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Zine-Scene – The Phylactery from Planet X Games

26 March 020204 min read

Journal: Quarantine day 8 Social distancing is taking its toll. I can’t stop scrolling online Social Media Apps! Wait! What’s this? A pretty cover and

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Adding Personality to Your PC

19 March 020204 min read

Spotted a great thread on Twitter tonight: @anxietywizard It was requested that Wizard put this thread into a blog post, and they might, but I

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d30 Thursday – Effects of Roots and Tubers

19 March 0202018 March 020203 min read

Ever wonder what plants are like under the ground? Some fun things for your PCs to discover while foraging. Roll a d30! Magical Roots and

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Clerics, Witches, Paladins and Druids

10 March 0202010 March 0202028 min read

 “There are a number of other character types which are detailed in ADVANCED DUNGEONS & DRAGONS. There are sub-classes of the four basic classes. They

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Spell Failure Tables

6 March 020205 March 020207 min read

An idea for Spell Failure tables, borrowed and modified from Adventures into Darkness https://adventuresintodarkness.blogspot.com/2014/10/critical-spell-failures-and-wild-magic.html   When a spell fails it will likely have an adverse

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d30 Thursday – Set Dressing – The Noble’s Library

5 March 0202027 February 020205 min read

Books! Scrolls! Maps! Your PCs always want to know what’s in them, what are they about… What treasure will this map take us to?? Roll

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No Proficiencies in Particular

1 March 020201 March 020203 min read

When D&D 2e came out, we were pretty psyched, because the new PHB had a bunch of cool new Proficiencies. Something that IIRC had been

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