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  • [D&D 4e] Gelatinous Owlbear

    Gelatinous Owlbear Level 8 Elite brute Large Aberrant beast XP 700 HP 212 Bloodied 106 AC 20 Fort 23 Reflex 21 Will 18 Speed 5 (cannot shift) Saving throws +2 Action points: 1 Traits: Made of Goo Whenever an adjacent enemy attacks and hits the Gelatinous Owlbear, they take 5 acid damage. Ooze While squeezing,…

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  • [D&D 4e] Lutums

    Another monster from the 2nd edition Monstrous Compendium – Spelljammer Appendix, updated to 4e. No added backstory this time. Lutum mudshadow Level 9 lurker Medium elemental animate (ooze, shapechanger, earth) 400 xp Initiative +14 Perception +7 HP 75 Bloodied 37 AC 20 Fort 20 Ref 22 Will 22 Immune petrification, resist 10 poison Move 7…

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  • Blackrazor

    A few years ago, I ran my wife’s D&D character through the classic module White Plume Mountain. During the game, she recovered the infamous artifact Blackrazor, which came to factor heavily into the campaign. This was in 3.5, but when Wizards of the Coast had a contest updating Blackrazor to 4e, I wrote this up.…

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  • Once I Was a Warrior

    For my brother’s 30th birthday, I made him a roleplaying game. It’s a meditation on fate, growing older and how people change over time. Once I Was a Warrior

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  • [D&D 4e] Fractines

    Fractines are a mirror based monster that appear in 2nd edition Dungeons and Dragons’ Spelljammer Monstrous Compendium Appendix. Unfortunately, they are really lacking in any sort of backstory or flavor or story hooks. And that’s sad, because I really like weird mirror based enemies in my games (like the Nerra from the 3.x Fiend Folio).…

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  • The Alchemists of Pwang

    Background The alchemists of Pwang commit soul staining sins in an effort to cleanse their souls. Unfortunately, no one in Pwang can be sure what the gods approve of and what they do not, at least while they live. Miracles Take a tarot deck, separate the minor arcana from the major arcana. Shuffle both decks.…

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  • Shakespeare 2985

    SHAKESPEARE 2985 is a game I wrote for Graham Walmsley’s Alternative Game Chef. It’s a science fiction espionage murder mystery do-it-yourself alternate reality game about interpreting poetry and failing thermal dampeners. Yeah, I guess it’s a bit odd.

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  • Cardenio’s Daughter

    Cardenio has a problem. He seems to be slipping between three distinct realities, with a different life in each.

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  • Cardenio, again

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  • Cardenio’s Daughter, first draft

    Cardenio’s Daughter, or “Follow the Lady” Game Chef 2011 A game by Nick Wedig “Mad let us grant him then. And now remains That we find out the cause of this effect Or rather say, the cause of this defect, For this effect defective comes by cause. Thus it remains, and the remainder thus. Perpend.…

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