Things I’ve worked on, or that I’m working on, intended for publication.
This ritual takes only a single day but must be performed during the three days of the full moon. The ritualist takes a steel amulet formed in the shape of a shield, suspended from a chain made of links taken from a suit of chainmail, and bathes it in his …
During a full-day ritual, place a prepared wand (oak shaft, copper mount, amber tip) point-up in a place likely to be struck by lightning, such as the top of a barren hill, a field well away from trees. In the city, placing it at the top of a lightning rod …
The Ritual of Darkened Silence starts with rendering the recipient of the ritual being symbolically immobilized, blinded, and deafened for the three-day duration of the ritual. Customarily this is done by putting the recipient in an sarcophagus, but binding the limbs and using a blindfold and earplugs can work (but give disadvantage …
The Ritual of the Waning Moon is initiated three days before the new moon, culminating on the night the moon is darkest. A crystal ring (quartz or even glass will do) is charged with a single use of the Invisibility spell. Until discharged, the Ring of the Waning Moon reflects the …
Patrons otherworldly beings that mortals — usually ambitious, often desperate, possibly self-destructive — turn to for power. Low Fantasy Gaming doesn’t have much to support them. But it will soon.
For about a year and a half, my Saturday night group has been playing a Low Fantasy Gaming campaign — the longest-running campaign this group has had! Steve Grodzicki generously makes the core rules available for free. He also has a compatibility license that allows others to publish supplements to support …
ANYWAY, over time my document workflow has changed a few times. Here’s the latest iteration, for those who wish a look into the mind of someone not quite right (and so I have a copy to remind myself how I’m doing this). Not three weeks after I wrote that, I …
It astonishes me sometimes how long I’ve been working on Echelon, and even just on the Echelon Reference Series (I spent a year working toward the first release in September 2014). The Echelon Reference Series has been a five-year project just gathering information for the game I’m actually working toward. …
I’ve always liked special items that are distinct, sometimes even unrealistic, in description. Not Final Fantasy-style “really freaking big sword”, but with various ornamentation and other features. This is part of what I was planning to write I explored ornamentation some time ago, but have never finished the research for. …
In my last Race and Class post I discussed other ways race-class associations have been implemented in D&D and D&D-like games. I have come to prefer to the later-edition methods of handling it: some races are just better at certain classes, at least a bit, or exhibit traits similar to …
