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  1. talien

    Dragon Reflections #90

    I wrote about this, it's interesting because the idea wasn't you couldn't play it, but that you were expected to play it as a "henchman" which back then were "NPCs we play because Dave couldn't make the game tonight": RPG Evolution: Don't Play This Class! Way more common in the early days of...
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    RPG Evolution: Stone Dragon Bookends

    Honestly I almost sold them off. They were so solid though they felt like they were worth the investment, and when I looked them up online to see how expensive they sold for I decided I could at least try. I'm quite happy with them now, thank you!
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    RPG Evolution: Stone Dragon Bookends

    Aww thanks I’m mostly painting stuff that’s been around my house for ages and was given to me we gifts.
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    RPG Evolution: Stone Dragon Bookends

    I've had these bookends forever and was about to get rid of them when I realized with a fresh coat of paint, they could be really amazing. So I did just that. The Good These Stone Dragon Bookends from Windstone Editions are solid. They weigh 6 lbs. each and are carved 5 inches long by 5 inches...
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  9. talien

    RPG Archive: Lovecraft Country for CoC and D&D

    It took me forever to hunt down the Nocturnum campaign in D20 format and it's...not great. It's not really Cthulhu-esque at all and basically invents its own mythos. Which is fine, but of course the whole point was to use it with the rules/setting. This was the wild, wooly days of "anything can...
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    RPG Archive: Lovecraft Country for CoC and D&D

    Exactly. It's actually really good at providing some basic grounding of Mythos elements into D&D terms... so you can use them in other D&D-compatible games.
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    RPG Archive: Lovecraft Country for CoC and D&D

    I ran a five year campaign combining D20 Modern with D20 Call of Cthulhu. You can see how most of it went down here: Modern/Delta Green - The Beginning of the End (COMPLETED) Call of Cthulhu doesn't really address the power creep inherent in any D&D-inspired RPG, it just caps it. Which is why...
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    White Dwarf Reflections #10

    The only two critters worth "saving" IMO. You can see how early days D&D was as much about laughing at the mechanics, and how people actually played ("haha, the monster does the REVERSE of what you expect!" seems to have been HILARIOUS to DMs anyway). All that story stuff would come later.
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    White Dwarf Reflections #10

    I submit as evidence Dragon Magazine #299, my debut issue: Dragon #299 arrived, contents The cover: At the bottom: "Demons and Angles: The Hidden Alliance" Making a published, polished magazine is HARD.
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    RPG Evolution: Toy Vault Dragon Tissue Box Cover

    It's really interesting that tissues "have to be white" in America. I seriously looked at these tissues and still am, but they're not in box form so I'd have to put them into a cube.
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    RPG Evolution: Toy Vault Dragon Tissue Box Cover

    I stumbled upon this tissue box when I was looking to replace my existing one, which had started to fall apart. When I got it for my birthday, I just knew I had to repaint it. The Good This sculpt is gray and black, with a sliding door in the back to accommodate a cube-shaped tissue box...
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    White Dwarf Reflections #9

    The original term likely came from Svartálfar - Wikipedia , which is interesting, since that way lies drow. It might be why they were changed to "xvart" but more to the point, it positioned svartalfar as squat dwarves vs. lithe elves (as wikipedia attests). Given they were inspired by a story in...
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    Freebies, Sales, and Charity Bundles for February 16, 2025

    So glad to hear you're making progress! Hang in there!
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    RPG Evolution: Medieval Dragon Mug

    It's amazing to me how many of the fantasy mugs actually don't function as mugs. You can't wash them in a dishwasher, but I'm willing to forgive that if they're really detailed -- but the fact the handle isn't large enough for an adult to actually hold it? At that point it's just a pen holder...
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