Replacer, Misplacer, and Emplacer Beasts

Variant forms of the classic Displacer Beast, they are indistinguishable from a Displacer, but they may choose to cause a magical effect (Save to negate) instead of damage, when striking with their tentacles.

Replacer: Strike at any weapon or  magical item being used against them (additional -1TH vs target),
instantly replacing the item with something innocuous, roll (d4) or select from table.  Replaced items revert to normal after ten rounds, or upon death of the Beast, more dickish DMs may require that the replacement items be in unspoiled condition at this time...  "Oh no, looks like your flowers are wilting /ice cream is melting / balloon must Save or pop!"
1. Bouquet of Flowers
2. Ice Cream Cone
3. Tethered Helium Balloon
4. Exotic Bird Plume

Misplacer: Attacks as the Replacer, but items struck are (temporarily?) lost.  Consult numbered map key, and either add, or subtract (fifty-fifty chance), 1d6.  That's where the item is now, possibly in the hands of whatever occupies this area.

Emplacer:  This dread Beast does not strike at items, but at whomever attacks it.  Upon a successful hit and failed Save, the target creature is Teleported away, destination determined as per Misplacer.

There are rumored to be subspecies of the Emplacer Beast:
1. Commonplacer; teleports targets to nearest empty room
2. Marketplacer; teleports targets to nearest tradepost, bazaar, etc
3. Birthplacer; teleports targets to their place of birth
4. Noplacer; causes persons to vanish from existence

For more information regarding the Displacer Beast, consult your local library, or click Here.

Spelunkorama Pics Link

Album, 70 inspiring real world Caves & Caverns

(and one inexplicable inclusion...)

Have you seen "AFK", the webseries?

Until now, I've never been impressed with "OMG, I woke up as my character in an RPG" treatments, but I think this one is really cool. Impressive production values, (mostly) great acting, and addresses interesting aspects of the premise.  I particularly enjoyed the realistic treatment of the preposterous circumstance...  What would it be like if you were playing a character of the opposite gender?  Or were running multiple characters?  What if other players were noobs, or young children?  How would dickish internet players react to the situation? 

Check out playlists, seasons 1 and 2, plus extras!

That Time When We Scored a Ring of Three Wishes

That time back in the day, trying to tackle the Glacial Rift of the Frost Giant Jarl with too few PCs, because the G-Series is LOADED with loot... and we soon stumbled across the lair of the Remorhaz on the floor of the Rift, and had to use nearly all our Healing, after it beat hell out of the Party...  That's when we found the Ring of Three Wishes, and started spouting all manner of wacky ideas, and I suggested,

"Let's Wish that all the Magic Items within a ten 

mile radius be Teleported to a pile at our feet!"

Our DM just stared at me, and I followed with, "What?!  We'll still explore the module!"

I was flatly disallowed, which came as no surprise, but I still laugh when I think of the look on his face, and think of how much fun it would have been to storm the Jarl's lair, plunged into chaos as all magic stuff just disappeared, and then slaughter every inhabitant with a massive arsenal of their own magic... and not, as it turned out, be caught in a massive glacier collapse, as the result of a foolish Earthquake Spell...

Link o' the Day: https://lovecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Main_Page

Dungeon Map, using two free programs

Pretty cool smaller dungeon!  Totally free, quick, and nice quality.  :)

Did the walls, doors, stairs using GridMapper, then used Microsoft Paint for text and numbering, and also to shade the solid areas gray.  I hadn't known that the Paint 'fill by color' feature (paint bucket icon) could be used to fill selected grid squares until today, and it worked out pretty well, I think!  Using a number of colors might be a cool way to designate special features, pools, lava, etc.

This is for an adventure I may never finish, most of it is written but not edited, so if you're wondering,"Where the hell is the entrance?", room #1 is shaped like a pyramid; the four walls slope steeply upward to converge at a 10x10' apex which is an opening to the surface.  It is a 60' vertical drop from the entry to the floor of the chamber.  The Primordial Ones simply fly/levitate in and out like hornets from the hive, but the Party may find entry (and exit!) more difficult!  Plenty of space to add in a staircase, if you like... or use the entire thing as a sub-level below a pit trap!

