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August 27, 2019

The Tower of Horace Sharpcheeks

Adventure for new players to Cresthaven RPG written by Alan Bollinger. Original artwork by Alan Bollinger, Jonny Gray (http://jonnygray.deviantart.com). All of the provided stats and checks can easily be adapted to other systems. Players should be low levels, approximately 10 combined. OSR Compatible. There was a time when the wizard Horace Sharpcheeks overlooked the village…

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October 9, 2015

Dungeon Mastery / Ideas

Boss Monsters are not just Monsters

Many of the monsters in the Monster Manual are unique and would not be encountered more than once in a player’s life time. Bosses should be epic creatures, Smaug the Dragon or Orcus the Demon Prince.

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February 17, 2015

General Info

Spells and Spell Lists

I'd love to hear from players. What do you think about spell lists? Should we go back to a more B/X style?

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January 14, 2015

Dungeon Mastery

5 Despicable Ways To Kill Players

Here are a few ideas for killing players in inventive and often unstoppable ways.

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January 13, 2015

Ideas / Mechanics / Rules

Pets

My younger players always ask, "Can I have a pet?"

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January 7, 2015

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