This is from a couple of years back, but it is still good advice. Via Logan Bonner the excellent blog/website Dungeon Mastering: 10. Has Boundaries. Your villain will be more well-rounded if there are some things he or she won’t …

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Just fixed a couple of issues with this cool tool: When exporting to the Hexographer format, the areas that didn’t have terrain (are supposed to be nothing) didn’t match up properly (covering up part of the terrain, and not covering …

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A new volume of mostly “old-school” goodness by some of your favorite blogger/writers has just been posted. Highlights include: New DCC spells. Three new races for Labyrinth Lord. Magic fountain chart. Ghost’s background story generator. Mechanical trap generator. OSR Character …

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Another week, another group of monster conversions.  This week we added the Assassin Vine, Boggard, Choker, Chuul, Dhampir, Giant Flytrap and Girallon.  More next week, I’m sure!

A lot of hard work has finally paid off! Our 5 decks of Creatures for the Pathfinder RPG are now available. Each deck has 54 creatures, one to a card, plus a checklist and a couple of license cards. Each …

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Hexographer doesn’t currently have many compass roses or “north arrows” built-in to add to your maps.  In fact there is just one.  In the next few weeks we’ll be rectifying that with some of the following graphics.  All of these …

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As part of recognizing D&D’s 40th anniversary, Salon lists several lessons imparted by Dungeons and Dragons.

This week’s “Monday Maps” features a three level gatehouse.  The main floor has some storage, tables for guards, a small holding cell and a firepit. Two sets of portcullis will trap a suspect or group under the center section above. …

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We have continued converting/updating classic creatures to Labyrinth Lord (the 1E-like retroclone).  Here is the list of what’s new: Kraken, Phycomind, Quickling, Quickwood and Redcap.  In addition, we have been doing a first pass of editing the previously updated creatures …

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