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This session was played on March 12, 2008, featuring Elphy, Froderic, Maduro and Tosh; Froderic's squire James and page Willy; and Tosh's gang of four "normal man"...
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This session was played on April 2, 2008, featuring Elphy, Froderic and Maduro; Froderic's squire William; and a sizable pack of additional hirelings, including four "normal men"...
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This session was played on May 7, 2008, featuring Elphy, Froderic, Arn and Maduro; Elphy's lady love Weevilla; Froderic's squire William; the acolytes Thorina and Viktra, the...
This is an 8 1/2 by 11 page of really tiny hexes. Even allowing for the fact that Darlene's map of Greyhawk gave more space on the page to each hex, the continent of the Flaeness filled four...
We're starting play at the Outs Inn in hex 2618.
The area of this map is about the size of Greece or Scandanavia. Travelling from hex to hex takes a month if the weather is favorable and the...
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Player
Matthew
Class
Thief 2
Title
Footpad
Alignment
Neutral
Special
Thievery, Languages (Common, Glantrian)
Abilities
Strength
5 (-2 to hit, damage, open doors)
Intelligence
9 (can...
Mouse Guard in the Black Peaks setting
The best laid schemes o' Mice an' Men, gang aft agley.
GM
James
Players
Scott - Saxon
Adrian - Dain
Doug - Sadie
Mission
It is fall in the realm of mouse...
There are three alignments in Dungeons & Dragons. The quoted material on this page is copyright 1983 by TSR, Inc., and used without permission under a fair use rationale.
Lawful
Law (or...
Law and Chaos
• The Lawful alignment is in accord with the era of creation currently ordained by the gods. The Chaotic alignment represents hold-overs from previous eras and all others who...
Player
Quendalon
Class
Thief 1
Title
Apprentice
Alignment
Neutral
Special
Thievery, Languages (Common, Glantrian)
Abilities
Strength
8 (-1 to hit, damage)
Intelligence
12
Wisdom
6...
The Forest of Arden encompasses much of the northern province of New Averoigne. It is a shadow-haunted forest, gnarled and immemorial, thick with the ruins of ancient times. The native folk tell...
Player
Tommeh
Class
Dwarf
Title
Dwarven Veteran
Alignment
???
Special
Dark-Vision, Stone-Cunning, Hearing,...
Player
Dave
Class
Fighter 1
Title
Veteran
Alignment
Neutral
Abilities
Strength
14 (+1 to hit, damage)
Intelligence
11
Wisdom
14 (+1 save vs. spells)
Dexterity
15 (+1 on "to hit"...
Player
James_Nostack
Class
Magic-User 4
Title
Theurge
Alignment
Neutral
Special
Spells, Languages (Common, Salamander, Burrowing Mammals)
Spellbook
Ventriloquism, Protection from Evil,...
Date: October 1, 2008
Scenario: Recover Ruins
Setting: Goblin Castle, an delapidated motte & bailey castle at the center of Threshold
Opposition: Bargle the Warlock, Lumpy, many goblins and...
Real World Info
Date August 2, 2008
Location Cafe 28, Manhattan
Players James, Doug, Tavis, Joti, E.T., and Mike
Game World Info
Characters
Black Water the Veteran, Jarlos the Acolyte, Grub the...
The Balrog appears in the earliest printings of the "Three Little Books" version of Dungeons & Dragons, published in 1974; the information was later removed at the insistence of J.R.R....
The spellbook of Bargle the Warlock was lost somewhere within the Lost Mine of the Nichtgetan Dwarves. Based on Bargle's repertoire of spells, it likely contains fireball, invisibility, charm...
Bargle the Warlock is a liar and a murderer. He is a sociopath with no respect for the moral beliefs of others. Bargle is erudite, and can be polite in a sly sort of way for an hour or two. But...
Player Character Strongholds
From the Judges Guild Ready Ref Sheets:
Belrain the Sword-Singer is the son of Witch-Queen Ninde Nemacil, but has pledged fealty to Lord Stefan, and leads a contingent of the “Elven Guard”. He initially pledged his service to Lord...
Southernmost of the Principalities of Glantri, Blackhill joined the d'Ambreville coalition during the civil war. Darokin annexed Blackhill at the height of the war, and still retains a military...
James's game is set in the foothills of the Black Peaks. This region, also called the Steach, used to be the homeland of the Dwarves until it was overrun a century ago by the Dragon Army. Very...
For convenience, the Black Peaks game uses the familiar names of the 12 months. On this timeline, I'll assume that every month has 4 weeks.
This Year
July
In late July, Lord Stefan and his forces...
Player
littleidiot
Class
Magic-User 1
Title
Medium
Alignment
Lawful
Special
Spells, Languages (Common, Kobold, ?)
Spellbook
Magic Missile, Read...
Player
littleidiot
Class
Fighter
Title
Veteran
Alignment
Lawful
Special
None, he's a Fighter
Abilities
Strength
14 (+1 to hit, damage)
Intelligence
10 (literate)
Wisdom
13 (+1 to...
Player
Greengoat
Class
Dwarf 1
Title
Dwarven Veteran
Alignment
Neutral
Special
Infravision, Stonecunning, Hearing, Languages (Common, Dwarvish, Gnome, Kobold,...
Bodhi the Medium accompanied Elphy in his adventures. She was killed by poisonous snakes in the Lost Mine of the Nichtgetan Dwarves. Bodhi was reputedly romantically involved with a young man in...
Certain dead characters
Black Peaks Game
This is a list of deceased player characters. Characters without active links died in their very first outing. Currently Mike holds the record with two...
The Broken Lands are a jagged realm of mountains, rocky hills, plateaus and badlands that lie south of Glantri, forming a barrier between the Principalities and the more aggressive Republic of...
