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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4YTEknHdgt_ahcvkbGEuco5WPVNifvDt8lDKDEd5hDouvAtk-u1tI-pJSgP4Pv0KYC-xGj3e5H0WaVCrhXzYYaoj3MxTMomPHrOm5LAmsvLBdzksiBtBE1YqWmAzU5F4Y8TvHJq77GEwA/s863/rasThavas.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="863" data-original-width="630" height="519" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4YTEknHdgt_ahcvkbGEuco5WPVNifvDt8lDKDEd5hDouvAtk-u1tI-pJSgP4Pv0KYC-xGj3e5H0WaVCrhXzYYaoj3MxTMomPHrOm5LAmsvLBdzksiBtBE1YqWmAzU5F4Y8TvHJq77GEwA/w380-h519/rasThavas.jpg" width="380" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p><br /></p><p>It seems the Mad Scientist is working on something secret in his laboratory of horrors... I wonder what it will be? Is it anything to do with <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/171363/Warriors-of-the-Red-Planet" target="_blank">Warriors of the Red Planet</a>? Something even more nefarious? Stay posted...</p> <div style='clear: both;'></div> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-1'> <span class='post-author vcard'> Posted by <span class='fn' itemprop='author' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/Person'> <meta content='https://www.blogger.com/profile/01682401446176099294' itemprop='url'/> <a class='g-profile' href='https://www.blogger.com/profile/01682401446176099294' rel='author' title='author profile'> <span itemprop='name'>Al</span> </a> </span> </span> <span class='post-timestamp'> at <meta content='http://beyondtheblackgate.blogspot.com/2021/07/hey-whats-going-on-in-here.html' itemprop='url'/> <a class='timestamp-link' href='http://beyondtheblackgate.blogspot.com/2021/07/hey-whats-going-on-in-here.html' rel='bookmark' title='permanent link'><abbr class='published' itemprop='datePublished' title='2021-07-06T12:29:00-07:00'>12:29 PM</abbr></a> </span> <span class='post-comment-link'> <a class='comment-link' href='http://beyondtheblackgate.blogspot.com/2021/07/hey-whats-going-on-in-here.html#comment-form' onclick=''> 9 comments: </a> </span> <span class='post-icons'> <span class='item-control blog-admin pid-1608142001'> <a href='https://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=3094937232522894470&postID=6100227873629814458&from=pencil' title='Edit Post'> <img alt='' class='icon-action' height='18' src='https://resources.blogblog.com/img/icon18_edit_allbkg.gif' width='18'/> </a> </span> </span> <div class='post-share-buttons goog-inline-block'> </div> </div> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-2'> <span class='post-labels'> </span> </div> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-3'> <span class='post-location'> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div> <div class="date-outer"> <h2 class='date-header'><span>Sunday, February 28, 2021</span></h2> <div class="date-posts"> <div class='post-outer'> <div class='post hentry uncustomized-post-template' itemprop='blogPost' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/BlogPosting'> <meta content='blob:https://www.blogger.com/c5b367dd-29bc-46af-9467-76fd209f8448' itemprop='image_url'/> <meta content='3094937232522894470' itemprop='blogId'/> <meta content='829260333599467935' itemprop='postId'/> <a name='829260333599467935'></a> <h3 class='post-title entry-title' itemprop='name'> <a href='http://beyondtheblackgate.blogspot.com/2021/02/long-time-no-post.html'>Long time no post</a> </h3> <div class='post-header'> <div class='post-header-line-1'></div> </div> <div class='post-body entry-content' id='post-body-829260333599467935' itemprop='description articleBody'> <p><img src="blob:https://www.blogger.com/c5b367dd-29bc-46af-9467-76fd209f8448" /> Wow it’s been a long time since I’ve given this blog some attention. I think now and then about getting back into it, but then again most of what I’ve wanted to say about old school gaming has been said. I game a lot now, almost weekly, with a group of my old high school buddies, and another group of fellow writers. We mostly work with 5E D&D these days, which is maybe just old school enough to keep us old timers engaged, while being being new enough to be exciting and adventurous. </p><p>I still have a lot of fondness for the OG stuff though, especially B/X, and often think about giving some attention to Warriors of the Red Planet. We’ll see what happens. It’s the Age of Covid, and really anything is possible. Stay safe out there, and good gaming.