tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340337292011-09-14T11:02:25.349-05:00A collection of independantly made modules intended for use with Wizards of the Coast's Dungeons and Dragons tabletop RPG.Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05518318296151498139noreply@blogger.comBlogger201100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34033729.post-1168726647166991762007-01-13T17:11:00.000-05:002007-01-13T17:17:27.176-05:00

I've uploaded an Excel Spreadsheet of spells from the Player's Handbook that a governing body would probably want on hand for various reasons- protecting government officials, ministering to the public, or giving their police force a little extra oomph without actually damaging their constituants. You may download it from Filefront, here.I made it just for myself, as a reference of spells to

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As a preemptive disclaimer, I've only seen the movie- I have not read the original source. However the movie made a few common fantasy mistakes, and here's what I think of them!1) A farmboy whose only "training" consists of sparring matches with his cousin/brother grows over a very brief period of time to be a hero capable of defeating the corrupt king's second in command- a wizard known as a

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The fearless adventurers had fought their way over mountains, through swamps, across rivers and deserts to reach their final destination: The cliff-protected lair of Thx'ragna'fctshilion, an ancient red wyrm, reported to have sought out training from the most powerful wizards over the course of his lifetime. Now, from around the corner, through their carefully constructed illusions to hide

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One thing I forgot to mention in the last post:Neverwinter Nights 2 has upgraded to 3.5 edition with absolute success. The rules will be second nature to anyone who's used the system, and very familiar to anyone who's used 3.0. For 2.0 and below- take it from an old hand, 3.0+ is simply smoother. Some people may like all those rod/breath/poison/magic saves, but they could get quite

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So just last night our fearless dungeon master (that'd be me!) downloaded Neverwinter Nights 2 from Direct2Drive! I've been fairly excited about it because I had a lot of fun with the toolset for the original NWN, but I did find it fairly lacking in a lot of areas. The whole tileset idea, where each area had to have a specific tileset which could not mesh with other tilesets, simply didn't

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This is the prime material plane, also called Seiloran by its inhabitants. It is a young world, formed when the four prime elementals collided. As they drew apart from one another, they left in their wake a new plane crafted of the four elements combined. In time, the gods and demons of the universe found Seiloran and began warring over it, as they have over any hospitable plane. Their epic

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Well Filefront finally got it's servers up and running- as such, you can find a .zip file containing everything you need to run this adventure (map and description) HERE!

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Click the picture for a larger (and more printer-friendly!) view.This is an adventure designed for a party of Four level 3 characters. There are no specific character requirements. This adventure makes use of some rules and monsters found in The Book of Vile Darkness supplement.Grab this adventure here!The Seat of Erythnul is a derelict temple to the God of Slaughter. Ages ago, dark acolytes

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Whenever I mention to people that I play DnD, one of the responses I seem to get most often is "how do you play that?" People have an idea that I'm off running through the forest bopping people with foam swords! While there are many people who love doing that (LARPing), it's not my personal cup of tea- at least, not in a fantasy-roleplaying scenario.Dungeons and Dragons is played by a group of

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This is a Dwarven Palace that has been delved into the side of the mountain. Being smallish and not having many rooms to store noble visitors, it would probably serve best as a kingly retreat away from the center of his kingdom. It is, however, fully equipped with rooms, a large dining hall, kitchen, cold storage, dry storage, a throne room, three refineries and two forges, a section of

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I had an idea for a game. In the book "Ender's Game" by Orson Scott Card, Ender plays a computer game that isn't really a game- it's more a psychological world built around his character and his playstyle, that tailors itself to the way he plays.I took this idea and turned it around in my head some- Imagine, if you will, a world that is utterly fantastical- where the 'rules', so to speak, are

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I just got through playing a D&D game with a brand new DM. I suppose he's not brand new, because he was part of our group for the last 3 years or so, but now he's the one behind the screen, as it were, whilst we form the intrepid adventurers! At level one. And I, the sorcerer, am focusing more on debilitating the enemy rather than outright killing it.And our brand-new DM gave his group of 4

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"I will give you the key if, perhaps, an exchange were made? Agree to feed me, and I shall give you the key."The group stood at the end of the bridge, in the dim light of their flickering torches. A pool of shadow-mist bubbled beneath the stone bridge- the long dark creature circling somewhere far beneath."Well, there you have it," said Huerney. "Either we feed it somehow or we'll have to kill

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One of the problems I've always run into in my D&D campaigns is- exactly how do I tell a story? Sure, the plot can be there- but I have these characters who just sort of appeared ex nihilum, as it were, and happen to become entwined in this breathtaking, worldshattering adventure (ideally). However, as all DM's know, the player characters are somewhat of an unknown- the DM can design a huge

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As we all know, every campaign needs a starting point. Here are a few I've come up with- you supply the rest of the story!"You're sitting in the Red Dragon Tavern, quaffing a pint of your favorite ale, when suddenly the door bursts open. A large, hulking, thickly-muscled and green-skinned creature steps into the firelight- an orc! The crowd of revelers utters a collective gasp of shock or

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I have a few books beyond the three core DnD rulebooks, and I really enjoy all of them.My first supplement book was the Book of Vile Darkness. This is a very cool book that deals with the darkest aspects of evil in the gameworld- making deals with demons, etc. This book is marked as being "For Mature Audiences Only," and it means it- there are some things in it that are less-than-savory.

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This is the lair of an Adult Red Dragon (cr 15 encounter). The lair's entrance is located about 50 feet up a rocky cliff (Climb DC 15). The dragon has placed a number of traps in the front entrance as well as the back entrance, and has four cloud-giant skeletons (EL 11) guarding the bulk of its treasure. The four traps (A, B, C, D) are either magical in nature (and probably fire based, as the

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This is just a map of a cave I drew quickly, in Paint. It has a lake in the large room at the beginning, shallow water being light blue and deeper water being dark blue, as well as a subterranean river further in which pools to form deep lakes in two rooms. Perhaps this river leads somewhere else- who knows?There is also a man-made area at the very back of the cave. Perhaps this is an ancient

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This first module is a very simple dungeon, balanced for a group of four First Level characters. These characters can be of any class, though it was designed with the standard party of Fighter, Wizard, Cleric, Rogue in mind.You may click the image for a larger view. Feel free to print this out for your own use and reference.The scale is one square = 5 feet- it's not a very large house!Thick

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Welcome to PensAndSwords.blogspot.com! My name is Steven Lumpkin, and I will be updating this site with material of my own creation. This material will consist of Settings, Monsters, Magical Items, and most importantly, Independant Modules for use with the Dungeons and Dragons (tm) tabletop role playing game.This website will frequently refer to rules created by Wizards of the Coast for their

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