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Original Critical Hit and Penalty Roll Tables circa 1984
Critical Hit Table Cleaning out my garage this weekend I made an amazing find: my house rules binder from my gaming youth. This set of tables was compiled around 1983-1984. I was twelve. It was based...
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Ancient Encounters -Amber Wizard House
There is an island in the mysterious southern seas called the Isle of Dread. And on this island is a lake, which we will call the Lake of Dread. In this lake is a small islet, and on that islet is the...
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Ancient Encounters – Devils in the Basement of Amber Mansion
Beneath the enchanted Wizard Obitallo Amber’s mansion, the cellars are under assault by devils out of hell. The wizard’s apprentice children have already fallen prey and only a wizard locked cellar...
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Zero to Hero – Starting a new Campaign with a Zero level Adventure
A group of brave young souls traveled towards the edge of civilizations in hopes of gaining fame and fortune. Then they got captured by orcs. The rules of the game are very simple: roll the six...
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Ancient Encounters – Orc Manor
Orc Manor A roving warband of vicious orcs has slaughtered the inhabitants of a fortified Manor, and are reaping a harvest of plunder and occupation while they terrorize the surrounding lands. This...
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Ancient Encounters – Desert Tomb
Ancient Desert Tomb An ancient stone edifice pokes from the shifting dunes of the deep desert. In a world of magic and monsters, tomb looting is the most dangerous adventure. A tomb is a locale whose...
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Re-creating Xak Tsaroth from Dragonlance in dungeon tiles
The bowels of Xak Tsaroth where Onyx lairsThis is the bottom layer of the buried city of Xak Tsaroth, the lair of Kisanth the black dragon. Minor (and major) changes have been made but it keeps its...
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5e House rule: skeletons resist piercing and slashing
More minions of the Dark Priest Just saying, not by popular demand, but by dm fiat, skeletons resist slashing and piercing damage. (Half damage, rounded down.) And no, force damage does not count as...
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A handful of minor house rules for Fifth Edition Dungeons and Dragons
The joke is that this newly released updated edition of the worlds first and foremost role playing game is the one we will die playing. Like any good joke there is some truth and longing in it as well....
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New Monster – 3 Headed Kobold
That is one freaky looking dude! This is a handy little ne’er-do-well I came up with the other day to thwart my players. It worked wonderfully well and turned a hum-drum encounter into one that was...
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