d30 Feature of the Week: Sage Generator

No, generating a sage doesn't take as long as generating a lich, but not too much less. In the 1e DMG, it can take 7 or 8 rolls, and that's not accounting for the HIGH chance of duplicates while rolling. This d30 Sage Generator limits this to 4 rolls, regardless of the number of the sage's minor fields or specialties in his major field. Best of all, it does it without any duplicates. (To be completely honest, there is a slim chance of a "do over" roll, but it's VERY slim; nothing compared to the 1e DMG's 1 in 10 chance for duplicates EVERY TIME you select another specialty in the sage's major field.)

Regarding the "Ability Score Generation Scales" in the lower right corner of page 2 (yes, this is a 2-pager this week), the sage's class should be chosen to coincide with his fields of specialties (per 1e DMG.) The "slot" scores presented on the chart should be used in conjunction with the "d30 Class Stats Generation Method" tables found here.

To download a free PDF of this 2-page Sage Generator from MediaFire, click here.

Compete on New TV Show to be King of the Nerds to Win the ULTIMATE PRIZE!

REPOST FROM A MOVIE/TV PRODUCTION MAILING LIST TO WHICH I SUBSCRIBE.

Geeks, Nerds, Intellectuals, Gamers, Sci-Fi & Comic Book Fans, etc. - Compete on New TV Show to be King of the Nerds to Win the ULTIMATE PRIZE!


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Believe it or not, it's almost ready!

Technically, it's ready. I'm just not ready to announce that it's ready. If that makes sense.

New Oe/BX/1E Monster: Fluxbug

It seems like I just finished a month of posting new monsters. Oh. Wait. I did. I came up with this one too late for "F" day, but it's never too late to post a new monster. Right?

Fluxbug

DESCRIPTION Fluxbugs are usually found in abandoned mines and appear as giant silver beetles with a mirror-polished exterior. They possess incredible anti-magnetic properties and they seem to “hum” with vibration. Due to the warping a fluxbug causes in the other planes, it saves as 10 HD monster against all magical attacks, but saves as a 2 HD monster against all other forms of attack (including non magical fire, ice, etc.), except electrical-based attacks, to which it is completely immune. Additionally, fluxbugs are immune any attack made by a metal weapon (bronze, iron, etc.,) including silver, and magic, and all missiles containing metal, with the magnetic field repelling all such attacks. Should any creature attempt such an attack, there is a 50% chance that any hand-held weapon will be “flung” from the attacker’s hand. For every creature within a 30’ range of the fluxbug, there is a 5% chance that any metal missile or “flung” hand-held weapon will strike one of those creatures, inflicting up to the full damage of the attack against the creature struck, including the original attacker. Should a creature wearing metal armor attempt to approach a fluxbug, they will be repelled as well. The bite of a fluxbug contains a toxic metal substance (akin to lead or mercury) that will kill in 4-5 turns (unless a successful saving throw vs. poison is made).

Oe/1E STATS FREQUENCY: Rare NO. APPEARING: 1-6 ARMOR CLASS: 5 MOVE: 12” HIT DICE: 4 % IN LAIR: 25% TREASURE TYPE: Nil NO. OF ATTACKS: 1 DAMAGE/ATTACK: 2-5 SPECIAL ATTACKS: Poison SPECIAL DEFENSES: See below MAGIC RESISTANCE: See below INTELLIGENCE: Very ALIGNMENT: Neutral SIZE: S (7’ long) PSIONIC ABILITY: Nil Attack/Defense Modes: Nil BX STATS ARMOR CLASS: 5 HIT DICE: 4* MOVE: 120’’ ATTACKS: 1 bite DAMAGE: 2-5 + poison NO. APPEARING: 1-6 SAVE AS: See below MORALE: 7 TREASURE TYPE: Nil ALIGNMENT: Neutral

A Few Recent Purchases

In lieu of having any time to put together a real post for today, here are a few images of some items I've picked up over the last couple of weeks. I know that the G modules and the DM screen are later printings, but it's still nice to have those items in the collection for a very reasonable price. Seeing as I hardly have time to post, who knows when I'll get a chance to read the de Camp books. The sad part is, I'll probably end up reading "The Complete Wargames Handbook" first.