SCROLLS, SPELLBOOKS, & the Gnarkotic Manuscripts

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'This Scene' 1d6

This Scene

1. Scroll Tube of scrimshawed bone features This Scene, contents impervious to heat and flame

2. Huge wall hanging, 3'x12', tattooed hide, depicts This Scene, worth cash to collector

3. Cedar Incense Box with woodcut of This Scene contains 2d6 Incense of  Spell Recall, each may be burnt for 10+2d10r, inducing a trance state.  Any one Spell cast previously that day returns fully to memory and may be cast normally

4. Enscorcelled Dungeon Mural of This Scene, if Salamanders are touched, any/all materialize and attack.  If Characters in the Party are touched, the first one - or a random selection, if several are touched simultaneously - will step forth as a Real Life NPC (Hench?)

5. This Scene is inked on a Scroll, which reveals a Map/Clue/Riddle/True Name of a Being of Flame  on the flip side, if exposed to heat or prolonged sunlight

6. Folded and spindled papyrus parchment , This Scene in faded ink, if it is burned, all inhaling the smoke are Immune to Fire for 10+1d10r

UNRELATED LINK of the DAY: http://aiweirdness.com/post/165373096197/a-neural-network-learns-to-create-better-dd

Magic Phrase for finding cool map ideas

UNRELATED LINK of the DAY:
https://lingojam.com/RunicTranslator

1d6 Buggy Magic Items

1. Most Excellent Repellent; Teardrop of citrine on a golden chain; acts as Ward Against all Insects, which cannot approach within 5'.

2. Chrysalis of Renewal; Brooch of fitted pieces of rainbow jade in shape of a butterfly; if the wearer is ever in a static state such as Paralysis, Petrifaction, Coma, Near Death, etc, for one hour, the brooch will encircle the body in a chrysalis of silk, after 24 hrs, the afflicted emerges unaffected, and at full HP.  One use only.

3. Medallion of Insect Summoning; a disk of amber, containing several tiny insects, each of which can be called forth once, in giant size, to perform various tasks, for up to one day:
1d6 Giant Ants, 2' long, can carry up to 500lbs ea for 24 hrs, HD 2, AC 3/17, D 1d6
1d4 Giant Moths; body man-sized, can carry one rider for 24 hrs, HD 5; AC 1/19, D incidental
1 Bonus; (d4) Attack Carrion Crawler,
Angry Giant Wasp w Paralytic sting (3x/day),
Killer Big Bee, single sting = Save or Die,
Stubborn Giant Stag Beetle, HD 7, AC 3/17, Spcl AT: apply the jaw clamp for up to 24hrs, does 2d8 damage

4. Insectospex; chromed visor sporting faceted ruby lenses and self-activating telescoping antennae; allows wearer 345° vision, Surprised only 1in 6, Detects Invisibility, but poorly, 50% per round of accuracy

5.  Insectia Nectar; Potion transforms imbiber into B-Movie BEM for 24 hrs (1 in 6 is permanent):
Eyes and antennae as per Insectospex
Hopper thighs allow leaps 10' vertical or back, 20' forward
Sticky Fingers allow Climbing Walls & Ceilings
Secondary set of arms is fully functional, multiple AT or Actions per round

6. Palm-sized Walking Stick clings motionless until Commanded to Grow, then embiggens to 10' log-sized, becomes self-propelled raft, pack animal, or battering ram.  

 UNRELATED LINK of the DAY: http://www.evolveandascend.com/2017/06/26/six-magical-alphabets-to-know-and-use/

d20 things Beth asked Rick to invent

 Some of the things Beth asked Rick to invent as a kid were: (d20)

1 A ray gun

2 A whip which forces people to like the bearer

3 Invisibility handcuffs

4 A parent leg-trap

5 A lightning gun

6 A teddy bear with anatomically correct innards

7 Night-vision googly-eye glasses

8 Sound-erasing sneakers

9 False fingerprints

10 "Fall-asleep" darts

11 A lie-detecting doll

12 An indestructible baseball bat

13 A ladybug-shaped taser

14 A fake police badge

15 Location-tracking stickers

16 Rainbow-colored duct tape

17 Mind-control hair-clips

18 Poison gum

19 A pink sentient switchblade

20 A crayon which creates a Doorway to Froopyland

 UNRELATED LINK of the DAY: https://www.polygon.com/2014/7/14/5898063/the-dice-can-kill-you-why-first-edition-ad-d-is-king

'Cure Wounds' = 1d8+1/Level?

