Separated at Birth - BX/Duck Dynasty Edition

Okay, I know I've done several Separated at Birth posts before, but I think this may be my most inspired one yet! I've been wanting to do another one for a while, but just haven't had any luck thinking of a topic. Until last night... I was looking through the BX red and blue books trying to figure out who I thought some of the illustrations looked like, and I started noticing how many of the characters had beards. I could hear Duck Dynasty on the TV in the other room, and I though, "I gotta work with what I got. It's called improv-isavation."

The dwarf from the character section of Moldvay Red, and Duck Commandor CEO Willie Robertson.

The frost giant from the monster section of Cook Blue, and head of manufacturing Jase Robertson.

The alignment guy from Moldvay Red, and family patriarch Phil Robertson.

The female halfling from the character section of Cook Blue, and family matriarch Miss Kay. (Check out how similar the hair and the eyebrows are!)

The female elf from the same picture as the dwarf in the character section of Moldvay Red, and Willie's wife Korie.

The wizard from the title page of Moldvay Red, and little-seen brother Jep Robertson.

And finally, Erol Otus's wizard from the cover of Cook Blue, and good ol' Si!

Giant Week Day 5 + d30 Day: Updated d30-based Giant Generator

Today's conclusion to Giant Week is an updated version of the old d30 Giant Generator (from back during the A-to-Z challenge.) This new version includes the addition of a roll for alignment and intelligence.

To download a free PDF of the updated d30 Giant Generator, click here.

Giant Week Day 4: Free Oe/1e/BX Mini-adventure for Characters level 6-9 - Foray to Filmarion Wood

I know that on Sunday when I announced Giant Week, I mentioned that I would have a free adventure today that would start to fill in the Nimmerland Hex Crawl. That was my intention, anyway. But as I started to flesh things out for the stone giant encounters on Rock Island, it got unwieldy... quickly. I will continue to flesh out those ideas (which I'm really digging), but it may be a while before the world sees them.

Instead, submitted for your approval, I present an adventure based on Tuesday's new monster, the dirt giant. (I guess it's too late for a spoiler alert at this point.)

Foray to Filmarion Wood
The link to download Foray to Filmarion Wood, an Oe/1e/BX mini-adventure for characters levels 6-9, can be found over on the Old-school Adventures™ page.

Giant Week Day 3: Separated at Birth - Giant Edition

Tramp's fire giant and Madonna. Yeah, I know this one isn't that great. That's why I started with it.

The hill giant and Brittany Spears. I wonder which one is smarter.

The storm giant and giant douche Rick Perry. Look... I'm from Texas AND I'm a republican (sort of), so I can say that.

The frost giant and actor/turned rapper/turned back to actor Joaquin Phoenix.

Tramp's stone giant and John Hamm as the stone-hearted Don Draper from AMC's Mad Men.

The cloud giant (another Tramp classic) and super-funky-thump-slap-bassist Flea from the RHCPs.

The giants from BX blue and the cast of Reno 911.

Giant Week Day 1: Oe/1e/BX Stats for 50 Giants!Free PDF - Monster Index: Giants

AN EXHAUSTIVE INDEX OF GIANT INFORMATION!
Let me start by saying, this is not a "pocket-sized" index. It is a 7-page letter-sized PDF and the image above is for effect. I just don't want anybody saying, "Awww. I thought it was going to be tiny. That would have been cool!" (Yeah, sure. Until you tried to read it.)

Like the Lycanthrope Index, I've combed a couple of decades' worth of 1e, 2e and BECMI editions, manuals, appendices, and Drag-mag articles for stats and information on all the giants I could find that still felt old-school, adjusted a few other so they would be, and then added 1 or 2. In this 7-page PDF you'll find stats for 50 different giants, including the physical description (incl. height), treasure type, intellgience, alignment, locales in which they're found, and type of lair (and in some cases, their in-lair animals).

Click here to download a free PDF of Old-school Adventure Accessories™
item MX2, Monster Index: Giants from MediaFire.

Announcing Giant Week!

Partly based on the success of Hex Crawl Week, and partly based on the fact that I need a kick in my pants to keep the posting up to an acceptable level around here, I'm doing another themed week of posts. So if I can keep my $#!+ together this week, this is what you'll be seeing.

MONDAY: GIANT INDEX
This 7-page PDF is the giant equivalent of the Lycanthrope Index. Included are OSR stats and info on 50 giants from cyclops to verbeeg. Like the Lycanthrope Index, I've combed through all the resources I could find to give you an exhaustive list of all the giant types and put them in an OSR context. And like the Lycanthrope Index, I've added 1 or 2, which bring us to...

TUESDAY (New Monster Day): DIRT GIANT
The stats for the dirt giant will appear in Monday's index PDF, but Tuesday's post will feature the full listing/description with an illustration. This one is relatively "low level" as giants go (but still stronger than, say, an ogre), but really feels (IMHO) like a nice addition to the "extended" basic types (which, to me, include bog, fog and mountain).

WEDNESDAY: SEPARATED AT BIRTH - GIANT EDITION
If you've ever seen my "Separated at Birth" posts (here and here), then you know what to expect.

THURSDAY: DANGER ON ROCK ISLAND (FREE MINI-ADVENTURE)
If, during Hex Crawl Week, you downloaded the Map of Nimmerland, or the background on Nimmerland (now both available on the Old-school Adventures™ page), you might recall Rock Island, and the pirate tales that a tunnel leads to the islands, and tell of the stone giants living there. Well, without giving away too much, there is a tunnel, and there are stone giants (sort of), but there's a darker secret that eventually ties into the ruins north of Aglar Bog. Thursday's download is a detailed map of the tunnel, Stone Island and Rock Island, and the encounters therein.
This thing started getting WAY to unruly for a "throwaway" mini-adventure (started getting too complicated, involved too many encounters, etc.), so I'm going to be replacing it with something a bit "easier to handle" from a writing perspective.

FRIDAY (d30 Feature Day): UPDATED d30 GIANT GENERATOR
This is an updated version of the original Giant Generator posted during the A-to-Z challenge, but now includes alignment and intelligence.