Player
forager23
Class
Cleric 1
Title
Acolyte
Alignment
Neutral
Special
Turn Undead, Languages (Common, Darokinese)
Abilities
Strength
14 (+1 to hit,...
Player
Rob
Class
Cleric 1
Title
Acolyte
Alignment
Neutral
Special
Turn Undead, Languages (Common, Glantrian)
Abilities
Strength
13 (+1 to hit, damage, open doors)
Intelligence
7...
Here is some regular text
Cardinal Ludwig is the highest ranking member of the One Lawful Church of the Great Builder in the Black Peaks, and brother to Lord Stefan. This combination of religious and secular authority makes...
The Château D'Ambreville (or Castle Amber) was once home to the sprawling d'Ambreville family, the most prestigious and magically powerful of all the noble families of Glantri. Their thaumaturgic...
Formerly the family seat for the Quincarnon family, one of the mageblooded lineages of the Principalities of Glantri. Castle Blackhill crouches atop a rugged hill in Blackhill province. It is a...
Nestled in a western river valley upriver from Blackhill, the principality of Caurenze is cut off from the rest of Glantri by Darokin-occupied territory. Without the dubious aid of Darokin's...
Player
flyingace
Class
Elf 1
Title
Veteran-Medium
Alignment
Neutral
Special
Spells, Languages (Common, Elvish, Orc, Hobgoblin, Gnoll, Lizard-Man)
Spellbook
Sleep,...
Character Creation in the Black Peaks
Characters are created at the table. This isn't a trust issue: it's that we like teasing you if you roll badly, or cheering if you roll well.
Characters are...
Adventurers…
Halflings…
Dwarf Kings Court
Dwarf Cannon Crew
Orcs
Ral Partha Trolls
Here's a hex scale suitable for mapping individual streetlights.
That map probably describes an area equivalent to a corner of the City State of the Invincible Overlord, seen here. The bold...
Player
Adrian
Class
Elf
Title
Veteran-Medium
Alignment
Lawful
Special
Infravision, Spells, Immune to Ghouls, Spot
Abilities
Strength
7 (-1 to hit, damage)
Intelligence
16 (speaks...
Player
skatay
Class
Thief 1
Title
Apprentice
Alignment
Chaotic
Special
Thievery, Languages (Common, Old Tongue)
Abilities
Strength
13 (+1 to hit, damage)
Intelligence
10
Wisdom
8...
One of the seven fundamental classes, blessed warriors who channel holy power directly from the divine. Not just any priest or prefect can expect to wield the powers of a true Cleric. Rather,...
Player
littleidiot
Class
Halfling 1
Title
Halfling Veteran
Alignment
Lawful
Special
Crack Shot, Dodge Big'uns, Hide, Quick Reflexes, Languages (Common, Glantrian)
Abilities
Strength
6...
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Common Wisdom about the Nature of the Universe
• No one agrees how the world was created, although societies frequently war with themselves over which theory should prevail.
• Gods are beyond...
One of the many monikers of the elf who goes by the name "Cervelle d'Asperge".
After the petrification of the mysterious figure known as The Boss, his fellow party members determined that his bizarre behavior and dramatic end smacked of the divine. Hamish the Dim, an acolyte...
The Republic of Darokin is a powerful, wealthy coastal nation to the south of Glantri, and some distance west of Specularum. It is a non-democratic republic, though some would call it a plutocracy;...
Faith, Religion, and Divine Spells and Prayers
Clerics get their powers from devotion. There are as many different objects of this devotion as there are ways to conduct such worship.
Some clerics...
Player
Quendalon
Class
Magic-User 1
Title
Medium
Alignment
Neutral
Special
Spells, Languages (Common, Glantrian)
Spellbook
Hold Portal, Read Magic
Abilities
Strength
8 (-1 to hit,...
Assembled by the Red Dragon, the Dragon Army terrorized the Black Peaks for one hundred years. When Lord Stefan defeated the Red Dragon, the Dragon Army mostly scattered to the four corners of the...
A sword forged by Dwarf Lord Heimdall during his captivity. The Nichtgetan family of Dwarves smuggled the blade to Lord Stefan, who used it to subdue the Red Dragon.
Dragon Slayer is a sword with...
One of the fundamental classes of Dungeons & Dragons. Dwarves, like Fighters are exceptionally powerful warriors; if anything, they are even hardier than their human counterparts, able to...
Heimdall was the king of the Dwarves in the Black Peaks region. He did not escape with the other Dwarven refugees when the Dragon Army sacked his lands, and over the decades many believed he was...
This fortress, known to many as "the Keep on the Borderlands," guards the pass that connects the Ruined Vales to the rest of Glantri. Its small troop of soldiers conducts the occasional sortie...
A medusa that the party discovered in the catacombs beneath the wizards' lair in the Caves of Chaos, near the final resting place of Archembault the Archmage. After taking her captive, the party...
One of the fundamental classes. Elven adventurers, after decades or even centuries of study, have learned to combine the deadly combat prowess of the Fighter with the occult knowledge of the...
Elizabeth the Augur is a well-meaning devotee of the Trickster Cult, seeking to undermine the authorities and restore “home rule” to the people. She is no longer young, but no longer middle...
Image is © Jeff Dee. Used without permission.
Player
skatay
Class
Elf
Title
Veteran-Medium
Alignment
Neutral
Abilities
Strength
17 (+2 to hit, damage)
Intelligence
13 (+1...
Player
James_Nostack
Class
Fighter 1
Title
Veteran
Alignment
Lawful
Abilities
Strength
16 (+2 to hit, damage, open doors)
Intelligence
6 (can write simple Common...
