I converted Dungeon Module B1: In Search of the Unknown to Into the Oddish! I present Pokémodule B1: In Search of the Unown. This post details the upper level of the Caverns of Quagsqueton. Can the player Pokémon claim the long lost Brain & Brawn Badges? #TTRPG #IntotheOddish

Pokémodule B1: In Search of the Unown (an Adventure for Into the Oddish), Upper Level of the Caverns of Quagsqueton

Many years ago, rumor has it, two noted Pokémon trainers in the area, Rogahn the Blackbelt (a Fighting-type trainer of renown) and Zelligar ...

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You can now convert any Pokemon into an enemy for Cairn, Mythic Bastionland or, most importantly, Into the Oddish #osr #ttrpg #pokemon

Convert Any Pokémon to Into the Oddish Stats — Prismatic Wasteland

Convert any Pokémon into stats for Into the Oddish and any other Oddlike like Carin or Into the Odd. Also 22 enemy Pokémon for your games or Into the Oddish adventures.

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I finally took a dive into a section of the AD&D DMG I've been neglecting: Combat! I discuss Gygax's musings about hit points & saving throws, examples of combat, & some handy rules for morale, evasion & pursuit, psionics, lingering injuries, intoxication, & more. #TTRPG #D&D #AD&D #OSR

AD&D DMG Slush: Combat

While I have discussed the AD&D DMG in great length on this blog , my interest has largely been in interpreting the general feel of the game...

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In the 14th session of our B1 campaign, the party spends time in town planning their next expedition to Quasqueton: connecting with the local smugglers, recruiting henchmen, & purchasing a boat! They get insanely lucky with a treasure roll & a few of them level up. Crime pays! #TTRPG #D&D #AD&D #OSR

Play Report (AD&D 2e): In Search of the Unknown (Session 14)

We played the fourteenth session of our Dungeon Module B1: In Search of Unknown AD&D 2e game last night. You can read past play reports here...

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I talk about Dungeon Module B4: The Lost City, in which the player characters are lost in the desert and must rely on the dungeon for shelter & survival. Does the set up work? What complications are introduced to your game when you trap the player characters in the dungeon? #TTRPG #D&D #OSR

Lost in the Desert: Does Dungeon Module B4's Hook Work?

The setup for Dungeon Module B4: The Lost City is as follows: The player characters are traveling with a desert caravan when a sandstorm sep...

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In the 13th session of our B1 campaign, the party returns to town to sell their loot. They encounter one of the settlement's powerful NPCs, deal with some annoying underlings, & learn that they should be careful when discussing their activities. #TTRPG #D&D #AD&D #OSR

Huh, for some reason I always thought the "death at -10 hp" thing was a house rule, but it's right here in the text! Even if you don't die, you're out of action until you can rest for a full week. At -6 hp, you might suffer some lingering injury.

Magical armor gives you a bonus to your saving throw when it makes sense. The bit about electrical attacks & metallic/nonmetallic armor is fiddly, but it's also common sense, so it's easy to remember.

Boars & wereboars are immune to (insinuative) poison! Giants are immune to the poisons of smaller creatures! Makes sense, though I wish there was something more like a rule of thumb, like a bonus/penalty for each size category larger/smaller the target is than the poisoning creature.

Saving throws manifest themselves differently for different character classes! Magic-users tamper with magical energies instinctively, fighters defy dangers to their person, clerics are protected by their faith, & thieves avoid danger using their quickness.

New favorite D&D character unlocked: GUTBOY BARRELHOUSE

You NEED to know the height & weight of all of your monsters!!!

This is nifty. When intelligent monsters fail a morale check, the difference between what they needed to roll & what they actually rolled determines how the morale failure. Can I find a way to make this work with AD&D 2e's 2d10 roll under morale mechanic? 🤔

The first time a new player character listens at a door, if they succeed, they gain the benefit of being "keen-eared", which adds 5 or 10% to their chance of successfully listening at all other doors for the rest of the campaign (unless they suffer hearing loss later)! Quantum keen-earedness.

Weird tidbit: magic weapons which shed light foil ultravision the same way a heat source foils infravision - meaning that these weapons essentially blind users of ultravision outdoors at night. Unfortunately, the only monsters with ultravision are bone & ice devils.

What da hell

I really enjoy this description of wolverines from the AD&D Monster Manual. In AD&D, wolverines are Neutral (Evil).

I wrote about the AD&D Monster Manual's inclusion of monster noncombatants & children ("orc babies"), my thoughts about alignment & personhood in D&D, D&D's very dodgy history & double standards with these sorts of NPCs, & ultimately, why I like having them in my games. #TTRPGs #D&D #AD&D #OSR

What I Like About Orc Babies

This is a touchy subject, and I'll try my best to discuss it with care, but I want to talk about children in D&D - human children, halfling ...

