Friday, March 6, 2026

Spark Tables for Bandit Companies

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Roll a D4, D6, D8, D20, and consult the tables. Louis Rhead How many are there? (1D4) Three Half a dozen A Dozen A Horde (10 + Add up all di...
Saturday, February 28, 2026

Idiosyncratic Knight NPCs

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This is inspired by Zelda-Style NPC Personalities .  I am a big fan of using a variety of NPC generation tools in a single campaign to keep ...
Tuesday, February 24, 2026

Lockpicking Minigame

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Here is a random lockpicking minigame idea I had: Lockpicking is guessing.  Each lock has a number from 1 to 10.  Without any skill you have...
Wednesday, February 11, 2026

The Slumbering Castle Devlog 5: Paths

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Mapping the Kingdom My work to map out the Slumbering Castle continues.  I will be running my first test of this dungeon at Total Con 40 in...
Wednesday, January 28, 2026

The Slumbering Castle Devlog 4: The Dragon and Secrets

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The Dragon Since the "clock" of stamina is tracked by players, there is hopefully a bit of mental bandwidth budget to determine wh...
Sunday, January 25, 2026

The Slumbering Castle Devlog 3: Brainstorming

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Brainstorming Places The Slumbering Castle  will need plenty of hazardous places, and places with treasure to be looted.  In an adventure wi...
Tuesday, January 20, 2026

The Slumbering Castle Devlog 2: Challenges and Enchantments

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Challenges in the Slumbering Castle There is only 1 enemy to fight in the Slumbering Castle¹.  The place is empty.  Initially I pondered inc...