Recent content by ilgatto

Insofar as I have come to understand how an LLM works, there is nothing until you feed it a prompt, and there is nothing after that. In effect, it always bases its answer on your prompt only, and on its "memory" of your current "conversation" with it--i.e., how it has your earlier prompts...

Swords & Spells, or: Coming of Age Part VI: Banners in the Firelight, or: More Conduct Unbecoming In which the session starts with a brief recap of the last session, and it is agreed that Sir Suvali pays Wandering Bandolo one hundred gold pieces to begin looking for a living heir to the throne...

AD&D 2E, Thirteen Bells, or: Echos of Yesterday (9 Jan 2026) Zizis has two silver rings.

Swords & Spells, or: Coming of Age Part V: Bonfire on Apple Island, or: The Brief and Glorious Tournament of Sir Eber In which it would appear that the conversation about who will vote for whom in the King’s Council seems to have led to our noble heroes knowing that there will likely be five...

Swords & Spells, or: Coming of Age Part IV: The Duel, or: The Unseen Measure Day 188, continued: Our noble heroes have disembarked and made their way to the camp of the gathering Nisibis army, where they are presently enjoying a drink. “Messieurs,” the chevalier says. “We must apprehend the...

Swords & Spells, or: Coming of Age Part III: Fire on King’s Lake Day 185, continued: “Surely we can all agree that sinking Mim’s barges will weaken him?,” the chevalier cuts in. “We will disrupt his supply lines, he will lose his hold on the rivers and King’s Lake, he will lose revenue and men...

AD&D 2E, Thirteen Bells (19 Dec 2025) And the clock struck thirteen.

AD&D 2E, Thirteen Bells (5 Dec 2025) Zizis retrieves her silver ring.

Swords & Spells, or: Coming of Age Part II: Barges and Brigandage, or: Highborn Hands in Deeds Unbecoming In which the DM has informed our noble heroes that it is late in the afternoon of day 181 when Sir Eber, Navarre, and the chevalier reach the point where they are to meet Sir Oengus and Sir...

Here's the pdf. Readers are advised that some naughty words edited out for the thread are still in this pdf and that, on occasion, its text differs from that in the thread for various reasons. Thanks for reading.

Swords & Spells, or: Coming of Age Part I: Coup de foudre Night 167: The company reach Stalag at the end of the day. They make their way through the forest of stalagmites and stalactites and across the suspended bridges to the palace, where the duergar queen receives them at once. “Majesté!,”...

Title: Swords & Spells, or: Coming of Age (Being a Sequel to Duergar & Daemons, itself being a sequel to An Adventure in Five Acts) Author: ilgatto Number of Threads: 1 Type: Fantasy (Early to Late Medieval Europe-ish) System: AD&D 2E Setting: Homebrew (The Forest, Moftah Pilastru) Started: 6...

AD&D 2E, Nineteen Thirteen Bells (28 Nov 2025) Zizis retrieves her silver ring.

Cool find! A favorite character of mine once ran into what seems to have been an incarnation or avatar of Hel in an epic campaign, so here's another one!