UNBRIDLED TRUTH

eBooks

Deceit

Saraphel

Recipes

How to Peel a Coconut

Core Foods

Bitter Melon Tofu Stir Fry

C4 Puree

Fluffy Potato Wedges

Glass Noodle Casserole

Glass Noodle Stir Fry

Plantain Crepe Cakes

Simple Veggie Side

Spaghetti Squash and Spicy Sauce

Sweet and Spicy Guacamole

Desserts

Carrot Cupcakes

Chocolate Chip Carrot Cake Cookies

Fruit Soup

Orange Chocolate Heresy

Vegan Chocolate Heresy

TTRPG/D&D

AI Design, or Telling a Story Without Explaining

Alignment Embodiments

An Example of Player Empowerment

Basic Guidelines for Running City-Based Adventures/Campaigns

But Where Did The Enchantment Come From?

d66 Adversarial Beings Inspired by Dead By Daylight

D&D Monster Symbiotes

Empower Yourself to Design Encounters

Evasion, Flight, and Pursuit - Chases in TTRPGs

Four Magic Armor Ideas Better Than Boring Pluses

Four Magic Weapon Ideas Better Than Boring Pluses

Godspeak and the Fomorian Curse

Going Alone

Introduction

Spotlight

Scope

Power Variety

Monsters

Encounter Design

Vancian Magic

Happiness and Growth in GMing

Improving a Classic Adventure - I3: Pharaoh (Part 2)

Languages in D&D

Let’s Look At Skills

​Mutable Maps

Part 1: Dungeon-Scale

Part 2: City-Scale

My TTRPG Generic Minigame Mechanics

OD&D Multiclassing Idea

Thoughts on Doing Non-Attack/Save Resolutions (Ability Checks vs. Abstract Skill Checks)

Thoughts on Rolling Dice (Uniform vs. Normal Distribution)

Tips about Narrative Presentation for Exploration in TTRPGs

TTRPG Mechanical Trap Design - Simple Machines (Levers, Pulleys, and Inclined Planes) 101

Turning Stories into Adventures

Gaming Content

The Brass Fraternity (Random-table-inspired OSR modern-day investigation adventure)

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Cursed Monastery of the Crocodile-Behemoth (Random-table-inspired OSR urban investigation adventure)

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Elf Heartspells and Mutations for OD&D or B/X

Factory-Hall of the Iron Shaman (Random-table-inspired OSR dungeon crawl for levels 1-3)

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Hexcrawl Random Landmark Generator

Random “Village with a Cult” Generator Inspired By Scenic Dunnsmouth

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Magic Items Inspired by JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

Phantom Blood

Battle Tendency

Stardust Crusaders

Diamond is Unbreakable

Golden Wind

Stone Ocean

Compilation PDF

Tropin’ d20 - Animals Hate Him (Addendum)

Tropin' d20 - BFS

Tropin' d20 - Harping on About Harpies

Tropin' d20 - Matter of Life and Death

Tropin' d20 - Painful Body Waxing

Tropin' d20 - Unwinnable by Insanity

Twisted Lovers (OSR Adventure for levels 1-4)

Walled Mounds of the Hive Caller (Random-table-inspired OSR dungeon crawl for levels 1-3)

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

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Retroclone

Adventures & Antagonists: Swords and Sorcery in a Dark Age of Fantasy (Streamlined 2E AD&D with elements from other editions)

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​Reflective Revision (a series looking over my decisions while writing up Adventures & Antagonists)

Introduction

Ability Scores, PC Races, PC Classes, and Alignment

Weapon and Skill Training, Money and Equipment

General Rules, Adventuring, Vision and Light, Time and Movement, NPCs, and Experience

Treasure, Encounters, and Combat

Reviews/Experiences

Alone Against the Flames

The Random Esoteric Creature Generator for Classic Fantasy Role-Playing Games and Their Modern Simulacra

First Experiences with Running “Beyond the Wall and Other Adventures”

Looking Over Book of Challenges and Dungeon Delve: General Index

A Familiar Situation

Close Quarters

Here, Kitty, Kitty, Kitty

Temple of Draxion

Bugbear Pit Fight

No Loose Ends

Pool of Endless Froglings

Capstan Water Trap

Curse of Iron

Mimic Madness

Dark Water Trap

Displacer Beast Maze

Trouble Cubed

Watery Grave

All of the Treasure, None of the Traps

Cubical Kennel

Grotto of the Shocker Lizards

Hill Giant Madness

An Object Lesson

Fire and Water

Fool Me Once

Troll and Pets

Chuk's Magik Shoppe

Dropping like a Stone

Jann Lair

Warding of the Dead

A Light in the Dark

Avaard's Dilemma

Ladies of the Lake

Watch Your Balance

Cave of the Snake

More than Meets the Eye

Path of Deceit

Shambling Death

Formidable Opposition

In Media Res

Release the Hounds

Zyphur's Cryptic Spellbook

Just Passing Through

Medusa's Traveling Casino

With a Little Help from My Friends

Dark Hunt

Simply Shocking

Safe and Sound

Tangled Webs

Beholder Dome

Riddles and Prizes

Twelve Heads Are Better Than One

Where's the Party?

