Those of you who like Hexographer may know that I’ve been working up a Dungeon mapping equivalent called “Dungeonographer” over the past two months.  It was something that I had considered for months, but when I received my 8th request …

Dungeonographer Project Update Read more »

About a week ago I asked for small, simple rules changes to let spellcasters have something useful to do or a way to cast one more critical spell even when the spellcaster is spent.  There were several good ideas, including …

Alternate Rules for Spellcasters Out of Spells (Update) Read more »

Last night when I came home there was a dead snake on the sidewalk with no visible reason why it was dead.  As I walked it back to the woods to throw it away I came across a baby bird …

Random Omens Charts Read more »

One of the (many) remaining tasks for my Random Inn Generator project is to add a randomly chosen set of (normal) rumors. I’ve seen a couple of similar lists lately, but I need to create some that aren’t copyrighted by …

Random Inn Rumors Read more »

I’ve been kicking around ideas for some alternate rules or something for spellcasters who run out of spells early in an adventuring day.  I’ve thought about this issue before and even put together a tongue-in-cheek top 10 list on the …

Alternate Rules/Ideas for Spellcasters out of Spells? Read more »

I’m trying to keep making progress on other projects, so today I just have a bunch of additional menu items for the random menus in the Random Inn Generator: Kito’s Spiced Potatoes Spinach Mashed Potatoes Pickled Beats Boiled Leeks Artichoke …

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This is another post in a series of hex map icons.  However, these icons could be used for any map style and any map tool because each is just a 250×250 pixel transparent PNG.  As mentioned previously, I’ll be adding …

Fungal Forest Hex Map Icons Read more »

I had never heard of the MMORPG Ryzom before but yesterday I saw an article noting that the game’s source code and artistic assets were “open sourced.” The source code was released under the Free Software Foundation’s GNU Affero General …

Ryzom MMORPG Releases Source Code, Artistic Assets Read more »

A few days ago I saw a great article on the Kobold Quarterly website that listed 50 rumors that have nothing to do with whatever adventure the PCs are pursuing. Roleplaying Tips had a similar article a while back. When …

Not Every Rumor Should Relate to the Adventure; Not Every Detail Should Lead to an Encounter Read more »

I’ve made a pretty significant upgrade to my random inn generator project.  It now offers randomly generated menus!  About two weeks ago here I asked for suggestions based on the medieval themed menus I was able to find on-line. A …

Random Inn Generator (w/floorplans) Gets Random Menus Read more »