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Recent discussions about hypothetical D&D economies led me to look into Roman currency. Here is a great wikipedia image of the common currency in the 27 BC - 100 AD Roman era.
So instead of copper, silver, electrum gold (the D&D standard), the early Roman Empire used various iterations of Bronze, Orichalcum, Silver, Billon, and Gold.
And today I learned Billon is the name for an alloy of silver and gold, or silver and copper, or silver and gold and copper, or basically any alloy of silver and some base metal.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_currency#Imperial_period:_27_BC_%E2%80%93_AD_476
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New #dnd / #rpg post from Nerdarchy:
“What the Hell is an Orrery?”—Using Cosmic Wonders in Your Fantasy RPG
https://nerdarchy.com/what-the-hell-is-an-orrery-using-cosmic-wonders-in-your-fantasy-rpg/
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New #dnd / #rpg post from GROGNARDIA:
In Case of Fire, Break Glass
http://grognardia.blogspot.com/2025/01/in-case-of-fire-break-glass.html
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Messed around with making a zodiac constellation chart for my homebrew campaign. It probably will not come up in play but I sometimes think just making things lends a certain versimilitude to the game. Plus, it might lead to other ideas.
I based the zodiac after the real zodiac but sometimes changed the names, sometimes changed the constellation to be one very near, or sometimes made it up.
Now that I am done, I can not rule out that maybe The Elder Scrolls influenced my choices in some subconscious sort of way.
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close up of stickers on 3 ring binder reading "dungeon masters reference guide" and "compiled by ethan schoonover".
plastic three ring binder with hand typed stickers on it reading dungeon masters reference guide.
a photocopied page from a 1970s issue of dragon magazine reading "NPCs have feelings too".
a photocopied page from a 1970s issue of dragon magazine reading "another look at lycanthropy".
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New #dnd / #rpg post from GROGNARDIA:
Three Dimensions
http://grognardia.blogspot.com/2024/12/three-dimensions.html
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New #dnd / #rpg post from GROGNARDIA:
The Best Map Ever (Take 2)
http://grognardia.blogspot.com/2024/12/the-best-map-ever-take-2.html
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New #dnd / #rpg post from GROGNARDIA:
Retrospective: Duneraiders
http://grognardia.blogspot.com/2024/12/retrospective-duneraiders.html
Looking through the various cheat sheets and rules references I've accumulated for the FATE RPG, I found this diagram explaining the relationship of different titles published for the game. Showing this to a potential player might not be the best way to convince them the rules themselves aren't complicated…
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Looking through the various cheat sheets and rules references I've accumulated for the FATE RPG, I found this diagram explaining the relationship of different titles published for the game. Showing this to a potential player might not be the best way to convince them the rules themselves aren't complicated…
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New #dnd / #rpg post from GROGNARDIA:
Retrospective: Nomads of the World-Ocean
http://grognardia.blogspot.com/2024/12/retrospective-nomads-of-world-ocean.html
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New #dnd / #rpg post from Planets & Monsters:
Bureaucracy, Ritual and Games
https://planetsandmonsters.blogspot.com/2024/11/bureaucracy-ritual-and-games.html
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The equipment descriptions in the Mongoose 2300AD rulebook come just before the relevant illustrations, which leads to this accidental juxtaposition of the excavating tools illustration with the locksmithing description due to them appearing at the bottom of the page. In fairness, this quite accurately illustrates my characters' usual approach to picking a lock.
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Is there a TTRPG system and campaign already built that:
- is simple enough for 3.5 year olds
- includes dice rolling
- non violent problem solving
- fantasy setting
Would love to introduce my kiddo to TTRPGs, Role Playing, Dice Rolling, and Collaborative Story Telling but don't want conflict, violence, etc. to be an element of the problem solving.
Would prefer not to build my own systems and campaign but not sure if anything is out there with these requirements.