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id='main' name='Main'><div class='widget Blog' data-version='1' id='Blog1'> <div class='blog-posts hfeed'> <div class="date-outer"> <h2 class='date-header'><span>Tuesday, November 7, 2023</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='3611500559435296643' itemprop='blogId'/> <meta content='3566829170652032875' itemprop='postId'/> <a name='3566829170652032875'></a> <h3 class='post-title entry-title' itemprop='name'> <a href='https://www.protodragon.com/2023/11/dragon-reviews-everything-digital-books.html'>Dragon reviews everything: Digital books 2023 - part 1</a> </h3> <div class='post-header'> <div class='post-header-line-1'></div> </div> <div class='post-body entry-content' id='post-body-3566829170652032875' itemprop='description articleBody'> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I got on a Speculative Fiction kick this year, so I caught up on some classics and some modern tomes - I'll review them soon. Outside of Spec Fic I explored some miscellany:</span></p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">What If? 2 - Randall Monroe (pop science non-fiction)</span></h4><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>"Fall in love with working things out - all over again"</i></span></div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Comedy is underestimated as an educational tool, and Monroe is an expert in the craft. I think the first What If? was better, but this one had insightful, hilarious anecdotes even so. "Can we make a garbage mountain to space?" "Can you squeeze light?" "Are there enough bananas to fill all the churches?" These are more thought-provoking questions than might first appear.</span></p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Summer Knight - Jim Butcher (Urban fantasy fiction, maybe explicit?)</span></h4><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>"Harry Dresden and the elf sadists"</i></span></div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">This is the third in Butcher's Dresden Files series, which is mildly explicit IIRC. I got a bit fatigued in the first two books when Butcher had bad guys not just busting through the doors but instead swarming in through every bloody crevice. The pacing on this one felt smoother, less frenetic, so I enjoyed it more.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Butcher sort of half-baked/plot-holed the fairy logic on this one. There are lots of examples of fairies being moved emotionally, but it's specifically canon that they don't parse human emotion.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Bonus alternative recommendation: Lords and Ladies - Terry Pratchett<br /></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">“… people didn't seem to be able to remember what it was like with the elves around. Life was certainly more interesting then, but usually because it was shorter. And it was more colorful, if you liked the color of blood.”<br /></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">― </span><span class="authorOrTitle" style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Terry Pratchett, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"></span><span id="quote_book_link_34529" style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><a class="authorOrTitle" href="https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/1185086" style="color: #333333; text-decoration-line: none;">Lords and Ladies</a></span></span></span></p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Lucky Jim - Kingsley Amis (comedy fiction)</span></h4><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>"This would be a fantastic screenplay"</i></span></div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Recommended by Noisms (<a href="https://monstersandmanuals.blogspot.com/">Monsters and Manuals</a>). Thought-provoking 1954 comedy about life in academia at a British <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_brick_university">redbrick </a>university. Humor and I struggle sometimes when I'm uncertain if it's actually supposed to be funny, and this is roughly a 70 year-old book, so it didn't quite land with me, but it did get me thinking about the philosophy of romance leading into marriage, which isn't something I've dwelled on much. How much should one be selfish/selfless when selecting a spouse?</span></p><p></p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">A Good Man Is Hard To Find - Flannery O'Connor (short fiction)</span></h4><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>"Ah yes, child neglect and suicide does indeed make me feel sad - can I leave now?"</i></span></p>Blech, the only book I gave up on this year. I'm not sure I can see how my life is enriched by these stories and I like horror occasionally. Feels sad-artsy in a way that doesn't translate for me.</span><p></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'> Scribbled by <span class='fn' itemprop='author' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/Person'> <meta content='https://www.blogger.com/profile/08308752843878120677' itemprop='url'/> <a class='g-profile' href='https://www.blogger.com/profile/08308752843878120677' rel='author' title='author profile'> <span itemprop='name'>Dragonsdoom</span> </a> </span> </span> <span class='post-timestamp'> </span> <span class='post-comment-link'> <a class='comment-link' href='https://www.protodragon.com/2023/11/dragon-reviews-everything-digital-books.html#comment-form' onclick=''> No comments: </a> </span> <span class='post-icons'> <span class='item-control blog-admin pid-1008426784'> <a href='https://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=3611500559435296643&postID=3566829170652032875&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'> <a class='goog-inline-block share-button sb-email' href='https://www.blogger.com/share-post.g?blogID=3611500559435296643&postID=3566829170652032875&target=email' target='_blank' title='Email This'><span class='share-button-link-text'>Email This</span></a><a class='goog-inline-block share-button sb-blog' href='https://www.blogger.com/share-post.g?blogID=3611500559435296643&postID=3566829170652032875&target=blog' onclick='window.open(this.href, "_blank", "height=270,width=475"); return false;' target='_blank' title='BlogThis!'><span class='share-button-link-text'>BlogThis!