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Skateboarding Rules for B/X

I've been getting into skateboarding again recently, I used to do it a lot as a kid but then I moved to where the closest sidewalk was a mile away in town. Anyways here are some rules for movement on skateboards. Characters All classes gain a new save, save vs wipeout. This is used to avoid the consequences of board based acrobatics and other tricky maneuvers. Dexterity provides a bonus to wipeout saves as Wisdom provides saves vs magical effects. Level Cleric Fighter Magic User Thief Dwarf* Elf Hobbit 1 13 13 14 12 12 13 12 2 13 13 14 12 12 13 12 3 13 13 14 12 12 13 12 4 13 11 14 12 10 11 10 5 11 11 14 9 10 11 10 6 11 11 12 9 10 11 10 7 11 9 12 9 8 9 8 8 11 9 12 9 8 9 8 9 9 9 12 6 8 9 10 9 7 12 6 6 7 11 9 7 10 6 6 12 9 7 10 6 13 7 5 10 3 14 7 5 10 3 *dwarves gain a +2 bonus to avoid wiping out on downhills due to their moun...

Ave Nox, Ghost-fields Occupations

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  I am gonna be running a campaign soon based around the Feral Indie Studio megadungeon Ave Nox . I like starting campaigns at level 0 so I made a level 0 occupation table for the campaign. Here's a few details about the peculiarity of the setting that I made up for the broader campaign world that are not like directly part of the module that I wanna talk about. Guns exist, but they are not mundane, every bullet has a demon trapped inside and the gun breaks the seal unleashing the demon inside. This is stolen from a really bad book I read as a teen called the incorruptible, I don't recommend it. The way gun's work is they ignore mundane armor but other wise do like normal amounts of damage. Guns are primarily made by elves. Elves are prone to warlockism due to their longer lives making arcane forces see it as more worth their while. Elven society is often broken up along the lines of patronage; blood elves come from a society that have sworn allegiance to the prime vampir...

Spelljammer Advanced Sphere Generator

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  I was thinking about spelljammer again and realized I should share my house rules for sphere generators. Here's a PDF for home printing.

A Hammers Houserule

  Disregard the attack Matrix. An attacks rolls 2d6+HD to hit an enemy, trying to score greater than or equal to the target's AC. If the attack succeeds by 2 or less it is a glancing blow, inflicting minimum damage.

Troika Tuesday: Streetfood

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  A while back I saw some south east asian roleplaying game that had a random ration generator. I have not been able to find it since (and would truly love it if someone was able to point me in the direction of said game). This appealed to me greatly as I am a strong proponent of what I like to call rational gaming, where rations matter a lot (find my dungeon meshi blogpost about hirelings being more likely to not abandon you if you pay for good rations). Here is a random street food generator for troika, assume a meal costs 3 pence on a good day, 5 pence when on a bad day.   A PDF for home printing can be found here.    

Psionic Oops Table

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  What if a little street urchin was a psion? Something to think on this Troika! Tuesday.   Here's a PDF for home printing

Von Hynd Manor for Troika!

  It's Troika! Tuesday. I decided this time I am gonna stat up the family from my gothic horror module Von Hynd Manor. Dora Skill 7 Stamina 20 Initiative 4 (see special) Armor 1 Damage as Large Beast Special: put a specially colored token in the bag for Dora, when this token is pulled Dora receives a prophetic vision of things to come, and receives a +3 bonus to attack a creature of the judge’s choosing. Mein Reading Receiving visions Lounging Studying Preparing for gardening Enchanting servant Hiedi Skill 5 Stamina 17 Initiative 3 Armor 1 Damage as Large Beast Mein Sneaking Scheming Crying Biding her time Questioning, incessantly  Grooming Lukas Skill 6 Stamina 17 Initiative 3 Armor 1 Damage as Large Beast Mein Sneaking Food Training Fuming Practising Speech Smoking Writing (subpar) love poems Oma Skill 9 Stamina 26 Initiative 2 Armor 2 Damage as Gargantuan Beast Mein Complaining Nursing knee Plotting Idly mourning Napping Droning at servants Werner Skill 7...