Player
TavisAllison
Class
Elf 1
Title
Veteran-Medium
Alignment
Neutral
Special
Spells, Languages (Common, Elvish, Orc, Hobgoblin, Gnoll)
Spellbook
Floating Disk, Read Magic; notes for...
I dunno if that illustration has anything to do with Erac's Cousin, but I sure would like to think so.
From the Rogue's Gallery:
Erac
Erac was a lawful good wizard who reached the level of...
Erewan is a hilly, thinly wooded province in the Occupied Territories of Glantri. From its heights, one can look toward Glantri City to the north, Blackhill to the west and Trintan to the east. To...
Player
TavisAllison
Class
Magic-User 1
Title
Medium
Alignment
Chaotic
Special
Spells, Languages (Common, Bugbear, ?)
Spellbook
Charm Person, Protection from Evil,...
One of the fundamental classes of Dungeons & Dragons. Knights, mercenaries, soldiers, bowmen or bandits, all are Fighters, men and women who simply fight better than any other class. Given the...
A young urchin, perhaps eleven years of age. Fingers was orphaned in the wars against the Dragon Army. His* father was a locksmith; the boy has a bit of his father's knowledge and nimble hands with...
The town of Flamberge is deep in the Ruined Vales, at the eastern edge of the former principality of Auban. Once a tiny village, refugees flocked to it in the wake of the civil war, as the land...
A bad-ass sword wielded by Belrain the Sword-Singer, bequeathed by his mother Ninde Nemacil the Witch-Queen.
All damage is treated as from flames
Gains +1 bonus against most enemies
Gains a +2...
Mean old levee taught me to weep and moan
Mean old levee taught me to weep and moan
Got what it takes to make a mountain man leave his home.
—Led Zeppelin (covering Joe McCoy and Memphis...
Player
Lord_Bodacious
Class
Fighter 1
Title
Veteran
Alignment
Neutral
Abilities
Strength
9
Intelligence
9
Wisdom
7 (-1 to magic-based saving throws)
Dexterity
13 (+1 on "to hit"...
Player
Quendalon
Class
Fighter
Title
Veteran
Alignment
Neutral
Special
Party Leader, Full of Awesome
Abilities
Strength
13 (+1 to hit, damage)
Intelligence
8...
Player
Quendalon
Class
Halfling 1
Title
Halfling Veteran
Alignment
Neutral
Special
Crack Shot, Dodge Big'uns, Hide, Quick Reflexes, Languages (Common, Glantrian)
Abilities
Strength
7...
Real World Info
This session was played on May 28, 2008, featuring Clamdigger, Immortus, Morten and Pog. (It was later determined that Black Water was retroactively present, hiding in the back of...
Real World Info
This session was played on June 11, 2008, featuring Black Water, Clamdigger, Immortus and Pog. In the first half of the session, Morten was present as an NPC; in the second half,...
Real World Info
This session was played on January 8, 2009, featuring Black Water, Hamish the Dim, Immortus and Pog, along with their ill-fated hireling Derek.
Summary
The adventurers explore the...
Real World Info
This session was played on January 12, 2009, featuring Black Water, The Boss, Hamish the Dim, Immortus, Kwarash and Pog. The hireling Kenneth accompanied them briefly as...
Real World Info
This session was played on March 21, 2009, featuring Black Water, Brother Reddick, Dwalin, Kwarash, Oswald, Pog, Thurogood and Ulbrecht the Mad.
Summary
Gathering a number of new...
Real World Info
This session was played on April 9, 2009, featuring Black Water, Colin, Hamish the Dim and Pog. NPCs include Clamdigger and his men when ambushing the bandits, and three ill-fated...
Real World Info
This session was played on June 1, 2009, featuring Hamish the Dim and several new adventurers: Ambrose the Bard, Draconis Magnificent, Fungo Barleybottom, Lem and...
Real World Info
This session was played on June 22, 2009, featuring Hamish the Dim, Larissa, Pog and Rama-Tut. They were accompanied by the hirelings Alain, Bernard, Charles and...
Real World Info
This session was played on July 16, 2009, featuring Hamish the Dim, Rama-Tut and Ulbrecht the Mad. They were accompanied by the hirelings Bernard, Charles and Dennis. On their...
Real World Info
This session was played on August 6, 2009, featuring Arnhelm, Colin, Golkar the Stout, Hamish the Dim, Kang, Koralie, Larissa, Monterey Jack and Uda Grimwulde.
Summary
[Note: This...
Real World Info
This session was played on August 29, 2009, featuring Golkar the Stout, Kang, Larissa and Uda Grimwulde. They were accompanied by the hirelings (and later PCs) Emory and Francois....
Real World Info
This session was played on September 9, 2009, featuring Boarface Bristlebrush, Clovis Asseghai, Era, Francois and Hamish. They were accompanied by the hirelings Javier, Henri, Isaac...
Real World Info
This session was played on September 19, 2009, featuring Arnhelm, Era, Francois, Herve, Pog and Uda Grimwulde. They were accompanied by the hirelings Henri and Isaac (the latter of...
Real World Info
This session was played on October 9, 2009, featuring Era, Father Anglin, Father Mirot, Francois, Herve, Isaac, Pimmel, Robert Hazart, Uda Grimwulde and Xaverian.
Summary
I: Fracas...
Real World Info
This session was played on October 13, 2009, featuring Colin, Cribbage Bok, Groomish, Herve and Pog. Two goblins, Otig-Ha and Sniggazgook, were also briefly played. Hirelings...
Real World Info
This session was played on October 15, 2009, featuring Isaac, Martin, Pimmel and Robert Hazart.
The events of this session are concurrent with the events of Session...
