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Old Guy Gaming - Realistic Coastlines Revisited
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Unsolicited ramblings of a veteran DM. Written by Mike Summers on January 6th, 2012. Two years ago, I wrote an article called “ Adding Realistic Coastlines to a Map. 8220; I was asked to re-post it. In the tutorial section at the Cartographer’s Guild where, shortly after doing so, it received an award. Since then, this article has been, by far, the most viewed post on this site. Given the interest it has received, I think it is high time I revisited this tutorial. Step 1 – Add Noise. Now we blur the imag...
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Old Guy Gaming - Gaming Mats and Terrain
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Unsolicited ramblings of a veteran DM. Gaming Mats and Terrain. Written by Mike Summers on May 18th, 2010. Most groups use miniatures (or tokens), on some sort of grid, to help visualize their battles. When I started playing D&D 30 years ago, if you wanted to use miniatures you had one choice to make: buy a gaming mat or draw a grid on something yourself. Things have changed a lot since then and today there are a great many choices. I can’t say enough good things about their mats. Buy one! The only compl...
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Old Guy Gaming - Living Up To My Nickname
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Unsolicited ramblings of a veteran DM. Living Up To My Nickname. Written by Mike Summers on December 2nd, 2016. I thought that two months was already an inordinate amount of time, but he said that wasn’t unusual. In addition, diabetes makes every injury take forever to heal. I knew that was true with cuts and infections (that is part of why so many diabetics end up having their feet amputated), but it never occurred to me that it would apply to bone and muscle injuries as well. Not Quite Back Yet. In add...
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Old Guy Gaming - The Development of My House Rules
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Unsolicited ramblings of a veteran DM. The Development of My House Rules. Written by Mike Summers on March 10th, 2010. I went back and looked over the system I had used before. I can’t say that it really resembles any one version over another because it really is an amalgam of all of them. There were definitely some aspects of 4e that I wanted to incorporate and a few core changes that I wanted to make. My House Rules – Races. My House Rules – Classes. My House Rules – Hit Points. My House Rules – ...
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Old Guy Gaming - Deviant Spells
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Unsolicited ramblings of a veteran DM. Written by Mike Summers on January 14th, 2017. Higgs Bozon particle, Enstein-Rozen bridge, Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle, Halley’s comet… when a significant discovery is made, it is often named after the person or persons who made the discovery. Wouldn’t the development of a new spell be accompanied by the same honor? Doesn’t it make you wonder who Leomund was? Laquo; Player Spellbooks. Legend of Grimrock ». Did You Enjoy This Post? Let's hear what you think:.
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Old Guy Gaming - Unsolicited ramblings of a veteran DM. - page 2
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Unsolicited ramblings of a veteran DM. Written by Mike Summers on April 14th, 2016. Back in the 80’s, we had a DM that was exceptionally creative and artistically gifted. Sadly, he was also deviously malevolent. But that is a story for another post. One of the marvelous things he did for us was to create character portraits. Continue Reading ». Written by Mike Summers on April 14th, 2016. Continue Reading ». Tim Kask Video Series. Written by Mike Summers on April 3rd, 2016. Continue Reading ». That phras...
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Old Guy Gaming - Friends and Enemies
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Unsolicited ramblings of a veteran DM. Written by Mike Summers on January 18th, 2017. If you leave things to your players, their characters will live in a bubble. They’ll return to town with their loot, say they are buying this and that, and head back out to the dungeon. But that’s not how real life. Imaginary life works. Characters will interact with an awful lot of people, making friends with some and, invariably, making enemies of others. Why Do I Need Friends? Where Do I Gain Real Friends? Thanks for...
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Old Guy Gaming - How Much Does a Statue Weigh?
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Unsolicited ramblings of a veteran DM. How Much Does a Statue Weigh? Written by Mike Summers on December 8th, 2010. This, and related questions, have come up repeatedly ever since D&D first came out. Recently, I saw a post on a forum stating that a character who has doubled in size would be twice as tall and weigh twice as much. Sadly, there were a number of responses before someone finally pointed out the fallacy in that assertion. Applying This Method to Any Height Variation. Since the original creatur...
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Old Guy Gaming - Legend of Grimrock
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Unsolicited ramblings of a veteran DM. Written by Mike Summers on January 15th, 2017. With the popularity of MMO RPGs, it is increasingly difficult to find a good single-player game. But a number of years ago, I discovered this amazing exception. Produced by Almost Human Games. Released in December 2012, LoG is a 3D grid-based dungeon crawler reminiscent of Dungeon Master and similar games from the 80s, but with exceptional, state of the art, graphics and sound. You can buy the game directly from the pub...
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Old Guy Gaming - Jack Vance
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Unsolicited ramblings of a veteran DM. Written by Mike Summers on February 24th, 2012. Anyone who has played D&D has probably heard of Jack Vance. His books influenced how spell-casting works in Dungeons and Dragons. He, and other authors of his time, helped to shape how Gygax and others viewed fantasy in the early years of our hobby (not to mention millions that have joined since). I read quite a bit, but haven’t really made much of a dent in the “ Appendix N. Castles and Cauldrons ». Very simple, so I ...
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