I have thought about this for some time, being a first time designer (and soon to be first time publisher), I thought it would be good to have a place to share not just my own thoughts but those of others who devote their time and resources to posting helpful and informative information online for the benefit of all.
So if you are creator or just curious check in and see what the man behind the curtain is doing :)
Enjoy!
My Blog List
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Dungeons & Dragons White Box 22 - *Contact Higher Plane: This spell allows the magical-type to seek advice and gain knowledge from creatures inhabiting higher planes of existence (the ref...
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the Ossuary of Whispers - They built the ossuary where ley-storms gather, in a hollowed cleft between two black spurs of rock, lest the wind … Continue reading →13 hours ago
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TSR's "A" series of adventures in unusually unruly strongholds: Introduction - Illustration from Slave Pits of the Undercity (1980) by David S. LaForce D&D was born in the castle. The Castle and Crusade Society of wargamers brought G...20 hours ago
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4 Steps to Better Maps - Tired of pausing gameplay to hastily sketch a scene? Front-loading your map prep is one of the best ways to help with session pacing. The #Mapvember2025 ...1 day ago
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SNAFU Title Card - I've set up title cards for short videos before, and I've been enthusiastic for the before as well. It's probably the AuDHD/"Neurospiciness" that alw...1 day ago
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"Dear JB" Mailbag #49 - **sigh** *Dear JB:* *I joined a D&D campaign in person and have been mostly having a great time, but the DM seems roleplay averse, even when he doesn't ha...1 day ago
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[New Magic Item] Deep Storm Snowglobe - Deep Storm Snowglobe Wrilk shook the small snow globe before either Bakra-do or Skorbi could stop him.‘Why do you have to use that thing, why not just toss...1 day ago
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D&D: Designing Backwards - There’s a lot of stuff I like about D&D 5th Edition, but there are some pretty deep systemic issues with how the game is designed. Yesterday, for example, ...1 day ago
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All Spiders (And Snakes) Are Not Alike - Snakes & Spiders in RPGs tend to one-size-fits-all construction. Use reality to make them exceptional! I got curious this morning. Australia is well-known ...4 days ago
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Glantri Reunion III: Timeskip Tables After-Action Report - We had our first Glantri reunion session, and it was largely successful! After 10 years of war and political shenanigans, the Company of Crossed Swords (ou...2 weeks ago
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Mystery surge of blog visits in August 2025 - Over the course of this blog’s sixteen years of life, it typically has received in the range of 5,000 – 10,000 page visits per month. A handful of times ...
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Gems III: Assessments - In this series on gems (four years in the making!) I’ve talked about how to set up gem types for a dungeon and how to assign gems to treasure. But how do ...5 weeks ago
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Fr. Peter Heers and the Satanic Panic - A reader of my blog recently reached out to me. He shared a video of Fr. Peter Heers, an influential Orthodox Christian YouTuber, answering the question ...5 weeks ago
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Appendix N: September 2025 Edition - It's long-since-past the time that this Appendix N list needed to be updated. Several additional books have been added to the collection, including s...
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Holmes1to3 [general guidelines] - Notes on playing a D&D campaign using only the Holmes Basic set of rules with level 1 to 3 being the only levels achievable by Player Characters. 1st...2 months ago
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Tomb of the Blind and Deaf Dead - So the cat is out of the bag thanks to Tobias Schulte-Krumpen, who posted the above image to the Lamentations of the Flame Princess facebook group. I ...
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where are psionics from? - A kind of crazy in-game explanation for D&D psionics occurred to me. I haven’t seen it before so I figured I’d share it. The canonical explanation for psio...3 months ago
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Lexicon of Klarkash-Ton, Hierophant of Atlantis: Lupanar - This time, we follow the good High Priest to the far future, to the final continent of Earth, Zothique, for a a tale of ennui and love: Morthylla. Witho...
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Trollish Delver moving - In an effort to get away from the shadow of Google this blog can now be found at www.trollish-delver.writeas.com.8 months ago
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Forever unto the breach, dear friends... - Sorry, I haven't been around. But it's for all the right reasons. My roleplaying card is constantly filled, these days. I started Once More Unto the Brea...9 months ago
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Kanoodle as In-Game Puzzle - Part 1 - For a very long time, I've been interested in integrating real puzzles into my tabletop games. I know that some folks prefer to keep character skills separ...11 months ago
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Abiørn's Satchel - This weathered leather satchel is tooled in nautical designs and is full of rose-colored salt. Rubbing the salt on a sea creature will dry it out and sh...4 years ago
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Old-School Essentials Online Tools and SRD - My 2nd favorite incarnation, OSE, of my favorite D&D rule set, B/X. [My 1st favorite is Necrotic Gnome's previous, B/X Essentials, cause it was soft backe...
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Please Update Your Link! - If you're seeing this, it means your link to the Greyhawk Grognard blog is out of date. Please update your link to www.greyhawkgrognard.com (RSS feed is h...7 years ago
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FREE Version of Microlite20 Comprehensive Edition Now Available - The Pay What You Want/Free (no art) version of the *Microlite20 Comphrensive Edition* is now available. *Microlite20* is a tiny version of 3.x designed to ...
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Session XCIII: One Pissed Off Dragon! - Our ongoing Swords and Wizardry sandbox campaign... *Current Player Characters:* *Thenus* (Ranger) *Wang Du* (Monk) *Wolfheir* (Viking) *Arg* (Half-orc) ...
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Adventure Lookup - This looks like a handy resource : AdventureLookup.com Looks like more than 200 1e/B/x/osr adventures in the database so far. Should come in handy next tim...8 years ago
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Eurafrika Attacks! [Campaign Idea] - Around about 1929, a German architect by the name of Herman Sörgel came with an idea he called Atlantropa. The idea was simple (no, not really) - he was go...
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It's hard to do horror in D&D - I love the Ravenloft setting, but I have to admit that it is really hard to pull off horror games with Dungeons & Dragons. The biggest issue is clerics. Th...8 years ago
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The curious anger against The Forge - I read a post earlier this week that was one of those that makes you wonder what world the poster lives in. The thrust of the argument was that The Forge h...9 years ago
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Eureka! Password Recovered - Gee, that only took forever. First, I would like to apologize from my prolonged absence from this blog. There are several reasons. I had some major life up...9 years ago
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unlikely treasures 2: even still more loot for the taking - Roll d12 for the loot! 1. *Matched set of masterwork half-plate & masterwork heavy shield with silver shield spikes (1400gp).* Weighs 70lbs. A...
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[Campaign Analysis] Deadlands Reloaded: Lost in the Maze - My *Deadlands* campaign wrapped up yesterday. As is my wont, with the closure of another campaign it's now time to take a look at "[w]hat worked, what di...
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Bardic Songcasting - Building off of the outline of the Bard class, here is how they cast spells: Bardic Songcasting Bards perform their songs by singing, dancing, or playing...12 years ago
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Closing Today - The Underdark Gazette will go Down, sometime after 11:00 PM, Central Time, this evening. Please, if you would be so kind, update your links to my new blog ...13 years ago
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