at appropriate rates. I'm sure that more testing is needed (especially for higher level play), but for the levels below 10 it seems to work quite well.<br />
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My old posts about this custom class system are a bit of a mess. I just sort of threw the whole thing out there without a very good explanation of how to use it. I'm sure some people found it to be too frustrating and confusing to make proper use of (Sorry!), so I thought it was high time that I try to put together some kind of walkthrough to help people who are trying to understand it all. I've made some classes and posted them on the blog here, but I probably could have done a better job of explaining how I get from the class concept beginning to the end where I have a whole list of abilities and an xp chart.<br />
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I plan to write out two more guides after this one (but don't hold your breath) in which I'll give a kind of rambling stream of consciousness account showing how I make a custom class from start to finish. I hope someone out there finds this helpful, but sadly your guide in this endeavor is just as scatterbrained and descriptively challenged as ever. Best of luck, gentle reader. <br />
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For this first example I thought I'd start with a custom class for a Goblin. When you combine muderhobo tactics and easy access to the Charm Person spell, I find that a party of PCs will eventually pick up a goblin henchman/mascot somewhere along the way. After a few adventures together the players might want their goblin buddy to level up alongside the PCs, so I might as well help to facilitate this by building a custom class for goblins.<br />
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So, first thing I'm going to do is pull up my old blogpost "<a href="http://quibish.blogspot.com/2011/12/customized-classes-for-bx.html">Custom Classes for B/X</a>" in a new tab and kinda flip back and forth as I'm typing this out and building the class. I'm going to go through each of those tables one by one, and then at the end I'll do some math to make the Goblin class xp chart.<br />
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<b>Step 1 - Base XP</b><br />
There are three different Base XP Charts listed at the top there, and I need to decide which one of them to use for the Goblin class. I don't feel like goblins are going to be using spellbooks, so the one on the right is out. I don't really see goblins tithing 10% of their gold to anyone, so not the one on the left either. That leaves me the middle column marked "Standard". Let's go with that. It looks like this...<br />
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Standard <br />
0 --------- Level 1<br />
400 ------- Level 2<br />
800 ------- Level 3<br />
1600 ------ Level 4<br />
3200 ------ Level 5<br />
6400 ------ Level 6<br />
12800 ----- Level 7<br />
24000 ----- Level 8<br />
48000 ----- Level 9<br />
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Level 10+<br />
Add a flat amount to the total based upon hp gained<br />
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Standard<br />
+100,000 --- +1 hp/level<br />
+120,000 --- +2 hp/level<br />
+130,000 --- +3 hp/level<br />
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OK! I have the Base XP Chart picked out. I'll set this aside for now. In fact, this might work better as the last step. I wanted to start here so that people would have a sense of what this whole process is working toward, but maybe it would serve better if it were at the end. My blog (and brain) needs a better editor.<br />
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<b>Step 1.5 - Write down "100%"</b><br />
Every class starts with 100%. As I go through each step I'll determine things like Hit Dice, Saving Throws, and special abilities; each of these will have a percentage point cost that adds onto this 100% base. At the very end I'll tally up all these percentages and apply that total to the Base XP Chart from Step 1. This will then give us the Goblin Class XP Chart. Can't forget to start with this base 100% though.<br />
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I write down "Base: 100%". <br />
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<b>Step 2 - Hit Dice</b><br />
Hmm, how many hit points does a goblin gain each level? Let me grab a drink while I take a moment to think about it.<br />
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I'm of the opinion that if you are going to give class levels to monsters then the entries in the monster manuals don't necessarily apply to level 1 monsters only, but show more of an average; like say up to level 2 or 3 at the top end. I'm gonna to be a dick and give goblins fewer hit points than thieves and magic-users. I don't want any PC thieves feeling silent resentment that their class is getting overshadowed by the mechanics of some crappy goblin class (I would absolutely delight in having their individual PC outshined by some crappy goblin NPC, but that is a whole different issue). Looking at the class abilities side by side, I want it to be pretty obvious that goblins have the deck stacked against them. This class needs to suck. I'm gonna say that goblins get d3 hit points each level. Glancing over at my Custom Class Tables I decide that the cost for d3 is +15%.<br />