</span></a><a class='goog-inline-block share-button sb-twitter' href='https://www.blogger.com/share-post.g?blogID=3611500559435296643&postID=3566829170652032875&target=twitter' target='_blank' title='Share to X'><span class='share-button-link-text'>Share to X</span></a><a class='goog-inline-block share-button sb-facebook' href='https://www.blogger.com/share-post.g?blogID=3611500559435296643&postID=3566829170652032875&target=facebook' onclick='window.open(this.href, "_blank", "height=430,width=640"); return false;' target='_blank' title='Share to Facebook'><span class='share-button-link-text'>Share to Facebook</span></a><a class='goog-inline-block share-button sb-pinterest' href='https://www.blogger.com/share-post.g?blogID=3611500559435296643&postID=3566829170652032875&target=pinterest' target='_blank' title='Share to Pinterest'><span class='share-button-link-text'>Share to Pinterest</span></a> </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 17, 2020</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/AVvXsEgezaX-A93-NnSo8mL0whtgjWeMXcMs3UDZ0VRfmY-asYcfO3_9f7DPLbUBVXIv8qBLrA5FRe4WjY3dq6oibM5AyzOomrsXWX-iUyaLvh-yrq50RCgCy5AgVNTsnCchlyBHrWpbqSqpE8k/s320/centipedes-millipede-desmoxytes-purpurosea-the-human-centipede-drawing-others-png-clip-art.png' itemprop='image_url'/> <meta content='3611500559435296643' itemprop='blogId'/> <meta content='5516072241968333216' itemprop='postId'/> <a name='5516072241968333216'></a> <h3 class='post-title entry-title' itemprop='name'> <a href='https://www.protodragon.com/2019/08/resource-thieves.html'>Oh no, not the hooch! - Monsters that steal/break your stuff</a> </h3> <div class='post-header'> <div class='post-header-line-1'></div> </div> <div class='post-body entry-content' id='post-body-5516072241968333216' itemprop='description articleBody'> <font face="helvetica">Partially inspired by my <a href="https://www.protodragon.com/2019/03/subverting-rust-monster.html">rust monster post</a> and partially inspired by <a href="http://monstersandmanuals.blogspot.com/2019/03/gelatinous-cubes-rust-monsters-and.html">Noisms' post on constrained monster design</a> from last year, here are 3 novel monsters that attack your party's travel resources.<br /> </font><font face="helvetica"></font><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgezaX-A93-NnSo8mL0whtgjWeMXcMs3UDZ0VRfmY-asYcfO3_9f7DPLbUBVXIv8qBLrA5FRe4WjY3dq6oibM5AyzOomrsXWX-iUyaLvh-yrq50RCgCy5AgVNTsnCchlyBHrWpbqSqpE8k/s910/centipedes-millipede-desmoxytes-purpurosea-the-human-centipede-drawing-others-png-clip-art.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="518" data-original-width="910" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgezaX-A93-NnSo8mL0whtgjWeMXcMs3UDZ0VRfmY-asYcfO3_9f7DPLbUBVXIv8qBLrA5FRe4WjY3dq6oibM5AyzOomrsXWX-iUyaLvh-yrq50RCgCy5AgVNTsnCchlyBHrWpbqSqpE8k/s320/centipedes-millipede-desmoxytes-purpurosea-the-human-centipede-drawing-others-png-clip-art.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><font face="helvetica" size="2">I dunno where this is from and I can't read the artist's signature :(</font></td></tr></tbody></table><font face="helvetica"><b>Sand Sprites</b><br />You can hear sand sprites before you see them - the <i>plip-plip-plip</i> of thousands of tiny pad</font><span style="font-family: helvetica;">ded metatarsals l</span><font face="helvetica">ike a sudden gush of rain as they explode at speed out of the nearest sand dune or rocky steppe. Each sand sprite has the capacity to absorb 4 times its body weight in water and moves unerringly to the nearest source of water when dry. Once they consume every last drop of water, they flee to their underground burrows. There, they disgorge their precious supply into a communal spawning pool, allowing the twin queens the sustenance they need to continue birthing more sprites.</font><div><font face="helvetica"><br /></font></div><div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Tiny Insect Swarm</span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">AC: 12 HP: 22 Speed 40', Burrow 20'</span></div><div><font face="helvetica">Damage Resistance Bludgeoning, Piercing, Slashing<br />Condition Immunities: Charmed, Frightened, Grappled, Paralyzed, Petrified, Prone, Restrained, Stunned<br />Blindsight 10 Ft.</font></div><div><span><font face="helvetica">Perception +3</font></span><br style="font-family: helvetica;" /><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Pinch Attack (at or above half health) +4 / 2d4 Piercing + 1d4 days' water rations</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Pinch Attack (below half health) +4 / 1d4 Piercing + 1d2 days' water rations</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Consider:</span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><font face="helvetica">These are the sort of nuisance that could be combined with other creatures without causing a TPK, at least, immediately..</font></li><li><font face="helvetica">Just because the Sand sprites took off with your water doesn't mean you can't get it back, you just have to follow them underground. This might result in discovering buried treasure or a new dungeon complex if you get lucky.</font></li><li><font face="helvetica">I imagine these guys swelling up with water, then when they get killed they burst like an overfed cockroach unless you take extra care to wring the water out first.</font></li><li><font face="helvetica">Dragon, give us the spoor details! Okay okay, here:</font></li><ul><li><font face="helvetica">Dried mud wallow / mud crater directly above burrow where sand sprites with wet feet enter and leave - also serves as handy rainwater collection basin.</font></li><li><font face="helvetica"><i>Plip-plip-plip</i> from underground headed to another target</font></li><li><font face="helvetica">Curled, dusty sand sprite husks left from thirsty predators - sand sprites aren't worth eating, but they provide a critical source of hydration for a variety of predators.</font></li></ul></ul></div><div><font face="helvetica"><br /></font></div><div><font face="helvetica"><br /></font><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNM82dPPNi7Us96oDjhEn4MDlHsOE4KizVznc-11zadAyGaLESXTBLLfyVtGOViZdbL_TlaH2YCpvNBSrp7VYn_wOJkjPcoCztprxJa6VvOq4hYyM-EWYMegXwCzmtoexeOT_E6jue8-0/s2048/32638455676_1006694f34_k.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><font face="helvetica"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNM82dPPNi7Us96oDjhEn4MDlHsOE4KizVznc-11zadAyGaLESXTBLLfyVtGOViZdbL_TlaH2YCpvNBSrp7VYn_wOJkjPcoCztprxJa6VvOq4hYyM-EWYMegXwCzmtoexeOT_E6jue8-0/s320/32638455676_1006694f34_k.jpg" width="320" /></font></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font face="helvetica" size="2">not brown but still swole</font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font face="helvetica" size="2"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/purdyrns/32638455676">https://www.flickr.com/photos/purdyrns/32638455676</a></font></div> <font face="helvetica"><b><span>Lodesparrows</span></b><br /> <span>These chestnut brown birds nest in cliff faces, treetops, and similar dangerous locales. Each bird weighs a few ounces when passive, but if threatened it puffs up its tiny feathered chest and gains 150 lbs. If a predator is noticed near a nest, the lodesparrows will land on the predator and lend the weight to the predator. This can pin it down, cause it to lose it's balance, or break the terrain beneath it. Some Lodesparrows are territorial and take offense to anything larger than themselves bumbling around near their nests. The eggs have distinctive lead shells.</span><br /> <span><br /></span> <span>Tiny Animal</span><br /> <span>AC: 12 HP: 1 Speed 10', Fly 50'</span><br /> <span>Perception +3</span><br /> <span>Beak Attack +4 / 1 Piercing</span><br /> <span><br /></span> <span><i>Overlode</i>: As an action, the lodesparrow grabs onto a target and lends 150 lbs to the target's carried inventory. This can have a variety of negative effects, especially if a target is climbing a rope, dead tree, or rickety ladder.