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Transylvania Chronicles

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 21:07:28 +0000

Some things for the game.

WoD Stuff

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 22:19:37 +0000

Resources and house rules, and so on.

Bread and Circuses

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:11:06 +0000

This section includes information about the latest instalment of my Fading Suns game.

The Inestimable Fortunes of the Golden Bough

Mon, 14 May 2007 08:16:24 +0000

The Inestimable Fortunes of the Golden Bough is a Tékumel game, probably using some sort of Runequest/Call of Cthulu mash-up.

Five Great Houses

Thu, 30 Nov 2006 12:10:19 +0000

The origin of the Malkavian known as Marcus is unclear. What is known is that he travelled extensively, collecting quite a coterie of friends and lovers, before arriving in London. Shortly after, around the turn of the 12th century, a strange plague swept the city, killing only the weakest of mortals but virtually all the Cainites; all except Marcus and his five companions.

Tékumel

Tue, 26 Sep 2006 23:56:29 +0000

This section will remain small for the time being, since I don't run Tékumel and while I'd love to the list of things I'd love to run is much longer than the list of things I'll get time to run, for the foreseeable future.

Noble Address

Mon, 04 Sep 2006 12:17:23 +0000

From a lesson given to the youngest children of Vice-Chancellor Peter Kraemer of the Academy of Reeves by Claudia Torensen, Daughter of The Count of Llian.

Noble men and women take etiquette and address very seriously, and knowing how to meet them and do business with them without offending them is a very important skill to any Guildsman who wants to do any work in Imperial or Noble space. Your father has asked me to give you something of a primer on the correct address for members of different Houses.

Noble Ranks

Wed, 09 Aug 2006 12:34:16 +0000

A substantial guide to addressing nobles appears elsewhere, and includes much of the information you might need for dealing with them. Here are a few slightly more game-oriented comments.

Military Ranks

Tue, 08 Aug 2006 10:21:48 +0000

This is the rank listing for Imperial legions. It's based mainly on previous non-noble forces, although some noble houses (most notably the Hazat) have been using a similar structure.
To the extent that they're useful, I will be adding charts of other forces to compare later. I won't be detailing enlisted ranks, since I don't see them having an impact on the game.

Evil Rules

Wed, 19 Jul 2006 22:08:27 +0000

Meaner Addiction

In order to make the Drugs rules in the BoVD more vicious, consider the following change to the addiction rules.

New Feats

Wed, 19 Jul 2006 21:52:46 +0000

Many of the following are epic, and hence have Character Level 21 as one of their prerequisites.

On Metamagic

Wed, 19 Jul 2006 21:50:07 +0000

At high levels (such as Glorious Few, the Epic Ravenloft game I seem to have gotten myself into) some of the metamagic feats could be stacked in a particularly devious and twisted way. The following are suggestions to referees who wish to curb this; things put as 'recommendations' should be considered DM rulings for my games, other things are not (yet).

RPG Articles

Wed, 05 Jul 2006 09:15:15 +0000

Collected articles not specific to any campaign.

Wounds and Vitality

Tue, 04 Apr 2006 09:56:04 +0000

Those of you familiar with the d20 Star Wars, Stargate, Spycraft, Farscape or any of a number of others (including Unearthed Arcana for D&D), this system should be old news. However, the version I like to use is a little different to the UA version and most of the others (since the others don't have undead, for a start), so it is still worth reading through this document.

Epic Characters, Attack Bonuses and Saves

Tue, 04 Apr 2006 09:45:51 +0000

The rules for epic characters (which have now made it into the SRD, to an extent) say that the first twenty levels (or HD) contribute to the character's base attack bonus and saves, and then the epic progression takes over. However, this means that a fighter 20/wizard 20 gains a full attack bonus then goes on to learn a full complement of spells, but a wizard 20/fighter 20 learns only feats from his fighter levels and does not improve his combat, being forever stuck with minimum attack bonus. Although the FAQ to the ELH specifically confirms this, I do not think players should be penalised for the order in which they took their classes (except for the differences at first level, which are not affected by this house rule).