Blood of Prokopius

Musings on Religion & RPGs

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Stocking a Dungeon

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When I started my Erimia campaign, I reread Moldvay's Basic D&D and I came across the following advice for stocking a dungeon: To ...
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Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Picking up the Gauntlet: Random Tables for Everything

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Despite the fact that I have played Champions more than any other RPG except for D&D, my favorite superhero RPG of all time is Villains ...
Monday, May 25, 2009

Picking up the Gauntlet: Character Creation

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Over on Grognardia, James has thrown down a gauntlet , of sorts. I'd like to take up that gauntlet and meditate on a few aspects of what...
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Thursday, May 14, 2009

Yog-Sothoth

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Being a Lovecraft fan, I plan on sprinkling the wilderness of Erimia with quotes like this: Yog-Sothoth knows the gate. Yog-Sothoth is the ...
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Monday, May 4, 2009

Map of the Western & Eastern Caves

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This is a map for the caves from the Southern Ruins for the Erimia campaign. Please note: Glue Flowers and Ant Horrors can both be found i...
Saturday, April 25, 2009

Map of the Southern Ruins

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This is a map of the southern edge of the ruined city that lies between Ipolis and Pyros Mountain in Hex 0705 of the Map of Erimia. Here is...
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Friday, April 24, 2009

Building a Better Monster

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In the world of Erimia , monsters and the forces of Chaos are personifications and physical manifestations of sin. This is in keeping with t...
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Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Map of Gate

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Here is a map and description of Gate for the Erimia Campaign . This small community of those soldiers (mostly Replicants) who guard and mai...
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Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Map of Erimia

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This is a map of Erimia . I have not named many of the landmarks on purpose. For one, the citizens of Ipolis have no need to name anything, ...
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Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Adventuring with Antony the Great

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Thus tightening his hold upon himself, Antony departed to the tombs, which happened to be at a distance from the village; and having bid one...
Saturday, March 7, 2009

The Sting of Death

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Recently, I was flipping through Moldvay's Basic D&D and was stunned at how many creatures were listed in the monster section that, ...
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Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Making B2 Green

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Recently, I ran across three things that have inspired me to recycle: 1) James C. Boney's wonderfully evocative concept for Advanced Ad...
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Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Alignments

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I have always been of two minds about alignment. On one hand, I have found the AD&D system of LG, LN, LE, CG, CN,CE and N to be far too ...
Thursday, February 12, 2009

Planar Cosmology of D&D Part III

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The Fall The Greek word for Devil is "diabolos," which means “slanderer” or even more literally, “the one who divides.” The Fall ...
Monday, February 9, 2009

Planar Cosmology of D&D Part II

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In my last mediation I left with the disturbing notion that God created the Devil and allows him to work evil in the world. The reason for t...
Saturday, February 7, 2009

Planar Cosmology of D&D Part I

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Images have power.They stay with us for years and influence how we see and understand things. Images from the early days of D&D still ho...
Sunday, February 1, 2009

Why I Love the Third Imperium

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Recently, I have been able to get into several boxes that haven't seen the light of day in about five years. One of these contained all ...
Saturday, January 24, 2009

Feeding the Inner Geek

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One of the things I love about the simplicity of older versions of D&D (and their retro-clone equivalents) is that it is an open invitat...
Friday, January 23, 2009

Being There

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Over on Grognardia , James Maliszewski wrote: I don't think pre-fab campaign settings need to be impediments to creation through play. I...
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Thursday, January 15, 2009

Erimia Campaign

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I have been working on a campaign that satisfies a desire to pay homage to three influences — Pulp Fantasy, Christianity, and the Retro-Clon...
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