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Here's a quick insight into Players; the scariest things are those that break the rules. Don't give her any more than a few levels of commoner and simply insist the girl has "friends", albeit dead ones. The rules provide a solid framework that the players use to interpret the game world. By...

I'll see if I can this weekend. He obtained portions of two texts. The first is labeled as being 17th century Spanish and contains five or six poor woodcuts showing various poses including two involving striking at close targets with the butt of the weapon. The second is from a 1920's...

One of my players has aproached me about using polearms to threaten both the square adjacent to the PC as well as those normally affected by reach weapons - my original decision was no solely for game balance reasons, however he has followed up his original request with ample documentation from...

AFAIK The earliest use of the percentile system for non strength stats appears in the old Giants in/of the Earth column from Dragon magazine as early as issues in the thirties. I have from that time (`78-`79) several small zine ways of handling these, so I have always believed there was no...

As a follow up, another important consideration is the type and quantity of magic available to the miners. Placer mining in which gold, as flakes and nuggets, is taken from the gravel can be boosted by various sorting cantrips or spells, but while the spells instantly affect a small area manual...

True Most gold mining towns see a burst of initial wealth in the first few years (1-5) as the easily obtainable gold in dust and nugget form is panned or collected from the surrounding country side. Some shafts will be dug in search of veins, but further development requires a large amount of...