Beneath Foreign Planets

AI and Empty Art — Prismatic Wasteland On the perils of artificial intelligence when it comes to the tabletop gaming medium.

Some thoughts on artificial intelligence [sic] and its perils to tabletop gaming as a medium #osr #ttrpg

Submissions to Appx. N Jam

I want to thank everybody who participated in the Appx. N Jam!
It was amazing seeing all the creativity in the community!
Check out the 233(!) submissions.
If you're looking for some #retro #pulpfantasy #osr one-shots you are COVERED.
itch.io/jam/appx-n-j...

I think you mean 'stickle bricks'

Ornamental Hermit

Low Tidings by Beneath Foreign Planets Defend a crumbling coastal fort from a sea-witch and her army of blood-thirsty pirates!

Due to popular demand (and copyright infringement) my free Fritz Lieber inspired adventure has brand new art! Get it for free at beneath-foreign-planets.itch.io/low-tidings

Suspicious... 🧐

The Lost Books of Appendix N A protracted campaign of beatings, blackmail and bribery has revealed the following titles excluded, for mysterious reasons, from AD&D's Appendix N:

I have employed several 'distinctive' techniques to uncover a range of titles excluded from Dungeons and Dragon's renowned Appendix N
foreignplanets.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-...
#dnd #osr

*take a bite* 😈

You could probably do something fun with cards, tying the 4 different results to different suites 🤔

games released the year I was born

Low Tidings by Beneath Foreign Planets Defend a crumbling coastal fort from a sea-witch and her army of blood-thirsty pirates!

Low Tidings, my Fritz Lieber inspired Appendix N jam entry is out - a one-shot #osr adventure, you will defend a crumbling fortress through the night against occult pirates, witches... a sword-wielding octopus. Also features a IRL scavenger hunt mini-game
beneath-foreign-planets.itch.io/low-tidings

I did a speedrun of the Stonehell megadungeon as a player once. It took months of IRL play, but if we weren't gunning for the bottom and playing properly it should have taken us years.

Living the dream

Six Savage Lairs by Beneath Foreign Planets Six lurid, pulpy, savage one-page dungeons and lairs for old school adventure games.

Testing the waters on #itch.io before publishing my Appendix N jam entry (a fort defense one-shot inspired by Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser). Here's six one-page lairs for OD&D and other #osr games. beneath-foreign-planets.itch.io/sixsavagelairs

Quick Class Breakdowns Ten Foot Polemic Class Breakdown Handouts For whatever OSR System you’re using By James Young tenfootpolemic.blogspot.com Version 3 In Summary The Core: Fighter:Strong and straightforward ...

Here are the Gambit rules. tenfootpolemic.blogspot.com/2021/06/gamb...
And here are the class breakdowns,
docs.google.com/document/u/0...

DCC's mighty deeds and James Young's Fighter/Gambit rules go a long way in addressing this feeling. I love playing fighters!

Very nice. A5? I'm still chewing on mine. The ideation is grinding.

My first DND character was a half-orc cleric because my father's first DND character was.

I wrote more lair-style dungeons, shorter (one-page) but just as lurid and pulpy. foreignplanets.blogspot.com/2025/07/six-...
#osr #rpg #cavemen #swordsandsorcery

MONSTER: Atrocidon. Stats as ogre. Appear in packs of 1d3+1. Powerful lizard-hulks but effectiveness is crippled by their overriding urge for cruelty. Will *always* attack the weakest person. Will *always* go out of their way to trample a baby. Famously easy to control in this way.

Thanks! I hope it works well for you.

Death in the Dark - Meaningful Torchlight and Light-based Initiative

Your players keep forgetting their torches? Make your them fear Death in the Dark.
Here’s a house rule that makes light a real factor in combat by shaping initiative rolls. Bonus rule for 'dungeon scarring' for hardcore #DMs
foreignplanets.blogspot.com/2025/06/deat...

#Osr #rpg #dungeons #darkness

Literally me

I've done rolling for random encounters every 10 IRL minutes previously to good success. A timer with a ticking count down at the end would be fun. I'm running a timey-wimey/clock themed one shot soon and that could make for a good gimmick.

Absolutely, do it. Side based initiative is quick - pacey and efficient.

Deeply useful post. I feel Hissy/Whispery is my go-to voice.

They'd know something different was hunting them, mixing a little curiousity with fear. It would clearly demarcate a beast's territory and would really freak the players out when they see two or more Hunting Dice being rolled at the same time! 2/2

Hey thanks. Cool idea of the Hunting Die being used for individual beasts stalking their territory on a hex map. You could use coloured hunting dice for each cryptid (brown for Bigfoot, red-white swirled for the skull-golem, etc). That would help players on a meta level in lots of different ways 1/2

Will do, but beware, I'm very slow.

Biblically Inaccurate Religions A framework for building modern earth-like religions in a non-earth world.

I wanted religion for a modern, Earth-like world. Rather than reskinning the major ones, I asked a knowledgeable friend to break it down for me.

If you want to construct a religion that isn't just the Greek gods in fresh clothes, check it out:

www.mindstormpress.com/biblically-i...

#osr #ttrpg