Teasers for issue 3 of Plundergrounds!
Teasers for issue 3 of Plundergrounds!
Teasers for issue 3 of Plundergrounds!
Author: Ray Otus
When you write up a new monster, roll+INT.
When you write up a new monster, roll+INT.
When you write up a new monster, roll+INT. If you fail, write a move that’s just a basic attack. (Ha ha.) My point is DON’T make monster moves that are just like “rake them with claws.” That’s in the attack stats (e.g. Claw d6 damage, hand, 1 piercing). If it’s an attack, then make it fundamentally different than “do x damage.”
Moves like “rip off a limb” are an attack, but they specifically give you the option of taking away someone’s leg or right arm, which has a huge effect on the fiction. “Punch them senseless” is permission to deliver a TKO and would maybe be something a golem would have, for instance. Maneuvering moves like “knock them down” or “tangle them up with vines” are good too.
I’m writing this because I’ve seen far too many monster moves that I have no idea what to do with in the fiction. They just echo the weapon stats and are a missed opportunity for coolness.
Also, remember that some of the best moves aren’t combat moves at all. Every great arch-villain needs the “slip away with a taunt” move!
Has anyone built a better vampire?
Has anyone built a better vampire?
Has anyone built a better vampire? I think I might need one for my Plundergrounds zine and I’m not crazy about the one in the core book. Looking for a singular example, maybe nosferatu like. Credit extended in the book to anyone that brings the awesome. 🙂
Is this weapon tag explained better anywhere in the DW book?
Is this weapon tag explained better anywhere in the DW book?
Is this weapon tag explained better anywhere in the DW book?
“Stun: When you attack with it, it does stun damage instead of normal damage.”
What does that mean. Do you reduce them to 0 HP and just have them be unconscious? Maybe have them wake up with the Dazed disability? That’s how I’ve handled it before, but I’m wondering what y’all do.
I posted something like this yesterday, but the link got messed up because of a Patreon thing.
I posted something like this yesterday, but the link got messed up because of a Patreon thing.
I posted something like this yesterday, but the link got messed up because of a Patreon thing. So…reposting it with apologies.
Plundergrounds 2: Kazarak is finally out! 24 pages packed with twisted dwarves, evil villains, crazy abandoned machines, “star bears,” and art from +Karl Stjernberg, +Sean Poppe, and +Jim Jones. Jim also wrote up the coolest magic item in the zine, a set of plate armor that has some very strange self-repairing properties. Get it now with your $2 Patreon pledge at http://www.patreon.com/rayotus.
This zine!
This zine!
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This zine! Seriously. It has some rough edges and a few choices made me scratch my head, but forget that. There are so many fantastic nuggets in here! I’m only halfway through looking it over, but I had to stop and post. It’s pay what you want. It’s Dungeon World. It’s Necromunda+DarkSun-ish. I wish I had thought it up! It’s really inspiring. It’s by Logan Howard. Get it now. (I’ll try to write up more coherent thoughts later.)
$5 to go! Help me get there and I’ll release the zine early.
$5 to go! Help me get there and I’ll release the zine early.
$5 to go! Help me get there and I’ll release the zine early.
Plundergrounds 2 is near!!!
Plundergrounds 2 is near!!!
My Patreon hit the 2/3 mark on funding, so I put up a new teaser for the second issue of Plundergrounds.
My Patreon hit the 2/3 mark on funding, so I put up a new teaser for the second issue of Plundergrounds.
My Patreon hit the 2/3 mark on funding, so I put up a new teaser for the second issue of Plundergrounds. It’s a bad-ass dwarf archaeologist NPC with some reveals for the upcoming zine!
Hey folks!
Hey folks!
Hey folks! I’ve been hard at work on a project for over a year and I’m dropping it on you today. Announcing Plundergrounds, a zine devoted to Dungeon World adventures! (Also suitable for Macchiato Monsters and other OSR games.)
Get your hands on the free first issue at my Patreon link below. It’s got 24 pages of politically-motivated intelligent apes, gladiator battles, weird alien tech, and an insane dimensional portal. Yeah, all that, and some cool art by Sean Poppe to boot.
If you enjoy it, subscribe through my Patreon and get issues in every even month of 2017.