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System Matters (plural noun, not verb)

On April 29, 2026March 18, 2026 By adempzIn Design WorkLeave a comment

Continuing with the prompts from d4 Caltrops’s d100 Table of Topics to Blog About, I’m going to keep going through some of the rules-oriented ones as they pertain to my Iron Fist of the Hobgoblin King setting. In our Sunday morning Ptolus game, we play things pretty much straight as written. At the moment, I’m …

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Appendix Ehhnn

On October 14, 2025October 12, 2025 By adempzIn Uncategorized2 Comments

I’m late to the party for the Appendix N blogwagon, but that’s fine. A fair criticism can be levied at modern Dungeons & Dragons that it has become self-referential. It no longer pulls from myth or folklore, instead it has created its own worlds, and in fact, has come to inform the fantasy genre as …

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Miniatures Roundup

On August 20, 2025 By adempzIn MiniaturesLeave a comment

I didn’t get much painting done during that stretch of writing I did this spring, but I did get some done beforehand, and I’ve been trying to get more done since. A grumpy cleric from EC3D This guy was fun to work on. I was trying to get that Citadel dirty white cloth effect. I’m …

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The Return…

On August 13, 2025August 13, 2025 By adempzIn ConventionsLeave a comment

Of the Darkness and Evil Regular Blogging, I Hope! Harken to the blogger’s refrain, “I know it’s been a while, but I’ll be posting more frequently now.” Yeah, we’ll see! So where have I been? Well, I jumped on an opportunity to run the Legends of Greyhawk preview at MagicCon in Chicago in February. That …

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Looking Back: The Barovian Book of the Dead

On April 29, 2024April 29, 2024 By adempzIn Uncategorized2 Comments

I have looming writing deadlines, yay! It follows that this is an ideal time to kick off a blog series that I’ve wanted to do for quite a while. I’m going to go through the adventures I’ve written and put down what I remember of them and the experience of writing them. Then I’ll read …

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