Human Empires Skype Playtest Character.

I give you Yarm'ar Dubois a down on his luck space assassin. After some botched jobs, he has found it hard to get hired. Down to his last credits, he is desperate for work...

This is my character for Hill Canton's skype ran play-test of the Human Empire rules. The game still has some slots available I believe and can be found here. The actual rules can be found on Ix's blog site, here. The concept is Tekumel pre-isolation from the universe.

April blogging challenge... from A to Z.

John over at The Nine and Thirty Kingdoms blog posted a link to this blogging challenge for April. The challenge (found here) is to post from A to Z everyday in April except for Sundays. I think I will accept the challenge and use it to develop my Ancient Under-City of Ugarit setting. I have been very slack at updating my blog recently and I hope this will kick-start me into posting more frequently.

So I have started shaping some ideas for topics for this challenge, of course these are subject to change between now and the posting dates in April. Here are some of the topics I am considering so far....

• A : Armor
• B : Barbarians
• C : Cults
• D : Dogs
• E :
  
• F :
• G : Gods
• H : Healing
• I :
• J :
• K :
• L :
• M : Maps
• N :
• O : Orbs
• P : Portals
• Q :
• R :
• S :
• T :
• U : Ugarit the grand city
• V :
• W :
• X :
• Y :
• Z :

So stay tuned for an April full of Ugarit goodness.

Old "Resistance" file...

I was moving files around to my new desktop when I found a copy of my monsters for "The Resistance" setting. I had thought this document was lost in my many pc & website moves, glad to have found a copy of it. So for your enjoyment it is available here as well as my download sidebar. Enjoy the killer robot goodness!

The Ancient Under-City of Ugarit continues...

Mapping of level 2 is coming along nicely (though I am not sure yet if this is level 2 or just another level 1 split from the other map... I want this thing to be HUGE).

The Ancient Under-City of UGARIT

First Level Wandering Monster Table (Roll 2d6)

2 to 3 : 1d6 Ghouls

4 to 5 : 2d6 Skeletons

6 to 8 : 2d6 Berserkers of Yam*

9 to 10 : 2d6 Giant Rats

11 to 12 : 1d6 Zombies

*Berserkers of Yam are fearless warriors and followers of the Cult of Yam (the chaotic god of the Sea). These warriors dye their hair green and disdain armor. They are typically armed with short blades, hand axes (for throwing) and curved daggers. A typical encounter with a group of berserkers will number between 2 and 12 warriors. There is a 1 in 6 chance that a Priest of Yam will accompany them (a 2^nd level cleric). These warriors will fight to the death, unless a Priest orders them to do otherwise.

Armor Classifications and a new Templar class.

I have typed up my armor classification notes below for use in any old school (original or retro clone) version of the game. (Not using d6 as outlined in my initial post - just base AC). You can download the document here (or in my downloads sidebar).

I am working on my own game for my Under-city megadungeon based mostly on the LBB OD&D. I am removing the cleric class and replacing it with a non-spell casting Templar class. The magic-user is being replaced by a "Sorcerer" class that has access to both cleric and magic-user spells.

I have already written up the Templar and hope to post more about it soon.

Level 2 of the Under-city begins...