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In the final (?) post in my series on Developing the Sandbox, I lay siege to strongholds! They are settlement, dungeon, & monster lair, all in one. They support social intrigue, mass combat, & dungeon delving. How do the characters get inside, & what do they find within? #TTRPG #D&D #AD&D #OSR

Developing the Sandbox: Strongholds

This post is part of my series on developing the sandbox. You can read other posts in the series here . The series will, when necessary, go ...

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I finished my reading of Dungeon Module B5: Horror on the Hill! I think this is the weakest of the B series modules so far, but there's a decent amount of good stuff here too. Peep the whole thread from the beginning here 👇

Woefully Encysted Creature@forlornencystment.bsky.social · 2mo ago

It's time to read (Dungeon Module?) B5: Horror on the Hill! This is the first Douglas Niles module I've read. My understanding is that it's not as well-regarded as Against the Cult of the Reptile God, but there are still many who maintain it is pretty good. Let's find out!

Finishing up my reading of Dungeon Module B5: Horror on the Hill 👇

Woefully Encysted Creature@forlornencystment.bsky.social · last mo.

Hey, I never finished reading this. & I'm so close to being done! Let's wrap it up. We're coming up on a big dragon battle. The corridor leading to the dragon's den is too narrow for the dragon to squeeze through, offering a reliable means of retreat should the party need it.

If missed my random tables on goblin & halflings (& their dogs), catch them now in the Random Blogwagon Roundup, plus 78 other totally rando posts! #TTRPG #OSR

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There were a whopping 80 blog posts for the latest Random Blogwagon! I round them all up into a rollable table here: #osr #ttrpg #blogwagon

In the 12th session of our B1 campaign, the party finds the Stone That Speaks, encounters the Ghost of Quasqueton, & runs into some owlbears in the woods at night. Do not let WotC trick you into thinking owlbears are cute! They will knock your shit smooth off. #TTRGP #D&D #AD&D #OSR

Play Report (AD&D 2e): In Search of the Unknown (Session 12)

We played the twelfth session of our Dungeon Module B1: In Search of Unknown AD&D 2e game last night. You can read past play reports here . ...

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I wrote another post for the randomness blog bandwagon! This one focuses on AD&D halflings & their dogs. Halflings love their dogs, & you should too! This post gives each a personality quirk & pairs them with a fully fleshed out halfling adult or child. #TTRPG #D&D #AD&D #OSR

1d10 Halflings and their 1d4 Dogs

My goblin post was fun, and it gave me a hankering to do something similar with halflings. Why halflings? Well, mostly because I like that ...

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A very good newsletter! My post on using AD&D's spying table to resolve NPC missions & my post on AD&D's sages are included! As well as many others, some of which I am reading right now!

Lysus@lysus.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I forgot to post this month's 46er here! Including links to several ongoing blogwagons as well as the usually roundup of good posts from the last month. table46.bearblog.dev/the-46er-jun... #nsr #osr #posr #rpg

I kind of forgot I was reading Dungeon Module B5: Horror on the Hill. Continuing it now 👇

Woefully Encysted Creature@forlornencystment.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I like the interactivity between these rooms, but why are the kitchen & dining hall like, the only locked rooms in this entire place?

On the topic of randomness, I demonstrated how to breathe life into individual goblins by naming them, changing their alignments, using reaction rolls, & rolling 2d6 to vary up their "standard" stats. #TTRPG #D&D #AD&D #OSR

1d10 Randomized Goblins

If you've been following along with the play reports for my B1 campaign , you probably know all about the goblins of Quasqueton with which t...

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In the 11th session of our B1 campaign, the party gets their hands on *real* treasure. Wall hangings! Taxidermy! Statues! Pelts! Entire doors! How much is it worth? How much does it weigh? How many people need to carry it? How long does it take to move? Read to find out! #TTRPG #D&D #AD&D #OSR

Play Report (AD&D 2e): In Search of the Unknown (Session 11)

We played the eleventh session of our Dungeon Module B1: In Search of Unknown AD&D 2e game last night. You can read past play reports here ....

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Continuing my series on developing the sandbox. This time, monster lairs! They can be home to one leprechaun, a clan of ogres, an entire community of elves, or anywhere in between. A "monster" is anything that isn't you, & a "lair" is anywhere it lives! #TTRPG #D&D #AD&D #OSR

Developing the Sandbox: Monster Lairs

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More Horror on the Hill posting 👇

Woefully Encysted Creature@forlornencystment.bsky.social · 2mo ago

It's so funny to have two of the same room & say "But *this one* only has 20 bunks!"