</span><br /> <span><br /></span> <span>Consider:</span></font></div><div><font face="helvetica"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><font face="helvetica"><span>A druid could command these en masse</span></font></li><li><font face="helvetica"><span>What happens if many lodesparrows land on a cart in muddy terrain and someone says 'Shoo!' a little too forcefully?</span></font></li><li><font face="helvetica"><span>Can one train a lodesparrow as a pet and carry it around in a cage?</span></font></li><li><font face="helvetica"><span>What happens if you get an infestation of them in a barn or tower?</span></font></li><ul><li>It collapses from the weight as soon as one too many predators appear.</li></ul><li><font face="helvetica"><span>What sort of spoor would lodesparrows leave?</span></font></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Heavy droppings might pockmark terrain</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Crushed bones of seahawks</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Corpses with falling damage below a nest</span></li></ul></ul><div><br /></div></font><font face="helvetica"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjLUd-OnzPyGODePdQN7QDG1c4UQgM-rHshzs1YLt2VobT8KuX14kwwmn16AFpKogqRcn8iLAc5_5xyFh0SqkfwUxT2HMyd1OEKxC4ZmWDMI7tbs5c-f4CVxyy31jqwhFqb0f48R0_t5o/s900/g3i-014-1_5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjLUd-OnzPyGODePdQN7QDG1c4UQgM-rHshzs1YLt2VobT8KuX14kwwmn16AFpKogqRcn8iLAc5_5xyFh0SqkfwUxT2HMyd1OEKxC4ZmWDMI7tbs5c-f4CVxyy31jqwhFqb0f48R0_t5o/s320/g3i-014-1_5.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="2">gorgeous</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://russian-crafts.com/glass-figurines/glass-insect/glass-scorpion-en.html"><font size="2">https://russian-crafts.com/glass-figurines/glass-insect/glass-scorpion-en.html</font></a></div><b> Riesling Scorpion</b></font></div><div><font face="helvetica">An opaque, amber glass scorpion delicately clinks out of a mouse-hole into the alley. Moments later, an anguished shriek echoes from the darkness within the building - the brewer's painstaking work has been decimated.</font></div><div><font face="helvetica"><br /></font></div><div><font face="helvetica">These tiny scorpions metabolize alcohol in a baffling way - by absorbing it from the area around them. Academic dissection reveals no clues: the fragile creatures appear to have no mouth-parts or esophagus. Even more curiously, they seem to have this capacity even while apparently dead - any corpses of an infestation must immediately be whisked away or risk tainting any alcohol nearby further with each passing moment.</font></div><div><font face="helvetica"><br />Riesling scorpions are made of glass and thus have no conventional predators, but they flee from the sound of sheaves of paper rustling. Any desert trader would be well advised to hang a few old books from his wagon to catch the breeze and thwart these </font><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://www.dictionary.com/browse/bibulous">bibulous</a> </span><font face="helvetica">predators.</font></div><div><font face="helvetica"><span><br /></span></font></div><div><font face="helvetica"> <span>Tiny Animal</span><br /><span>AC: 12 HP: 1 Speed 20', Burrow 10'</span><br /><span>Stealth +6</span><br /><span>Beak Attack +4 / 1 Piercing + DC 14 Con save vs drunkenness (see below)</span></font></div><div><font face="helvetica"><span><br /></span></font></div><div><font face="helvetica"><span><i>Drunkenness</i>: Use whatever rules you have for being drunk and treat as a sudden serious onset rather than just lightly sloshed, or just deal 1d4 temporary wisdom damage and gain 2 levels of exhaustion.</span></font></div><div><font face="helvetica"><br /></font></div><div><font face="helvetica"><i>Bibulous Aura (30')</i>: Any alcohol that stays within 30' of a Riesling Scorpion gradually denatures along the following track:</font></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><font face="helvetica">After 1 hour alcohol tastes watered down.</font></li><li><font face="helvetica">For each subsequent day alcohol is one level of quality weakened (vintage wine becomes good wine, good wine becomes table wine, table wine becomes gutrot, gutrot becomes denatured alcohol (AKA </font><span style="font-family: helvetica;">methylated spirits</span><font face="helvetica">).</font></li><li><font face="helvetica">Once alcohol becomes denatured alcohol, it is now toxic to consume and is of minimal value (perhaps to a tannery?). Consuming denatured alcohol is effectively consuming a weak poison, causing inconvenient mid-combat stomach cramps and loose bowels.</font></li></ul><span style="font-family: helvetica;">This aura continues whether the scorpion is alive or dead; unless it is melted, shattered, or otherwise totally destroyed.<br /><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Spoors:</span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Squeaky sound of nails on glass as a possum, bird, or other conventional predator tries to taste the scorpion. This might result in encountering a super drunk minor predator.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Books, fliers, old scrolls and bits of paper hung on poles and strings to catch the breeze indicate that there were Riesling Scorpions here once..</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">"Does this beer taste bad to you?" "How dare you- you <a href="https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/61819/42-old-english-insults">mumblecrust</a>! 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One source constantly inspiring me for new game content is Atlas Obscura. Check out these great articles and game ideas:<br /><br /></font><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyivpOcjhFCOeBVmWEWb1lBCFnh2BDmnaGRSHVwimalC4uW8HoDht40YaTEPaPbheaoTbT1yDv7wWZ2gfnsburlApS64rDOhAHSTEPIoy2a7GExiAXhi64EfRm3N6z0hZaqRncs11EsQA/s1200/2012.10.11%252C+16.45.30+%2528IMG_0212%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyivpOcjhFCOeBVmWEWb1lBCFnh2BDmnaGRSHVwimalC4uW8HoDht40YaTEPaPbheaoTbT1yDv7wWZ2gfnsburlApS64rDOhAHSTEPIoy2a7GExiAXhi64EfRm3N6z0hZaqRncs11EsQA/s320/2012.10.11%252C+16.45.30+%2528IMG_0212%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="2"><a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/users/peter-ii">https://www.atlasobscura.com/users/peter-ii</a></font></div></div></div><b><font face="helvetica"><div><b><font face="helvetica"><br /></font></b></div>Bolton Strid, a killer creek</font></b><div><div><font face="helvetica">"<i>Indeed while there do not seem to be any hard numbers about exactly how many people have perished in the Strid, the local legend is that no one who has dared enter the waters has ever made it out alive. The caves and naturally carved traps laying just under the surface of the photo ready river have been claiming lives for centuries</i>."<br /></font><div><font face="helvetica">via <a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/bolton-strid">https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/bolton-strid</a></font></div><div><font face="helvetica">(read more in depth at <a href="https://www.amusingplanet.com/2015/11/bolton-strid-stream-that-swallows-people.html">https://www.amusingplanet.com/2015/11/bolton-strid-stream-that-swallows-people.html</a>)</font></div><div><br /></div><div><font face="helvetica">What a place for a mythic underworld entrance! Consider:</font></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><font face="helvetica"><i>"My daughter Lady Celeste was pushed into the creek of death and vanished. I will pay her dowry* to any man brave enough to recover her body."