"Can you find the bones of Red Tam, the notorious Bard? An adventure for 5 to 8 characters of levels 3 - 5."HM5 - Isensan's Secret by Todd Hughes. An Adventure for 4 - 6 Characters Level 6 - 8. Art by Scott Harshbarger. Maps by Greg Covey and Jared Preston. 18 pages and available as a free PDF download.
Dragonsfoot has been publishing quite a lot of stuff, here lately. If, by some chance, you've yet to discover the site, there's a ton of adventures to download. I really like the covers on both of these latest offerings, in particular the Brian Thomas piece. If I like the contents, I might just have to print these out!"The story of HM1 (The Disappearance of Harold the Hedge Mage) and HM2 (The Hunt for Istan) continues in this new adventure. For four to six characters of levels six to eight."
A big thanks to the folks at Dragonsfoot, for helping to keep Old School gaming alive and creating a ton of Gaming Goodness!
New Releases
"After the cracking of the moon and before the rise of Atlantis the world was a place strange to the thoughts of honest men. The death throes of science amid the birth of magic sculpted new generations of conquerors who strode the lands forging civilizations of steel, sinew, and sorcery from the decrepit hulks of the ones that fell before. Tyrannical wizards, amoral super-scientists, charismatic catalysts, and multifarious mutants battled for wealth, power, and honor. It was ten thousand years of barbarity; ten thousand years spent in the shadowy shells of past glories, hiding from horrible creatures that scratched and skittered for blood; ten thousand years of tyranny and injustice, ten thousand years of Sorcery & Super Science!
"This short PDF provides a harried GM with 3 new items, 36 new sorcerous artifacts, and 5 new creatures suitable for various power levels and certain to bring additional life to the world under the shattered moon.
"Don't forget to pick up the Sorcery & Super Science! Core Rules, and Creatures Under the Shattered Moon vol 1 as well as download The House of Blue Men, a free adventure featuring quickstart rules. Drop by our Sorcery & Super Science Blog for additional Sorcery & Super Science goodness!"World of Arkara: Fractured Realms by Charles Rice. Art by Marco Morte. Published by Vigilance Press. Available in PDF format for $3.00. 26 pages.
Cool! Keep it coming, guys!"Welcome to what was the Kingdom of Damask; what is a fractured realm. Once the greatest empire the world had seen in a thousand years, a home to commerce and diplomacy, favored by the King of the Gods, Atos and home to the Eternal City of Atosia.
"In the length of time it took an assassin's blade to puncture his heart, a great man died and his kingdom, his dream, would soon follow him into hell. Quick to destroy, the realms will be far harder to reassemble. Can heroes turn the tide?
* Avenge the elven genocide at the hands of orcs, humans and red dragons in the Slaughterwood
* Find a lost prince and restore him to his usurped throne
* Rebuild a shining kingdom plunged into chaos and despair
* Discover the secrets of the Mithril Dragon
"In addition to campaign materials, a map of the region, important NPCs and plot hooks the Fractured Realms contains several organizations PCs can join or fight against, along with rules for benefits and responsibilities of membership in a sword and sorcery organization.
"Organizations include:
* The Aerie, the largest thieves guild in the known world
* The Crucible, a foreign legion of humans, dwarves and halflings serving the elves in a genocidal war against an invading orc army
* The Firebrand, a chaotic evil gang of orcs and humans under the control of a brood of red dragons that have they have already eradicated the elves of an entire forest
* Freelancers, a group of knights who are either bandits or freedom fighters... or both
* The Owlguard, a mysterious order of Paladins devoted to the god of truth and knowledge
* The Red Dragon Mercenaries, the meanest, toughest mercs in the world have made a home in the Fractured Realms because chaos means lots and lots of mercenary contracts
* The Basin Tribes, once a shining beacon of a truly civilized and peace-loving orc civilization, their king is old and weak and his son seems determined to return the tribes to the old ways and spark a genocidal war to the death between orcs and elves"
Free Downloads
Visit Joe Bloch at Greyhawk Grognard, where he's got a link to some Poster-Sized Castle Greyhawk Maps.
Rick Krebs from the Bloody 20's blog, has a Gangbusters adventure for your downloading pleasure.
Chris Creel of The Polyhedral Dicebag has put Phasic issue 2, an Encounter Critical 'zine, up on Scribd. Check out his Links section, for the link.
Head over to The Delve and if you look in the first section of links, you'll see a Dungeon Master Rules Reference Sheet for Holmes Basic, that's recently been added. Of course, there's other goodies there, as well!
Check out the map by isomage at the end of this thread.
Great stuff! Thanks!!!
Media Releases
Check out the Save or Die Adventure #6: Thunder Kats, Hooooo!
bighara has the latest installment of Echoes from the Geekcave up. Episode 6: Blood Moon Rising Review.
Trollsmyth and Oddysey have their second Podcast up. Featuring an interview with James Raggi.
Reviews From Around The Blogosphere
Check out James Maliszewski's final two LotFP Weird Fantasy Role-Playing reviews. Here and Here.
A Paladin in Citadel has a review of JB's B/X Companion.
Pookie of Reviews from R'lyeh has a review of James Raggi's Tower of the Stargazer.
Software and Such
Gilliadson posted a link to an Excel Character Workbook. Go to the end of the thread for the working link.In Other News
Calithena is reporting that Jeff Dee has won the June Lulu Sales Contest for Villains & Vigilantes! Congratulations Mr. Dee.
Tim Brannon of The Other Side, is keeping us informed of the latest news in the whole James Shipman mess.
I forgot where I found this, (thanks to the forum dweller who linked this) but this old blog post at Monster Brains has some large scans from the AD&D Coloring Album. These pictures are cool!
What I'm Pimping This Week
Supplement V: Carcosa by Geoffrey McKinney. Available in PDF for $6.00. Available in a 1st Edition or an Expurgated Edition. The author is no longer offering Print copies.
"Supplement V: CARCOSA is a 96-page book of rules options for the original Dungeons & Dragons game published in 1974.CARCOSA includes:
* a new character class: the sorcerer who summons and controls Cthulhoid entities
* a new form of magic, including 96 sorcerous rituals
* an easy-to-use psionics system
* dice conventions
* 48 new monsters
* tables for the random generation of spawn of Shub-Niggurath
* 5 colors of the desert lotus
* countless high-tech weapons and items of the Space Aliens
* Random Robot Generator
* technological artifacts of the Great Race and of the Primordial Ones
* mutations
* 400 encounters on an outdoor hex map with an area of 34,880 square miles
*and moreHead to the author's site and you'll find links to several reviews of Carcosa. With the author's recent announcement of a forthcoming project, I figured I'd pimp his last one.
I'm glad I did! Its given me an amusing idea for Sunday's post.
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thanks for the info!! I had missed many of these.
ReplyDeleteGood stuff!
Again, thanks for doing this, man. The coloring book one in particular was the awesome find this week for me. :)
ReplyDeleteCool! And thanks guys!
ReplyDeleteLove the coloring book. It's actually missing two pages though. You can see the other two here:
ReplyDeletehttp://recedingrules.blogspot.com/2009/08/ad-coloring-album.html
Cool! Thanks Telecanter!
ReplyDeleteNo more print Carcosa? So sad! I'm glad I got mine when I could.
ReplyDeleteHi Will - Yeah, not sure if his new book will be PDF only or not.
ReplyDeleteThanks for mentioning my little rag. I intend to release another issue, or two, this winter.
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to it, Chris.
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