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How do I get my hands on the random dungeon generator published by Gary Gygax in Strategic Review 1?

A question was asked in a discord if there was any mention in pre AD&D rules about magic armor helping saving throws. I dove into OD&D to check and found little evidence beyond Helm of Telepathy for a +4 against psionics.

But then I saw a description in Eldritch Wizardry about The Invulnerable Coat of Arn that’s states it protects the wearer from spells like a +5 armor.

Has anyone any information regarding this? Thanks in advance 🍻

I realize that I only advertised this on osr and forgot to do so here. I've cooked up a seven Voyages of Zylarthen megadungeon and put it out on lulu. It's priced to only cover printing costs (no profit to myself - this is a hobby, not a job) and is currently only available in print because you should own physical media. It was made to be held in your hands and roughed up with play 🙂

The book contains a floating cloud city under which is the dungeon in question along with some extraplanar sub-areas which can be unlocked through exploration, or just run as needed in your home games. There's lots of new magic items and monsters and loads of art that's certainly too shitty to have been made by AI. It's 7VoZ so super compatible with OD&D or your favourite retroclone and leans in a bit more towards Arabian Nights and the ancient world than it does traditional Tolkienesque fantasy.

If you want a quick preview before buying, I've thrown up all couple pages on https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lkZt9TnYgcT5nHgp164D3GIpXk\_LkcfR/view

Enjoy and fight on!

Down Below - a primitive ruleset for exploring dungeons inspired by 3lbb.

basically a few selected home-brew rules. nothing fancy.

I've been running an Original Dungeons & Dragons play-by-post game since 08 / 07 / 26.
This game takes place in Castle Schlagenhoff, my personal megadungeon. To quote one of the most evocative passages in all of the D&D rulebooks, this megadungeon was deliberately designed as the archetypical "huge ruined pile, a vast castle built by generations of mad wizards and insane geniuses".

The player characters have just completed their first delve into the dungeon, and are currently preparing for their second expedition. I'd like to extend an open invitation to the community, and encourage you to join these intrepid explorers as they return to the dungeon once again.

Dare you brave the haunted halls of Castle Schlagenhoff, and the lightless caverns beneath? If you think you've got what it takes to delve into the depths, and re-emerge with blood on your sword and glittering treasure in hand, then send me a direct message.

I'll be running this game in my usual play-by-post style, where you just tell me what you want to do, and I'll handle all of the mechanics on my end. This'll be updated at a "one post per day" rate, those who've played in my games before know I like to run a fast-paced game.

I’ve never played but have gone through CM and S&S that I own, and read BS the other night. I wouldn’t say I know the rules but I have the gist. Would love to give one of them a try. I’m on Discord playing 1e. Relatively new player, 3 years in. Started in 5th, then 1st, 1.5, Boot Hill 2nd and 3rd, made a hybrid of those two that I run, played Star Frontiers, a few sessions of 2e. One game of PF1e lol

Thanks for the direction -Joek

My post session thoughts on running this level.