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New Character Sheets!

The all of the character sheets are available for download here: /creating-characters/character-sheet/

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August 30, 2016

Hit Points vs Damage System

As many of you know, I work on a number of different systems. I am a frequent GM for Fate Core, D6 Star Wars and even Savage Worlds in addition to other non-rpg board games. One of the things that always seems to bog down our D&D sessions is the combat grind. Turn after turn…

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August 24, 2016

D100 Random / Ideas

D100 Things That Are In Pockets

1 3 SPs 51 Small petrified head 2 False teeth 52 Feather from rare bird 3 Obscured treasure map 53 A couple of small round stones 4 Love letter 54 Loose tea in a leather pouch 5 Small silver dagger 55 Gold bracelet (30 GPs) 6 A set of rusty keys 56 A wool cap…

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August 5, 2016

D100 Random / Ideas

D100 Mildly Plausible Background Stories For Characters

1 Mentor was killed in an explosion 51 Swindled a high ranking mage/thief 2 Father was beheaded 52 Grew up on an island far from civilization 3 Sister kidnapped by Demon 53 Bandit, refused to participate in a raid 4 Home town destroyed 54 Drowned a family member 5 Lost all gold in bad bet…

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July 28, 2016

Encounter / Ideas / Map

A village in Yemen. — Tome and Tomb

I'm totally going to use this as a location in the future. Originally posted on bestphotosweb: A village in Yemen. http://ift.tt/2a1RlHu via A village in Yemen. — Tome and Tomb

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July 27, 2016

Map

Intersection P — Antherwyck House Games Blog

This was another map with a definite concept driving it. In this case, it’s a broad passageway that has suffered some sort of catastrophic collapse, and then connections between the two sides have been re-established with several new (but much smaller) tunnels which go through the debris of the collapse. via Intersection P — Antherwyck House…

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July 27, 2016

D100 Random / Dungeon Mastery / Ideas

D100 Table Of Crypts, Tombs, And Mausoleums

Add some randomness to your next adventure with the D100 Table Of Crypts, Tombs, And Mausoleums. So the next time you need to send your players of to find something in a mysterious crypt, but can't think of an intriguing name for it, try one of these. The Skull Crypt of the Incinerating Monkey anyone? Thanks to John…

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July 26, 2016

Gameplay / Rules

Two New Options: Notice and Heroics

Neither of these should be a big shock, but I am implementing two new items in the DM's toolkit. The rest of the docs will be updated shortly as will the character sheet. - A Notice This number is for every character. It is set default to the Character's Wisdom (with the Ability Focus if…

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July 3, 2016

General Info

Passive perception. Thoughts?

What you think about passive perception? Does it add to the game? Is it something you wish that was in the old days? I kind of miss it and I'm thinking of adding it to the game. I love to hear everyone's thoughts.

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June 28, 2016

Bestiary / Dungeon Mastery / Dungeons & Dragons / Monsters

Calling all Monsters!

Here at the SimpleDND project I try to keep the options limited and keep the game as streamlined as possible, even if that means rewriting rules. Right now we are updating the bestiary. The current list is: Ankheg, Ant, Giant, Bat Swarm, Bat, Giant, Beetle, Fire, Bugbear, Carrion Crawler, Centipede, Giant, Ghoul, Giant, Hill, Gnoll, Goblin,…

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June 28, 2016

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