Tenkar's Tavern: Deal of the Day - GM's Miscellany: Urban Dressing II (System Neutral Edition)

Monday, October 24, 2016

Deal of the Day - GM's Miscellany: Urban Dressing II (System Neutral Edition)

The GM's Miscellany series is the sandboxing / improving GM's friend. GM's Miscellany: Urban Dressing II is no exception - it's a damn good resource to have at the table when your party decides to hit the local town.

I personally think picture often tell a story better than words, but in this case, I'll be using a picture OF words ;)

That's just half of the table of the Borderland Town: Sights and Sounds. Some of these entries might spark an adventure of their own.

Normally $13.99 in PDF, for the next 23 hours GM's Miscellany: Urban Dressing II (System Neutral Edition) is on sale for $6.99 - 1/2 off. Print plus PDF is $11.98 (print is normally $16.99 on its own) Eve though I have the PDF I am tempted to pick up a print copy at this discounted price. It is that useful at the gaming table.

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UnknownOctober 24, 2016 at 3:47 PM
I'm obsessed with random tables and story cubes. Write 3-5 hooks on index cards and let the tables/dice do the rest.

It would be great if you did round up articles on your site where you could cover all of your favorite resources on a certain subject. For example all of your favorite random table resources etc...
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PatrickOctober 24, 2016 at 6:43 PM
Creighton Broadhurst, who puts out these excellent supplements, also has a bunch of random tables for use his page too. Examples are 20 things to loot from a dead bard (the best kind of bard, imo), 10 goblins with personality, 10 dead tomb robbers to discover in an ancient necropolis, etc. And, if you like these kinds things, there is a gigantic pack of these in PDF form for sale on one of the sites (30 bucks for a bunch of PDFs with all kinds of dressing in table format). I'm not sure if it is okay to link to a store that isn't an affiliate link so I'll defer to Erik as to whether that is okay or not...
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PatrickOctober 24, 2016 at 6:56 PM
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JeffOctober 24, 2016 at 7:05 PM
Today is also the start of the Halloween Scavenger hunt! It includes a Tunnels & Trolls Solo, if you can find it.

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Believe me when I say I have them all in dead tree format. I have OSRIC in full size, trade paperback and the Player's Guide. I have LL and the AEC (and somewhere OEC, but I can't find it at the moment). Obviously I have Basic Fantasy RPG. Actually, I have the whole available line in print. Way too much Castles & Crusades. We all know my love for the DCC RPG. I even have Dark Dungeons in print, the Delving Deeper boxed set, Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperborea. BOTH editions of LotFP's Weird Fantasy and some dead tree copies of the Greyhawk Grognards Adventures Dark & Deep

I am so deep in the OSR when I come up for breath it's for the OSR's cousin, Tunnels & Trolls

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Monday, October 24, 2016

Deal of the Day - GM's Miscellany: Urban Dressing II (System Neutral Edition)

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