18 October 2021

Shiny TTRPG links collection #38

We return to our usual service with the finest of links from the internet of late. For more Shiny TTRPG links see the previous list found here. The original inspiration for all of this - weaver.skepti.ch End of Week links. You can find more links on the weekly blogroll on r/OSR. I hope to return with more links next week.

Throne of Salt brings "The Learned Elder Presents..." lineage of sophonts on this mudball known to its extant primates as Earth.

Bugbear Jingo put up their rules and campaign toolkit "a village a forest a dungeon a beast".

Coming late in life to TTRPGs - Stuart Watkinson writes "Bucket of Bolts: My Life as a Spaceship"

Dael Kingsmill does some great injury tables in "Hurting Your Players but Making it Fun"

Weaver.skept.ch has a piece that talks to how creating historical RPGs differ from fantasy RPGs.

Mazirian's Garden has a good piece on Using Landmarks in Wilderness Travel - further interesting discussion, refinements in the comments. Orbital Crypt writes a big post on "Make War, Not Lore: Creating a War and Factions for your Adventures"

BASTIONLAND talks about Running a Minimalist Game

D100+ Magic Swords from Unlawful Games.

3 Toadstools Publishing lists Nifty OSR Products.

Knight at the Opera posts on resource management cycles and making 5E significantly more OSR-like.

Teaset of Civility provides an Evil Cult Generator.

Fantasy Land Generator on Salty Goo.

Interesting comparison of BX/5e on Methods & Madness through the lens of "HP bloat in old-school systems"

Archons Court writes "we've been trying to reach you about your extended warranty: the GLOG hack" - play as a group of utility robots, alone and hoping to either make your way back to home or build a new one.

Using Markdown and Pandoc to Make RPG Documents for Free by Luke Gearing.

Ialath writes 'Lifepaths for Knave' - also serves as 3xd20 random NPCs

d10 Striking Headwear from The Man With A Hammer.

Spiceomancy gives us d20 aspects of Gonzo drow for GLOGtober Day 2: Heck Drow

Red Berries for the Red Planet writes Thin Desert Fauna: Cinomolgus for an alternate 'hunters of spice in the desert wastes' option.

Le Chaudron Chromatique talks about blending Troika content.

MT Black compiles top 50 tips for DMs.

u/mercrono compiled the common themes from a thread on house rules with more than 1000 comments.

The Tao of D&D takes a strong line on how creating a great table is like growing a garden.

Adventures Buffo writes their take on "The Philosophy of the OSR"

Ice & Ruin does a nice breakdown of integrating politics to keep high level play interesting.

DNDSpeak has a nice list of magical mushrooms.

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