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Pits Perilous: April 2015
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Being in the Main the Mouth of Olde House Rules. Thursday, April 30, 2015. Armor Piercing in Pits and Perils. In Pits and Perils, armor provides bonus hit points (and greater survivability per Infernal Realms). Fine. But how does one depict armor piercing weaponry in this kind of game system? How about a sword 1 vs. armored opponents? The game already does this with the axe of hewing ( 2 vs. shield using enemies). So consider the following ready to use weaponry:. Armor piercing blades are deadly,. We all...
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Pits Perilous: Life (A Spell for Pits & Perils)
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Being in the Main the Mouth of Olde House Rules. Wednesday, August 12, 2015. Life (A Spell for Pits and Perils). Who wants to die? And what wouldn't we do for just a few extra moments alive and kicking? In that spirit, we offer you this spell. For your Pits and Perils game, although a mixed blessing that commands a very high price when used. Raise a slain companion. Life temporarily resurrects a fallen. Companion, but exacts a rather steep price. This (very powerful) spell exacts a terrible price on the ...
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Pits Perilous: November 2014
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Being in the Main the Mouth of Olde House Rules. Saturday, November 29, 2014. The Powers That Be (A Review). This time around, we're looking at The Powers That Be. Another supplement under the Pits and Perils (P&P) OSL, published and written by Bryan Steward of Black Paperclip Games; the same folks who delivered us The Uncanny Abode and Final Resting Place. Only now, it's the very gods themselves on offer. The Powers That Be presents a cosmology in just 10-pages. And does so with surprising results!
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Pits Perilous: The Return of (Barons of) Braunstein!
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Being in the Main the Mouth of Olde House Rules. Wednesday, August 5, 2015. The Return of (Barons of) Braunstein! This last weekend we got a little visit from no less than the legendary David Wesley himself. He and his wife, Su, stopped by to visit and finalize the details of a Licensing agreement that will allow us to republish Braunstein! As BARONS OF BRAUNSTEIN, complete with additional rules and other cool stuff. For those who might not know, David Wesley. Our goal with Braunstein! David and Su are a...
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Pits Perilous: July 2015
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Being in the Main the Mouth of Olde House Rules. Friday, July 31, 2015. With the recent release of Retrospace. A pulp science fiction expansion to Blood of Pangea. We wanted to reconcile these two very disparate, and yet closely linked, genres. The following alien cosmology is NOT canonical by ANY stretch of the imagination, but might serve as inspiration still. Sword and sorcery and sci-fi are. Closely related in many not-so-obvious ways. Note here that if this idea seems to take the wonder out of any d...
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Pits Perilous: July 2014
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Being in the Main the Mouth of Olde House Rules. Friday, July 25, 2014. The Pits and Perils of Armor. Pits and Perils (P&P) treats armor differently, and this post aims to explain why and what we were thinking. As gamers, we've grown accustomed to armor granting constant and uniform protection. However, there's little to suggest that this is actually true, and some evidence to the contrary. We assume the following:. The benefits of armor worn diminish greatly over time. Now, in our system. So what does a...
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Save Versus All Wands: Of Orcs and Evolution
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Thinking About Original Dungeons and Dragons. Wednesday, July 9, 2014. Of Orcs and Evolution. Put forth the claim that monsters with only one hit die should generally be assigned 7 or 8 hit points, as opposed to the standard range of 1-8 generated by rolling for them. (Obviously we're assuming the eight-sided die standard of Greyhawk. And AD&D as opposed to the six-sided standard of Monsters and Treasure. Has a series of three quite useful posts ending here. Hit points don't exist. Hit points don't exist.
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Pits Perilous: June 2015
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Being in the Main the Mouth of Olde House Rules. Wednesday, June 24, 2015. Contemplatives in Pits and Perils. Clerics in Pits and Perils were conceived primarily as holy (or alternately, unholy) warriors supplemented by healing abilities and power over undead enemies, etc. Clerics are NOT formulaic spell casters in the fashion of magical practitioners, but rather, pious folk who call upon their god(s) for aid:. Help me, , I'm in trouble (Ally). Help me, , I'm really sick (Cure). CONTEMPLATIVES are religi...
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Pits Perilous: May 2015
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Being in the Main the Mouth of Olde House Rules. Sunday, May 31, 2015. Wesely and The Baron of Braunstein! The game formerly known as Braunstein! Is about to be re-born, hopefully within the month, as Baron of Braunstein! Now licensed and endorsed by David Wesely. Himself and having an appendix of original material from the good Major covering the medieval period in his fictional town. Exciting stuff! German castles figured prominently as. Inspiration for Wesely's fictional Braunstein. Anyone who might h...
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Pits Perilous: August 2015
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Being in the Main the Mouth of Olde House Rules. Sunday, August 30, 2015. Barons of Braunstein Is Reborn! Barons of Braunstein is back, as promised, reborn as a fully licensed product of David Wesley! Anyone interested in getting it have two quick and easy ways to go here. 1) If you've previously purchased the Braunstein! Game, all you need to do is download the update in your Drive-Thru RPG game library, and some of you might have already gotten the message sent out to accompany the release. Easy! For a...