Real World Info
This session was played on October 29, 2009, featuring Erwan Roparzh, Father Mirot, Go-ak the Frumious, Isaac, Hamish the Dim, Martin, Pimmel, Pony and Robert Hazart.
The events of...
Real World Info
This session was played on November 12, 2009, featuring Aehie, Arnold Littleworth, Cervelle d'Asperge, Colin, Bryon, Father Mirot, Hamish the Dim, Martin and Robert...
All of this is lifted directly from Jeff Rients of Jeff's gameblog: http://jrients.blogspot.com/
Welcome to the Gateway Quadrant wiki.
In the late 70's and early 80's Game Designers Workshop...
The military leader of the Darokin occupation is a man out of his depth. A rotund man in middle age, General Umbarth was a wealthy cloth merchant before buying his commission in the Darokin...
Gerard de Marais is the hereditary Prince of New Averoigne and Count of Malinbois. He is considered by adventurers to be one of the more hands-off rulers among the Princes Thaumaturge; he wants...
Long ago, the family d'Ivernesse, rulers of the town of Morlay, raised a tower above the headwaters of the River Loir. The family was known for its subtle magics; rather than manipulating the...
A particularly gruesome form of the undead, usually created by apostasy against religious beliefs. The touch of a Ghoul immobilizes its unfortunate victim.
For Development
Why are Elves immune to...
Eric's game is set in the Principalities of Glantri. A generation has passed since the country was wracked by civil war. The people and the land are only just recovering from the magical...
Big Picture - The adventurers are based in Eastkeep, also known as the Keep on the Borderlands, and have made many sojourns into the Caves of Chaos, occasionally running afoul of aristocratic...
Glantri City is the heart and capital of the Principalities of Glantri. Its spires, at the juncture of the Isoile and Vesubien Rivers, soar above a tangle of streets, bridges and canals. Only...
Player
Pete
Class
Dwarf 1
Title
Dwarven Veteran
Alignment
Neutral
Special
Infravision, Stonecunning, Hearing, Languages (Common, Dwarvish, Gnome, Kobold,...
The black stone gables of the Great School of Magic form an unmistakable landmark in Glantri City. Merchants, nobles and governments across the known world pay exorbitant sums to send students here...
Here's Darlene's original map for the World of Greyhawk. These hexes are 30 miles across. Note that Gygax is said to have invented this version of Oerth and the Flaeness for publication - his...
Player
Joti
Class
Thief
Title
Apprentice
Alignment
Lawful
Special
Thief Skills,...
One of the fundamental classes. A Halfling combines the deadly combat skills of the Fighter, the hardiness of a Dwarf, and the sneakiness of a Thief into a single dangerous package. Though...
Dead Halfling adventurer and mercenary who operated in the Black Peaks. Upon accepting a bodyguard mission from Bargle the Warlock, she was killed in the Lost Mine. Rosehill was not as deferential...
Player
Sternum
Class
Cleric 3
Title
Priest
Alignment
Neutral
Special
Turn Undead, Spellcasting, Languages (Common)
Abilities
Strength
14 (+1 to hit, damage)
Intelligence
5 (cannot...
Player
TavisAllison
Class
Thief 1
Title
Apprentice
Alignment
Chaotic
Special
Thievery, Languages (Common, Glantrian)
Abilities
Strength
14 (+1 to hit, damage and open...
Rise and Fall of the Current Era
• The world has been in the grip of barbarism for twenty centuries or more, since the Golden Age was torn apart in the War of the Pious and the Philosophers. Some...
Honey Elves
Type: Civilized
Race: Elves
Alignment: L, N
Population: 144 elves, 141 giant bees
48% strength tribe
47% strength mounts
Tribal Move: Dismounted (unknown encumbrance). Three elves lack...
Unified House Rules Document
Principalities of Glantri Game
Character Generation
Char-gen is 3d6 in order. Characters with no scores 9 or above, or with two scores of 5 or below, may be rejected at...
If you are allowed to edit pages in this Site, simply click on edit button at the bottom of the page. This will open an editor with a toolbar pallette with options.
To create a link to a new page,...
Player
James_Nostack
Class
Magic-User 1
Title
Medium
Alignment
Neutral
Special
Spells, Languages (Common, Glantrian, ?)
Spellbook
Read Magic, Sleep
Abilities
Strength
6 (-1 to hit,...
Player
Dave
Class
Fighter 1
Title
Veteran
Alignment
Neutral
Special
Languages (Common, Glantrian)
Abilities
Strength
12
Intelligence
9 (read and write native...
A distant cousin of the Frobisher family. When Sir Froderic Frobisher was knighted after the breaking of the Dragon Army, 16-year-old James became his squire. James acquitted himself well in the...
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Player
James_Nostack
Class
Thief 1
Title
Apprentice
Alignment
Chaotic
Special
Thievery, Languages (Common, Glantrian), Vampire Spear!
Abilities
Strength
10
Intelligence
7 (can write...
Player
TavisAllison
Class
Halfling
Title
Halfling Veteran
Alignment
Lawful
Special
Accurate, Dodge, Fast, Lurk; Hearing
Abilities
Strength
9
Intelligence
9
Wisdom
8 (-1 to saves...
Player
TavisAllison
Class
Thief 1
Title
Apprentice
Alignment
Chaotic
Special
Thievery, Languages (Common, ?)
Abilities
Strength
13 (+1 to hit, damage)
Intelligence
9
Wisdom
13 (+1...
Languages in the Black Peaks
I'm adopting the very well-thought-out language stuff from D&D Fourth Edition: there are eight languages, which is just enough for a party of reasonably intelligent...
Player
Greengoat
Class
Cleric 1
Title
Acolyte
Alignment
Neutral
Special
Turn Undead, Languages (Common, Glantrian)
Abilities
Strength
7 (-1 to hit,...
