Direbane: An RPG Home Brewed Repository

There is much wringing of hands, clucking of tongues, and vapours regarding statements by Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks planning to move D&D to a live service model and supposedly away from physical book format.

A new screen I assembled for our B/X-AD&D retro-clone "Advanced Labyrinth Lord" game.

(We use an old CSWE map for Future Sigil.)

(Design by Thaddeus Moore) Considering the AD&D (1e) experience that comprehensive rules actually guided DM rulings, we can the second "Zen Moment" of player skill over character abilities.

(Design by Thaddeus Moore) The Old School Renaissance movement found solid footing in D&D RPGs shortly after D&D 4th Edition was released in 2008.

(My original Judges Guild Judge's Shield (1977), DM view.)

But, nah, so probably the most significant 5th edition rule that grates on my OSR sensibilities is magic item attunement.

(Matrox Lusch and Sick Rick bookend newcomers' viewing "The Annulus") I finally dug into the "End of the Multiverse" scenario which was where our New Old Weird World campaign left off in 2022 (and the site of where our Blipping #2 campaign left off).

(Art by Cynthia Sims Millan, 1978) I've got my half-round combat and floating seconds initiative for the low-rollers.

Using half rounds for combat can add granularity and tension to combat encounters in your 5th edition D&D campaign.

("Portal to Adventure" box art by Roland Brown) A new collection of Old School Renaissance-style gaming products opens the "Portal to Adventure" Kickstarter campaign October 1st that runs through October 31.

(J.A.S. 15th Level Paladin "Alancrost" by J.A.S.)

Ha, so all our games were not drug and alcohol infused debauchery.

***This Video has been corrected to meet YouTube Standards*** A portion of AC/DC's "Back in Black" is in the background during a segment of this video.

("How it started" by Sumerled) As my gaming group hit the 1990's and individual players our late 20's into our thirtysomethings, we left a trail of alcohol bottles, cigarette butts, vomit, hanger heads, stacked and painted people, and fucking hellacious g…

The Blipping Campaign, Friday November 29, 1996 Magic Item of Note: Mithral Torch (+1 to Wisdom, True Sight line of sight, it burns twice as bright as a normal torch (80 feet).

I have 2 D&D campaigns running post-End of Time event: Wilderlands 5th Iteration and the shared Psychedelic Deadlands / Dreamer of Dreams (co-DMed with Dr.

I have devoted lots of hours (weeks, months, years, decades) toward the Dungeons and Dragons game, right up there with jobs, and only essential compensation having been companionship with my fellows of the game.

by Olivier Bernard Today Wizards of the Coast announced the release of System Reference Document 5.2 (SRD 5.2) for the 5th Edition 2024 Ruleset.

(Ark of Time) GM: Matt Morrison Type: RPG System: D&D/Arduin Grimoire Edition: 5e (2024) Players: 7 Provided: Characters may be provided by GM Power Level: Levels 9-12 Variations: If you bring your own PC, 2014 5th edition characters are acceptable.

(Ha, and why it's good none of the players read my blog.)

Okay, I took the next step in my "New Edition" journey purchasing the 2024 5th Edition revisions edition of the Player's Handbook.

What with the new 2024 revisions due to start being released this coming September, I am converting my online game to D&D 5th edition.

(George the Gnome Barbarian.)

Per D&D Historian Jon Peterson, D&D was first released in late January 1974, so Jon picked Sunday, January 26, 1974 as Sunday was the day each week Gary Gygax invited folks out to his home in Lake Geneva to demonstrate the new game.