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I write down "d3hp: +15%" underneath the 100% I wrote earlier.<br />
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<b>Step 3 - Hit Progression</b><br />
Goblin combat skills aren't up to fighter caliber for sure, but I still think they should fight better than a magic-user. I'll have them use the Cleric/Thief Hit Progression table. Incidentally, this also shows that goblins would get <complete id="goog_126640538">+1hp at level 10 and beyond, but I'm certain that I'm going to set their level limit low enough that it never comes into play.</complete><br />
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<complete id="goog_126640538">I write down "Cleric/Thief Hit Progression: +30%". </complete><br />
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<complete id="goog_126640538"><b>Step 4 - Level Limit </b></complete><br />
<complete id="goog_126640538">Oh already? I was just thinking about this. Um, I'm gonna say that goblins max out at level 7. I want the Halfling player look down their nose at the goblin and think to themselves "Well, at least I can get to level 8". </complete><br />
<complete id="goog_126640538"> </complete><complete id="goog_126640538"><br />I write down "Level Limit 7: +0%</complete><complete id="goog_126640538"><b></b>". </complete><br />
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<b><complete id="goog_126640538">Step 5 - Saving Throws</complete></b><br />
<complete id="goog_126640538">A lot of times I'll give classes with a low level limit access to the Dwarf/Halfling saving throws. Not this time. I think that goblins were meant to suffer. I'm going to give them Thief saving throws, even knowing that they max out at level 7. </complete><br />
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<complete id="goog_126640538">I write down "Thief saves: +10%".</complete><br />
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<complete id="goog_126640538"><b>Step 6 - Armor</b></complete><br />
<complete id="goog_126640538">I'm a bit torn here. I can picture goblins wearing hide armor and even repurposed dwarven scale mail, but I also know that I'm going to be giving goblins some thief type skills later, so maybe I should restrict them to only thief type armors? Hmm, compromise. I'll just mention in the class description that they can make use of many materials as armor, but that goblin piecemeal armor only ever gives the same protection as studded leather.<b> </b></complete><br />
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<complete id="goog_126640538"><b> </b>I write down "</complete><complete id="goog_126640538">Padded, Leather, and Goblin Piecemeal: +10%". Then I remember to
include shield use and hurriedly write down "Oh and shields too: add
another +10%"</complete><br />
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<b><complete id="goog_126640538">Step 7 - Weapons</complete></b><br />
<complete id="goog_126640538">I always imagined that goblins were fairly small, so I'm thinking that they should have the same weapon restrictions as dwarves and halflings. Being able to use any weapon costs +90%, so I'll just start with that and subtract off the weapons they can't use: Long Bows -5%, Quarterstaff -5%, Heavy Weapons -10%, and Pole Arms -15%. </complete><br />
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<complete id="goog_126640538">I write down "</complete><complete id="goog_126640538">No Long Bows, Quarterstaff, Heavy Weapons, or Pole Arms: +55%".</complete><br />
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<b><complete id="goog_126640538">Step 8 - Magic Items</complete></b><br />
<complete id="goog_126640538">I don't really see goblins using cleric or magic-user scrolls. Goblins probably aren't much for literacy in general. I don't really think that wands are their thing either. It might be fun to let goblins use those items <i>incorrectly</i>, but there is no real reason to make them pay any xp cost for that.</complete><br />
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<complete id="goog_126640538">I write down "</complete><complete id="goog_126640538">Can <i>incorrectly</i> use cleric scrolls, magic-user scrolls, and wands. Other magic items are fine: +30%". </complete><br />
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<b><complete id="goog_126640538">Step 9 - Extras</complete></b><br />
