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Friday, January 31, 2020
Evil Hat
https://www.vice.com/en_us/ article/y3mw5b/how-tabletop- rpgs-are-being-reclaimed-from- bigots-and-jerks
Excellent Product, by the by. -MT
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Wednesday, January 22, 2020
Happy Birthday to Robert E. Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936)
"All fled, all done, so lift me on the pyre;
The feast is over and the lamps expire."
The feast is over and the lamps expire."
—"The House of Cæsar" by Viola Garvin.
Friday, January 10, 2020
From the White Dwarf
Svart | Group, Small, Intelligent | |
Daggers or Nets (d6 damage) | 3 HP | 0 armor |
Close, Near | ||
Special Qualities: Slavers |
These small creatures (3' tall) have bright blue skin with orange eyes. They are mediary between Goblins and Kobolds and generally attack the latter, though they will unite against their common foe - Hobbits. Svarts will seek attack halflings on sight, blindly and later cook and devour them if possible. Otherwise they are crafty thieves and slavers always seeking a deal they will honor in letter if not in spirit.
Instinct: Sell Slaves
- Capture Prey with Nets
- Slavers
- Steal
From the "Best Left Buried" RPG
Gurrigan | Group, Small | |
Claws (1d4 damage) | 3 HP | 0 armor |
Close, Near | ||
Special Qualities: Darkvision, Gibbering, Attempt to steal food |
Gurrigans are a type of cowardly goblins who have been corrupted by prolonged exposure to black magic.They are small, decrepit creatures with bulging eyes who subsist on a diet of mushrooms and cave water. (from the "Best Left Buried" RPG)
Instinct: Surrender
Instinct: Surrender
- Run away
- Toady
- Beg
Mothbear | Solitary, Large, Construct, Terrifying | |
Claws (d10+2 damage) | 16 HP | 0 armor |
Forceful, Near | ||
Special Qualities: Magical construct, Bear/moth hybrid |
Mothbears are hybrid bear-caterpillars bred by the necromancers and priests, who used their silk to provide the funeral wrappings for the Royal Dead. Mothbears are huge, vicious, animalistic and fiercely territorial. Mothbears loves lights. She will pursue light sources and pat at them. If possible, they will carry light sources back to their lair. Mothbears are solitary except females with young cubs. (from the "Best Left Buried" RPG)
Instinct: Devour
Instinct: Devour
- Seek Light
Royal Dead | Group, Terrifying | |
Undead Claws (d8 damage) | 6 HP | 3 armor |
Close, Near | ||
Special Qualities: Undead, Fire does Double Damage |
These mummified ancients were the aristocrats of whatever society that used this ruin as a temple. They were taken here after death, embalmed with traditional sacred oils by the priests who call the temple home, before being taken off to their correct place of burial. The few Royal Dead remaining here did not have their rites completed, or were pre-transition. The Royal Dead are mummified skeletons, of enormous height wrapped in mothbear silk bandages. They will attempt to destroy those who defile the barrow and steal their treasures and cannot be negotiated with. (from the "Best Left Buried" RPG)
Instinct: Drain life
- Guard Tomb
- Count Treasure
- Hate the Living
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