When I run a game, part of the session Zero is that pets and familiars will never be targeted by opponents if the PC does not sent them into active combat. They might get caught or trapped while scouting or such, but never hurt. Too many peeps at my table with fur babies (including myself) to do...
Best campaign I have ever run by a long shot! Players all got into the story in a huge way. Some additional notes:
1. Not one player read the unredacted manuscript - I sent them the whole PDF. It is a confusing read and the annotations are difficult to decipher. At one point, they showed it to a...
I have used this idea several times as a player and a DM.
Player - we're going to a small island area? I bring ten pounds of high quality nails, 20 high quality daggers and 10 high quality spear tips for barter. Take me to your leader!
DM - an important mage or alchemist wants an exotic flower...
I have to say, if you want a modern spy RPG, take a look at Pelgrane Press' Night's Black Agents. It really is fantastic in how it runs the whole modern day "set of skills". I've run it using the Vampire opponents as written, but you can easily drop the vampires and run it strictly as a spy vs...
Now that I think on it some more, the other thing to consider is that these CDs are not just great big file lists of PDF, apparently there's a Windows app you 'have to' use to access the files. Need to dig around and see if there's a way to extract just PDFs and/or does the app run on modern...
OK, to answer my own question...
Dragon Magazine Archive 250 issues of Dragon Magazine on 5 CDs
Several listed on eBay for $130 to $200.
Might just pick one up!
How did Glen Cook get persuaded to license TBC for another go around? Maybe Shane Ivey and Dennis Detwiller let him read the intro flavor text for Delta Green - the "What is Delta Green" page on their website. (Delta Green » What Is Delta Green?) which has a very dark Black Company kinda vibe.
Could you give a link for Amatsu's Tabletop Wasteland Battle Maps Pack?
Edit: Found it on DriveThruRPG Tabletop Wasteland Battle Maps Pack ☢️ Apocalypse bundle - Amatsu | PACKS & BUNDLES BATTLEMAPS | wasteland-encounter-maps | DriveThruRPG.com
Just backed a project there two days ago!
https://www.backerkit.com/c/westley-coleman/novel-bookwallets-2-0#top
It is a followup to a successful Kickstarter campaign from a year or two ago. So they were able to use updates to that campaign to drive attention to the new site.