31 May 2021

Shiny TTRPG links collection #19

A jumbo feast of links for this bank holiday weekend. Previous list found here. Inspired by weaver.skepti.ch End of Week links.

Interesting thoughts on magical flux in world-building; with flavours of Athas but also with the interesting thought that magical energy favours certain things itself.

2xd6 on how your tower is not mundane by Spiceomancy what with magic collecting at towers - fits nicely with the previous post.

Further on the topic - making magic users sufficiently wierd by Daddy Rolled a 1.

Tony DiTerlizzi's Planescape playlist: "takes me back to that era of my life, when I was so excited to work for D&D and all the possibilities that awaited me." Now what I would have guessed if given the task of 'pick the songs playing while Planescape was written' but great to have these pieces of history to hand.

Some good thinking on presenting monsters in a more interesting way (their signs, how people talk about them, etc.)

Unloved Games – RPGs that could use a little more attention – Part 1 & part 2.

Skeletongue - how the dead communicate - great idea from Dead Tree No Shelter

Interesting look at Nordiska Vasen on Weaver.Skepti.ch

Thoughts on a XP-for-Coal mechanic on Prismatic Wasteland - I concur it probably has a home in someones game.

Dragon Wyrmling as a GLOG class by Coppers and Boars

Some more great thinking on running survival horror from Shuttered Room.

Tabletop Curiousity Cabinet does stirling work sweeping up lessons to draw from Dragon Age: Inquisition for your table.

3xd10 table of random elements of long-distance travel and trade networks

Some nice thoughts on exceptional wood for your mages staff.

The Refutationary - a scenario on Whose Measure God Could Not Take.

A fresh take, a Goblinpunch-esque reworking of the Elemental Evils on Archons March On.

On orchestras of bards as nexi of magic.

Fantastic origin theory of beholders from Box Full of Boxes. As someone who owns Lords of Madness this is well worth a look.

A chunky collection of house rules from Don't Worry I've Got A Sword.

Sundered World DM talks through a homebrew religion and the sources drawn on for process. Always interesting to see others design notes.

Similarily on process - dungeon creation by Lapidary Ossuary - four parts so far.

Edinburgh Indie Gamers Zine 2021 on itch.io

Ordinary things - a list of things that PCs mostly do not have to deal with - but may be fodder for adventure.

Nice post from Augury Ignored on tactics and practices to make the standard goblin a more interesting foe.

Social Encounter Statblocks - on Flutes Loot - a very structured approach to setting up NPCs.

A whole new plane - the Plane of Mirrors! Great looking homebrew by Maru15.

Very interesting survey of Powered by the Apocalypse players - by Troy Press - some great data and compilation of survey questions here.

Niduroki's RPG blog talks about PbtA systems as a review then also looks at what is out there and who might like such systems.

Some good thoughts from BX Blackrazor on language rules and using language at the table.

An interesting guide to Naval Combat for 5e that can be found on the Piazza.

Unlawful Games has d100 Horrible Steeds.

Interesting idea from Bearded Belgium of 'starting character creation from an image' - which is another way to get at how to harmonise the tone of the game throughout the players so everyone know what they are getting into.

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