Recent content by Amalricus

A voice from the wilderness I do not have a specific module for you, but I do have some good advice for how to make a wilderness adventure fun and interesting. bear with me, it can sort of help you form the adventure. Its the trip that matters. It is not the destination, or the denizens of the...

I was sitting in my living room, enjoying an adult beverage and talking with my RPG group a few weeks ago. We say we game, but we are old friends, and we often only get together once a month, so the initial hour is usually taken up with conversation and rehashing old adventures of characters...

S&B As I recall, Skull and Bones was written by Ian Sturrock, one of my favorite RPG authors. I may need to pick that up and take a look at it, as I loved what he did with Sliane' and Conan. I understand he is working on the d20 conversion for Tekumel as well...... Amalric

DR and defense lose AC Add a defense stat to all classes, based on a three tiered value much like BaB. DOnt tie it to BaB, as some classes that have average attack would naturally have good defense, (rogue for example). Level Good Average Poor 1 1 0...

I have been running a series of stand serial adventures in Atlas Games d20 game, Northern Crown. I love the setting, as do the players. It offers a real world foundation and frame of reference. You are in Boston, not maguailania, and everyone can dial in. As a GM, I have all the plot hooks I...

Drive your Enemies Before You I have had the pleasure of running a series of Conan adventures. If you are a fan of RE Howard you will love this game. I wont go into great detail about this, there are plenty of great reviews out there, but it hits the mark and is true to the author's vision if...

A proverbial Old Head is seeking new players and or reffs. FTF 3.5 D&D modified. Original campaign world that is over 25 years old run by a venerable Ref, hosted in the suburban utopia that is Allen Texas. The Genre is Sword and Sorcery with a dash of high fantasy. Tough and gritty, with a...

Sliane You may want to have a glance at the d20 mongoose products, Sliane and Conan. The magic may not be utterly subtle, but the system could cetainely be formed to fit the tone you are looking for. I use them for a low magic d20 campaign, and the fit is very nice. The setting info on Sliane...

prep and form for reffing the wilds Formally writing every encounter and location in a huge geographic feature is difficult. It would be a gargantuan task, one that would not repay the reff, as the players tend to cross wilderness rather than adventure there. In most cases a PC will learn of a...

Use of the wilds in a D&D campaign I love the wilderness. I am an avid camper and moderate outdoorsman. I love hot coffee in the morning over a campfire, or whiskey at night around the flames. I love the separation, the lack of cell phones and pagers. I simply love it. This may be why I also...

A CUltural Warrior I use a template for a cultural warrior in my home brew game that allows me to change up a class to fit certain features of each culture. I used the Samurai from OA as a mold. Initially I used the template to create a class for a barbarian tribe that did not rage, exactly...