DMiurgy

A blog mainly about old school/new weird D&D, with occasional excursions into other role playing games and terrible art.

Thursday, October 29, 2020

1d20 Unrealistic but Gameable Insanities

There are occasional 'insanity' effects in D&D, but as one of my players has said, trying to model actual mental illnesses in a ...

Sunday, October 18, 2020

Giant Gar, Goyle Gar, and Gas Spore

AD&D Giant Gar This is just a big 8HD, AC as plate, danger fish that swallows you whole on 20's and has a 5d4 bite. There are also ...

Tuesday, September 22, 2020

Flightless Bird, Giant Frog, Frogfolk, Violet Fungi/Shriekers

AD&D Flightless Bird- This entry refers to beasties like the ostirich, emu, dodo and similar, rather than the monstrous axebeak of m...

Saturday, September 5, 2020

Pantheon as DCC Patrons, Part One- Our Lady of Gardens, Murulu, The Fairy Queen, and Zaba (But really just the first two)

In the triple realm of King's Point, Queen's Coast, and Prince's Spit, there are four major supernatural forces that many call u...

Friday, August 28, 2020

Several Styles of 'Speak With Magic'

There are a lot of niche spells (Detect Magic, Read Magic, Write Magic, Identify) that make up 'magic literacy' and are often ignore...

Sunday, August 23, 2020

Elves, Ettins, Floating Eyes, Eyes of the Deep

AD&D Elves It's largely understood that D&D elves are a rip off of Tolkein elves, but I think they were well along becoming thei...

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