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The Cauldron

Public service announcement to draw attention to a well run, efficient, smartly designed and superbly structured forum for all kinds of tabletop roleplaying topics.

The Cauldron

A place to discuss OSR, NSR, and Indie Games.

I've only been part of it for a short while and already the Inspiration section is a regular visit for me. It has an easy reply function that stores your unfinished thoughts if you have to suddenly close the tab to stop your cat puking on the power strip.

the designer of this forum is also the creator of Cairn rpg and a major component of what i'd consider to be the beating heart of old school revivial RPG design, discussion and overall vivacity.

so, yeah, can't say enough good things about this place. for some reason, the giant evil "dont be evil" megacorp Google has refused to list them.. so maybe that's a good thing from some perspectives?

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Shou Xin aka 手訫 aka Xin Shou (Chinese, based Henan, China) - A group of mischievous little line-drawn cats is pouncing your way!, Drawings: Pencil, Eraser, and small Knives for added texture

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so uh.. shaping out the rules for this particular role is going to be a trip.

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UPDATE THE FIRST #004

shockingly, we are fast approaching draft 0.2 of the core rulebook. the name of the world i'm using, as a sort of tutorial for the rules, is derived from welsh.

the name of the rules itself is a play on the acronym used for the working title. i may not be breaking any new ground here, but it's funny just to make a decision about something and watch it grow into the landscape and become part of it.

who's that guy? oh that's gary he's just.. well i mean i guess he's always been there. hey gar.

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At a crossroads with mama

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Reading Le Morte d’Arthur for the first time. Impressions of the characters so far (I’ll update as I go along):

- King Urther: A real bastard

- King Arthur: World’s Biggest Doofus™

- Merlin: What’s a little war crimes between friends?

- Kings Ban & Bors: Gotta have lackeys

- Sir Balin & Balan: World’s Second & Third Biggest Doofus’s™

- The Mysterious Damsel who gives Balin his cursed sword: Is there a funnier way of getting revenge than offering them a cursed sword, telling them it’s a cursed sword, offering to take it back before the curse affects them, and then just leaving with a shrug when they decide to keep it?

- King Pellam: Having your junk stabbed off with the same spear that stabbed Jesus has got to be a real complicated experience for a devout Christian

- King Pellinor: The Questing Beast is a giraffe right? Pellior’s family has just been hunting a giraffe through the woods of Britain for generations, right?

- King Lot: I feel like he has valid reason to be pissed

- Lady(/Ladies?)of the Lake: Just how many of these soggy dames are there? Love the one who handles Merlin’s unwanted affections by having him teach her magic and then dropping a rock on him. This guy bothering you? Drop a rock on him!

- Queens Igraine & Morgause: These poor women

- Mordred: This poor kid

- Morgan Le Fay: Love her

- Sir Gawain: Extremely messy bisexual disaster who should not be allowed to handle sharp objects

- Sir Yvain: the love the way he reacts to being woken up by the news that his mom is about to murder his dad with the same energy as a cat owner hearing retching in the dark.

- Sir Accolon: Good help is hard to find

- Sir Tor: The Only Normal Guy™

- Sir Lancelot: Has been mentioned approximately 600 times and hasn’t even appeared in the story yet

Favorite part so far: Merlin’s repeated habit of providing Arthur with important information while in disguise. He has done this like five times now and Arthur never catches on. He tries it once on Balin & Balan, who are not the sharpest swords in the scabbard themselves, and they catch on right away but Arthur is just continually falls for it.

Favorite line so far: “For he was so full of Knighthood that, knightly, he withstood the pain”

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A GAME IS BORN

working on rules and mechanics for games is interesting because when you sit down with yourself in a blank document and just start straight-up solo conversating about how these things will work.. you'll come up with ideas.

but then you're like WHOA THIS IDEA WHAT>?!?

which is great because even if you're old and grey you'll surprise yourself with this shit. or at least i do and i'm not grey yet.

so, onwards i suppose.

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