</i>*</font></li></ul></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="helvetica" size="2">* A sackful of scallions (it's a tradition, don't ask) and also a</font><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: small;"> valuable silver puzzle box containing high thread-count</span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: small;"> sheets </span></div></div></div></div></blockquote></blockquote><div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><font face="helvetica"><i>"My ancestor, the mad hermit of Lagrange, once stole a crown off the head of a duke and dove into the bloody brook head-first to escape, never to be seen again, except once a month at the pub for a quiet pint. We never saw the crown again."</i></font></li></ul></div><div><font face="helvetica"><b><font face="helvetica"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqNKQYWUenMHym1RJ9RhvunTc8oEthBrWdv6KTrnuIX0uXP7JphweiUHJm8d2JLLThOeLMQ2bczo1BQy5LhbpWBxzY9PF0ndT5aGYjp7KgDLGsRAmUmcOsr3UbDVXNU0PEVjIw1WQuHQs/s1160/image.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="761" data-original-width="1160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqNKQYWUenMHym1RJ9RhvunTc8oEthBrWdv6KTrnuIX0uXP7JphweiUHJm8d2JLLThOeLMQ2bczo1BQy5LhbpWBxzY9PF0ndT5aGYjp7KgDLGsRAmUmcOsr3UbDVXNU0PEVjIw1WQuHQs/s320/image.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></font></b></font><font face="helvetica" size="2"><div style="text-align: center;">IGNACIO PALACIOS/GETTY IMAGES via Atlas Obscura</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></font></div><font face="helvetica"><b>Len莽贸is Maranhenses, a swamped desert</b><br />"<i>Strong winds and rain transform the land as rainwater fills the valleys between the dunes, creating a surreal lacework of thousands of seemingly miraculous lagoons between ribbons of sand.</i>"</font><div><div><font face="helvetica"><a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/lencois-maranhenses">https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/lencois-maranhenses</a></font></div><div><br /></div><div><font face="helvetica">This locale looks like an intriguing travel obstacle. Imagine the problems with encountering this on a hex - if you are riding by pack animal or wheeled cart, you have to make an exhausting series of river fords. If you are traveling by boat, it's completely impassible by turns, as if it was a river.</font></div><div><font face="helvetica"><br /></font></div><div><font face="helvetica">Wait, d</font><span style="font-family: helvetica;">id someone say random encounters?</span></div><div><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><font face="helvetica">Spiky tumbleweed the size of a barn ponderously rolls with the wind</font></li><li><font face="helvetica">Mummified water hag sleeps in her tomb until the water comes, then spends her days farming algae and perfecting indigo dyes. Hates the color red.</font></li><li><font face="helvetica"><a href="https://www.protodragon.com/2019/03/brainstorming-mad-max-inspired-campaign.html">Giant enemy crab</a> - but camouflaged under a sand dune this time</font></li><li><font face="helvetica">The last of the migrating dune spiders - car sized, fast as an antelope, wants to get away from all this wretched wetness and does so with careful hops and leaps</font></li><li><font face="helvetica">Crew of halfling travelers paddling light canoes - searching for the blue mummy (#2) to trade for dyes and will exchange map notes</font></li><li><font face="helvetica">Several huge lush cacti surrounded by rotting corpses (mostly birds) in the middle of a lagoon - these are dune tanglers (stats as roper) and might have some loot.</font></li></ol></div><div><font face="helvetica"><br /></font></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6hupAmsnrhFnKm2gRjJGmpbIEPgIe9nqxj6Ne87HN1Iihy8MBsYHg3rmaQpebXHOSPTrrLKwWbv0aAvfRvzDRa38U0g56ugjjTsr37I93d6AeUzVp_3jI5bWcRqhR7Hr_kA6DlZn5Zj4/s800/image+%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="776" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6hupAmsnrhFnKm2gRjJGmpbIEPgIe9nqxj6Ne87HN1Iihy8MBsYHg3rmaQpebXHOSPTrrLKwWbv0aAvfRvzDRa38U0g56ugjjTsr37I93d6AeUzVp_3jI5bWcRqhR7Hr_kA6DlZn5Zj4/s320/image+%25281%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="helvetica" size="2">DUDLEY CANAL AND TUNNEL TRUST via Atlas Obscura</font></div></div><div><font face="helvetica"> </font></div><div><font face="helvetica"><b>'Legging' a narrowboat through a tunnel for hours</b></font></div><font face="helvetica">"<i>This was a time when engineless narrowboats—pulled by horses that walked along a canal’s towpaths—transported mass quantities of goods like coal, iron, and pottery along a “super highway” of inland waterways and their locks, tunnels, and aqueducts throughout Great Britain [..]</i>"</font><div><font face="helvetica"><a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/narrowboat-legging">https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/narrowboat-legging</a></font></div></div></div><div><br /></div><div><font face="helvetica">These tunnels could be longer than 3 miles and were a major source of revenue for wealthy coal purveyors. Any problem in a commercially used canal can be assumed to have the financial interest of significant merchant traders. (Imagine the opportunity cost to businesses if a commercial highway was closed for a week)</font></div><div><font face="helvetica"><br /></font></div><div><font face="helvetica">What if:</font></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><font face="helvetica">Traffic backed up due to distant screams of unknown provenance</font></li><li><font face="helvetica">Coal barge caught on fire mid-tunnel and needs to be cleared (water breathing might help with the lack of oxygen here)</font></li><li><font face="helvetica">Party asked to assist with legging a barge through, emerges in glittering outer space on the other side</font></li><li><font face="helvetica">Barge is floating tavern/hotel - while moving through a tunnel, a legger breaks through into a new dungeon complex (perhaps filled with giant green ants or hobo wraiths)</font></li><li><font face="helvetica">Prisoner transport vessel taken over by convicts in tunnel, hostages taken, party deputized to assist with breaking siege (perhaps by drilling through the top)</font></li><li><font face="helvetica">Similar to the first idea, this classified, high-security tunnel is actually effectively a wormhole to another location behind enemy lines. This is used for furtive spy activity and economic destabilization - with the right documents, a small group could sneak through posing as a barge team and use the rapid travel to their own ends.