<complete id="goog_126640538">I'm of the opinion that goblins should have some thief skills, but not all of them. Also, goblin will max out at level 7, so the PC thief is going be better at all this stuff eventually. I think that Open Locks requires more intelligence and patience than a goblin has, goblins probably just bash locks open. Backstab is another that I feel should be PC thief only, so that one is out too. I think all the others are fair game though. They should speak Common and Goblin, but that costs 0%, so I don't even write it down.</complete><br />
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<complete id="goog_126640538">I write down "</complete><complete id="goog_126640538">Remove Traps, Pick Pockets, Move Silently, Climb Sheer Surface, Hide in Shadows, Hear Noise: +60%". Actually I wrote down each of those individually with a +10% after each one. </complete><br />
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<b><complete id="goog_126640538">Step 10 - Beyond Human Abilities</complete></b><br />
<complete id="goog_126640538">Infravision! It's super handy. And... um... I'm struggling to think of any other goblin ability. Oh! The monster listing in Labyrinth Lord says that they get -1 to-hit in full sunlight. Also it says that their Infravision is 90' range... does that cost more than 60' infravision then? Also they ride worgs, but it's not like humans pay extra xp to ride horses, so I'm just gonna call that +0%. I'm thinking that the attack penalty in sunlight should cancel out the extra range bonus too, so I'll just have goblin infravision cost the same as the elf and dwarf versions.</complete><br />
<complete id="goog_126640538"><br /></complete>
<complete id="goog_126640538">I write down "</complete><complete id="goog_126640538">Infravision 90' range, and -1 to hit in full sunlight: +15%"</complete><br />
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<b><complete id="goog_126640538">Step 11 - Spell Progression</complete></b><br />
<complete id="goog_126640538">None. Zero. Just nothing. I still reserve the right to use an NPC goblin shaman, but that's a class write up for another day.</complete><br />
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<complete id="goog_126640538">I write down "</complete><complete id="goog_126640538">Spellcasting: squat"</complete><br />
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<complete id="goog_126640538"><b>Step 12 - Make the damned XP Chart</b></complete><br />
<complete id="goog_126640538">Looking over the notes I've written...</complete><br />
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<complete id="goog_126640538"><b>Goblin Class</b></complete><br />
<complete id="goog_126640538">Base: 100%</complete><complete id="goog_126640538"> </complete><br />
<complete id="goog_126640538">d3hp: +15% </complete><br />
<complete id="goog_126640538">Cleric/Thief Hit Progression: +30% </complete><br />
<complete id="goog_126640538">Level Limit 7: +0% </complete><br />
Thief saves: +10%<br />
Padded, Leather, and Goblin Piecemeal: +10%<br />
Oh and shields too: add
another +10%<br />
<complete id="goog_126640538"></complete>No Long Bows, Quarterstaff, Heavy Weapons, or Pole Arms: +55%<br />
<complete id="goog_126640538">Can <i>incorrectly</i> use cleric scrolls, magic-user scrolls, and wands. Other magic items are fine: +30% </complete><br />
<complete id="goog_126640538">Remove Traps +10%</complete><br />
<complete id="goog_126640538">Pick Pockets +10%</complete><br />
<complete id="goog_126640538">Move Silently +10%</complete><br />
<complete id="goog_126640538">Climb Sheer Surface +10%</complete><br />
<complete id="goog_126640538">Hide in Shadows +10%</complete><br />
<complete id="goog_126640538">Hear Noise +10% </complete><br />
<complete id="goog_126640538">Infravision 90' range, and -1 to hit in full sunlight: +15% </complete><br />
<complete id="goog_126640538">Spellcasting: squat </complete><br />
<complete id="goog_126640538"><br /></complete>
<complete id="goog_126640538">So I total that up...</complete><br />
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<complete id="goog_126640538">I write "TOTAL: 335%"</complete><br />
<complete id="goog_126640538"><br /></complete>
<complete id="goog_126640538">then a double check my math...</complete><br />
<complete id="goog_126640538">Then I triple check my math since I started drinking back at like Step 2...</complete><br />
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<complete id="goog_126640538">the math still looks good!</complete><br />
<complete id="goog_126640538"><br /></complete>
<complete id="goog_126640538">Now I pull out that Standard Base XP Chart from back at Step 1, and multiply each of those X 3.35</complete><br />
<complete id="goog_126640538">I don't bother with the levels after 7 since that is now the goblin max level. I end up with something like this...</complete><br />
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3.35 X 0 = Level 1 ----- 0xp</div>
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3.35 X 400 = Level 2 ----- 1340xp</div>
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3.35 X 800 = Level 3 ----- 2680xp<br />
