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This is my version of the Thief class for S&W Whitebox. Its not 1 to 1 with Greyhawk and the FMAG inspiration but has just a little bit of both.

Alternatively, if you want to make this more like OD&D's:

Increase Backstab dmg. multiplier by 1 every 4 levels

Attacking unaware targets have a +4 to-hit (in my games I just give advantage)

And give them, upon reaching 10th level, a 5-in-6 chance to use magical scrolls. On a failure the spell turns on them.

Otherwise I hope you guys like this little homebrew I made.

Just finished playing the 2nd level of my Castle Blacksteel in our Reclamation of the Autumn Lands game we have been playing since the start of the new year. An ode to Castle Blackmoor & Tonisborg. The included pic provides a taste of what the Castle looks like.

*Just noticed the typo in the post title. Been a very long day, please excuse the mistake. I don't know how to fix it*

Hi!

I'm making a powerpoint about D&D character creation, and wanted a reference pic where it says "Hobbit" instead of "Halfling". I know they changed it before AD&D, but even footage of the original 1974 edition (?) ([1], [2]) have it listed as "halfling". Saw someone on this sub say it was "hobbit" in the 5th printing, did it change at one point?

Only thing I found so far is this, but I'd love to find an actual photo of the printed version.

thanks!

This map was created today on graph paper with 6 lines per inch. It was inspired by many of Grodog’s maps. It is my own version of Level 3 of the original Castle Greyhawk. It is a prison level.

North is oriented toward the top of the photograph. The northwest corner is directly copied from the original map. The rectangular rooms in this area, measuring 20' × 10', are prison cells intended for multiple prisoners. The square 10' × 10' cells are individual cells.

I have already started using a color code to key the map more quickly and in a more minimalist way than simply using numbers, and I decided to annotate it directly in pen.

Inspired by https://thegibberingblog.blogspot.com/2024/08/od-wilderness-adventuring-part-ii.html I've decided to remake their survival tracker.

Based on Healtline articles, some napkin maths involving averages and taking into account adventuring, I came up with this.

The debuff levels are inspired by 5e's.

Lvl 0 - no effect

Lvl 1 - halved movement speed

Lvl 2 - disadvantage on attacks/saves

Lvl 3 - max hp reduced by 25%

Lvl 4 - max hp reduced by 50%

Lvl 5 - max hp reduced by 75%

Lvl 6 - death

Some conditions jump levels but you still suffer from them.

Anyways, its not 100% done but its close. I think it looms pretty good and thought it could be of help to someone.

Been on a bit of an Empire of the Petal Throne buying binge lately. The first of three purchases arrived today. 3-volume *Adventures on Tèkumel* and World of Tekumel Source Book 1 & 2 are the coming attractions.

I had the winning bid for the original game somewhere around 6 months to a year ago, but a few other things were going on and I had just begun *Helveczia* and AD&D campaigns. I just perused it enough to know a deeper dive would be worthwhile. Last month quite a bit of EotPT stuff became available.

I don’t have any guide or history of playing the game. I *think* I may have stuff from 3 different decades. I *hope* there’s backward compatibility. The rest has to arrive to find out for sure. I’ve only just scanned the pictured book but certainly the Eyes, spells and (obviously) milieu are described in like terms. I’ll make a PC with the ‘75, 0e engine ruleset and see if I can play *Coming of Age*, there.

Which I should mention, is a solo adventure book, which may be very helpful in understanding the world I suppose I’ll be describing to those who would navigate it. A few quick takeaways:

It really leans more towards a Choose Your Own Adventure book than the Solo series TSR put out. 3 main paths (the 3 OG classes that track with the lbbs) and then branches for each. The difference is, it’s not kid lit. You’re very matter-of-fact placed in a pretty raw world, where your in-game naïveté is the excuse for explaining real-world ignorance of the setting. Well, it’s PG-13 Swords & Sorcery, as was Conan or Carter, to my eyes. Brisk, busy, bloody. The ruleset was a bit turgid in comparison, so I’m kind of relieved that it’s more than just a scholarly thought experiment. The man could write.

If any here have thoughts on the compatibility issue, the game in general, playing experience, I’d love to hear it. Perhaps a word on the offerings of the Tèkumel Foundation offerings?

I estimate my tables‘ Erillion campaign about half done, and reckon Tèkumel will be put forward as an option for the next one.

Arduin, Bloody Arduin, Barrows & Borderlands, Seven Voyages of Zylarthen or a Greyhawk campaign centered in Blackmoor are the current alternates. Several of these could be combined, of course…not really something one can say of EotPT. Even on its 0e chassis, it be a decidedly singular entity. I’m looking forward to its exploration.

Looking for collectors.

The boys are once angain about to enter the Palace of the Vampire Queen which I have situated near the village of Blackmoor and have made some changes to. First entry into the Palace resulted in a TPK.

I have also placed a haunted manor on the way to Castle Blackmoor while placing the Castle a bit further from the village.

Hey yall. I started a little chronicle of how I am building and running my own version of Blackmoor. It's more of an evolving documentation of my process and sources used along the way.

Other than adding Palace of the Vampire Queen as a dungeon that can be played, I will for the most part remain as true to this version of the map as possible.

I welcome any feedback or insights. I am no scholar, just a recent armchair Blackmoor enthusiast wanting to run some Blackmoor. Oh yeah and I'm running it for my boy and his buddies, and a few family members. Kitchen Table Blackmoor! You can find it here:

A big shout out to Griff Morgan for making the Secrets of Blackmoor and other works. These have set me on the road to Blackmoor.