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Month: July 2020

AD&D Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperborea World of Weirth

WW on WorldAnvil – Tuathacoma, the High Desert

31 July 0202029 July 020202 min read

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

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Zine Review – Tales from the Smoking Wyrm

30 July 020203 min read

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

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WW On WorldAnvil – The Sisterhood of the Raven

30 July 0202029 July 020201 min read

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

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World of Weirth on WorldAnvil – The Necromancer

29 July 0202029 July 020201 min read

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

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Preparing for Gygax 75 Challenge

28 July 0202028 July 020203 min read

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

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July Workbench

23 July 020201 min read

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.

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Weirth on World Anvil – Legendary Artifacts

21 July 0202016 July 020201 min read

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

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Adding Fate Points to the Weirth Setting

20 July 0202016 July 020202 min read

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

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Links – Saturday Shares

18 July 0202016 July 020201 min read

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

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World of Weirth – Magic and Spellcasting
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World of Weirth – Magic and Spellcasting

17 July 0202010 min read

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

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Hobby Progress 2021

Models Painted:
Final for 2020: 58

YTD for 2021: 11
WIP on the workbench (Jan '21): 9

Writing projects:

World of Weirth - WIP
* Magic in the World of Weirth - In playtest "beta"
* Tower of Zenopus - Complete
* B1 - In Search of the Unknown re-boot - Complete (Maps ✓, NPC re-skin ✓, Backstory update ✓)
* B2 - Keep on the Borderlands re-boot - WIP (Maps WIP, NPC re-skin WIP, Backstory Updated ✓)
Order vs Entropy - An Alternate Alignment System
Gygax75 - Building the Faerie Realm Gary's way! - WIP

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