Monthly Archives: January 2015

“We search the room”

Posted on January 22, 2015 by lostdelights

What does that mean? In Journeyman, characters use the Sense skill to observe the world around them. Here’s how that works during the game. Notice: If the characters walk by something that might be useful (a clue, a feature of … Continue reading →

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Dungeonmastering Again

Posted on January 21, 2015 by lostdelights

So I’m running my own campaign again (the Navah campaign) and loving it. But I’m a different referee than I used to be. Back in 2012, I talked about some of the checks I had to put on my ego … Continue reading →

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Character Backgrounds in Journeyman

Posted on January 17, 2015 by lostdelights

When creating your character in Journeyman for the Navah campaign, you will roll for Social Status (SOC). That SOC will determine which of the following backgrounds your character will come from, which in turn will determine your initial skills and … Continue reading →

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Dyson’s Refrigerator Dice

Posted on January 15, 2015 by lostdelights

Dyson made some simple and attractive refrigerator magnets out of dice. Check it out!

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Gods & Magic in Navah

Posted on January 15, 2015 by lostdelights

One of the issues I face in running the Navah campaign is the preconceptions that many people bring to the game that are based on other game dynamics or fantasy cultures (i.e. Tolkien). One of the most common is the … Continue reading →

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The Black Destroyer (The Coeurl)

Posted on January 12, 2015 by lostdelights

The Displacer Beast is a copyrighted property of Wizards of the Coast, but its inspiration, the Coeurl, is not. A.E. Van Vogt wrote about the Coeurl back in “The Black Destroyer” (1939). The Coeurl were intelligent, with two tentacles coming … Continue reading →

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Mapping Anthavar, the City of Lions

Posted on January 10, 2015 by lostdelights

My Navah campaign begins in Anthavar, the capital of the Anthavarn Empire, also known as the City of Lions. After trying a few different mapping solutions, I ended up mapping it on Paint.net. That allowed me to have a variety … Continue reading →

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Bows

Posted on January 8, 2015 by lostdelights

I’ve been working on my combat system again, and my current task is finalizing the damage, range, and STR requirements for the various bows. I thought I knew plenty about this. I did archery in college, and had read quite … Continue reading →

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Five Destructive Myths

Posted on January 3, 2015 by lostdelights

Oren Ashkenai recently decried “The Five Destructive Myths Perpetuated by Roleplaying Games.” He complains about the ways that some people play, but paints with too broad a brush, because obviously he tries not to play that way, and others do … Continue reading →

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Recruiting for the Navah Campaign

Posted on January 1, 2015 by lostdelights

I’m looking for some players for my online campaign (on roll20.com). We have three player characters so far: Gunther, infantry veteran, currently working as a legbreaker for the Broken Branch gang. Letholdus Carac, veteran archer and hunter of rare birds, … Continue reading →

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