Nixies
Type: Wild
Race: Nixies
Alignment: N
Population: 58 nixies, 46 giant fish
58% strength tribe; 5 charm circles
46% strength mounts
Eight unmounted nixies
Tribal Move: Dismounted (unknown...
Player
Sternum
Class
Cleric 1
Title
Acolyte
Alignment
Neutral
Special
Turn Undead, Languages (Common, Glantrian)
Abilities
Strength
7 (-1 to hit, damage)
Intelligence
12
Wisdom
13...
Dungeons & Dragons is a game where characters have "levels" describing their relative power. I thought I'd provide a chart listing what this means in the game-world, with some real-world...
Lord Stefan is a successful feudal aristocrat, which means that he is boisterously wild one moment, shrewdly calculating the next—like Peter Fonda in The Lion in Winter. In any dilemma, Stefan...
Potiphar was on a quest to obtain a vial of blood from a living god, which he hoped to obtain in a cavern beneath the ruins of an ancient city. He believed the god lived in the lowest levels of the...
The Lost Mine of the Nichtgetan, a small outpost for an off-shoot of the main Dwarf clan, is no more than a day's journey from Threshold, yet few have visited it since the Red Dragon swept over the...
Alias - Lotur The Scurrilous Cur
Alias - Sir Lordly's wayward squire
Alias - "Get you hand out of my pack"
Alias - The Ugly One Over There
This is the property purchased by Lotur in Belltower. To date he has spent 300 gp. on the Golden Balls, most of which went for the deed to the building and only a little to repairs and...
The Lotuskeepers
Type: Civilized
Race: Elves
Alignment: N
Population: 126 elves, 171 giant day geckos
42% strength elves
57% strength mounts
Tribal Move: Mounted
Elves Move:
Mounts Move:
The...
Armor Class
6
Hit Dice
3+1
Hit Points
11
Move
90 per turn, 30 per round
Attack
Battle Axe made from shoulder blades (Thac0 16)
Damage
1d8+1
Save
Poison 12, Wand 13, Petrify 14,...
Player
E.T. Smith
Class
Cleric
Title
Adept
Alignment
Lawful
Special
Turn Undead, Builder Spells
Abilities
Strength
5 (-2 to hit, damage)
Intelligence
8 (semi-literate)
Wisdom
15...
Magic-users and clerics in the Glantri setting use the following rules.
There are three distinct arts of magic item creation, as follows:
Simple one-use items like potions and scrolls are created...
The Magic-User is one of the fundamental classes of Dungeons & Dragons. Magic-Users wield occult forces to bind men and demons to their will, travel great distances in the blink of an eye, or...
Malinbois is a small fortified town in New Averoigne, at the edge of the Forest of Arden. It is the last major settlement on the road north from Glantri City; beyond it lie the ruins of Château...
<— back to the The White Sandbox Page
Campaign Map to Date
White Sandbox Journey to the Lost City
A map of the route taken by Potiphar Twice-Shy and the adventurers who survived him to travel...
Player
Lord_Bodacious
Class
Fighter 2
Title
Warrior
Alignment
Chaotic
Abilities
Strength
13 (+1 to hit, damage, open doors)
Intelligence
6 (can write simple Common...
Player
mhurst
Class
Cleric 1
Title
Acolyte
Alignment
Lawful
Special
Turn Undead, Languages (Common, Glantrian)
Abilities
Strength
9
Intelligence
11
Wisdom
15 (+1 on magic-based...
Certain spells show up in the Frank Mentzer Expert Set (published 1983) which do not show up in the Cook Expert Set (published 1980). James intends to allow them in the Black Peaks game, though as...
Player
Adam
Class
Fighter 1
Title
Veteran
Alignment
Lawful
Special
Unstoppable Momentum
Abilities
Strength
13 (+1 to hit, damage)
Intelligence
8 (can write simple Common...
Player
Tommeh
Class
Cleric 1
Title
Acolyte
Alignment
Lawful
Special
Turn Undead, Languages (Common, ?)
Abilities
Strength
13 (+1 to hit, damage)
Intelligence
9
Wisdom
13 (+1 on...
The Mouse Guard Role-Playing Game was designed by Luke Crane and David Petersen, based on Petersen's Mouse Guard comic books. In the game you play a little knightly mouse who travels around the...
What's a Mouse Guard?
It's a comic book, which James hasn't read. It's also a role-playing game, which James has also not read (at least, not very carefully). You, therefore, can easily become an...
During the [Rhythm of Mouse Guard | Game Master's Turn] the guardmice receive their mission from their leader, Gwendolyn.
Obstacles
The Game Master then imposes obstacles in the way of the mission....
Originally a populous, bucolic province, New Averoigne suffered terribly in the final stages of the civil war as the d'Ambreville family unleashed terrible magics upon the forces marshaled against...
The Ninth Menegril is a demi-urge said to be a resident of the Nameless City in Limbo.
The Patriarch Zekon claims that the Ninth Menegril taught him a chant that draws the demi-urge's attention on...
Below are a handful of noble families of interest to adventurers, if only because they own (or once owned) ruined places where their treasures and magics may yet be unearthed.
Ambreville
The...
Captured by Darokin during the civil war, the southernmost provinces of Glantri remain under foreign occupation. Years of negotiations with the Darokin government have proven fruitless in restoring...
The vault of the Ohnefrau clan of Dwarves is reputed to contain vast treasures protected by deadly stonework traps. The Ohnefrau, however, were extremely secretive, and no one knows the location of...
From the AD&D PHB.
Here's an early map Dave Arneson drew for the Blackmoor campaign, published in the Domesday Book fanzine. Scale unknown.