</font></li></ul></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'> Scribbled by <span class='fn' itemprop='author' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/Person'> <meta content='https://www.blogger.com/profile/08308752843878120677' itemprop='url'/> <a class='g-profile' href='https://www.blogger.com/profile/08308752843878120677' rel='author' title='author profile'> <span itemprop='name'>Dragonsdoom</span> </a> </span> </span> <span class='post-timestamp'> </span> <span class='post-comment-link'> <a class='comment-link' href='https://www.protodragon.com/2020/07/lovely-game-inspirations-from-atlas.html#comment-form' onclick=''> No comments: </a> </span> <span class='post-icons'> <span class='item-control blog-admin pid-1008426784'> <a href='https://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=3611500559435296643&postID=2057705155293428719&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'> <a class='goog-inline-block share-button sb-email' href='https://www.blogger.com/share-post.g?blogID=3611500559435296643&postID=2057705155293428719&target=email' target='_blank' title='Email This'><span class='share-button-link-text'>Email This</span></a><a class='goog-inline-block share-button sb-blog' href='https://www.blogger.com/share-post.g?blogID=3611500559435296643&postID=2057705155293428719&target=blog' onclick='window.open(this.href, "_blank", "height=270,width=475"); return false;' target='_blank' title='BlogThis!'><span class='share-button-link-text'>BlogThis!</span></a><a class='goog-inline-block share-button sb-twitter' href='https://www.blogger.com/share-post.g?blogID=3611500559435296643&postID=2057705155293428719&target=twitter' target='_blank' title='Share to X'><span class='share-button-link-text'>Share to X</span></a><a class='goog-inline-block share-button sb-facebook' href='https://www.blogger.com/share-post.g?blogID=3611500559435296643&postID=2057705155293428719&target=facebook' onclick='window.open(this.href, "_blank", "height=430,width=640"); return false;' target='_blank' title='Share to Facebook'><span class='share-button-link-text'>Share to Facebook</span></a><a class='goog-inline-block share-button sb-pinterest' href='https://www.blogger.com/share-post.g?blogID=3611500559435296643&postID=2057705155293428719&target=pinterest' target='_blank' title='Share to Pinterest'><span class='share-button-link-text'>Share to Pinterest</span></a> </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>Saturday, June 20, 2020</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/AVvXsEhO04gIFeyPatzQiM76fDe5MyTgdv_Y38rb9A7lWyrcLjc0rh97cmBz1zEvx3pdR8YHQOitmOWm_9dHzrfUwqllRDMbDIxHcdpyk22BjMDJa34YTCdtavWKsU3rAVLY4CXCfQAlsGjEcBM/s320/19667677924_6b45542f63_o.jpg' itemprop='image_url'/> <meta content='3611500559435296643' itemprop='blogId'/> <meta content='6176425398412404839' itemprop='postId'/> <a name='6176425398412404839'></a> <h3 class='post-title entry-title' itemprop='name'> <a href='https://www.protodragon.com/2020/06/4-magic-blades-and-1-magic-club.html'>4 Magic blades and 1 magic club</a> </h3> <div class='post-header'> <div class='post-header-line-1'></div> </div> <div class='post-body entry-content' id='post-body-6176425398412404839' itemprop='description articleBody'> <font face="verdana">In the <a href="https://hackslashmaster.blogspot.com/2014/03/on-magical-1-weapons.html">grand</a> <a href="https://hackslashmaster.blogspot.com/2014/02/on-magical-1-swords.html">tradition</a> of <a href="https://roll1d12.blogspot.com/2012/05/magic-sword-awesomizer.html">OSR</a> <a href="https://themansegaming.blogspot.com/2020/05/8-magic-pirate-captain-weapons.html">blogs</a>, its magic sword time! 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Normally I would review these things on Steam instead. Note: I'm writing these reviews for family audiences that don't all play video games.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><br /></b></span> </span><br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Epic Games Store: <a href="https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/product/totally-reliable-delivery-service/home">Totally Reliable Delivery Service</a></b></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="YOUTUBE-iframe-video" data-thumbnail-src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/u3LALcKYAcM/0.jpg" frameborder="0" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/u3LALcKYAcM?feature=player_embedded" width="320"></iframe></span></div> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span> </span><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Audience: children 0 and up</span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Try before you buy</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This game is bonkers fun in multiplayer. Its like QWOP, but in 3D with packages to deliver. I think of this as one of those games where you 'get it' or you don't - you run around with your mates and laugh at each other's pratfalls and mistakes. I give it a solid 8/10 funny dice in multiplayer, but don't bother playing by yourself. A good game for a couple of friends over for a video game night, but an even better game with children or young friends!</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span> </span><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <b><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Epic Games Store: <a href="https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/product/enter-the-gungeon/home">Enter the Gungeon</a></span></b></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="YOUTUBE-iframe-video" data-thumbnail-src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YSpo2VvN0SM/0.jpg" frameborder="0" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YSpo2VvN0SM?feature=player_embedded" width="320"></iframe></span></div> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span> </span><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Audience: masochists 10 and up</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Watch someone play or try before you buy</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another game that's good in co-op, this is a 'bullet hell' 'rogue-like-like' game that you could play with your tween or your patient ten year old. Bullet hell and roguelikes are games for people who are willing to put up with losing lots of progress in the short term but gaining progress in the long term - you have to be a special sort of patient and determined to enjoy these, but the feeling of success from mastering these is a special sort of joy.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Epic Games Store: <a href="https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/product/the-talos-principle/home">The Talos Principle</a></b></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="YOUTUBE-iframe-video" data-thumbnail-src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/iAVh4_wnOIw/0.jpg" frameborder="0" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/iAVh4_wnOIw?feature=player_embedded" width="320"></iframe></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Audience: Natural philosophers ages 12-13 and up</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Watch someone play and watch an official trailer before you buy</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not a co-op game, this excellent single player puzzle game is non-violent, a thinking man's game. The puzzles are well designed, with a challenging but not impossible difficulty curve. While the game is rated Everyone 10+ in America, I think the conceptual questions and narrative philosophy are something that might make parents question the rating. Expect to entertain questions like 'what is the purpose of human life?' and 'why the heck are there 4 sockets but only 2 plugs??'