Entries tagged "odnd"
July 19, 2023
Men
1HD, AC as Armour, Damage as Weapon, Morale 7. 1d100 appearing, rolling again and combining results if 90+ is rolled. From the cities burnt, from
May 24, 2023
Clerics
The Cleric represents something not present. A representative of an outside force - the Church hierarchy, or a God. The other classes could be
February 21, 2022
Invocations to a Flame
First ally to man and the enabler of thought, Mother Fire dances in the mind and veins. Those born in or travelling to the uttermost East where the
August 10, 2021
Boasts
Take a black, wide-nibbed marker. Destroy all references to character levels and XP. Copy out the below into the margins of your rulebook. A
June 29, 2021
2. Child of Stone
Within the earth things grow. The earth does not love all of them equally. Some are banished. Upon the lava plains they can be found - an armful of
June 25, 2021
Plus Three Versus
Magic weapons carry the legacy of the wielder. To make a weapon +1 versus a specific type, kill one hundred of them with that weapon. Give the
March 14, 2021
Ogres
Muscle cords thicker than greed. Take up all you possess, and carry it with you. See what you desire, and come to possess it. This is one of the
February 27, 2021
Magic Outside of Levels
Effects beyond the mundane are achieved through the invocation of properties or through pacts with the supernatural. The knowledge of these rituals
February 16, 2021
Kobolds
Wounds in the earth multiply and gape. Infection lingers each injury a womb children unbidden. Teem in stone. HD 1-1 / AC as Armour / Damage as
February 8, 2021
Wealth is What You See
Remove XP gain. Instead, your level is determined by the wealth you carry/are accompanied by. Obviously, this quickly becomes impossible if it’s all
January 17, 2021
Two Magic Items
I hate magic items. Clothed in wing and leg, seeking proboscis fastens the garment tight. Insects are unhappy to swarm this closely, and make this
November 25, 2020
Water Elemental
Gather rain on a hot, dry day. Add 2 droplets of blood. Forget the face of a sibling. By these gifts you may breathe life into liquid. 2HD / AC as
November 10, 2020
Dryads
Plants exist in a different world to people. They change the landscape slowly, over years and generations. They are the land - they do not claim it.
May 26, 2020
Sphinx
Flay the poet and roll them in sand. Leave them to bake in the sun. When the vultures come they will drink their blood and borrow their wings. This
May 20, 2020
Ents
Amongst woods visited too-often they lurch between their erstwhile siblings. They have seen one man kill another in anger. They have watched the
May 16, 2020
Trolls
To create a troll, take up pliers and empty the head of teeth. Into each bleeding socket insert a talon of glass. Many will break - this is why most
May 14, 2020
Gnolls
All took the mask willingly. To those not understanding what it entails, the mask is inert. It is made of thick stone. It depicts a snarling dog.
May 13, 2020
Wraiths
A single stone out of place is all it takes. A tendril of darkness will worm it’s way in, and coil itself around the corpse like a lover. Such a
May 12, 2020
Giants
The only art left to the giants is self mutilation. The ruins they haunt are filled with blacksmiths, poets and sculptors, trapped in bronze cages.
May 11, 2020
Orcs
There is never an orc. There are always orcs. Within the belly of each is a burning nugget of iron. Carve off a limb and embed a slug of iron. Wait
May 8, 2020
Druids
our mouths are full of soil hands beneath these hills grasping flint and barrow worm-sinews road-breaker fort-burner legate-eater the woods are
May 6, 2020
Minotaur
To make a minotaur, start with clay. Form a pot in the shape of the head of a bull. The mouth must be wide enough to scrape the temples as it is
April 16, 2020
A Weapon is not a Tool
fuckin about with a heavily houseruled OD&D for no particular reason. No thieves, no clerics, magic users powered by Wonder and Wickedness the issue