</p> <div style='clear: both;'></div> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-1'> <span class='post-author vcard'> Posted by <span class='fn' itemprop='author' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/Person'> <meta content='https://www.blogger.com/profile/01682401446176099294' itemprop='url'/> <a class='g-profile' href='https://www.blogger.com/profile/01682401446176099294' rel='author' title='author profile'> <span itemprop='name'>Al</span> </a> </span> </span> <span class='post-timestamp'> at <meta content='http://beyondtheblackgate.blogspot.com/2021/02/long-time-no-post.html' itemprop='url'/> <a class='timestamp-link' href='http://beyondtheblackgate.blogspot.com/2021/02/long-time-no-post.html' rel='bookmark' title='permanent link'><abbr class='published' itemprop='datePublished' title='2021-02-28T17:20:00-08:00'>5:20 PM</abbr></a> </span> <span class='post-comment-link'> <a class='comment-link' href='http://beyondtheblackgate.blogspot.com/2021/02/long-time-no-post.html#comment-form' onclick=''> 14 comments: </a> </span> <span class='post-icons'> <span class='item-control blog-admin pid-1608142001'> <a href='https://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=3094937232522894470&postID=829260333599467935&from=pencil' title='Edit Post'> <img alt='' class='icon-action' height='18' src='https://resources.blogblog.com/img/icon18_edit_allbkg.gif' width='18'/> </a> </span> </span> <div class='post-share-buttons goog-inline-block'> </div> </div> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-2'> <span class='post-labels'> </span> </div> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-3'> <span class='post-location'> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div> <div class="date-outer"> <h2 class='date-header'><span>Thursday, August 17, 2017</span></h2> <div class="date-posts"> <div class='post-outer'> <div class='post hentry uncustomized-post-template' itemprop='blogPost' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/BlogPosting'> <meta content='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix_25ECuTBA5IgHvk0OvcTU5b-mdMzimXIqJW8MX70VIFlTmw3gxrXPikXH3OYqr1guNW4RwQ0BCr8NrhAsKwqwhzb5Zd-fXG57mKrSvTgT6uNWxA5FUOPccqZ1lWM95lZJMoDDGlTtLWM/s640/bxabilityadj.PNG' itemprop='image_url'/> <meta content='3094937232522894470' itemprop='blogId'/> <meta content='3531204933072685636' itemprop='postId'/> <a name='3531204933072685636'></a> <h3 class='post-title entry-title' itemprop='name'> <a href='http://beyondtheblackgate.blogspot.com/2017/08/bx-ability-score-adjustments.html'>B/X: Ability score adjustments</a> </h3> <div class='post-header'> <div class='post-header-line-1'></div> </div> <div class='post-body entry-content' id='post-body-3531204933072685636' itemprop='description articleBody'> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix_25ECuTBA5IgHvk0OvcTU5b-mdMzimXIqJW8MX70VIFlTmw3gxrXPikXH3OYqr1guNW4RwQ0BCr8NrhAsKwqwhzb5Zd-fXG57mKrSvTgT6uNWxA5FUOPccqZ1lWM95lZJMoDDGlTtLWM/s1600/bxabilityadj.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="595" data-original-width="490" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix_25ECuTBA5IgHvk0OvcTU5b-mdMzimXIqJW8MX70VIFlTmw3gxrXPikXH3OYqr1guNW4RwQ0BCr8NrhAsKwqwhzb5Zd-fXG57mKrSvTgT6uNWxA5FUOPccqZ1lWM95lZJMoDDGlTtLWM/s640/bxabilityadj.PNG" width="523" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> This is kind of an interesting idiosyncrasy of B/X. Its also one of those odd rules that seemed to make it's way informally into a lot of the 1E campaigns I played bitd, though I remember everyone playing a bit fast and loose with which abilities points could be taken from, as opposed to following the strict guidelines given in B/X.<br /> <br /> Its also a mitigating factor to the "3d6-in-order" style of character generation, which some folks seem to lament as not giving characters "high enough" ability scores. Given that only a 13 in a class's Prime Requisite is needed for an xp boost and maybe even a bonus to fighting, saves, or AC, not too many points, on average, even need to be shifted around. And it can make it easier to get those rarer 16's or 18's. <div style='clear: both;'></div> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-1'> <span class='post-author vcard'> Posted by <span class='fn' itemprop='author' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/Person'> <meta content='https://www.blogger.com/profile/01682401446176099294' itemprop='url'/> <a class='g-profile' href='https://www.blogger.com/profile/01682401446176099294' rel='author' title='author profile'> <span itemprop='name'>Al</span> </a> </span> </span> <span class='post-timestamp'> at <meta content='http://beyondtheblackgate.blogspot.com/2017/08/bx-ability-score-adjustments.html' itemprop='url'/> <a