From the monthly archives: July 2020

WW on WorldAnvil – Tuathacoma, the High Desert

By On 31 July 02020 · Leave a Comment · In AD&D, Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperborea, World of Weirth

In the Faerie Realm there is a desert, located high on a plateau, between two mountain ranges:

This high, dry plateau is home to a variety of strange and monstrous creatures, as well as two sorts of human-like creatures that call it home. The Thri-Kreen are an insectoid race, looking for all the world like […]

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Zine Review – Tales from the Smoking Wyrm

By On 30 July 02020 · Leave a Comment · In Gaming Community, OSR - Old School Rules

TL;DR – This zine is a work of genius, go buy it now. Tales from the Smoking Wyrm on DTRPG

Tales from the Smoking Wyrm is a fanzine inspired not just by the roleplaying game Dungeon Crawl Classics (DCC), but also by the wondrous fanzines of the past 40 years! While we focus on DCC, the material […]

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WW On WorldAnvil – The Sisterhood of the Raven

By On 30 July 02020 · Leave a Comment · In AD&D, Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperborea, World of Weirth

Healers? Or spies?

The Raven Goddess has dominion over the realms of Healing, Protection, Initiation and Messengers. She is the Keeper of Secrets and Protector of the Innocent.The priesthood is only open to women, by long-standing tradition, though the ranks of the Exalted and Sages are open to men and women alike.The Sisterhood of the […]

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World of Weirth on WorldAnvil – The Necromancer

By On 29 July 02020 · Leave a Comment · In AD&D, Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperborea, World of Weirth

On Necromancers:

A necromancer is among the most loathed of all people on Weirth, certainly the most feared and despised of the Magic-Users. With Death and Remembrance playing such an important part in the cultures of Weirth, is is an unforgivable horror to disrupt the path of the spirit.The cultural practices designed to hasten the […]

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Preparing for Gygax 75 Challenge

By On 28 July 02020 · Leave a Comment · In AD&D, Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperborea, Gaming Community, OSR - Old School Rules, World of Weirth

I found a link to a great set of blog posts by Charles A, about a personal challenge to follow the instructions for building a campaign setting laid out by Gary Gygax in 1975.

The article itself is well worth reading, as are the blog posts at Dragons Never Forget.

Over on Itchio, […]

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July Workbench

By On 23 July 02020 · Leave a Comment · In Gaming Community, Miniatures, Workbench

I’m working on a mini for a little community project put together by Tharivol on Twitter.

We are all painting a Naga from Reaper minis. this is a Bones figure, and it’s pretty good quality, except for a lack of detail on the “snout”.

WIP pics from IG

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Weirth on World Anvil – Legendary Artifacts

By On 21 July 02020 · Leave a Comment · In Appendix N, Gaming Community, World of Weirth

The Chalice of the Soul

The fastness was razed and its storerooms plundered. The inhabitants were either carried off by the God-Queen’s foul minions or put to the sword. While it is likely that Empress Kallistrate was able to recover many artifacts and relics of the golden age of Jamul, including the fabled Library, […]

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Adding Fate Points to the Weirth Setting

By On 20 July 02020 · Leave a Comment · In OSR - Old School Rules, World of Weirth

Several game systems have a “Fate” mechanic, wherein players can alter die rolls and/or change the course of a scenario from bad to good (or at least better). In the “Age of Conan” supplements to OD&D by Jason Vey, there are some interesting rules for Fate which will be modified for this setting.

Characters begin […]

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Links – Saturday Shares

By On 18 July 02020 · Leave a Comment · In AD&D, Appendix N, Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperborea, Gaming Community

Here is some reading material for your weekend!

From The Other Side

Adventures in Hyperborea

Hat tip to Jason Vey for sharing these with me.

So if I know ANYTHING at all about Conan, likely it came from Jason Vey. In addition to being a top rate game designer, he […]

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Arcanist Character Class

World of Weirth – Magic and Spellcasting

By On 17 July 02020 · Leave a Comment · In AD&D, Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperborea, OSR - Old School Rules, World of Weirth

After much research and soul-searching, I have completed the first draft of the magic system for the World of Weirth Campaign Setting. The setting can best be described as Swords & Sorcery, with a grim and gritty aesthetic. Visually, I believe it looks like the old Conan movies from the 80s, Frank Frazetta and Boris […]

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