31 Notes for Writing History July 10, 2019

I have written 100+ History papers in the past 6 semesters. I have collected some advice from my professors and personal experience, which I though should be shared:Learn to love double spaces papers, hate single spaced papers. 12 point fonts are fine.New Times Roman is the default choice for a reason.The professor's style guide is best. […]

Phil Viverito

Full of S*** on Valentine's Day July 10, 2019

As a child, my favorite "toy" was a black corduroy tuxedo. It must have been a hand-me-down from lord knows who. It had black pants with a red stripe down the leg, and more importantly, a matching black vest.With my toy blaster, it made the most epic Han Solo costume ever.Not that I wore it […]

Phil Viverito

Three Character Study - Moral Creatures July 10, 2019

This document was written as 3 character study, where 2 of the characters are children. The main intent was to create a realistic seeming conversation including children. I did not want idiots or wunderkind. I think I succeeded, but in free writing, created a rather dark story.The secondary intent of this post was to imbed […]

Phil Viverito

New Unnamed Project - Meet Terra and Vera July 10, 2019

When the semester ends, I start losing my writing skills. While writing science fiction and fantasy is wildly different than writing about history or social studies, any writing helps keeps some of those skills sharp.Tonight's posts are two excerpts from a 7 character study. Terra and Vera are travelers on a space ship in the […]

Phil Viverito

Castles & Crusades Cheatsheet July 9, 2019

Since we’re going to be using Castles & Crusades for our upcoming CSI Midderlands game, I thought that I’d throw together a quick cheatsheet: https://www.cheatography.com/red-dice-diaries/cheat-sheets/castles-and-crusades/

John Large

Eye Glog | … no relation to the GLOG system July 9, 2019

Tuesday Toot – G+ is closing gone. When it was alive things happened. Things unexpected. Great things. Whilst my creative output is only modest, I thought I’d hold something up into the living light, something that came about purely because G+ existed … This is a toot to G+. Background – This monster was posted […]

Goblin's Henchman

Epic conundrum July 9, 2019

I had a wonderful session last night with the "Monday Night Miserable Bastards". Lots of roleplaying, a lil exploration, a bit o' accounting. I'll write up a play report tomorrow hopefully.What I wanted to discuss today, is the fact that I didn't sleep last night. I stayed up awhile thinking about running a game on […]

shanepatrickward

Updated Layout For Gorgon Trail TROIKA! Backgrounds July 9, 2019

Found myself fiddling around a little bit with the Layout for the Gorgon Trail TROIKA! Backgrounds. The document itself has been updated with a few more Backgrounds. Hoping to finish this up soon. To view the living document, use either the above link, or this link to the previous post. Here's a quick preview of […]

ktrey

[New Magic Item] Belt of Lycanthropic Revelation July 9, 2019

Belt of Lycanthropic Revelation Navnen leaned in towards the other patron of the bar. ‘Someone in here is a lycanthrope,’ the thief said. ‘A what?’ the other man asked. ‘Someone who can change their shape,’ Navnen replied. ‘Who? Who could … Continue reading →

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Martian Robo Wizard (GLOG class) July 9, 2019

Yay! My first GLOG class!PerksYou are a robot. This gives you the equivalent of plate armor.Solar Panels: You don’t need any food, but you have to charge your solar batteries every two days. If you don’t, starting with the third day, all your rolls are at -3, at the forth at -4, and so on. […]

Norbert G. Matausch

More maps of lairs from the Adventurer, Conqueror, King System (ACKS) Lairs & Encounters book.

Fire Giants

A fire-scorched valley with ruined building and a keep in the centre, home to fire giants and their pet hell hounds. Rifts and fissures erupting with fire, sinkholes of steaming mud.