class='timestamp-link' href='http://beyondtheblackgate.blogspot.com/2017/08/bx-ability-score-adjustments.html' rel='bookmark' title='permanent link'><abbr class='published' itemprop='datePublished' title='2017-08-17T17:54:00-07:00'>5:54 PM</abbr></a> </span> <span class='post-comment-link'> <a class='comment-link' href='http://beyondtheblackgate.blogspot.com/2017/08/bx-ability-score-adjustments.html#comment-form' onclick=''> 366 comments: </a> </span> <span class='post-icons'> <span class='item-control blog-admin pid-1608142001'> <a href='https://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=3094937232522894470&postID=3531204933072685636&from=pencil' title='Edit Post'> <img alt='' class='icon-action' height='18' src='https://resources.blogblog.com/img/icon18_edit_allbkg.gif' width='18'/> </a> </span> </span> <div class='post-share-buttons goog-inline-block'> </div> </div> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-2'> <span class='post-labels'> </span> </div> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-3'> <span class='post-location'> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div> <div class="date-outer"> <h2 class='date-header'><span>Monday, August 14, 2017</span></h2> <div class="date-posts"> <div class='post-outer'> <div class='post hentry uncustomized-post-template' itemprop='blogPost' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/BlogPosting'> <meta content='3094937232522894470' itemprop='blogId'/> <meta content='8181303557672878359' itemprop='postId'/> <a name='8181303557672878359'></a> <h3 class='post-title entry-title' itemprop='name'> <a href='http://beyondtheblackgate.blogspot.com/2017/08/adventure-lookup.html'>Adventure Lookup</a> </h3> <div class='post-header'> <div class='post-header-line-1'></div> </div> <div class='post-body entry-content' id='post-body-8181303557672878359' itemprop='description articleBody'> This looks like a handy resource : <a href="http://adventurelookup.com/">AdventureLookup.com</a><br /> <br /> Looks like more than 200 1e/B/x/osr adventures in the database so far. Should come in handy next time you need an adventure specifically in a ruin in a forest for 5th level characters and featuring giants. <div style='clear: both;'></div> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-1'> <span class='post-author vcard'> Posted by <span class='fn' itemprop='author' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/Person'> <meta content='https://www.blogger.com/profile/01682401446176099294' itemprop='url'/> <a class='g-profile' href='https://www.blogger.com/profile/01682401446176099294' rel='author' title='author profile'> <span itemprop='name'>Al</span> </a> </span> </span> <span class='post-timestamp'> at <meta content='http://beyondtheblackgate.blogspot.com/2017/08/adventure-lookup.html' itemprop='url'/> <a class='timestamp-link' href='http://beyondtheblackgate.blogspot.com/2017/08/adventure-lookup.html' rel='bookmark' title='permanent link'><abbr class='published' itemprop='datePublished' title='2017-08-14T15:27:00-07:00'>3:27 PM</abbr></a> </span> <span class='post-comment-link'> <a class='comment-link' href='http://beyondtheblackgate.blogspot.com/2017/08/adventure-lookup.html#comment-form' onclick=''> 56 comments: </a> </span> <span class='post-icons'> <span class='item-control blog-admin pid-1608142001'> <a href='https://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=3094937232522894470&postID=8181303557672878359&from=pencil' title='Edit Post'> <img alt='' class='icon-action' height='18' src='https://resources.blogblog.com/img/icon18_edit_allbkg.gif' width='18'/> </a> </span> </span> <div class='post-share-buttons goog-inline-block'> </div> </div> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-2'> <span class='post-labels'> </span> </div> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-3'> <span class='post-location'> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div> <div class="date-outer"> <h2 class='date-header'><span>Sunday, August 13, 2017</span></h2> <div class="date-posts"> <div class='post-outer'> <div class='post hentry uncustomized-post-template' itemprop='blogPost' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/BlogPosting'> <meta content='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggjXtIOB-5INYWhcBFIcBTzSMT6pWMjKnAV2rL4Qk6zaL95bXZK7sb0eJEwnRymbQy_0s4wm2-b8LQYloXSqkndxhzv4j8AfAtOzM5iWmY6m_jXkt0hs-VuL_gjqJDuT_vW_V5vGUvNmAz/s640/AtheonFOrsakenHalls.jpg' itemprop='image_url'/> <meta content='3094937232522894470' itemprop='blogId'/> <meta content='858482086255522927' itemprop='postId'/> <a name='858482086255522927'></a> <h3 class='post-title entry-title' itemprop='name'> <a href='http://beyondtheblackgate.blogspot.com/2017/08/azag-mozu-megadungeon-introduction.html'>Azag Mozu Megadungeon: An introduction</a> </h3> <div class='post-header'> <div class='post-header-line-1'></div> </div> <div class='post-body entry-content' id='post-body-858482086255522927' itemprop='description articleBody'> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggjXtIOB-5INYWhcBFIcBTzSMT6pWMjKnAV2rL4Qk6zaL95bXZK7sb0eJEwnRymbQy_0s4wm2-b8LQYloXSqkndxhzv4j8AfAtOzM5iWmY6m_jXkt0hs-VuL_gjqJDuT_vW_V5vGUvNmAz/s1600/AtheonFOrsakenHalls.