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Wilderness Map

This is a hex map for the B2 Keep on the Borderlands. The original uses squares. I thought hexes would be a nice interpretation.

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Why use levels?

You’ve all leveled up at some point. Its a rite of passage! Add another hit die, add some more interesting abilities. What’s the real point? While it feels like advancement, I think it throws the game out of balance, constantly. The advancements in games like D&D are applied to wrong character features. What does leveling up do to the game? Leveling up creates problems. Things that were once…

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Rust Monster

Another classic and iconic creature. Here is the stat block from the Monster Manual. RUST MONSTER FREQUENCY: UncommonNO. APPEARING: 1-2ARMOR CLASS: 2MOVE: 18”HIT DICE: 5% IN LAIR: 10%TREASURE TYPE: Q (X 10)NO. OF ATTACKS: 2DAMAGE/ATTACK: NilSPECIAL ATTACKS: See belowSPECIAL DEFENSES: NilMAGIC RESISTANCE: StandardINTELLIGENCE: AnimalALIGNMENT: NeutralSIZE: MPSlONlC ABILITY: NilAttack/Defense…

Rakshasa

A creature I have been thinking about for some time. I’ve been trying to shoehorn it into an adventure. Seems like it should be a sort of boss, or at least an important player in a larger situation. RAKSHASAFREQUENCY: Very rare to rareNO. APPEARING: 1-4ARMOR CLASS: -4MOVE: 15″HIT DICE: 7% IN LAIR: 25%TREASURE TYPE: FNO. OF ATTACKS: 3DAMAGE/ATTACK: 1 -3 / 1 -3 / 2-5SPECIAL ATTACKS: See…

Dopplegänger

Another classic creature from the original Monster Manual. Here is the original stat block as printed. DOPPLEGANGERFREQUENCY: Very rareNO. APPEARING: 3 – 12ARMOR CLASS: 5MOVE: 9”HIT DICE: 4% IN LAIR: 20%TREASURE TYPE: ENO. OF ATTACKS: IDAMAGE/ATTACK: I – 12SPECIAL ATTACKS: Surprise on a 1-4SPECIAL DEFENSES: See belowMAGIC RESISTANCE: See belowINTELLIGENCE: VeryALIGNMENT: NeutralSIZE: MPSlONlC…

Flail Snail

A classic from the Fiend Folio. FLAIL SNAILFREQUENCY: Very rareNO. APPEARING: 7ARMOUR CLASS: 4MOVE: 3″HIT DICE: 4-6% IN LAIR: NilTREASURE TYPE: NilNO. OF ATTACKS: 1 per tentacleDAMAGE ATTACK: 1-8 per tentacleSPECIAL ATTACKS: NilSPECIAL DEFENCES: See belowMAGIC RESISTANCE: See belowINTELLIGENCE: LowALIGNMENT: NeutralSIZE: LPSlONlC ABILITY: NilAttack/Defence Modes: NilLEVEL1X.P. VALUE:4UD: III/150…

Alternative map for Black Wyrm of Brandonsford.

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Mimic

Thinking about the Mimic. This is the stat block and description from the original Monster Manual. MIMICFREQUENCY: RareNO. APPEARING: 1ARMOR CLASS: 7MOVE: 3″HIT DICE: 7-10%IN LAIR: NilTREASURE TYPE: NilNO. OF ATTACKS: 1DAMAGE/ATTACK: 3-12SPECIAL ATTACKS: GlueSPECIAL DEFENSES: CamouflageMAGIC RESISTANCE: StandardINTELLIGENCE: Semi- to averageALIGNMENT: NeutralSIZE: LPSlONlC ABILITY:…

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Shrine of the Oozing Serpent

Shrine of the Oozing Serpent is an adventure for level 1 to 3 characters, featured in Adventure Anthology 2, published by Necrotic Gnome, written by Nate Treme. I ran this adventure with four players playing 8 first level characters, and a retainer. What follows are my thoughts from actual play. The Facts The location describes a 12 room Gnome shrine with two entrances. Described as existing…

Tomb of the Serpent Kings

Described as: designed to be “classic” without being full of callbacks and nostalgia. It has some, but not all, of the major tropes. It also has full design notes. I like this one, its free and well done. This adventure offers a lot to recommend itself. It offers design notes, with the offer of being a guide to dungeon design. I like all of the ideas offered here. They do a great job of showing…

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Valley of Gorm

Here is a small hex map. The valley of Gorm will be presented in Delver Issue 2. I know I haven’t even released Delver issue 1 yet. I had a good idea for issue 2, and so started I started it. This is a dessert region with a river that runs from the mountains at the top of the map to a port city at the bottom of the map. Between the terrain varies from scrub land, rock badlands, canyon lands, and…