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d30 Thursday – Foraging

By On 20 February 02020 · Leave a Comment · In AD&D, Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperborea, OSR - Old School Rules

Searching for food, for material components? Perhaps the PCs are Hunting, Fishing, or Prospecting for precious minerals.

Here is a chart designed to help determine how long it takes to find an item of a particular level of scarcity.

Roll a d30!

1 6 hours Very Rare 2 5 hours Rare 3 4 hours Scarce […]

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d30 Thursday – All that Glitters

By On 6 February 02020 · Leave a Comment · In AD&D, Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperborea

A d30 Treasure table for making things interesting. Assign GP values as you see fit for your campaign and PC level.

A plain, silver ring with an inscription carved around the edge A carved golden ring with a braided pattern A fingertip claw of silver with  an onyx cabochon above the nail A leather thong […]

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d30 Thursday – What’s that Smell?

By On 30 January 02020 · Leave a Comment · In AD&D

Everyone expects a dungeon to smell musty and damp. But they do not always have to be so. Some dungeons may be in a desert, or in a frozen tundra, and the smells would be very different.

When I am laying out the description of a dungeon room, I like to include a smell as […]

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d30 Thursday – Curses!

By On 23 January 02020 · Leave a Comment · In AD&D, Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperborea

A selection of mildly – to – moderately cursed items to add some brightness to your PC’s humdrum lives.

A jeweled statuette of a sphinx that constantly oozes pus from its mouth. A bag that won’t hold metal items (they just fall right thru). A codex that only allows each page to be read/written on […]

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Cultists, Zealots and Prophets

By On 18 December 02019 · 2 Comments · In AD&D, Grimdark Greyhawk, OSR - Old School Rules, World of Weirth

Torches flickered, high above his head, against the cold stone walls of the large round chamber. Was there a green tinge to the flames?  Now purple? Movement in the center of the chamber, someone in a dark, hooded robe extending their arms over a rough-carved stone altar. Flanked by two tall candelabra topped with dark […]

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d30 Expired Potions Table

By On 16 December 02019 · Leave a Comment · In AD&D, Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperborea, Grimdark Greyhawk, OSR - Old School Rules

Roll on this table if your PCs find potions that have been sitting around for a while, and are possibly past their expiration date.

1. Expired – Smells very smoky, like an old scotch. Drinker’s clothing bursts into flame, Save vs Poison or 4d6 damage, 2d6 if Saved
2. Expired – Smells like wet […]

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