Free Low-level D&D Adventure!

Normally, Friday is "d30 Day" at Save vs. Dragon, but I've been terribly consumed with work and the d30 items I'm prepping (with an eye on the d30 Sandbox Companion) are fairly involved and taking much longer than I expected.

As I mentioned Tuesday's post, I had originally intended "a dungeon a day" for the A-to-Z challenge... until I realized how absolutely ludicrous that would have been to attempt. I did, however, get the first one pretty much done. So with a few tweaks and a few additions, I've finished it and am uploading it for all to enjoy.

NOTE BEFORE FOLLOWING LINK: MediaFire's PDF browser viewer is very buggy and very inadequate. Be sure to hit the "download" button, save the file to your desktop, then view it from a better PDF reader like Acrobat Reader or Preview.

Click here to download "The Auroral Arcazal of Aethaungor" from MediaFire.

Lessons Learned from the A-to-Z Blogging Challenge

1. It wasn't as challenging as I thought it would be... this go 'round.

Honestly, once I'd settled on the A-to-Z new monster thing, it wasn't all that difficult, especially compared to my original A-to-Z intentions (a 1-page-dungeon-a-day). I do have to admit that I had many of the monster posts already completed and "in the can" before the month began, but many of them weren't. Monsters that were prepped (offline) before the challenge: zathoa, xanther, whipwhirl, üuloch, taega, saleerandee, psi-bat, orling, izzoo, hibagon, firefox, emerald stinkbug, dwarf (red), batar, adarna bird. Monsters that I wrote up and illustrated during the challenge: yak-man, rarog, quickslime (illustration already done), nightmander, lithopede, kala, jenglot, giant generator, centaur (cyprian), batar. About half of the items that were unprepped when the challenge began did exist as a word (monster name) on a "to do" list before the challenge started, and the other half were discovered/decided/etc. during the challenge (usually the night before/the day of). Prepped listings only took a few minutes to post. Everything else took anywhere from 15 minutes to an hour to get illustrated, scanned, written and posted.

2. It was nice always knowing the subject of my next post.

Here I sit facing May feeling like I have no idea what to write about next. Which isn't entirely true. Before the challenge, part of the reason this blog had a loose schedule for day vs. subject (e.g., new illustration/monster Tuesdays, d30 Fridays, et al.) was so that knowing what to write about wouldn't be a problem. And with a month off from my normal content, I have a backlog of ideas. For d30 day, I'm planning a "Plant Monster Generator" (very likely this Friday), as well as a "Lycanthrope Generator." And even though I just posted 26 new monsters for April, I have a handful more I'm excited to get up (that's what she said), including a giant anti-magnetic insect called a fluxbug (mostly because I love how the illustration turned out). There's also an "ink" article planned to complete the trilogy with the previous "paper" and "quill" posts. And I plan on participating in the 24-RPG design contest at some point, and posting updates on the day I undertake my attempt. Wait- what was that I said about feeling like I have nothing to post about?

3. It provided me with many new followers.

I picked up nearly two dozen followers during the 30 days of the challenge. Many of those were folks whose blogs I already followed and it was nice to have them come aboard here. A few of those were RPG bloggers I had not yet discovered, but now follow as well. But I don't exactly credit those to the A-to-Z list. I believe most of them came to this dragon's lair via ADD Grognard's Eternal Keep, and I can't begin to give him the credit he deserves for what he's gone through to keep that OSR beast fed!!! Thank you!

I did also pick up a few "random" bloggers who accepted the added A-to-Z challenges of: 1) visiting every site on the A-to-Z master list, 2) posting comments to a number of those sites, and 3) joining some of them. So welcome to you as well. Your next challenge... learn what the following letters mean: OSR, Oe, 1e, and BX. You'll enjoy this blog a lot more if you do.


So will I do it again next year?

As me again next year.