What If? kinda idea; just a single 'Cure' Spell, 1st Level, which becomes progressively more potent with XP.  Healers could 'swap out' any other Spell for a Cure, but for 1d8+1/Spell Level?

Random Link: Weapons_and_technology_of_the_Hunt

d100 Computer Generated Spell Names

So, a research scientist named Janelle Shane "trained a neural network" to create D&D-esque Spell names, check it out here .  I compiled the various lists, made some grammatical and spelling amendments, deleted some unworkable entries, and then - to keep the random/weird vibe - replaced certain 'invented' words with the most intriguing suggestions from the Microsoft Word dictionary.  Finally, I chose the 'best' entries for a d100 table.

I plan to use the resulting 100 Spells whenever I need a 'new' Spell, or a Scroll, etc.  Figure I'll just roll when the opportunity presents, and make up the particulars on the fly, should be fun!

1.    Freezing Swordball

2.    Curd of the Wild

3.    Butchering Song

4.    Summon Guardian Briar

5.    Planar Poke

6.    Find Doom

7.    Healing Insects

8.    Mighty Glow

9.    Sundering Glow

10.  Divine Phockery

11.  Angelic Liger

12.  Healer's Fright

13.  Inspiring Light

14.  Death's Beak

15.  Glowing Blade

16.  Devouring Claws

17.  Divine Fool

18.  Dawn of the Steel Bees

19.  Shark Swarm

20.  Arcane Shit

21.  Terminal Stare

22.  Mirroring Flame

23.  Fiery Reaping

24.  Grasp of the Game

25.  Inspire Serpent

26.  Walk of Shields

27.  Blessing of Dung

28.  Ding of Doom

29.  Find Blade

30.  Mild Echo

31.  Dragon of Vigor

32.  Resistible Dance

33.  Dust Walk

34.  Shield of Farts

35.  Cursing Wind

36.  Cunning Light

37.  Manseed Beast

38.  Dreadful Wound

39.  Prescient Stingers

40.  Breath of the Gods

41.  Crusading Cloud

42.  Gale of Death

43.  Glyph of the Sun

44.  Summon Grack

45.  Phantom Bitch

46.  Glittering Steel

47.  Odd Mathering

48.  Rain of War

49.  Crackling Ball

50.  Breathing Ray

51.  Armor Mall

52.  Drain Spider

53.  Grasping Glyph

54.  Symphony of the Dark

55.  Wolvery Wind

56.  Roving the Earth

57.  Glob of Madness

58.  Matted Fur

59.  Seer Weld

60.  Relentless Warder

61.  Secret Cleaver

62.  Spiritual Plague

63.  The Arisen

64.  Door to Stone

65.  Curse Word

66.  Smirk With

67.  Wall of Storms

68.  Acute Distention

69.  Glib Tongue

70.  Grasping Mane

71.  Towel Strike

72.  Revitalizing Strike

73.  Trump of Fortune

74.  Tune Sprite

75.  Phantasmal Assault

76.  Lagging Blade

77.  Binding Wind

78.  Dancing Sack

79.  Song of Gloom and Doom

80.  Forceful Boor

81.  Wall of Distraction

82.  Plant of Peace

83.  Shield of Farts

84.  Song of the Darned

85.  Snare of the Pod Beast

86.  Divine Kaboom

87.  Call to the Daring

88.  Prayer Bear

89.  War Cape

90.  Song of the Unworthy

91.  Gate Sail

92.  Icon of Thorns

93.  Fark Mate

94.  Charm of the Cods

95.  Death of the Sun

96.  Bigby's Greater Flick

97.  Cursing Wink

98.  Conjure Nightmare

99.  Remorse?

100.       Mordenkainen’s Lubricious Mangina