Here's the map Judges' Guild did of Blackmoor's environs for the First...
The map of the Outs Inn, a fortified villa that rents rooms mostly to adventurers and their camp followers.
Player
Mike
Class
Elf
Title
Veteran-Medium
Alignment
Lawful
Special
Infravision, Elf Spells, Immune to Ghouls, Spot
Abilities
Strength
7 (-1 to hit, damage)
Intelligence
9...
Heeding Belrain the Sword-Singer's directive to clear out "mercenaries" in the ruins of Threshold, several adventurers encounter the Company of the White Raven, initially hoping to infiltrate and...
A Lawful Cleric of exceedingly great power, who spends his time protecting the local settlements against the machinations of the Evil High Priestess and the Necromancer Asher-Raam.
Patriarch Zekon...
A florid, rotund fellow with a walrus mustache and a monocle, the wizard Peugeot has a demeanor that is both ponderous and self-effacing. His shop, which bears the sign of a lion seated atop some...
Player
Ben
Class
Fighter 2
Title
Warrior
Alignment
Lawful
Special
Languages (Common, ?)
Abilities
Strength
12
Intelligence
11 (read and write native...
Player
Invincible Overlord
Class
Dwarf 2
Title
Dwarven Warrior
Alignment
Neutral
Special
Infravision, Stonecunning, Hearing, Languages (Common, Dwarvish, Gnome, Kobold,...
Player
Tony
Class
Halfling 1
Title
Halfling Veteran
Alignment
Chaotic
Special
Crack Shot, Dodge Big'uns, Hide, Quick Reflexes, Languages (Common, ?)
Abilities
Strength
5 (-2 to hit,...
Race: Man, deceased, eaten by dragon
Level: 7
Potiphar was a small, neat human with a Van Dyke beard. He specialized in illusions and wore a permanent glamour to conceal the fact that he was burnt...
Quasqueton is the hidden hillside fortress of the mercenary general Roger du Gare and his brother, the wizard Zelig du Gare. Constructed shortly after the civil war, it remained hidden despite the...
RAD&D
Really Advanced Dungeons and Dragons
7th Edition
By Adrian and Friends,
with special thanks to Nicolas Dessaux
CONTENTS
Doing Things
Meetings
Fighting
Making a Character
Character...
Scion of a House thought extinct since the civil war, young Rainier d'Ivernesse recently appeared in Glantri City and laid claim to his family's not inconsiderable assets. Many deem him mad; he's...
Player
James_Nostack
Class
Fighter 1
Title
Veteran
Alignment
Neutral
Special
Insult Hirelings Preposterously Overpriced Goblin-Fornicating...
Rary's Tower is a forbidding location in the Black Peaks, home to a dangerous Wizard and the reputed location of a Staff of Power. Rary the Traitor is believed to have died at the hands of Bargle...
The Red Dragon, of course, is vain, greedy, and prone to wanton destruction—but it is immortal and can afford to take the long view.
One hundred years ago the Red Dragon conquered the Black...
Abandoned for years after the war, Redstone Keep is now home to the Bandit Prince, who uses the place as his base of operations. The Prince of Caurenze has yet to drive him out; even if he had the...
Religion in the Black Peaks
The people of the Black Peaks are dualists, believing in two deities: the Great Builder and the Trickster. I confess that I am stealing the look and feel of the video...
Renata leads a group of several dozen bandits, lurking in the Witherwood, who seek to capitalize on the treasure-seeking groups. A peasant girl ill-used by lords like Stefan, she has pretty grand...
Mouse Guard is built like a two-act play. The first act is called the Game Master's Turn, and the second act is called the Players' Turn.
Game Master's Turn
Players receive a mission from their...
Fabled magical item, said to be possessed by the Witch-Queen Nindë Nemacîl.
Player
Greengoat
Class
Magic-User 2
Title
Seer
Alignment
Neutral
Special
Spells, Languages (Common, Glantrian, ?, ?)
Spellbook
Light, Read Magic, Sleep
Abilities
Strength
5 (-2 to...
This cluster of principalities in northeastern Glantri suffered worse than most in the country's civil war. Armies clashed, magics twisted the land and hordes of humanoids and monsters were...
Encountered in the Caves of Chaos, Sebastien Quincarnon claimed to be the leader of the cabal of wizards who dwelled there.
An exiled halfling Sheriff, Sherlock Von Hercules maintains a small contingent of freedom fighters in the forests of ??? hoping to overthrow Cardinal Ludwig's oppression of his people.
Distrustful...
Built long before the Dragon Army ransacked the Black Peaks, this shrine commemorated an oath of brotherhood between the Dwarves and the other folk of the river valley. It was consecrated to the...
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Sir Kelmos is a knight in disgrace. He is mighty but foolish. Greed is his weakness.
Other Wiki-Games Run by the "Red Box Crowd"
Landlords & Labyrinths - our Dungeons & Dragons Fourth Edition site, for fans of the newest incarnation of D&D
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Specularum Harbor is the largest city in this part of the world. It is many miles south of the Black Peaks, where the river flows into the sea. Lord Stefan has made the city his capital, but it is...
This unique magic item is presently owned by Cardinal Ludwig. Each of the listed abilities costs one charge to use:
Control 3d6 hit-dice of animals for 1d6 + 6 turns
Control 6 hit-dice of humans...
The Staves of Power are symbols of the Wizard's Cabal: only Wizards (very powerful Magic-Users) may create and use them. Owning a Staff of Power is a sign that you are one of the greatest...
Going forward, each starting magic-user has three spells: an offensive spell, a defensive spell and a utility spell. Roll 1d6 on each of the following tables to determine which spells your...
