Role playing game software and accessories
As you probably know, we at Inkwell Ideas love random charts. (Some prior examples: Spicing Up the Empty/Mundane Room, Random Charts for “Spell Accents”, Coin Description Generator (Random Table), Random Unusual Weather Table, Random Magic Fountain/Pool Effects Chart, Hexmap Alphabetical …
We had a question about this Hexographer feature and thought a blog post describing it and screenshots would help. A “child map” (aka submap) is a map of a smaller region created from a map of a larger region. Perhaps …
Found this very imaginative table/list and wanted to share it! Some favorites: 9. The dungeons are the remnants of an ancient civilization that was much more technologically advanced than the current civilization. These ancients constructed a series of shelters and …
The art of the empty room is a curious line to walk. On the one hand you want to keep things interesting… otherwise the players will meta-game that the room with no/little description has nothing worth discovering. On the other …
Spicing Up the Empty/Mundane Room: A Random Table Read more »
Our recently created mini-websites of creatures for Dungeon World & Fate have been very well received, so we created another mini-website with 0e/1e (Labyrinth Lord) stats. The art and stats come from our recently completed Creature & Encounter Decks Kickstarter. …
0e/1e (Labyrinth Lord) Creature Stats Mini-Website Launched Read more »
It’s been a while since we’ve done a fun random table, and while browsing other websites, something put the idea of a table of fantasy landmarks in the ole noggin. Imagine the Colossus of Rhodes or Mount Rushmore, but customized …
Thanks to artist/cartographer Robert Altbauer, we have just released a new set of battlemat icons that addresses the needs of Science Fiction settings. These were made for the map software Dungeonographer, but they are any tool that imports transparent PNGs …
Antony Brotherton, David Winterbottom, Matt Jackson, Keith Curtis, Tim Ballew, Shane Knysh, Brutus Motor, AJ Stone and I collaborated on two decks of Random Encounter Generation cards last year. Antony posted a retrospective/review of the finished cards and raves about …
Yesterday we linked to a great list of ways to make your villain stand out. #8 on that list mentioned the villain using “calling cards” aka objects or actions that let everyone know this particular villain did the deed. To …
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 …