. Seems to capture the interest of small children in a soothing, Mr. Rogers or Bob Ross sort of way.</span></div> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span> <div style='clear: both;'></div> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-1'> <span class='post-author vcard'> Scribbled by <span class='fn' itemprop='author' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/Person'> <meta content='https://www.blogger.com/profile/08308752843878120677' itemprop='url'/> <a class='g-profile' href='https://www.blogger.com/profile/08308752843878120677' rel='author' title='author profile'> <span itemprop='name'>Dragonsdoom</span> </a> </span> </span> <span class='post-timestamp'> </span> <span class='post-comment-link'> <a class='comment-link' href='https://www.protodragon.com/2020/04/dragon-reviews-everything-video-games.html#comment-form' onclick=''> No comments: </a> </span> <span class='post-icons'> <span class='item-control blog-admin pid-1008426784'> <a href='https://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=3611500559435296643&postID=1550463360587722249&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'> <a class='goog-inline-block share-button sb-email' href='https://www.blogger.com/share-post.g?blogID=3611500559435296643&postID=1550463360587722249&target=email' target='_blank' title='Email This'><span class='share-button-link-text'>Email This</span></a><a class='goog-inline-block share-button sb-blog' href='https://www.blogger.com/share-post.g?blogID=3611500559435296643&postID=1550463360587722249&target=blog' onclick='window.open(this.href, "_blank", "height=270,width=475"); 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border: 0px; color: #1a1a1b; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; padding: 0px 0px 0.25em; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Next quest in my home game is <em class="_7s4syPYtk5hfUIjySXcRE" style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">the perils of glamping</em> - a hexcrawl. I figured I would share some of the design stuff that went into it so far.</span></div> <div class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #1a1a1b; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; padding: 0.8em 0px 0.25em; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">First off - mad props to <a class="_3t5uN8xUmg0TOwRCOGQEcU" href="http://hextml.playest.net/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">http://hextml.playest.net/</a> which is just what I needed to make a quick and dirty reference map.</span></div> <div class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #1a1a1b; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; padding: 0.8em 0px 0.25em; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The printer was mostly out of ink, so I printed off the map for the players, hand-colored it, then figured I would distress it since I was already putting work into it (not pictured: the map owner's grocery list with related sidequest hook on reverse side):</span></div> <div class="_3Oa0THmZ3f5iZXAQ0hBJ0k _2LjgQiHLCZ9LDbCQx5KaOi" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #1a1a1b; display: flex; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; justify-content: center; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="https://preview.redd.it/8pn027bf16741.jpg?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=41d22f24c4c0541f496491480a76c316bbd9e54d" style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><img alt="Post image" class="_2_tDEnGMLxpM6uOa2kaDB3 ImageBox-image media-element _1XWObl-3b9tPy64oaG6fax" src="https://preview.redd.it/8pn027bf16741.jpg?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=41d22f24c4c0541f496491480a76c316bbd9e54d" style="background-color: var(--newCommunityTheme-post); border: 0px; display: block; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto; max-height: 700px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;" /></a></div> <div class="FJNSiirwoPtG58aeGw2Jx" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #1a1a1b; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 16px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">nice paper, some tea, some crumpling, some burning, kablam.</span></div> <div class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #1a1a1b; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; padding: 0.8em 0px 0.25em; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Then I needed a second copy for my personal reference:</span></div> <div class="_3Oa0THmZ3f5iZXAQ0hBJ0k _2LjgQiHLCZ9LDbCQx5KaOi" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #1a1a1b; display: flex; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; justify-content: center; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="https://preview.redd.it/rbvc1f4m16741.jpg?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d6fa11951fe16ccce0d671d66bfbc1a9706d618f" style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><img alt="Post image" class="_2_tDEnGMLxpM6uOa2kaDB3 ImageBox-image media-element _1XWObl-3b9tPy64oaG6fax" src="https://preview.redd.it/rbvc1f4m16741.jpg?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d6fa11951fe16ccce0d671d66bfbc1a9706d618f" style="background-color: var(--newCommunityTheme-post); border: 0px; display: block; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto; max-height: 700px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;" /></a></div> <div class="FJNSiirwoPtG58aeGw2Jx" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #1a1a1b; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 16px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">fixed some of the missing ink with art pencils, then fixed some of the hard to see hex reference numbers</span></div> <div class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #1a1a1b; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; padding: 0.8em 0px 0.25em; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Ultimately, this is a ~48x90 mile section of coastline with the players starting at a city at the top and working down south to find a missing noble, a missing nobody, and a missing book.