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an observation
Jul. 19th, 2024 08:27 pmThe best world-building explanation of the D&D universe is that Hermes didn't confuse the languages (hence, Common), and that Pandora wasn't sent with her box of troubles. Instead they continued exclusively with the monsters as punishment thing.
Substitute gods to taste.
Substitute gods to taste.
One More Last Time
Feb. 11th, 2023 11:57 pmOne More Last Time by Eric Ugland
A LitRPG. The narrator is in deep trouble when he gets the offer, chooses a lot randomly, gets his choices fixed up a bit, and lands in a fantasy world.
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A LitRPG. The narrator is in deep trouble when he gets the offer, chooses a lot randomly, gets his choices fixed up a bit, and lands in a fantasy world.
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Haley and the Town of Refuge
Jan. 22nd, 2023 03:51 pmHaley and the Town of Refuge by M.C.A. Hogarth
Story 6 and last! Spoilers ahead for the rest!
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Story 6 and last! Spoilers ahead for the rest!
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How to Defend Your Lair
Dec. 9th, 2022 10:52 pmHow to Defend Your Lair by Keith Ammann
A discussion of the basic elements of security.
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A discussion of the basic elements of security.
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Haley and Nana's Best House
Dec. 1st, 2022 06:14 pmHaley and Nana's Best House by M.C.A. Hogarth
Story 4. Spoilers for the earlier ones, and also the latest one out when there is clearly more ahead.
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Story 4. Spoilers for the earlier ones, and also the latest one out when there is clearly more ahead.
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Haley and the Spooky Dungeon
Dec. 1st, 2022 06:07 pmHaley and the Spooky Dungeon by M.C.A. Hogarth
Story 3, spoilers for earlier ones ahead.
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Story 3, spoilers for earlier ones ahead.
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Haley's Cozy System Armageddon
Nov. 24th, 2022 10:45 pmHaley's Cozy System Armageddon by M.C.A. Hogarth
Haley and her grandmother are making cookies before the kinda apocalypse. (Her grandmother re-read Revelation to be sure it's not the real one.) It's aliens! They arrived and they are testing humanity by -- putting it into a LitRPG!
They have to work out the rules. Haley wants to be a wizard and stocked up on ink in hopes she could work it out, and finds it going awry. They also have to figure out how to live -- power goes out, for instance.
Haley and her grandmother are making cookies before the kinda apocalypse. (Her grandmother re-read Revelation to be sure it's not the real one.) It's aliens! They arrived and they are testing humanity by -- putting it into a LitRPG!
They have to work out the rules. Haley wants to be a wizard and stocked up on ink in hopes she could work it out, and finds it going awry. They also have to figure out how to live -- power goes out, for instance.
In Another World, I Must Train my Dungeon
Sep. 27th, 2022 10:10 pmIn Another World, I Must Train my Dungeon: A LitRPG Adventure by Miles English
The second book, building on the first.
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The second book, building on the first.
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In Another World, I Must Defeat the Demon King by Miles English
A bit different. Shana is working the Sunday shift at the diner when someone appears, throwing fireballs. Followed by a sword-wielding hero looking like a Disney prince. She, the hero, and the diner's owner take the sorcerer down with sword and guns.
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A bit different. Shana is working the Sunday shift at the diner when someone appears, throwing fireballs. Followed by a sword-wielding hero looking like a Disney prince. She, the hero, and the diner's owner take the sorcerer down with sword and guns.
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Noble Roots
Jun. 2nd, 2022 10:42 pmNoble Roots by Drew Hayes
Spells, Swords, & Stealth book 5
The plot thickens. Spoilers ahead for earlier books, and I don't think it really works standalone.
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Spells, Swords, & Stealth book 5
The plot thickens. Spoilers ahead for earlier books, and I don't think it really works standalone.
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why the world is human
May. 9th, 2022 10:28 pmWas pondering some discussion I saw on why D&D and other RPG fantasy worlds are dominated by humans.
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Arbiter of Worlds
Feb. 22nd, 2022 11:46 pmArbiter of Worlds: A Primer for Gamemasters by Alexander Macris
An interesting look at the practicalities of running a game. Including how it differs from writing from the DM's point of view. He tends toward sandbox games, which emphasizes the difference. Though the chapter about abduction (reasoning from an unusual event to the principle that caused it) is something that applies to both.
A particularly interesting appendix on alignment.
An interesting look at the practicalities of running a game. Including how it differs from writing from the DM's point of view. He tends toward sandbox games, which emphasizes the difference. Though the chapter about abduction (reasoning from an unusual event to the principle that caused it) is something that applies to both.
A particularly interesting appendix on alignment.
MOAR! Monsters Know What They're Doing
Jan. 12th, 2022 09:06 pmMOAR! Monsters Know What They're Doing by Keith Ammann
More tactics and strategy for D&D monsters. Rigorously tight on the fighting side of things, including mentioning that this book or that one has other details not relevant to fighting and so to be skipped. Does discuss the monsters' motives for fighting.
Some sidebars on topics such as flanking tactics.
More tactics and strategy for D&D monsters. Rigorously tight on the fighting side of things, including mentioning that this book or that one has other details not relevant to fighting and so to be skipped. Does discuss the monsters' motives for fighting.
Some sidebars on topics such as flanking tactics.
getting the team together
Jan. 2nd, 2022 11:32 pmOne character needs to start her story with her party existing-- a GameLit sort of story.
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specialization and the superhero
Dec. 10th, 2021 08:09 pmSuperheroes tend to have to take on all comers.
Likewise adventurers in an RPG-verse. Or monster hunters in an urban fantasy.
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Likewise adventurers in an RPG-verse. Or monster hunters in an urban fantasy.
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Appendix N
Mar. 6th, 2021 06:23 pmAppendix N: The Eldritch Roots of Dungeons and Dragons by Peter Bebergal
A selection of works from the famous D&D Appendix N.
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A selection of works from the famous D&D Appendix N.
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