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Your Local Scavengers
Scavengers are the most common inhabitants of the wasteland.Most are human rogues but some other classes for muscle or magic happenalso...
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Gamelog: Genesis of the Pepperpot Borgs
Todays party were thinking of going to investigate the new orc vampire-tree cult they possibly accidentally started but one player mentioned a map and a key they took from Orcus or Worm cults. So that...
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d12 Bards frequenting Chagrinspire
These guys get around and have been to more places than the party. They gather stories and spread news and may serve hidden powers. They keep popping up in new villages you just discovered because they...
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Under the Plateau of Peril
Under the plateau of peril, behind the great cliff waterfall is a vast cavern where Underland folk and monsters dwell.d12 Cavern Key Locations 1 Waterfall from the plateau2 From here you can see the...
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Getting to know your local unwanted owners
Fair warning: this is about using slavers as bad guys you can slaughter in fantasy roleplaying games because they are evil. Slavery is bad and slavers will try and justify it with poorly considered...
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Vampire Orc Prep
Other night a lady asked me what are you dreaming of?This was a bit awkward but here it is:In my campaign in Chagrinspire players annoyingly made friends and truces all the time. They even freed kobold...
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Game Log: More sidequests, want to stop orcs but party split
In an odd turn two players AWOL so we had the priest of light and the giant (8"6) meet with local priests to ready the operation to destroy the Demon Ichor rig on the lake. With a gang of a dozen...
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Enough hats in your game settings?
Inspired by puppet historyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LISM3lkbdyI&list=TLPQMTUwMjIwMjUTl6WuDwnonA&index=4aCool Hat...
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Modern Kobolds and Gatehouse Updates
Ive had to upgrade my dungeon defences as players spend most of their time doing sandbox stuff and wanting full gang of players to face growing problems. Given we are 50+ this could be hopeful. Ive...
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Current Projects 2025
This is a recap of the state of my gaming enterprises and projects now in year 13. I welcome feedback, suggestions, ideas for tables and more. I was doing adventures a few years ago, and more zines....
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5 Products I Wish Would Exist for RPGS - What are Yours?
Chagrinspire vol 3 on patreon now 206 pages - final few sweeps in progress nowAny company wanna publish my setting? I'm to burned out to do anything properly.Feel free to share this and drop your...
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Shameless Promotion of my Band Post
New Album @ BandcampNew Video ClipPatreon has another update on Chagrinspire vol3 - very close to finishing
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Game Log: Some more slaver sidequests
Vol3 of chagrinspire has had some major updates to 206 pages now - one major sweep to go to finish it. I still want to do vol4 with content converted from my weird war book tables and metropolis books....
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White Apes & Yetis
So BX d&d has white apes but in AD&D we got yetis with powers.The ad&d yeti here are not like any of the folklore of modern era explorers who describe dark haired or level long haired...
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The Manticore
Also see Mantygre or mantygerIm a bit woozy and not very creative after last big book project so monsters for a whileThese are a mythology classic and changed wildly from ancient Persia, to Greeks and...
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Project Updates
Recently I asked around bout starting a current D&D Theros based campaign and got far more responses than I get for my usual attempts. So I'm now making a greek myth setting which will make up more...
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Gamelog: Return to the Gatehouse
Heroes have not been into Chagrinspire since December and since then have been exploring, trading, and ruining the international slave trade. All were very worthy but they had heard rumours about the...
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Reference material and background tables for Ethyria setting
I've considered doing some underground maps for Chagrinspire with a rail lines layer and a deep cavern layer but no hurry. Having a big shop before possible tariffs. Might stock up on a few years of...
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Ethyria The South & Rumours of Adventure
The names here I used google translateKallikantzaros are greek goblins that come from the underworld once a year, people stop them doing mischief by hurling sweetcakes and sausages on the roof. They...
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Ethyria: Local Problems & Carousing
Had a nice session zero with 2 players - my first dm session with 5th ed as I find new version more readable and the index isn't in print so fine I need a magnifying glass. Had a...
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Clan generation for Theros campagn examples
My new Theros campaign I was wondering if it was going to be a sandbox or if I could run the lost City. As we are a small group the sandbox seems more workable. Im also not using XP or promising fair...
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April Spot Reviews
Ive been shopping a bit to beat some mysterious price increases. Also just spent 4k on an electrician so the benefit of home ownership vs rent cost is blown for the year sigh. Bat at least the...
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Hexcrawling for Ethyria pt 1
As my game is small currently I'm going for sandbox style with lots of mission tables and adventure threads in my villages but now I need some more for exploration in the wilderness also handy for...
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Hexcrawling for Ethyria pt 2 Rumours + some campagn notes
One feature of Ethyria in the central north is the Home of the primal giant Geryon, his two-headed dogs (children of Cerabus), his cattle and his followers. Probably best avoided until you're a...
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Potions are for cheaters! d12 Potion Side FX
Potions are drugs and if you used them in pro sport you'd probably be a cheat and fined.Do good people do potions?Various expansions for The Lost City had some cool side fx for Cyndacean potions, which...
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