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Sneak Preview – The Sample Dungeon

By On 23 October 02020 · Leave a Comment · In AD&D, Gaming Community, Low Fantasy Gaming Compatible, OSR - Old School Rules, World of Weirth

I am fascinated by the idea of the sample dungeon in the first edition AD&D Dungeon Master’s Guide. The example description of play was exactly what we needed for getting the feel of how to present these scenarios to the players in our campaigns.

Waaay back in antiquity, when I was just a lad, I […]

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Law vs Chaos – Thoughts on Alignment

By On 15 October 02020 · 2 Comments · In AD&D, Appendix N, Gaming Community, OSR - Old School Rules, World of Weirth

Alignment in D&D and similar FRPs is an oft-maligned subject.

For the Swords & Sorcery-styled World of Weirth campaign I am looking for some over-arching tensions to drive the plots and dramas of the setting.

I do not like the “Alignment as personality profile” school, nor do I want to get into the issues of […]

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Ability Scores vs DC – Rambling Thoughts

By On 12 October 02020 · 1 Comment · In AD&D, Gaming Community, OSR - Old School Rules

(I’ve been working on this off and on for a few days. Having trouble getting my thoughts together on it…)

Having been away from the RPG hobby for a while, I missed the advent of the Difficulty Class mechanic.  Catching up on blogs and articles has been illuminating. There is a good deal of discourse […]

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World of Weirth on World Anvil – More Peoples

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

I’ve added some more lore to the World Anvil account, detailing some of the races and creatures of Weirth.

The Tanso:

The Tanso are a secretive and isolationist people, centered around the great lake of Lago Tanso in the North. They have made their homes on boats and barges since time immemorial, except for […]

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We’re Just not Playing the Same Game

By On 22 August 02020 · 1 Comment · In AD&D, Gaming Community, OSR - Old School Rules, Philosophy

The game called D&D is over 40 years old now.

Many of the people that invented it have passed on, so we can’t ask them what they think of the state of the hobby today. But that’s okay, because some people think they know, some people don’t care, and others actively despise what those men […]

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Gygax 75 – Week One – The Concept

By On 8 August 02020 · 2 Comments · In AD&D, Gaming Community, OSR - Old School Rules, World of Weirth

It has been a busy week at Casa Purple Druid, with much work done out in the summer heat and humidity. Which leaves little energy for anything else! But, I have been working on the Faerie Realm setting (which I still need a name for) for the Gygax 75 project. This has been a lot […]

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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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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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