</span></div> <div class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #1a1a1b; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; padding: 0.8em 0px 0.25em; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #1a1a1b; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; padding: 0.8em 0px 0.25em; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">While all this was going on, I've also built a list of people they might encounter, random hazard tables, and did a bunch of hex stocking related activities. Here are some blog articles I used to design the crawl:</span></div> <div class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #1a1a1b; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; padding: 0.8em 0px 0.25em; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a class="_3t5uN8xUmg0TOwRCOGQEcU" href="https://thealexandrian.net/wordpress/17308/roleplaying-games/hexcrawl" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">https://thealexandrian.net/wordpress/17308/roleplaying-games/hexcrawl</span></a></div> <div class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #1a1a1b; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; padding: 0.8em 0px 0.25em; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a class="_3t5uN8xUmg0TOwRCOGQEcU" href="http://arsludi.lamemage.com/index.php/78/grand-experiments-west-marches/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">http://arsludi.lamemage.com/index.php/78/grand-experiments-west-marches/</span></a></div> <div class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #1a1a1b; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; padding: 0.8em 0px 0.25em; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a class="_3t5uN8xUmg0TOwRCOGQEcU" href="https://steamtunnel.blogspot.com/2009/12/in-praise-of-6-mile-hex.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">https://steamtunnel.blogspot.com/2009/12/in-praise-of-6-mile-hex.html</span></a></div> <div class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #1a1a1b; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; padding: 0.8em 0px 0.25em; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a class="_3t5uN8xUmg0TOwRCOGQEcU" href="https://steamtunnel.blogspot.com/2011/09/how-much-adventure-in-one-6-mile-hex.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">https://steamtunnel.blogspot.com/2011/09/how-much-adventure-in-one-6-mile-hex.html</span></a></div> <div class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #1a1a1b; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; padding: 0.8em 0px 0.25em; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a class="_3t5uN8xUmg0TOwRCOGQEcU" href="https://hackslashmaster.blogspot.com/2012/05/on-wilderness-codices.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">https://hackslashmaster.blogspot.com/2012/05/on-wilderness-codices.html</span></a></div> <div class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #1a1a1b; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; padding: 0.8em 0px 0.25em; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a class="_3t5uN8xUmg0TOwRCOGQEcU" href="https://batintheattic.blogspot.com/2018/11/medieval-demographics-made-easy-new-host.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">https://batintheattic.blogspot.com/2018/11/medieval-demographics-made-easy-new-host.html</span></a></div> <div class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #1a1a1b; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; padding: 0.8em 0px 0.25em; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a class="_3t5uN8xUmg0TOwRCOGQEcU" href="https://batintheattic.blogspot.com/2009/08/how-to-make-fantasy-sandbox.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">https://batintheattic.blogspot.com/2009/08/how-to-make-fantasy-sandbox.html</span></a></div> <div class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #1a1a1b; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; padding: 0.8em 0px 0.25em; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The random hazard tables are based off these articles:</span></div> <div class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #1a1a1b; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; padding: 0.8em 0px 0.25em; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a class="_3t5uN8xUmg0TOwRCOGQEcU" href="http://www.necropraxis.com/2017/11/22/hazard-system-v0-3/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">http://www.necropraxis.com/2017/11/22/hazard-system-v0-3/</span></a></div> <div class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #1a1a1b; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; padding: 0.8em 0px 0.25em; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a class="_3t5uN8xUmg0TOwRCOGQEcU" href="https://retiredadventurer.blogspot.com/2013/05/a-procedure-for-wandering-monsters.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">https://retiredadventurer.blogspot.com/2013/05/a-procedure-for-wandering-monsters.html</span></a></div> <div class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #1a1a1b; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; padding: 0.8em 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The people list is my own brew, and deserves a post of it's own.</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'> Scribbled by <span class='fn' itemprop='author' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/Person'> <meta content='https://www.blogger.com/profile/08308752843878120677' itemprop='url'/> <a class='g-profile' href='https://www.blogger.com/profile/08308752843878120677' rel='author' title='author profile'> <span itemprop='name'>Dragonsdoom</span> </a> </span> </span> <span class='post-timestamp'> </span> <span class='post-comment-link'> <a class='comment-link' href='https://www.protodragon.com/2019/12/working-with-hexcrawls.html#comment-form' onclick=''> No comments: </a> </span> <span class='post-icons'> <span class='item-control blog-admin pid-1008426784'> <a href='https://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=3611500559435296643&postID=8068811601607002517&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'> <a class='goog-inline-block share-button sb-email' href='https://www.blogger.com/share-post.g?blogID=3611500559435296643&postID=8068811601607002517&target=email' target='_blank' title='Email This'><span class='share-button-link-text'>Email This</span></a><a class='goog-inline-block share-button sb-blog' href='https://www.blogger.com/share-post.g?blogID=3611500559435296643&postID=8068811601607002517&target=blog' onclick='window.open(this.href, "_blank", "height=270,width=475"); 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margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/26424952@N00/14485039914" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Jacob Ram skull"><img alt="Jacob Ram skull" height="213" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/5506/14485039914_8b29ce79b0_h.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/26424952@N00/14485039914">https://www.flickr.com/photos/26424952@N00/14485039914</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">4 delicious horn-themed spells for your bard, noise cleric, storm druid, or musically talented generic spellcaster. Levels are rough estimates as I've not tested these for balance.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Grow Clarion</b></span><br /> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Cantrip</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Duration: Instant / Permanent</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Range: Self</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Casting Time: 1 Minute</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Components: V, S</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Caster concentrates and grows a single keratin horn from any convenient body part from a tiny sliver to a full 16" horn. When the horn finishes growing, the caster can keep it or snap it off at will to produce a fully-functional wind instrument. If the caster doesn't concentrate for the full minute, the horn remains partially grown and is not suitable as a wind instrument. Horns produced by this spell are not useful in combat and simply snap off when placed under any notable stress.