Sunday Inspiration

T1-4 Temple of Elemental Evil Session #2

I've replaced the moat house with modified Caves of Chaos featuring large swamp and Januc the Cajun Ogre.  This session played out at FLGS, King's Hobby, and had TEN players.  One player's report follows.

Our adventurers were getting their crunk on in the Welcome Wench and attracted the attention of a few scruffy-looking schrees at the bar. These newbie neer-do-wells had the audacity to suggest they should be allowed to join the party.  For a few under the table favors their dreams of professional skull-thuggery were realized and they took off toward the Swamps of Chaos to kill smurfs [Xvarts].

Many steps were retraced through the cave maw and many Detect Trap checks were fumbled until, once again, our heroes faced the inpenetrable bulk of a highly electrified door. After numerous probes, prods, and sensual strokes, Ftr/Mu/Clr of Kord began to perceive this as a situation in which size really did play a crucial role. Casting Embiggen on the door caused it to shatter into a half dozen gnarled panels, sending a shower of sparks dancing across the party's shiny helms.

They wandered up dark stone stairs, careful to stay in the newly clean-swept areas of floor where some poor blue soul had recently been dragged. Salty kicked in a barred wooden door and stormed into the room beyond with Steve, the apprentice fighter, near at hand, sword gleaming in the tepid torchlight.

The sound of puppies had tempted them, and had especially peaked the interest of one H.C. Johnson; but only death waited. Death, not cute puppies as "guy who got killed latter" would discover. The adventurers were quickly overcome by an unending stream of gnolls and gnollettes. A haunting laughter echoed off the walls behind as the trap was sprung. Surrounded, "guy who got killed latter", pious Cleric though he was, found no sanctuary as he was torn assunder between the slobbery, dulled jaws of a dozen angry gnolls (whose blasphemous coupling had most likely just been disturbed by the party's untimely arrival.)

Sunday Inspiration

Happy Birthday Dungeon

My good gamer buddy's wonderful wife recruited me to help with surprise birthday party.  Amongst the giant inflatable dice, mini stuffed egg hunt, I drew this on 1" graph paper.

Sunday Inspiration

Hackmaster Basic Pics

Ran a few sessions of Hackmaster Basic.  Made great use of all the Heroscape terrain I spent previous year buying off of ebay.  And the Alea colored magnetic bases I spent too much money on.  Each character / creature got 3 of the same color.  One for under the mini, one on HP track to track hit points, and one on the initiative track. Which is great way to keep track of HMB's "continuous" initiative system.

Ambush while on patrol in the woods.  Also note the "continuous initiative" track at bottom and hit point track on left.

Kill, kill, kill the PC's.

Can our intrepid militiamen defend the river ford. Turns out sadly, yes they can.

Basic Training!

Always worth including shot of guy picking his nose.

So booooored, can we get on with the killing and mayhem!

Haha, orc got pushed back into water (cool HMB rule, btw) and is now being washed downstream.

Btw I like HMB and some of it's ideas.  But, as a whole there's too much tracking of stuff I don't have any time to "be awesome DM".

Radom RPG Pics

Things in my "blogme" folder that I probably meant to blog about but am now too lazy (to write words, uploading photos is easy) and / or forgotten what they were to.

Massive town battle were we liberated the oppressed townsfolk by burning down their town.

DM claimed these represented archers.

We got sick of fighting necro mold, cause we got stomach aches eating all the marsh mellows.

Makes me think of the technology flowcharts in S3

I like dice.  These all cost way too much.  But buying RPG things I don't need is why I have a job.

NTRPG Con 2010, Matt Finch DMing Mythrus Tower

Heroscape terrain is pretty cool.  Hackmaster game I ran.  Orcs attempting ford crossing.

Mad Monkey God!

My paper craft DM "shield" and dice tower.

It comes apart!

Austin Board Game Bash

Board Game Bash is a board game convention right here in beautiful Austin, Texas.  It's going on all weekend long from Saturday, August 13th through Sunday, August 14th at the DoubleTree Hotel University (1617 IH-35 North, Austin, TX 78702).

Tickets can be purchased in advance for $20, or at the door for $25.  Note that advance tickets also come with a few extra incentives, including aMYSTERY GRAB BAG.

Sunday Links

http://quicklyquietlycarefully.blogspot.com/2011/06/crossroads-boggles-and-exemplary-map.html

A map too bad ass for words

Proper sword fights and a counterpoint

I see Lead People - besides an awesome name this is a great blog about physical craft side of hobby.  Lately they've been on a DIY/Cheap terrain kick.  Totally worth checking out.

Play this next time the players want to slay adolescent gnolls.

True dat! same thing said with more words (which some people prefer).

NTRPG 2010 Pictures

Only a year late... Didn't take many (and no good ones) this year.  So, look at all the fun I had year ago and be sure and put NTRPG Con 2012 on your calendars!

More NTRPG Pictures.