Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Random Crypt Detritus

Crypt Detritus Matrix (d20)

1
Split tool handle
11
Swordinga tip
2
3 links of chain
12
Sundial pointer
3
Chunk of bone
13
Section of belt
4
Water logged news scroll
14
Crushed wine flask cap
5
Chopstick, warped
15
Steel toe
6
Eye patch, sun bleached
16
Beard comb, two teeth
7
Vulcanized bicycle horn bulb
17
Arrowhead, folded over
8
Chunk of concrete
18
Flattened rat husk
9
Stein*
19
Outhouse cake, used
10
Crystal ball shard
20
Ear **
 
*Stein Sub-Matrix (d20)
1
No lid
11
Arrow hole
2
Cracked
12
Filled with offal
3
No bottom
13
Glowing
4
Bent
14
Crushed
5
Gnawed
15
Jack knifed
6
Chipped
16
Twisted
7
Mint (in raffia)
17
Accordioned
8
Trapped***
18
Cloven
9
Mangled
19
Wretched
10
Melted
20
Covered in dung

**Ear (d6)
1
Setting worth 1d4 Hgp
2
Stud, 1d20 Hgp
3
Rubicon, 1d100 Hgp
4
+1 anytime during PEOG if consumed
5
Stuns all who watch if consumed for 2d6 Na-nutas
6
SBPR or die if consumed
 
***Trapped (d6)
1
Poison needle
2
Acid squirt
3
Explodes
4
Sticks like glue
5
Bursts into flame
6
Curses Crypt Opener
 

Wednesday, May 21, 2014

The One Armed Barbarian Speaks.....

...As the serving wench slips away....you notice in the shadow a One Armed Barbarian.  He tips his stein to drain the contents, his narrowed eyes tracking you.  You squeeze your way closer, past the hip multi-class wannabes crowding around flamboyant merchants selling multi-bladed pocket tools.  After a few rounds of garlic wine, the Barbarian speaks:  "If I were an  adventurous sort, I'd be headed out west, past Ned's west fork to the Path Of No Return.  Beyond this, some say, some who may or may not be present, that there is an ancient enclave of Warvha's, the so called Stomglootts who tended the Blitterwotte.  But I should say no more.  Not that this place is
set on a small knoll, and is now known as Fort Harciv.  Not of the hidden storerooms or those miscreants who are ever drawn there to extract the wealth that is hid in it's crumbling foundations....no, There should be no more conversation regarding this most very Forbidden Topic, I would not warn you of  the giant hairless beast that guards the deepest, darkest, foulest, slimiest, wretched, dank, clammy, airless, unventilated......."  There is a pause, you notice in the silence that the Barbarian's stein is empty....

Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Crypts-N-Creepies Blog!

In 1987 I started writing Crypts-N-Creepies, a fantasy role playing game.  It was fun and was created exclusively for my own satisfaction.  This game, in it's myriad iterations, was enjoyed by many over the last two and a half decades.  Around the year 2000 it was finally "done-done".  It seemed a waste to just sit on it, when there might be a few out there who would also enjoy playing it. 

What will you discover here?  Most importantly, in "Swag Product" you will find a PDF of the whole game to download (on Tuesday, I promise).  In addition, I plan to create more source material such as new Creeps, rules additions, poisons, equipment and so on.  Eventually, these will all be put into another compendium, which we will simply call "volume II".  Finally, for the current players in my campaign they will find information on my particular milieu.  ...And ramblings of the One Armed Barbarian about Forbidden Knowledge.  Enjoy!