May 2022

If you’re walking in on the middle of the Advanced Fantasy Dungeons series, there’s an index here. Similar to monsters, I really want spells and magical items to be cross compatible between B/X and Second Edition. What do those spell descriptions consist of? For B/X, it appears to be range, duration and spell description. For Continue reading

If you’re walking in on the middle of the Advanced Fantasy Dungeons series, there’s an index here. Thinking about a common question that will come up with my particular group who was born and bred on fifth edition: How do I make a perception check? The obvious answer, and — I think — the boring Continue reading

If you’re walking in on the middle of the Advanced Fantasy Dungeons series, there’s an index here. Remembering that whatever weird design approaches I take, this is full intended to be a cross compatible D&D clone, there are two things to talk about on the topic of monsters: Compatibility in the context of changing combat Continue reading

If you’re walking in on the middle of the Advanced Fantasy Dungeons series, there’s an index here. The second edition DMG spends a lot of time on society alignment. It’s actually not too problematic on the topic: The alignment of the ruler determines the nature of many of the laws of the land. Where the Continue reading

If you’re walking in on the middle of this series, there’s an index here. My first post on ethos, my elevation of a minor ruling to cover the failures of alignment as a concept, wasn’t very concreted in its approach, but working through the GM guidance section I realise ai need to revise ethos before Continue reading

If you’re walking in on the middle of the Advanced Fantasy Dungeons series, there’s an index here. So, in my search for simplification, I realise that I want to amalgamate secrets and rumours. These only exist in passing in the text, so I have a lot of leeway. Secrets are just rumours PCs don’t know, Continue reading

If you’re walking in on the middle of the Advanced Fantasy Dungeons series, there’s an index here. One piece of preparation that really helps with world-building is a calendar. It gets a whole section in the second edition DMG, but I think of a calendar as twofold: It helps track what’s happened in your campaign Continue reading

If you’re walking in on the middle of the Advanced Fantasy Dungeons series, there’s an index here. Economics gets a lot of words, especially in the DMG, but concrete implementations are non-existent. I want to cast fantasy economics in the context of the personal: The shopkeeper and their family. To summarise the NPC post: To Continue reading

If you’re walking in on the middle of the Advanced Fantasy Dungeons series, there’s an index here. Equipment does need simple mechanics like the heavy descriptor which indicates it takes up two inventory slots. I want to minimise these mechanical hooks, though. In order for us to keep tagging to the minimum, we need general Continue reading

If you’re walking in on the middle of the Advanced Fantasy Dungeons series, there’s an index here. I realise some people hate the idea of combat without location. But I hate the idea of grids and stuff. And most of the solutions I’ve seen seem overly complex. Here’s my take: If you do not consider Continue reading