Billy Goes to Mordor

There must be some booty here somewhere... First off, Chief Rolla Dolla was so impressed with the party's successful raid, that he...

Well, tonight we dug out the survivors of Death Frost Doom for a little bit of Saltbox fun with Swashbucklers & Seamonsters.  The cast ...

Map by Claytonian So, I wanted to take a look at what worked and what didn't in the recent session where I ran Death Frost Doom for...

Well, I still haven't had the chance to run this , but I hopefully should soon. In the mean-time, I decided to run it with Swashbucklers...

Here's a summary of posts for Swashbucklers & Seamonsters, an extension to classic DnD for running a Pirate Sandbox game. Now ...

XP Systems So, games can help shape character goals by their Experience System.  Many players are keen on getting their characters to lev...

So here's an example of a saltbox created from the toolkit .  The map to the right shows numbered islands on a 36-mile grid, as well as ...

1. Create a fighting man with the DnD of your choice. So for Labyrinth Lord: 3d6 in-order OR 18d6, assign 3 to each stat. 1d8 HP, m...

Here are some basic rules for getting around the overland map of your saltbox in a boat . 1. Visibility at Sea Spotting objects at s...

So here is a Saltbox Generator, usable with this  starting scenario for a Pirate Campaign.  Basically, this generator is a toolkit for he...

The Hook How pleasant the long journey to the New World started out.  The calls of the gulls, the rocking of the ship. The  fresh salt ai...

So I've been thinking more about seafaring skills and I think I have a better solution.  I recently got to browse through a copy o...

So let's give this  Naval Combat  a whirl with Naval Hardware , small arms , and death and dismemberment .  The encounter: The party(...

After play-testing the Naval Combat Rules  with the Naval Hardware and the Small Arms , I realized that the reload times were a problem. ...

PCs don't have a class.  Instead they start with a career skill.  The maximum number of career skills a character can have is 1 plus t...

Death and Dismemberment tables make for An Interesting Death .  A Pirate Death & Dismemberment table should make for eye-patches, pegl...

Following-up my post on Naval Combat, here are some stats to get that working. Ships Each ship is unique, but here are some typical n...

Naval Combat with wind-powered boats is complex.  There are different ships with different capabilities, different manoeuvres that can ...