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="970" data-original-width="1600" height="387" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggjXtIOB-5INYWhcBFIcBTzSMT6pWMjKnAV2rL4Qk6zaL95bXZK7sb0eJEwnRymbQy_0s4wm2-b8LQYloXSqkndxhzv4j8AfAtOzM5iWmY6m_jXkt0hs-VuL_gjqJDuT_vW_V5vGUvNmAz/s640/AtheonFOrsakenHalls.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> It's been a couple years since I worked on <a href="http://beyondtheblackgate.blogspot.com/2015/05/creating-campaign-world-pt4-megadungeon.html" target="_blank">Azag Mozu</a>, but with hectic summer schedules it can be tough to get a whole group together consistently, and it's good to have a side-campaign in your back pocket for those game days when not everyone can make it but you still want to roll some dice. So here's the introduction to the Megadungeon (it fits on two side of a single sheet of paper) to hopefully give a lot of info in a short period of time. In contrast to the somewhat baroque dark fantasy of my Forgotten Halls mega, Azag Mozu is more a mix of Mesopotamian / Assyrian / Hyperborean / Cthulu influences.<br /> <br /> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"> <b><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";">Introduction</span></b><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"> <span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";">A thousand years ago, the gods of Atheon began dying, one by one. Once twenty-one in number, only eight remained by the time the rest figured out what was happening. One of their number, Mozu, the Lord of Shadows, had been murdering the rest and assuming their power.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"> <span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";">The remaining Seven gods moved swiftly against Mozu, but the renegade god had already consolidated his power. From his great city of Abydo, he ruled supreme over the teeming masses of those who worshipped him. Mozu offered his followers something none of the other gods would: Immortality.  The war between Mozu and the remaining Seven would not be easily won.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"> <span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";">The war raged for a century and more. During this period of savagery, two great heroes arose: Skallos, a warrior with unmatched swordsmanship, and Rehgedis, a wizard of incredible power and subtlety. Rehgedis drew upon the power of the Seven, freely given, to craft the Sword of Heaven. With it, Skallos challenged Ghorzirex the Iron Drake, chief of Mozu’s servants, at the gates of the Palace of Shadows. The defeat of Ghorzirex galvanized the forces of the Seven, and they sacked Abydo, razing the city to the ground, and pursuing the forces of Mozu deep into his subterranean palace. <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"> <span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";">Somewhere in the depths of the earth, the Seven at last faced Mozu, and vanquished him, chaining him for all time within a sorcerous Obsidian Prison. The left him behind, sealing the Palace behind them, and bade their followers dispel all memory of the location of Abydo and its dark palace.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"> <span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";">Time passed…<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"> <br /></div> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"> <b><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";">The Tale of Sulla<o:p></o:p></span></b></div> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"> <span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";">In the massive trade city of Xathay, no Merchant Prince was so wealthy or powerful as Sulla Haithet. Sulla had built a massive network of shipping and caravans that trailed from the barbarian stronghold of Tresteign in the impenetrable forests of the north, to the mysterious city of Lashtuun-Ix in the steaming jungles of the unknowable south. Sulla easily secured a seat upon Xathay’s ruling Council of Thirteen, and there he sat.