Fedmar

I could say the same for you, I suppose 🤣 well at least I found ya!

Classes for X-in-6 So! After... a bit of radio silence, I released the game I've been working on, called X-in-6. Find it . It's classless, but if you want to use classes with i...

(Two posts in a day? What is this?) Well, if you like X-in-6 but you also like classes, here's some fun for you.

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(who's calling it the cairn-killer now? xD)

X-IN-6 by Fedmar a rules-light dungeon crawler

Where have I been all this time? Mostly doing nothing, but I also made a game. Check it out, it's PWYW on Itch.

fedmar.itch.io/x-in-6

Dwarf Ecology The first-generation dwarves are born programmed with one, simple goal: with blinding speed they dig upwards in all directions, spreading like ants search...

"Here's a secret, young adventurer. No cave you delve into, no volcano that erupts, no monsters that lashes at you from the bowels of the stone is "natural". It's the dwarves, it's always been the dwarves."

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"where there's a whip-"

im going to get them all for that rich fierce distinguished artist-philosopher vibe

Dungeon Replayability A common way of playing long-term dungeon adventures takes the same format of the West Marches campaign: go down an entrance at the start of the session, do ...

(old timey sales pitch voice) "Are you tired of having to continuously make dungeon rooms just to fill out space between the players and the treasure? Do you want your dungeon prep to last more than just the first encounter? Well fret no more!"

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The Basement of Old Man Hamsy by Fedmar a six-room dungeon adventure

Published a short dungeon adventure: The Basement of Old Man Hamsy. Check it out on Itch! Writing, art and layout by me. fedmar.itch.io/the-basement...

D4 Cardinals Coming to the Conclave (Blogclave Bandwagon) Hail, citizen of Theocastrum: the Blogclave has commenced! The Blope, after many years of prosperous reign over your ancient and grand city, has keeled o...

Last-minute contribution to the Conclave Bandwagon by Prismatic Wasteland - d4 weird Cardinals you might meet before the election starts.

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Found you! Was looking for you from the Reddit post. Your stuff is amazing, thanks!

dodging seagulls mostly. but i want to make this now.

Building Micro-Dungeons, in 60 minutes or less. Prepare a Spark Table. Ideally, you should use one you already have for the general setting, but if you don’t have one, making one isn’t at all hard (); i...

A big blogpost today, in two parts: a procedure to quickly make meaty dungeons, and a free six-room example ready to run!

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a knight in chainmail with a horned helmet, lifing a sword up in front of them

ink fineliners on paper - 19.04.2025

liking this just for the pfp

bettle patrol every 4 hours on the outside?

god, i really ned to get myself a dip pen. my ink fineliners are all frayed and busted. Do you know if there's an analogous tool that's also packable for travel? (I know I'll spill the ink everywhere if i attempt to carry it in my bag.)

Well, have fun writing on the plane! Greeting from the Italian side of the OSR, of which I am but a humble participant.

Nice! It does what good writing for RPGs is supposed to do, which is provide places for the GM to put questhooks. I'm sure it'd be both a breeze and a blast to run.

Why I Like Binary Resolution Systems In most OSR games a roll (or Check, or Save, or Test, or however you want to call it) can have three outcomes: 1) Total Success: the action succee...

BLOGPOST - On why resolution systems with binary success/failure provide more choice on how to run the game for the GM and more strategic possibilities for the player.

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#osr #nsr #posr #ttrpg

sad pig sitting at a table and looking at an empty plate

how my account looks at me when i haven't posted a drawing in five whole days

Honestly, I think the OSR is more alive now than it has ever been, even if it looks more dead - it has just decentralized. This here Bluesky is a big public meeting ground, sure, but the large amount of tiny Discords has created sooo many wonderfully friendly and tight-knit communities.

Guide to the Starter One-Shot There are many different ways of kicking off a sandbox campaign, and the way you do it influences the path(s) the party will take. The one I favor is what I ...

BLOG POST - On the way I start sandbox campaigns with one-shots in order to introduce plothooks in as interesting a way as possible.

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I love this approach to ability checks. Maybe a but random, but a simple random table for outcomes is a really elegant solution.

The birth of a class - NIGHT DESCENDS ON UR devlog In the process of writing classes for a side-project I'm slowly nibbling at - a post-apocalypse game set in the wake of the Bronze Age Collapse - I've been e...

First actual bleet! Here's a blogpost on how character classes work in my most recent project, and how they illustrate the world's lore.

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*taps mic* is this thing on?

ridiculously late to the bluesky party but here we are ig.

#osr