Primary Thinking

Towering Dead

Thrice Be Damned

Blown Away

Coppernight Hold

The Broken Tower

Orc Stronghold

The Raiders' Hideout

Tomb of the Tiefling Empress

Temple of the Zealots

The Catacombs of Koptila

Poisoned Shadows

Deceitful Descent

Fear the Night

Last Will and Testament

Emerald Dawn

Planar Bandits

Hall of Echoing Screams

Caves of Menace

Eye of Flame

Caverns of Demise

Summer's End

Temple of the Four Winds

Cold Hands of Chaos

Bahamut's Shame

Smoldering Flames of War

Lich's Last Stand

Ghoulish Designs

Temple of Primordial Flame

Shadowfell Schism

Storming the Clouds

The Hungering Temple

The Silence of Evil

Deific Heart of Magma

Solitary TTRPG Play with Scarlet Heroes

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​Book Reviews

A

The Best of H.P. Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre

Clark Ashton Smith – The Dark Eidolon and Other Fantasies

The Complete Chronicles of Conan

Ravenor

B

Being a Green Mother

Ciaphas Cain - Saviour of the Imperium

The Hero of Ages

Leviathan Wakes

Mistborn

Night Lords Omnibus

The Well of Ascension

Wielding a Red Sword

C

The Black Company

Dragons of Autumn Twilight

Elantris

Elric: The Stealer of Souls

The Forty Rules of Love

On a Pale Horse

With a Tangled Skein

The Wraiths of Will and Pleasure

D

Dark Currents

The Way of Kings

Word Bearers Omnibus

F

Bearing an Hourglass

Orphan X

Written in Red

Video Game Reviews

A

Age of Wonders 3

Angband 4.0.x

Baldur’s Gate + Tales of the Sword Coast

Baldur’s Gate 2

Diablo 2: Lord of Destruction

Digital Devil Saga: Avatar Tuner

Digital Devil Saga 2

Grim Dawn

Hitman: Blood Money

Hitman: Contracts

Hitman: World of Assassination

Last Epoch (patch 0.8.2)

Monster Hunter: World

Path of Exile

Shadowrun Dragonfall

B

Bloodborne

Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin

Darkest Dungeon (see also Assorted Thoughts on Darkest Dungeon)

Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen

Helltaker

Hitman 2: Silent Assassin

Hollow Knight

Jade Empire

Shadowrun Returns

Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness

Sundered: Eldritch Edition

Thea: The Awakening

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C

Cinders

Hitman: Absolution

Hitman: Codename 47

Legbreaker

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Miniature Painting

My First Miniature

My First Miniature – Completed!

Reaper’s Learn To Paint Kit #1 – Core Skills

Reaper’s Learn To Paint Kit #2 – Layer Up!

The Process of Painting Diaries

Arael, Half Elf Cleric

Dark Elf Warrior

Diva, the Blessed

The Grey Maiden

Lysette, Elf Wizard

Lysette, Elf Wizard (2)

Mind Eater

Nagendra Stalker

Necromancer

Prairie Tick Queen

Seoni, Iconic Sorceress

Skeleton Spearman

Skeleton Swordsman

Miscellaneous

A Bigot Who Has Felt Bigotry Themselves Is Still A Bigot

Authors Give Back

COVID-19, Crab Buckets, and Rule 303

Ebook Coupons! (expired)

Ebook Links (response to getting a shout out from The Wandering DMs)

Fitting Homage vs. Exploiting Nostalgia – A Comparison of Sequels

The False Dichotomy of Plot Presentations

Hole Is Where the Heart Is

I Hate Censorship

Living in Interesting Times

My Take on the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy

The Rise of Skywalker

The Last Jedi

The Force Awakens

On the Concept of “Choice”

On 2 Years of Shouting into the Void

The Problem of "Problem" Topics

Some Thoughts from a Neurodivergent Perspective on Casual Use of Clinical Diagnoses

Song Breakdown: In This Moment - Sick Like Me

Song Breakdown: Jinjer - Pit of Consciousness

State of the Blog (2017)

Using Vampires (and Other Symbolic Monsters) in Fiction

Villain Stories - Another Movie Comparison

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Diablo 2 Guides

Diablo 2: Lord of Destruction Intro Guide

Fitness

Convict Conditioning Book Review

Exercise Experimenting

Resources for Keeping Active at Home