3.35 X 1600 = Level 4 ----- 5360xp</div>
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3.35 X 3200 = Level 5 ----- 10,720xp<br />
3.35 X 6400 = Level 6 ----- 21,440xp</div>
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3.35 X 12800 = Level 7 ----- 42,880xp<complete id="goog_126640538"></complete><br />
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<complete id="goog_126640538">So, now is when I would usually polish it all up and look everything over once I was sober before I posted any of this to my blog, but this is for a crapsack goblin class so whatever. Who cares, it's done.</complete><br />
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<complete id="goog_126640538">I hope that this was enlightening, or at least interesting. Not tedious? oh well... </complete><br />
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<complete id="goog_126640538">I certainly enjoyed it. Making custom classes is a passion, if you enjoy it too then please say so in the comments. I plan to do two more of these step by step guides. Feel free to suggest new classes if you want to watch me stat them up with xp charts.</complete></div>
Quibishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13566050970164487157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470402066033286163.post-2362170837576685892016-02-05T01:16:00.000-06:002016-03-10T09:30:40.372-06:00Deep Carbon DeathsWow, I need to post more often.<br />
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We finished our Deep Carbon campaign, and it was awesome. We left it on a cliffhanger though because life happened and two of the four players had to drop out. We're starting a new campaign now, but before I start posting about all that I thought I should share some highlights from our Deep Carbon games.<br />
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Session #1 (not counting that session where all we did was make some 2nd edition PCs with 8,000xp and some henchmen with 1,500xp, and also we rolled up some random magic items for the main characters to start off with)<br />
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I changed up the setting a bit. <a href="http://quibish.blogspot.com/2015/08/a-deep-carbon-observatory-campaign.html">http://quibish.blogspot.com/2015/08/a-deep-carbon-observatory-campaign.html</a><br />
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The party is headed to Carrowmore following multiple rumors about some hidden treasure palace under a lake somewhere north of there. They decide to avoid the road due to reports of bandit/cannibal reaver attacks. They instead trust the PC Fighter/Mage who says he knows of a safe path through the mountains.<br />
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They become terribly lost.<br />
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First encounter of the campaign: Ettin<br />
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The Fighter/Mage redeems himself by killing the Ettin with his randomly rolled <b>SWORD OF FREAKING GIANT SLAYING</b>, but not before the ettin kills one of the fighter henchmen.<br />
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Killing off a henchman in the first encounter of the campaign really helps set the tone I think.<br />
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After that they head into Carrowmore and we go through that event flow chart thing that works like a dream to convey the sense of total chaos and destruction caused by the flood. Seriously, that one page had a ton of fun and gameable material. It's like an entire adventure module condensed down to a single page.<br />
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My favorite part was when the Dwarf Sharpshooter grabbed the boy who was trying to steal scrolls and demanded to know why. The boy said "They made me do it." and when he started to point up at a building an arrow shot into his neck and the boy died in the dwarf's arms. 8-0 <---- The guy who plays the dwarf. The Crows are awesome.<br />
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I decided early on that the PC Dwarf Sharpshooter had heard a bit about Ghar Zaghouan and Zolushika Von Der Linth, because that background info is too good not to share. He didn't put it together until session #3 though when some zombies attacked and from out of nowhere he suddenly got shot with an Eel Cyst and had did dig that thing out with a knife because he knew EXACTLY what would happen if he failed. Also the cleric got hit with an Eye Bolt which I gave no clues about at all, but the guy who plays the cleric is a smart man and figured it out all on his own, so he started wearing a piece of cloth to cover that eye. That is all that the players know about The Crows so far.<br />
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Total Dead: 1<br />
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Session #3<br />
