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Cyclopeatron: January 2013

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Thursday, January 17, 2013. 5e: Returning to a Basic / Advanced Model? A few days ago Mike Mearls made a fairly exciting post. On the D&D Next. Website. In it he expands on some earlier discussions outlining plans to craft a two-tier system for D&D Next. Where there would be a completely stand-alone basic core set that could then be expanded to make a crunchier 3.5/Pathfinder like game if players so desired. This model would be something that would differentiate 5e from Pathfinder. On the last D&D Next.

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Sickly Purple Death Ray: July 2010

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Thursday, July 29, 2010. Spotted on a shopping trip to Harajuku. Insert obligatory Vecna joke here…. From a post on Boing Boing. Thursday, July 22, 2010. LotFP Weird Fantasy RPG pics posted on Dragonsfoot. Jim Raggi mailed out comp copies of his new RPG earlier this week and they have begun to land. A gamer in Scotland received a copy and posted a number of pictures in a thread on Dragonsfoot. Of all the pictures posted, my favorite is of the wilderness map I drew:. This map is from the Weird New World.

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Sickly Purple Death Ray: June 2010

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Monday, June 28, 2010. I haven't abandoned this blog, I've just been inordinately busy as of late:. I bought a new house. Z and I got moved in and squared away in record time. I created two home offices this time: the usual one for security consulting and one for the new RPG business. The future mother-in-law came for a visit. I'm exiting the freelance cartography business with a bang, doing all the maps for the next several LotFP. Releases: Hammers of the God. Tower of the Stargazer. Search the Death Ray.

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Sickly Purple Death Ray: Interesting Places: Sinister Sub-Level

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Monday, February 28, 2011. Interesting Places: Sinister Sub-Level. I'm still operating in an overloaded state—it's amazing that I even find the time to sketch out these little maps. In any case, here's a quick one for you: the Sinister Sub-Level. I am sharing this map under a Creative Commons. This is great, Yesmar! February 28, 2011 at 11:20 AM. Very cool and useful. Thanks! March 1, 2011 at 5:21 PM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Search the Death Ray. Happy New Year to all.

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Sickly Purple Death Ray: March 2010

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Wednesday, March 31, 2010. Interesting Places: Temple of the Ratgod. Deep beneath the Citadel of the Sorcerer-King, in dungeons long forgotten, lies the Temple of the Ratgod. Sequestered behind hidden doors are the temple chambers. The whole area is ruined, with walls and ceiling looking like they might collapse at any moment. The place is strewn with great piles of refuse. Rot grubs and disease are a continual danger in this dismal place. I am sharing this map under a Creative Commons. Whirling, you rea...

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Sickly Purple Death Ray: Nothing New Under the Sun

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Wednesday, March 30, 2011. Nothing New Under the Sun. Inspiration is interesting, particularly when you recognize it in hindsight. I had previously thought that I had been channeling Richard Corben. When I illustrated The Tombs. 1) while flying to Chicago to go to Gary Con. III What do I see on the first page of Moebius's 1977 masterpiece? None other than The Tombs. Whatever you want to call it, it's cool by me. Or are there more things on heaven or earth, to paraphrase the bard? Being compared to Moebiu...

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Sickly Purple Death Ray: Gary Con III

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Monday, March 28, 2011. III was fantastic this year, as expected. I played for five-and-a-half hours in Grodog. S Greyhawk Castle. We explored a seriously nice homage to EGG. Of the classic creatures documented from that sub-level, we encountered and slew pteranadons and giant albino crabs (which happened to be of the spell-turning variety). We also met and dispatched giant spiders (save or die! And the quest for Kuroth's Quill. In any case, the crew held up well and we had a blast. Good times. Where wer...

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Sickly Purple Death Ray: April 2010

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Sunday, April 11, 2010. Joesky Keys the Forgotten Chambers. Is what I'm talking about. Awesome! Has posted Part 1. Of his key to the Forgotten Chambers. Friday, April 2, 2010. Interesting Places: Forgotten Chambers. A series of crumbling chambers, lost deep beneath the surface, awaiting your key. This will be the last map for a while, as I need to get some projects completed. I'll be back later. I am sharing this map under a Creative Commons. Thursday, April 1, 2010. In one area there is a 20-foot square...

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Sickly Purple Death Ray: February 2011

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Monday, February 28, 2011. Interesting Places: Sinister Sub-Level. I'm still operating in an overloaded state—it's amazing that I even find the time to sketch out these little maps. In any case, here's a quick one for you: the Sinister Sub-Level. I am sharing this map under a Creative Commons. Monday, February 7, 2011. Interesting Places: Evil Temple. I'm spread far too thin to spend much time on the blog these days. Bear with me, it won't last forever. In the meantime, enjoy a map of an evil tem...The a...

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Sickly Purple Death Ray: January 2011

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Monday, January 31, 2011. Interesting Places: An Experiment. In early 2010, when I was just getting the interesting places. Series of maps started, a reader commented that, "I still have this problem with how to describe such an environment without just draw out the intricate twists on a battlemap." (This was in reference to the Caves of Madness. Map) Having drawn some caves recently, I have been revisiting this very problem. I mentioned this to Z. And she recommended that I look into bubble diagrams.