2012 – Page 19 – In My Campaign

Link of Fame: How to write a free RPG

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Rob Lang of the Free RPG Blog has presented a guide on how to write a free RPG, and since it looks like he’s now done (which is his cue to add an Epilogue, just watch) I thought I’d present a list of links to each section of the guide.

All in all I like how it’s presented. I’ve copied the entire thing to a Word file (so I can convert it to an EPUB and load it onto my ebook reader and read it during my commute, when I have more time to absorb the material).

Link of Fame: Digital Art Zone FREE 3D Software Suite Announcement

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I cannot explain how awesome I find this. Until the end of the month, DAZ is offering three of their 3d modeling packages (DAZ Studio 4 Pro, Bryce 7, and Hexagon 2.5) for free download. FREE 3D Software Suite DAZ Studio 4 Pro Bryce 7 Pro Hexagon 2.5

RPG Blog Carnival: Fantastic Locations — Roundup, Take 3

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This is embarrassing. I feel bad about missing Simon’s post, but downright stupid for overlooking two of my own. Keith Davies — In My Campaign Fantastic Location: Rime Tower, Part 2 — Perspiration makes some decisions about what direction to go with this location and nails down some details. Fantastic …

RPG Blog Carnival: Fantastic Locations — Missed One!

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I have been reviewing the carnival submissions and just realized I’d overlooked one.

My apologies, skyfullofdust, I didn’t see the pingback.

… and the sky full of dust

skyfullofdust provides some background on The City where the various groups he has been describing (including the Church of Consumption, the Church of Fleeting Dreams, and the Church of the Fleeting Light — all of which have, I think, been linked to in my Links of the Week). This post provides some context for those religions, they certainly appear to fit.

Simplifying Armor Class

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I thought I would expand on an almost incidental idea in Falling off the RNG. I think D&D 3.x has too many armor class values. I believe this is mostly to model certain types of play and to encourage player characters (and other monsters) to act in specific ways. I …

Links of the Week: January 30, 2012

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Okay, so this one went up earlier than expected, I forgot how far ahead I’d set it. Ah well, I should have time to catch up this weekend. The RPG Blog Festival: Fantastic Locations wrapped up this week. Over forty submissions from twenty sites, a pretty good turnout overall. It …

Sandbox Resource Site

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I floated an idea yesterday at google+, and figured I’d see if there’s broader appeal. I am considering (because I don’t seem to have enough things to do) starting a sandbox resource site, ideally with shared input. I’d likely create and manage the site but want submissions from other people …

RPG Blog Carnival: Fantastic Locations, Final Roundup

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I am really impressed with the turnout for this Carnival. I make it ~~forty-one~~ forty-four posts (it seems I missed a few, including two of my own!) from twenty-one blogs. I think the weekly roundups were a good idea, I just have to collect them all and I’m mostly done.

This has been a very busy month for me, and honestly I stayed up way too late finishing my last post to be clever in writing a closing vignette. Pretend the old guy who greeted everyone at the beginning is musing on the broad and surprising nature of the posts seen this month, and musing what question to raise for the next one.

Because I plan to do this again. It was more work than I expected, but I had a great time.

Thanks for coming out, everyone.

Complete List of Carnival Posts

… at least as far as I know it.

I suppose alphabetical order of blog title is as fair as anything.

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Fantastic Location: Rime Tower, Part 3 — Implementation

kjdavies January 31, 2012 February 24, 2012 2012-01 Fantastic Locations / Campaign Setting Design / Entity / Gazetteer itemprop="discussionURL"4 Comments

Finally, I am in a position to describe Rime Tower in (hopefully succinct) detail. I started more than two weeks ago looking for Inspiration, applied some Perspiration, and now move to Implementation. Potential (because I’m not describing them now) other entities are highlighted in bold. Text in <angle brackets> indicates …

Fantastic Location: Rime Tower, Part 2 — Perspiration

kjdavies January 30, 2012 January 31, 2012 2012-01 Fantastic Locations / Campaign Setting Design / Gazetteer itemprop="discussionURL"One Comment

A couple of days ago I came up with the idea of Rime Tower. I started basically from a blank sheet of paper, some dice, and a small (mmm… about six-inch) stack of RPG books and went looking for ideas. I ended up with a rough idea of what I …