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The party has a close call with the cow-sized killer platypus. The great beast wins surprise. I decide to read the description verbatim from the booklet in a slow deep voice.<br />
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"It has returned: the most dangerous duck-billed platypus to ever walk the earth. The battle begins once more."<br />
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It shoots up out of the water without warning and grabs onto the side of the boat with it claws. The boat starts rocking, pitching over to the side. Everyone grabs hold of the boat to keep from falling into the water, some pull out a weapon with one hand. The platypus scores a critical hit ruining one of the dwarf henchman's eyes as it gobbles him up into it's bill preparing to grind him into goo. A critical hit from a party member strikes the platypus in the head and stuns it just in time. The party is able to pull the dwarf henchman from it's horrible duck-billed maw just as it sinks below the surface. They paddle the hell out of there as fast as they can.<br />
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Not an actual death, but that's how the dwarf henchman lost an eye.<br />
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Session #5<br />
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They all survive the flooded lands, the dam, and the golems. They make it to the dungeon entrance and descend down into the deep. In the first room of the dungeon proper they investigate the terraces and statues. The priest of the sun god recites an ancient prayer to Utu (A Greeting to the Dawn) in the traditional ancient Sumerian. Unknown to the players, I decide that there is a small chance that some of the trigger words for this room would have been passed down into the prayers of the sun god (as Utu was the head of security for this complex back in the day).<br />
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"Roll a d20 and get a 20" I said. *20!* The first row of statues kneel and bow their heads to the ground revealing the stairs carved into their backs. The priest starts rattling off every prayer he knows to the statues. He speaks slow and deliberately so that they can try to determine what the actual command words are. I decide that there are 3 other relevant prayers, each of these prayers has a 1 in 20 chance of having had the command word preserved unchanged as they were passed down through all those long centuries.<br />
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"Roll a d20 and get a 1" I said. 1! The forth row of statues kneel.<br />
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"Roll a d20 and get a 20" I said. 20! The second row of statues kneel.<br />
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"Roll a d20 and get a 1" I said. 12 :(<br />
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The priest and the wizard start calling out every word of ancient Sumerian that they can think of hoping to hit upon that last command word. They never find the word, but all this talking draws the attention of the giant. <br />
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He does not surprise them, but is far too close for comfort when they turn to see him squeezing into the room like Eugene Tooms.<br />
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They do battle and score a lot of damage (thanks to the d30 house rule), but the giant... He Just Keeps Coming. The priest dies first, horribly twisted in half and gobbled down. The party bolts. They run up the stairs toward the surface, but the giant gets a swipe at the Dwarf Sharpshooter who is the last to go up. Critical hit on the Arduin chart says that the giant grabs the dwarf's nose between his giant knuckles and rips it off his face, reducing the poor guy's Charisma to 4 and screwing up the way he talks for the next 7 months. <a href="http://jrients.blogspot.com/2007/08/great-random-charts-from-rpg-history.html">http://jrients.blogspot.com/2007/08/great-random-charts-from-rpg-history.html</a><br />
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The party runs up the stairs. The extremely long, extremely steep stairs. They make Constitution checks as they run. The giant follows more slowly, but with his giant-sized Con. The party stops to rest once and takes off again as the giant gets close. When another Con check fails some of the party decide to stop and make a last stand on a landing, but most of the others run for their lives when the giant appears.<br />
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The fighter/magic-user with the sword of giant slaying and his fighter henchman put up an awesome fight. One of them scores a critical to the giant's neck, but eventually they both are killed. The giant is so wounded after this that he goes back downstairs and eventually dies from blood loss due to the neck wound.<br />
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Total Dead: 4<br />
Remaining Survivors: 6<br />
Total Rooms Explored: 1<br />
