A Diminutive Post

 I am getting ready to write a module where the characters experience the whole adventure under the effects of Diminution. Everyone will be 6" tall for this one. Garter Snakes become dragons, squirrels could be mounts and cockroaches will be even more terrifying than usual. 

One interesting feature of the potion is, it overclocks the characters. The effect should last no longer than 120 minutes per the Red Basic rules. But since the character have all shrunk from 6 feet to 6 inches, they perceive time differently. They believe each dose of the potion shrinks them for twice as long, four hours. Since everyone is operating on this scale, they have no measure of comparison. 

I'll use a mish-mash of magic, history, and biology for this setting. I can't wait to share this. 

Finally! BX Red and BX Blue!

 It finally happened, both the BX Red and BX Blue are now available on DriveThruRPG as POD. 

Not only did I buy them, but I also used them for a one-off adventure. 

You can order them here (Red) and here (Blue). The last couple of pages of each printing include the flyers that would have been packed out in the box with the dice, crayon, and book. I have owned several copies of these, as I read the covers right off of them. I am really glad to have them back in my collection.

I had to cook up an adventure for characters of levels 1-3, and I will share a few details of this in the future. 

I believe this series of posts will land squarely on my Ko-Fi page. Right now, I have virtually no followers and zero membership fees. If you have a Ko-Fi account, come and follow this adventure there. 

Connections! What I didn't know about Dennis Sustare

I happened to catch a video on YouTube about D&D Druids, called What are the Druids Supposed to be? by Daddy Rolled a 1. A name I hadn't expected popped up: Dennis Sustare. 

If that name sounds familiar, he was the creator of one of my favorite games: Star Smuggler. He has along list of creations and contributions, and I'm pretty sure Star Smuggler is low on his list of achievements, but it's my favorite. 

I had no idea he created the D&D class for druids. That is really cool. 

Anyway, you can download, print, and play Star Smuggler from dwarfstar.brainiac.com or read about it at Boardgamegeek. I am glad to see I am not the only fan. Dennis Sustare graciously allowed Dwarfstar to host the files. Please honor his restrictions on sharing. If you head to BoardGameGeek and check out the file section, you will find all kinds of helpful information. 

A few years ago, I recreated the planet tiles for this game. The original set came with tiles A to K plus one for asteroids. The original game required you to invert some of the tiles, which made reading annoying. I created a set that comes in left and right sides, so none need to be flipped. My adaptations are hosted on BoardGameGeek, you can check those out here. 

You can check out the first appearance of druids in OD&D Supplement I: Greyhawk (0e) as a monster or as a player character in OD&D Supplement III: Eldritch Wizardry (0e). Both links lead to