Once home to the Dwarves of the Black Peaks region, the Steachwarrens were overrun by the Dragon Army. Under their rule, the orderly realm of Dwarf-Lord Heimdall - once a place sacred to the Great...
The City State map uses acre scale hexes to detail one 5-mile hex, outlined in bold.
This Judges Guild map of the Wilderlands is made up of five mile hexes, like the City State. They can also be...
An allegedly common feature of high-level play is the management of strongholds and dominions. The rules relating to strongholds have been rather minimal throughout the history of Dungeons &...
Here are a few notes about the setting I've been using for 4e lately.
It would be neat if we had a common world for our episodic 4E romps, and I'd be delighted if other people ran stuff using this...
A note about levels: Dungeons & Dragons is a game where characters have "levels" describing their relative power. I thought I'd provide a chart listing what this means in the game-world, with...
Pixies
Here's a notion for a new PC class. Please review and criticize! They may be much too powerful magically, but note their max spell level progression, and the kind of spells on their...
Rules:
• The default rules are Red Box (Basic) D&D.
• However, see this amazing document to explore the old-school principle of Not Rules – Rulings! http://www.lulu.com/content/3019374...
Setting Premise:
• Everyone knows that the dangers, treasures, and secrets of the world trickle down into holes in the earth. If you want to find riches, look down. If you want to stay safe,...
These monster-infested caves dot the walls of a wooded ravine in the Ruined Vales a few hours' journey past Eastkeep. The Company of Crossed Swords has ventured into the caves on multiple...
Upon joining the party, Francois "Le Beau" declared the group to be a mercenary band, the "Company of Crossed Swords." Many of his fellows grasped the notion eagerly; Hamish named himself the...
A formal garden and hedge maze located on a fallow hill in Caurenze. The hedges and topiaries remain neat and trim despite the absence of any staff, and the place is said to be tended by unholy...
This fortified inn lies on the road from Blackhill to Caurenze. It is a sprawling affair of stone and wood, encircled by a stout log palisade, and home to innkeeper Red Marie and over a dozen of...
Real World Info
This session was played on November 19, 2009, featuring Aehie, Martin, Pimmel, Robert Hazart and Sniggazguk.
Summary
As the rest of the party prepared for a second expedition into...
Threads of smoke rise from a rocky valley in the mountains above western Caurenze. Dwarves once delved here, deep beneath the earth, but they left long ago. Before the war, Glantrian wizards would...
One of the seven fundamental classes of Dungeons & Dragons. The Thief is suited to a life of burglary, espionage, reconnaissance, and assassination. Without occult powers, doughty armor, or...
The Thieves Guild operates out of Specularum, and is run by the Master Thief.
Who are we?
We're a bunch of gamers who live in New York City. We're students, artists, web designers, lawyers, teachers, parents, and spouses. Once a month or so, we get together on a casual...
Player
Mike
Class
Cleric
Title
Acolyte
Alignment
Lawful
Special
Turn Undead
Abilities
Strength
13 (+1 to hit, damage)
Intelligence
10...
Race: Men
Alignment: Chaotic
Number: 228
These bronze-skinned human tribesmen believe that in order for the Dark One to bring a dead soul to the afterlife, the corpse must be interred in a cavern...
Threshold is a village in the foothills of the Black Peaks. Generations ago, it was a prosperous town where merchants from Specularum, Halfling farmers, and even Elves would come to trade with the...
Player
ETSmith
Class
Halfling 1
Title
Halfling Veteran
Alignment
Lawful
Special
Crack Shot, Dodge Big'uns, Hide, Quick Reflexes, Languages (Common,...
A small clan of Goblin deserters from the Dragon Army who were completely exterminated by the Three. Their queen Weevilla, unaware of the massacre, survived briefly as a love-slave to Elphy until...
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Tosh's Story:
A filthy, pock-marked, balding, squat, pot-bellied ne'er do well, Tosh was leading a satisfactory life of petty scams, whore-mongering, and the occasional low-risk burglary when Sir...
How to Make a Character
Step One
Roll for your Random Background.
2 - You are an alien, local to the Gateway Quadrant. Choose from Danin (look like Deep Ones), Sphinx (telekinetic flying umm...
The fertile province of Trintan lies in the southeast of Glantri. It is an orderly land of farming towns and traveling merchants, though its peace is an uneasy one; it is one of the Occupied...
Tyrfing is a Dwarf who traveled with Lord Stefan's forces and fought alongside them against the Dragon Army. Tyrfing is dedicated to the cause of restoring the Black Peaks to Dwarven control. He is...
Player
mhurst
Class
Thief 1
Title
Apprentice
Alignment
Chaotic
Special
Thievery, Languages (Common, ?)
Abilities
Strength
12
Intelligence
12
Wisdom
10
Dexterity
13 (+1 on "to...
Player
TavisAllison
Class
Dwarf 1
Title
Dwarven Veteran
Alignment
Chaotic
Special
Infravision, Stonecunning, Hearing, Languages (Common, Dwarvish, Gnome, Kobold,...
These were notes James compiled for use in the Black Peaks game but they have more general applicability.
I'd like to run a couple Dungeon & Dragons encounters that highlight the various...
more to come
OD&D
Holmes: Basic D&D
AD&D
Moldvay: Basic Set & Cook/Marsh Expert Set
Mentzer: Basic, Expert, Companion, Master, Immortal
AD&D2e
Dungeons & Dragons...
10 year old boys of the village Feesthrun, Vimmy and Ogrum discovered the Hole in the Meadow. They swiped some rope and Ogrum climbed down through the sinkhole into the chamber below. Vimmy stayed...