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Session #7<br />
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That dwarf henchman who lost an eye to the platypus dies when he is absorbed into the horrible undead red ooze, an animated thickened reduction made in ages past by simmering down the blood of countless slaves. During the game session I might have actually blurted out "Black Pudding" or something, but whatever... I knew what I meant. After the dwarf henchy died the mage proceeded to burn the crap out of the slime monster with a Flaming Sphere spell. <br />
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Not a monster from the module as written, but one of the players was sleep deprived or something so when I saw him starting to nod off at the table I decided it was monster time.<br />
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Total Dead: 5<br />
Remaining Survivors: 5<br />
Total Rooms Explored: 12<br />
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Session#9<br />
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No one expects the Neptunium Child.<br />
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In the end the Halfling Thief picks up all three of the items. 15 points of radiation damage, and -1 max hp per day. Next he is compelled to cut out his own tongue, and easily evades the party members who try to stop him. After all this he decides to plunge the green-flamed blade into his own heart, thus carrying the dangerous artifacts with his corpse into the shallow pool of clear viscous fluid.<br />
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Brutal.<br />
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In hindsight, I should have just kept the -1 max hp per day thing to myself until it became relevant. c'est la vie... ?<br />
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Total Deaths: 6<br />
Remaining Survivors: 4<br />
Total Rooms Explored: 20<br />
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P.S. and they totally refused to open the big box in room #22, probably because the halfling's death was a bit too fresh in everyone's mind. I am disappoint. Next session is on the 17th, maybe they'll go back and surprise me.<br />
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Session#10<br />
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They go back through the first room and encounter a lone zombie standing at the bottom of the stairs. It's holding a long piece of fabric (2'x1') with both hands. It approaches them and holds up the fabric stretching it taut between it's arms. The sign reads "Truce?". The zombie hands over the fabric that was once a pant leg and heads back up the stairs. On the other side of the sign is "If yes give a coin to the next zombie", this is all written in blood of course.<br />
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The party camps here in the room with the giant's corpse waiting for the next zombie. The zombie arrives the next day and takes a coin from them. They wait and wait and eventually take turns sleeping and then wait some more.<br />
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Frustrated, the party decides to continue exploring. They find and rescue an ancient man locked in metal stocks. He knew the final password and they speak Sumerian, so it all worked out; they got the key and freed him. He babbles on and is far from sane, but he begins to show them the wonders of the Deep Carbon Observatory. <br />
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They see the ooze bots, but leave them untouched. <br />
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They meet the Toxmen who promise to stay in their air-tight chamber for a day or two if the party would be so kind as to just unlock the door, which they do. <br />
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The party meets the salt dryads who try to engage them with stimulating conversation, but overwhelmed and perplexed the party moves on.<br />
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The party finds a temple wall covered in dinosaur hieroglyphics and the mage feels compelled to study and interpret them. This takes quite a long time, but the mage begins to decipher bits and pieces; a prophecy about a coming war between dinosaurs and man.<br />
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About this time a giant arm covered with many wounds reaches into the room, and the party looks up to see a giant face splattered with dried blood slowly squeezing it's way into the chamber as giant dead milky eyes roll about until it focuses it's gaze upon them. This is Zalushika's finest hour.<br />
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End Session<br />
End Campaign<br />
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I plan to go easier on the poor PCs next time, but I have to admit that it was fun to have a short brutal campaign where I could bring down the fury.</div>
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