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Here are the rest of my first six weapons:

The Dagger of Tichanto the Fallen

Chaotic dagger +1,INT 7 EGO 5, COM empathy, POW control undead

Control Undead: the wielder makes a Turn Undead check as a cleric of equal level; a result of turn indicates the undead are halted and awed; a result of destroy indicates the wielder has exerted control over the undead and may command them at will.

There was a schism in the church of Saint Fiacra that ended with a rogue priest, Tichanto, and his inner circle buried alive under the stones of the church itself.

Entombed and overcome with thoughts of vengeance, Tichanto consumed his fellows while they lived. When he died, he became a Ghast and his entombed followers Ghouls.

Ever Tichanto yearns to escape his imprisonment and avenge himself but the consecrated grounds of the church have so far held him fast. That power, he has perceived lately, has started to weaken. Now, he prepares.


Fire-Belcher Flamberge

Chaotic longsword +1 / -1 vs dragons, INT 10 EGO 7, COM draconic, POW detect gold & gems / fire breath

Fire Breath: as breath, 30’ cone of fire, deals 1d6 damage per level of the wielder; one use, recharge by submerging the sword in great heat and flame for one hour.

This was once a gift from the great red wyrm, Xathrivrem the Belittler, to the leader of his cult, the anti-paladin, Kilperic. On Kilperic’s death, it was said the sword was buried at his side but rumor says the sword was secreted away by one of his lieutenants who have persisted in their dragon worship and continue to plot on behalf of Xathrivrem.


The Brass Staff

Lawful quarterstaff +1, INT 7 EGO 4, COM empathy, POW weal or woe

Weal or Woe: once per day, while the staff is held in the light of a sunrise, the wielder may ask one question that will be answered truthfully with a response of either weal (it is good) or woe (it is ill).

This staff, fashioned entirely in brass, was once housed in the temple to a Sun God. When the temple was razed, the staff was lost.


Dawnbringer

Lawful morningstar +1 / +2 vs undead, INT 7 EGO 7, COM empathy, POW detect undead / continual light

This weapon was forged for the war against the dread necromancer, Bailtang, and wielded by the patriarch, Gonalen.

After the cleric’s death, the weapon was housed in the church of Saint Fiacra, consecrating its grounds, until it recently, mysteriously disappeared.


The Fingers of Death

Lawful arrow +2 / +4 vs undead, INT 3 EGO 3, COM none, POW none

Only a single quiver of these arrows were ever made during the wars against Bailtang the Necromancer. During the final assault on his grim fortress, the arrows were spent and presumed lost. One, however, has since been recovered from a war memorial so there is yet hope the rest may be found.

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Swordtember 2023 (forums.hexed.press)
 

Anybody else giving Swordtember a try this year? I am giving it ago, despite failing miserably at it last year. One wrinkle for me: I'm not limiting myself to swords. I hereby dub it, Weaptember!

As it is also #WIPWednesday, here's the write-up on my first weapon:

Gorger, the Club of Blebazabu

Chaotic great club +2 / +4 vs Law, INT 9 EGO 8, COM empathy, POW illusion generation / detect law

This was the war club of the demon, Blebazabu, lost somewhere on the prime material plane. Legend places it at the bottom of a steep crater hidden under a sea of ice.

Though the great demon cannot leave his abyssal abode, it is said his servants are ever seeking for the club. Woe betide the world should they find it!

 

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/4986588

During my marathon pointcrawl across the country, I had a Gamemastering epiphany: everything should have a cost!

 

During my marathon pointcrawl across the country, I had a Gamemastering epiphany: everything should have a cost!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Are they compatible in a special way? I don’t hear midderlands mentioned much these days. I’m not very familiar with it. What’s the elevator pitch?

 

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I had the thought of replacing the resource cost of spells in a system like an into the odd hack or knave hack with creativity.

How well this works is going to be very table dependent. If everyone playing are creative dynamos, they will go crazy with a system like this-- whether it goes too far or not will be on you as the GM. If only some of the players excel at this sort of thing, it will create an imbalance between a set of haves and have-nots: those who can muster up the haikus, insults, etc. and reap the benefits and those who can't. I tend to think that unless you carefully craft the effects and cap them in some way, it can get out of hand either way to the detriment of the experience as a whole.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I played in a one-shot at PAX East. I haven't played it as a campaign. If I were to run it, I would lean into the doom and the calendar and the like. As with other OSR games, I would set up an overall scenario that player-characters could be easily plugged into rather than a personalized narrative. I don't think MB would be my first choice if I were setting out to referee a campaign but I think it absolutely can work and, if I loved MB, I would not hesistate to run a campaign with it.

 

I found a copy of "Three Hearts and Three Lions" set out on a stoop yesterday. Someone's trash is now my treasure!

 

Hey Gang,

I'm seeing an uptick in downvoting to, I presume, express displeasure. Please don't. If a topic doesn't speak or appeal to you, move along, please don't downvote it. Please use the downvote button for content that doesn't belong here because it is inappropriate.

Thank you and game on!

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Yoon Suin and Orientalism (familiarwaves.substack.com)
 

Saw this posted to Mastodon and I thought it was worth sharing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I streamed a post-mortem of the game earlier today, if anyone’s interested.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Interesting! Thanks for the write-up!

 

Saw this and thought it was interesting.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Can you describe Law I a bit more? Also, got any practical examples of spell-casting that used this system?

 

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/2157285

Last night I ran a one-shot based on one of the scenarios from Kavlov's Sanctuary! Everybody had fun (at least that's what they told me so it must be true, right? 🤐 🤣) and it was nice to finally do a live play-- though I absolutely had some nervousness going on. If you're interested in any of the prep that I did, I streamed some of that earlier yesterday.

 

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/2157285

Last night I ran a one-shot based on one of the scenarios from Kavlov's Sanctuary! Everybody had fun (at least that's what they told me so it must be true, right? 🤐 🤣) and it was nice to finally do a live play-- though I absolutely had some nervousness going on. If you're interested in any of the prep that I did, I streamed some of that earlier yesterday.

 

Last night I ran a one-shot based on one of the scenarios from Kavlov's Sanctuary! Everybody had fun (at least that's what they told me so it must be true, right? 🤐 🤣) and it was nice to finally do a live play-- though I absolutely had some nervousness going on. If you're interested in any of the prep that I did, I streamed some of that earlier yesterday.

 

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/1866866

Been thinking about loot for xp this weekend.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I was more interested in the selling of things than the buying but I will give it a read!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Really? Glad that I haven’t run across it!

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