Player
Skatay
Class
Elf
Title
Veteran-Medium
Alignment
Chaotic
Special
Infravision, Elf Spells, Immune to Ghouls, Spot
Abilities
Strength
8 (-1 to hit, damage)
Intelligence
12...
The following experience point and gold piece totals are up to date as of Session 19.
Player Characters
Name
Experience
Wealth
Aehie
1530xp
2292gp
Arnold Littleworth
?xp
307gp
Boarface...
Weevilla was killed by the bite of a giant snake. In life, she was ambitious, scheming queen of the Tooth Gnasher Clan, who, out of a misguided and perverted love for Elphy the Veteran-Medium,...
According to Wikipedia, the world largest wiki site:
A Wiki ([ˈwiː.kiː] <wee-kee> or [ˈwɪ.kiː] <wick-ey>) is a type of website that allows users to add, remove, or otherwise edit...
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White Sandbox Character Sheet
Characters:
• Each player has three characters active in the White Sandbox at all times.
• Players begin by rolling 3d6...
Front page:
Back page:
Note the use of red, white, and green dice for physical, mental, and spiritual attributes.
First level characters begin with one physical (red) hit dice; losing all the hit...
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Clerical Fundamentals
Armor/Shield Permitted: Any
Weapons Permitted: Blunt only – club, flail, hammer, mace, oil, staff. No missile weapons other than oil...
The OD&D Dwarves (and Gnomes)
they have a high level of magic resistance, and they thus add four levels when rolling saving throws (M&M p. 7)
they are the only characters able to fully...
The OD&D Elf
Elves are also called "Fairies" (Chainmail p. 29).
There are 2 sorts of Elves: Woodland Elves, and Meadowland Elves (M&T p. 16)
Elves may use magic armor and still act as...
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Fighting Man Fundamentals
Armor/Shield Permitted: Any
Weapons Permitted: Any
Prime Attribute (5% xp bonus) Strength 13+
Fighting Man Class...
The OD&D Hobbit
They are about half the size of men (Chainmail p. 28)
They are able to blend into the background (only in brush and woods), and thus make excellent scouts (Chainmail p. 29 and...
Greyhawk 20 And 30 Mile Hexes
The awesome map drawn by Darlene for Gygax's World of Greyhawk Folio (1980).
Outdoors in the First Fantasy Campaign
Judges' Guild cartography for Arneson's Blackmoor...
A map of the route taken by Potiphar Twice-Shy and the adventurers who survived him to travel from the settlement of Hruhrudingfallor to the Lost City. One hex = 5 miles across.
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Magic-User Fundamentals
Armor/Shield Permitted: None
Weapons Permitted: Dagger, staff, darts
Prime Attribute (5% xp bonus) Intelligence 13+
Magic-User Class...
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This is the most recent map, created by Maldoor and updated by Into, the Mystic:
This is an earlier version of the map:
This is a page of maps from the White Sandbox campaign.
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This is a scan of the art from the front cover of the 1974 Dungeons and Dragons "White Box" Collector's Edition. The artist is uncredited; the image is copyright TSR/Wizards of the Coast.
White...
I'd like to take another stab at playing by post in the White Sandbox. Let's try doing some Blackmoor-style empire building and battalion-level hexcrawling.
Here's how it'll work -
- Roll two d6....
Survivors
Argus the Rat Knight
Arnold Littleworth
Christos
Colin Treeslayer
David Carradine
Doghead
John Fighter
Loter the Scurrying Cur
Lucky
Obscura
Ookla the Mok
Deceased
Maldoor
This is a scan of the art from the inside back cover of the 1974 Dungeons and Dragons Volume I: Men and Magic. The artist is uncredited; the image is copyright TSR/Wizards of the Coast.
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The following is accepted as fact by the conventional wisdom of those few in the White Sandbox who concern themselves with such things. Any or all of...
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From a map by Paul Jaquays, copyright Judges Guild 1979.
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Does it surprise you to learn that the Mouse Guard are the stars of David Petersen's Mouse Guard comic books and the Mouse Guard Role-Playing Game?
The Mouse Guard are like knights, cowboys, FBI...
Type: Wild
Race: Gnomes
Alignment L, N
63 % Strength 252 gnomes
42 % Mounted 168 sky-jellyfish
All Mounted? no 3" tribe move
Gnome move: 12", unarmored
Sky-jellyfish move: 3", heavily...
14-year-old William is the youngest son of a landless knight who died in the last battle against the Dragon Army. Upon being knighted in that same battle, the similarly fatherless Sir Froderic...
An immortal queen of the Elves.
Class
Elf 9
Alignment
Chaotic
Armor Class
5
Hit Points
32
Attacks
Bow (+5 to hit, 1d6 damage)
Special
Elf Spells, Elf Hearing, Elf Vision, Ghoul...
The Witherwood is the forest beyond Threshold in the foothills of the Black Peaks. Renata the Robber and her band dwell here, preying on the newcomers to the village, but there are rumors of far...
The Cabal was formed by Mordenkainen to advance the study of magic by gathering the greatest Wizards of the age. To gain admission to the Cabal, an Wizard had to have created a new spell. Many...
The looming mass of Wizards' Hill dominates the skyline of Glantri City. The hill is crowned by the great dome of the Council of Princes Thaumaturge, wherein the Princes of Glantri meet to discuss...
Once home to a wizarding lineage now extinct in Glantri, this hillside keep in Erewan has fallen into the hands of the Woebringers, a band of Chaotic adventurers, cultists and all-around marauders....
Name
Sub-Lt. Zev de Bardro
Gender
Male
Race
human
Age
38
Homeworld
undetermined
Racial traits
None
UPP
969726
Skills
Pilot (small craft) - 3
Carouse - 2
Flyer (grav) - 1
Gambling -...
