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The Island of Bysby
This will be a working document for the Island of Bysby. Located off the west coast of the duchy. It is part of #hexcrawl25 - I will slowly release regions and try getting useability feedback. Bysby was the site of an incredible family dynasty that landed a long time ago building a very large fortress surrounded by lush farms and wooden houses made from the trees in the nearby thick forest. Something happened then that wiped out all the people, leaving most of the fortress st
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Oct 1514 min read
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The Cons of GD Ep 2
Being left alone in an unknown forest with a hut and well, the boys started to have a look around. They checked the well - full, good water. They ate an apple each off the trees, fresh, tasty. And they entered the hut. Practical beds, chests full of basic tools, five sets of rough clothes. A large stack of wood, some candles, hunting bow and some arrows. Taking the bow Vienas and Rist were determined to check the surrounds and commited to being back a little after sundown. Fi
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Oct 156 min read
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The Cons of GD - Ep 1
In a bid to explore the Grand Duchy solo, and to learn the wonders of solo TTRPGs, I will begin an attempt at journaling these experiments.
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Oct 153 min read
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Politics and Settlements.
As I start to look into the factions of the land - the big and the small. A political map would be smart. I have a region map with main...
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Sep 302 min read
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How to roll up a dungeon/location.
Using resources like Knave 2e, Cairn 2e, sandbox generator, or for more spacey stuff Vaults of Vaarn - you can roll up dungeons or...
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Sep 174 min read
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Penguin prints.
As I try to learn linocut printing on my way to a medieval style art for the future I printed a duck/penguin. In a former life I was a...
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Sep 161 min read
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River fort to protect the abbey.
Wooden conical shaped tower fort covered in flags and surrounded by a solid wall. It was initially built to protect the abbey that stands...
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Sep 162 min read
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Stories from the Island 1 - The witch.
Off the coast of the Duchy is an island of pirates and traders and craftspeople. These are some stories. In the eastern most edge of the...
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Aug 124 min read
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MiddleLake Tower.
In process. In the middle of a lake. A tower. Semi under water. The back story. A couple lived there. Researching. And got too close to...
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Jul 252 min read
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Campfire Campfolk
A lovely man I know created a ruleset - https://vulpineparent.itch.io/campfire-cavefolk . Using a mechanic of drawing two rocks from a...
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Jul 213 min read
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The adventurers and explorers into The Duchy.
The Duchy has the capacity to be an every day medieval setting, in which a group of odd friends go adventuring. Dungeoneering, murder,...
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Jul 1413 min read
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East Region - hexcrawl25
I am behind schedule getting some of these up. But, this is the east. The frontier of where I will go with this project on one side....
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May 271 min read
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B2 - Skuodas (Central West) #hexcrawl25
#hexcrawl25 B2
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May 271 min read
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A killing - Shrt1
"Kill to stop death, We have to kill to keep her back" She chanted to herself, using the melody she had made up. Her courage always left...
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May 265 min read
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Faction: Toads.
Sixteen giant toads and 97 normal sized toads make up the cleaning staff of 'the menagerie'. A dungeon-like complex built by a druid to...
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May 212 min read
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3 letter word magic and being knocked out.
I dislike magic. For whatever reason I was never drawn to ttrpgs for magic. Even when I was a kid playing tunnels and trolls I would...
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May 152 min read
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Hand Drawn has a limit.
For some jams I have had not so much time to perfectly design the art I want and so I just quickly do it by hand. Today I put together...
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Mar 192 min read
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Menagerie of the Blood-Kukutis Moon.
Location module for OSR style play.
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Mar 181 min read
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When a player stumps you #1
Not a direct quote. More an essence of things that have happened at games I've run at events. #Intro spiel is all about "this is a low...
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Feb 242 min read
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