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"> <span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";">For eighty years.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"> <span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";">His rivals were growing impatient. Not only did Sulla refuse to wither and die as all men must, he looked and acted as hale and energetic as he was, at age fifty, when he first took his seat. Many whispered of witchcrafts, of bargains made with demons, and of dark rituals performed in the blood of innocents. Before long, the Inquisitors of Sinma, Lord of the Sun, slapped Sulla in chains and dragged him off to the holy city of Uthar to confess his crimes.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"> <span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";">But no matter how painful his trials beneath the ministrations of the Inquisitors, Sulla never wavered that he had not consorted with witches or devils or any such thing. But he did have a secret. Sulla soon spilled out a tale of how he had acquired, early in his career, a map purporting to lead to long-forgotten Abydo. He gathered an expedition consisting of the most renowned mercenaries and sorcerers he could find, and plumbed the depths of the Azag Mozu, the Palace of Shadows. <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"> <span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";">According to Sulla, they fought great horrors in the depths of that dark place, but also found great treasures that he would use to found his trading empire. And he also spoke of the Black Gates: to pass beyond them was to receive the Gift of Mozu, Immortality. Of course, the Inquistors scoffed at his tale, and Sulla was dragged from his prison at sunrise one morning, and burned to death upon a pyre.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"> <br /></div> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"> <b><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";">A Legend Persists<o:p></o:p></span></b></div> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"> <span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";">Sulla’s wild claims soon made their way, as all rumors of treasure must, into the whispers of taverns, and thieves’ guilds, and treasure hunters of all stripe. And what aging man, wealthy and covetous of extending the short life given him by the gods, did not dream of attaining immortality?<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"> <span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";">Expeditions to the Azar Mountains in search of the ruins of Abydo began apace, and soon tales of ruin and success alike began to work their way back to the cities of Atheon.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"> <br /></div> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"> <b><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";">An Invitation<o:p></o:p></span></b></div> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"> <span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";">Now you, yourself, have been extended an invitation to set out with a number of your peers on an expedition financed by Naracen Gyle, a famed merchant of rare antiquities. Your compatriots assure you Gyle’s sources are good, that he does in fact know the way to lost Abydo. He even purports to have firsthand reports of what lies within Azag Mozu, the great iron skeleton of Ghorzirex, the Weeping Shrine of the Goddess Yllala, and the vast Lake Below. It is said that the Palace is not entirely of this world, but a place where the Underworld overlaps and bleed into our own world, and to sleep within the Halls of Azag Mozu is to invite Madness. But treasure is still plentiful and ripe for the taking for any adventurer clever enough and strong enough to defeat the guardians that still lurk within the maze of chambers and caverns.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"> <br /></div> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"> <b><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";">Atheon<o:p></o:p></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";">Atheon is a land of deserts interspersed with fertile river valleys. Many great cities dot the flood plains, and feature massive step pyramids, gleaming palaces, and mazelike bazaars. It is a Theocracy, ruled by the seven high priests of the Seven Gods of Atheon. Atheon follows a rigid caste system where nobles and priests are at the top, craftsmen, merchants, landowners, scholars, and soldiers are in the middle, and slaves, foreigners, mercenaries, sorcerers, and menials make up the bottommost tier.