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Odd Notation: Monsters

If you’re reading this, it’s likely you’ve run or played in a games in the Mark of the Odd family, be it Into the Odd or Runecairn or Weird North. I myself have run Cairn, Electric Bastionland, Maze Rats, and Mausritter and of course I’ve also run my own Skorne and Adventure Hour!, which trace … Continue reading Odd Notation: Monsters →

dreamingdragonslayer RPG 2 Comments January 22, 2023January 21, 2023

Ranged attacks in fantasy

Most fantasy RPGs are base-melee. They assume swords, claws, and clubs from adventurers and monsters alike. Many modern and sci-fi RPGs are base-ranged. They assume pew-pew lasers and bullets. Balancing ("preserving interesting choices" for) these two options can be tricky. A good question for fantasy RPGs is this: why NOT use a ranged weapon? There … Continue reading Ranged attacks in fantasy →

dreamingdragonslayer RPG 1 Comment October 26, 2021October 27, 2021

Focus on the World: Character sheets

There are many ways to play Zelda: Breath of the Wild. I recently had the joy of sharing my favorite game with my father, my brother, and a good friend. Each of them played different from each other, who in turn played different from me. My dad was thorough in his adventure, wanting to find … Continue reading Focus on the World: Character sheets →

dreamingdragonslayer RPG 5 Comments August 16, 2021April 6, 2022

Are you a better designer than a sixth grader?

You might think I made these, but I didn't. This style of humor is totally me though. I played in an RPG run by a 12 year old. Same cousin as referenced here, but now one year older and wiser. When I brought Maze Rats over, she stole my copy and made her own adventure … Continue reading Are you a better designer than a sixth grader? →

dreamingdragonslayer RPG 4 Comments April 6, 2021

GRIM RATS

Fun lich guy... 🙂 After making GRIM FORTUNES and Island Rats, I wanted to revisit both in this hack. HERE ARE THE RULES. What's all new here? Reaction (missing from Island Rats, whoops)New backgrounds (they fall closer in line with classic DnD, plus some pulls from Wormskin and Cairn).No longer married to Hot Springs Island... … Continue reading GRIM RATS →

dreamingdragonslayer RPG 1 Comment March 20, 2021August 5, 2021

Island Rats

The remaster no one asked for! 😀 This is the marvelous Maze Rats with the glorious gunpowder sandbox Hot Springs Island. Friends and I were talking about Hot Springs Island at a party (Happy 21st, Jon!). Made me remember this game (find the old version here). And there were some changes I wanted to make. … Continue reading Island Rats →

dreamingdragonslayer RPG 5 Comments March 4, 2021August 5, 2021

Scrapyard Style

Welcome to the next episode of "Conquering Perfectionism." I'm your host, contestant, director, producer, and proud audience member: Sam. A piece of advice I've been given about being a perfectionist is to try new things. Revisit the process of sucking and getting better over and over. So I've been making art. Also, as I've been … Continue reading Scrapyard Style →

dreamingdragonslayer RPG 2 Comments January 17, 2021

Maze Rats: Scrapyard Edition

Celebrating the end of student teaching with the purchase of blank index cards and black gel pens. Saw Scrap Princess's work in Tomb of the Serpent Kings first. Eyeing up Fire on the Velvet Horizon as well... Basically, the point is that making art is very relaxing. You don't even have to be good to … Continue reading Maze Rats: Scrapyard Edition →

dreamingdragonslayer RPG 1 Comment January 14, 2021

108 (d366) Fantasy Spells

For use with your Maze Rats games... Or any other d6-based fantasy game of your choice. No levels, (generally) totally diegetic. Here is the two page PDF. Here is the three page Word Doc (because Word is drunk). Stolen from Knave/Cairn and repurposed for d6-only games. All praise the almighty six-sided die! EDIT: Changed all … Continue reading 108 (d366) Fantasy Spells →

dreamingdragonslayer RPG 3 Comments December 16, 2020August 5, 2021

“Belly of the Fishy Beast” gets a makeover

It must be Christmas here in the Dragonslayer Domain. Last post, I made a digital copy of an example dungeon I made using Maze Rats. Quick and easy... And sloppy. The dungeon went from this: To this And now, by the graces of @Licopeo on the Questing Beast Discord server, this: Here is a link … Continue reading “Belly of the Fishy Beast” gets a makeover →

dreamingdragonslayer RPG 3 Comments April 28, 2020June 30, 2020

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