Random Omens Charts
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 Inn Rumors
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 …
Alternate Rules/Ideas for Spellcasters out of Spells?
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 …
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More Menu Choices for the Random Inn Generator
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 …
Fungal Forest Hex Map Icons
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 …
Ryzom MMORPG Releases Source Code, Artistic Assets
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 …
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Not Every Rumor Should Relate to the Adventure; Not Every Detail Should Lead to an Encounter
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 …
Random Inn Generator (w/floorplans) Gets Random Menus
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 …
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Dungeon Map Software Survey Results
A couple of weeks ago, I invited anyone to answer a dungeon mapping software survey as I continue work on “Dungeonographer.” I wanted feedback (in an open-ended way) on what people like in similar tools and what they would like …
Two More Map Icons: Oil Well and Factory
Below are two more map icons (this time fitting a modern setting) that I’ll be adding to Hexographer in the next release. But they are just transparent PNG images, so you can use them in many other tools and general …
