While researching some #OldSchoolDungeonsAndDragons stuff, came across this fascinating post about TSR's lawsuits against everyone in gaming. https://www.rpg.net/columns/advanced-designers-and-dragons/advanced-designers-and-dragons47.phtml
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Skulls in the Stars (drskyskull@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 30-Oct-2023 02:26:54 UTC Skulls in the Stars For day 29 of Blogtober, I look at one of my favorite collections of all time: Manly Wade Wellman's stories about John the Balladeer, an Appalachian musician and wanderer. https://skullsinthestars.com/2023/10/29/john-the-balladeer-by-manly-wade-wellman/
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Skulls in the Stars (drskyskull@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 29-Oct-2023 17:23:42 UTC Skulls in the Stars Drove up to Blowing Rock for peak fall colors.
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Skulls in the Stars (drskyskull@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 21-Oct-2023 14:23:31 UTC Skulls in the Stars Me, as all the third-tier GOP members announce their candidacy for Speaker:
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Skulls in the Stars (drskyskull@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 05-Jun-2023 20:52:19 UTC Skulls in the Stars Oh shit the movie Better Off Dead predicted the Apple goggles almost 40 years ago
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Skulls in the Stars (drskyskull@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 05-Jun-2023 04:20:04 UTC Skulls in the Stars It is still kinda weird when I think about how I am basically a professor of optics, but had almost no optics classes as a student. (I am trained generally as a physicist, and when I changed to optics I largely taught myself.)
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Skulls in the Stars (drskyskull@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 29-May-2023 03:47:36 UTC Skulls in the Stars How about a quick #OldSchoolDungeonsAndDragons thread? X6: Quagmire! (1984), by Merle M. Rasmussen.
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Skulls in the Stars (drskyskull@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 21-Apr-2023 15:52:53 UTC Skulls in the Stars Hey, got the first five-star rating on Goodreads for my Invisibility book! Thank you to whomever that was!
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Skulls in the Stars (drskyskull@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Apr-2023 16:03:18 UTC Skulls in the Stars My book on the history and science of invisibility is now available! Here is a post explaining what it is all about! I hope y'all enjoy! https://skullsinthestars.com/2023/04/11/invisibility-the-history-and-science-of-how-not-to-be-seen/
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Skulls in the Stars (drskyskull@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 09-Apr-2023 18:28:06 UTC Skulls in the Stars Two days until my book on the history and science of invisibility is released! To celebrate, here's another reblog of a post on a classic invisibility story in fiction. https://skullsinthestars.com/2023/04/09/the-elixir-of-invisibility-by-henry-kuttner-2/
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Skulls in the Stars (drskyskull@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Apr-2023 14:44:03 UTC Skulls in the Stars So this is my “holy grail” #OldSchoolDungeonsAndDragons product that arrived yesterday!
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Skulls in the Stars (drskyskull@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 04-Mar-2023 17:11:49 UTC Skulls in the Stars Still fighting to catch up on #Dungeon23! Here's another big room.
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Skulls in the Stars (drskyskull@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 04-Mar-2023 17:11:48 UTC Skulls in the Stars Another #Dungeon23!
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Skulls in the Stars (drskyskull@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 04-Mar-2023 17:11:48 UTC Skulls in the Stars Another room for #Dungeon23.
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Skulls in the Stars (drskyskull@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 04-Mar-2023 17:11:47 UTC Skulls in the Stars More #Dungeon23...
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Skulls in the Stars (drskyskull@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 04-Mar-2023 17:11:47 UTC Skulls in the Stars Another #Dungeon23 room!
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Skulls in the Stars (drskyskull@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 04-Mar-2023 17:11:46 UTC Skulls in the Stars Final February #Dungeon23 entry! Almost caught up to current!
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Skulls in the Stars (drskyskull@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 04-Mar-2023 17:11:31 UTC Skulls in the Stars Entry Temple Level
1. Door of Attitude. The door has the words “Say something friendly and enter” in Infernal and Draconic. Any direct statement to the door will open it, but will cause impacts further in the dungeon. Answers can be classified as: A. Sincere, B. Hostile, C. SarcasticIn conversation from mastodon.social permalink -
Skulls in the Stars (drskyskull@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 04-Mar-2023 17:11:31 UTC Skulls in the Stars Okay, so my overall (vague) #Dungeon23 concept is that it is the massive main temple of an ancient and long dead god of mischief and chaos. (Gives me a little wiggle room to throw nonsensical stuff in.) All rooms are, of course, first drafts, which is the point.
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Skulls in the Stars (drskyskull@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 04-Mar-2023 17:11:30 UTC Skulls in the Stars ... If the PCs engage these skeletons one-on-one, and do not use anything other than melee weapons, the other skeletons watch until the PCs are victorious, and present bony applause, along with one of the skeletons presenting a rapier +1 to the party. If anyone attacks as a group, uses spells, or otherwise does not fight an honorable duel, the skeletons attack en masse.
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