Blood of Prokopius

Musings on Religion & RPGs

Saturday, September 26, 2009

Lost Colonies Session 4

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This session saw the first real attempt at wilderness exploration and a hint at a semblance of a plot. After losing his chitin armor to a ro...
Monday, September 21, 2009

Lost Colonies Session 3

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One thing this particular group does very differently than what I am used to is their ready use of one-shot items like scrolls and potions. ...
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Friday, September 18, 2009

Just Say No to Skill Checks

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I have stated before that I don't really care for systems that use skills. It wasn't until recently, however, that I came to underst...
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Thursday, September 17, 2009

Misc. Map

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Life has intruded, and I have been unable to post anything lately; however, I do have a random map I'd like to share. Enjoy.
Saturday, September 5, 2009

Another Weapon vs. AC Table

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A friend of mine recently showed off his copy of 1st edition Oriental Adventures, expressing an interest in playing. I have to admit, I am n...
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Saturday, August 29, 2009

Meditations on Magic

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Many of us who played D&D through the 80s experienced and remember the association of our hobby with witchcraft, satanism and a whole Pa...
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Friday, August 21, 2009

Lost Colonies Session 2

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Our second session saw the addition of another player and an elf to the quest to retrieve Hamlen's spiked club. I would give the elf...
Thursday, August 20, 2009

Happy Birthday to H.P. Lovecraft

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James over at Grognardia reminded me that today is H.P. Lovecraft's birthday . If you couldn't already tell by the quote over on the...
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Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Lost Colonies Session 1

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This experiment began because there were only three players available from a 3.5 campaign that had to take a week off due to obligations of ...
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Lost Colonies Campaign

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Recently, I have been running a Labyrinth Lord campaign with a group who primarily were introduced to D&D through 3rd edition. It has ...
Thursday, August 13, 2009

I Have the Power!

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One of the perks of being a father of young children is that I get an excuse to watch a lot of cartoons. I particularly enjoy sharing with m...
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Thursday, August 6, 2009

Life Isn't Fair: Lessons from V&V and White Wolf

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And Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury, and He saw also a certain poor widow putting in two mites. So He...
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Saturday, August 1, 2009

Magic Item: Mask of Cyn

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Mask of Cyn These powerful artifacts are a result of the war between the Sons of Cyn and the Brain Lashers (see Mutant Future ). They are m...

Monster: Sons of Cyn

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Sons of Cyn Armor Class: Variable Hit Dice: Variable Attacks: Variable Saving Throw: Variable Special: Mask of Cyn Move: Variable Morale: 10...
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Thursday, July 30, 2009

Freedom

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Norbert of Rettungswurf gegen Komplexität recently said of my post on AAC vs DAC : Being an ordained minister, I'm really curious on wh...
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Dungeon Below Map Level 1A

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This is a map of one of the sections of the first level of the Dungeon Below. It is accessible from the Tombs in the Southern Ruins . In wr...
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Thursday, July 16, 2009

AAC vs DAC

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There was quite a hubbub over at Grognardia yesterday about Descending AC vs. Ascending AC. I find it fascinating that such a small thing c...
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Friday, July 10, 2009

More Maps

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These are maps of the tombs, the tower and the gatehouse found in the Southern Ruins. Gatehouse G.1 Both doors in this room are locked, woo...
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Wednesday, July 8, 2009

The Feast of St. Prokopios

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A couple of summers ago, I went to Mt. Athos — a peninsula in northern Greece that is home to a score of monasteries and several sketes. At...
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Tuesday, July 7, 2009

The Play's the Thing

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Recently I've run into a group of 3.5 players, the majority of which were introduced to the hobby with 3rd Edition (their veteran came i...
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