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Some casters have special skill when producing these horns and can produce horns with colors, curves, and unique patterns.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Clarion Call</b></span><br /> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Level 3</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Duration: 1 Round</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Range: Self</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Casting Time: 1 Action</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Components: V, S, Focus: Music horn or trumpet</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Caster uses a horn to produce a clear, mighty note of sound audible at a distance of 6 miles. Anyone within 100' who is concentrating on a spell (including the caster) must make a DC 10 Con save to maintain concentration on the spell. Anyone within 30' attempting to cast a spell during the spell's effect must make a Con save vs the caster's save DC or be unable to cast their spell this round. Deaf creatures or creatures wearing hearing protection are immune to this effect. Using this spell is liable to provoke wandering monster checks, dislodge unstable masonry, cause avalanches, or other side effects.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/14586315900" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Image from page 212 of "Delightful stories; or, Home talks out of the Wonderful book.." (1888)"><img alt="Image from page 212 of "Delightful stories; or, Home talks out of the Wonderful book.." (1888)" height="270" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/2931/14586315900_ca5a90b7f5_h.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/14586315900">https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/14586315900</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Peal of Powder</b></span><br /> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Level 4</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Duration: Instant</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Range: 90' Cone</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Casting Time: 1 Action</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Components: V, S, Focus: Music horn or trumpet</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Caster produced a series of pinging notes from a horn that rattle teeth and windows. Reduce a 90' cone of biological material to dust as long as the material is dead (not undead) and not held or worn. Magical items get a saving throw. What counts for this spell?</span><br /> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Tapestries - yes</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Clothing - not if worn, yes if unattended.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Wood chests, doors, and critical support beams - yes</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Rocks, dirt, and living bugs - no</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Food - yes, unless alive</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Tree roots - no, unless dead</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Ghosts and animated skeletons - no, spell does not effect undead</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Inanimate skeletons - yes</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Log cabins and stockades - yes</span></li> </ul> <div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/AlphonseL%C3%A9vy_Shofar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="409" data-original-width="228" height="320" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/AlphonseL%C3%A9vy_Shofar.jpg" width="178" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AlphonseL%C3%A9vy_Shofar.jpg">Alphonse L茅vy [Public domain]</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> <b style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">Hornscry</b><br /> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Level 1</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Duration: Instant</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Range: 30' Cone</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Casting Time: 1 Action</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Components: V, S, Focus: Music horn or trumpet</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Using the horn, the caster blows several notes outside the range of humanoid hearing while also looking through the horn. The caster learns the contents of 2 horizontal bands in the cone that could be perceived with blindsight by rolling on the below table twice and rerolling duplicates:</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">1) 5'</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">2) 10'</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">3) 15'</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">4) 20'</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">5) 25'</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">6) 30'</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The bands are always horizontal / perpendicular to the orientation of the cone / spell emanation.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The noise emitted as part of this spell is not audible to humanoids, but is audible to any plausibly aware creature, such as bats, whales, or creatures with hearing-based blindsight.</span></div> <div> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></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'> Scribbled by <span class='fn' itemprop='author' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/Person'> <meta content='https://www.blogger.com/profile/08308752843878120677' itemprop='url'/> <a class='g-profile' href='https://www.blogger.com/profile/08308752843878120677' rel='author' title='author profile'> <span itemprop='name'>Dragonsdoom</span> </a> </span> </span> <span class='post-timestamp'> </span> <span class='post-comment-link'> <a class='comment-link' href='https://www.protodragon.com/2019/09/horn-spells.html#comment-form' onclick=''> No comments: </a> </span> <span class='post-icons'> <span class='item-control blog-admin pid-1008426784'> <a href='https://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=3611500559435296643&postID=9048066057428177262&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'> <a class='goog-inline-block share-button sb-email' href='https://www.blogger.com/share-post.g?blogID=3611500559435296643&postID=9048066057428177262&target=email' target='_blank' title='Email This'><span class='share-button-link-text'>Email This</span></a><a class='goog-inline-block share-button sb-blog' href='https://www.blogger.com/share-post.g?blogID=3611500559435296643&postID=9048066057428177262&target=blog' onclick='window.open(this.href, "_blank", "height=270,width=475"); 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