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";">To the north is Sea of Megea and further still a land of dark forests, black mountains, and barbarians. To the south is an unbroken chain of active volcanoes, and beyond that a land of savage jungles and exotic cities.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";">There are no true seasons in Atheon. It is hot during the day and freezing cold at night. Calendars in Atheon are based on their lifeblood: the flood and fall of the rivers.</span></div> <div style='clear: both;'></div> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-1'> <span class='post-author vcard'> Posted by <span class='fn' itemprop='author' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/Person'> <meta content='https://www.blogger.com/profile/01682401446176099294' itemprop='url'/> <a class='g-profile' href='https://www.blogger.com/profile/01682401446176099294' rel='author' title='author profile'> <span itemprop='name'>Al</span> </a> </span> </span> <span class='post-timestamp'> at <meta content='http://beyondtheblackgate.blogspot.com/2017/08/azag-mozu-megadungeon-introduction.html' itemprop='url'/> <a class='timestamp-link' href='http://beyondtheblackgate.blogspot.com/2017/08/azag-mozu-megadungeon-introduction.html' rel='bookmark' title='permanent link'><abbr class='published' itemprop='datePublished' title='2017-08-13T11:33:00-07:00'>11:33 AM</abbr></a> </span> <span class='post-comment-link'> <a class='comment-link' href='http://beyondtheblackgate.blogspot.com/2017/08/azag-mozu-megadungeon-introduction.html#comment-form' onclick=''> 35 comments: </a> </span> <span class='post-icons'> <span class='item-control blog-admin pid-1608142001'> <a href='https://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=3094937232522894470&postID=858482086255522927&from=pencil' title='Edit Post'> <img alt='' class='icon-action' height='18' src='https://resources.blogblog.com/img/icon18_edit_allbkg.gif' width='18'/> </a> </span> </span> <div class='post-share-buttons goog-inline-block'> </div> </div> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-2'> <span class='post-labels'> </span> </div> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-3'> <span class='post-location'> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div> <div class="date-outer"> <h2 class='date-header'><span>Tuesday, April 18, 2017</span></h2> <div class="date-posts"> <div class='post-outer'> <div class='post hentry uncustomized-post-template' itemprop='blogPost' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/BlogPosting'> <meta content='3094937232522894470' itemprop='blogId'/> <meta content='7048422089653027594' itemprop='postId'/> <a name='7048422089653027594'></a> <h3 class='post-title entry-title' itemprop='name'> <a href='http://beyondtheblackgate.blogspot.com/2017/04/gnolls-per-bx.html'>Gnolls (per B/X)</a> </h3> <div class='post-header'> <div class='post-header-line-1'></div> </div> <div class='post-body entry-content' id='post-body-7048422089653027594' itemprop='description articleBody'> "Gnolls are rumored to be the result of a magical combination of a gnome and a troll by an evil magic user." <br /> - Tom Moldvay, Basic Rulebook<br /> <br /><br /> How did I forget about this?<br /> <br /><br /> Was the concept so horrible to envision that my mind erased it as a defensive measure? <div style='clear: both;'></div> 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href='http://jgrimbert.free.fr/add2/advice/?order=id&debut=0'>Sage Advice (Compiled)</a></li> <li><a href='http://www.dragonsfoot.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=23223'>Tim Kask - Dragonsfoot Q&A's</a></li> </ul> <div class='clear'></div> </div> </div><div class='widget LinkList' data-version='1' id='LinkList1'> <h2>Get yer Old-School here!</h2> <div class='widget-content'> <ul> <li><a href='http://totheblogmobile.com/2009/05/08/a-guide-to-retro-clone-roleplaying-games/'>A Guide to Retroclones</a></li> <li><a href='http://www.lulu.com/content/e-book/quick-primer-for-old-school-gaming/3019374'>A Quick Primer for Old-School Gaming</a></li> <li><a href='http://ancientvaults.wordpress.com/'>Ancient Vaults</a></li> <li><a href='http://batintheattic.blogspot.com/'>Bat in the Attic</a></li> <li><a href='http://bloodofprokopius.blogspot.com/'>Blood of Prokopius</a></li> <li><a href='http://www.dizzydragon.net/adventuregenerator/home'>Dizzy Dragon Dungeon Generator</a></li> <li><a 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