“Neither the circle without the line, nor the line without the point can be artificially produced.” John Dee, occultist to the Queen After writing the previous piece I started thinking about my process for generating rules for games, both as a Judge and for professional reasons. Additionally, I was feeling a little rusty after the […]
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This is the animal in man This is the animal in you This is the animal in man Coming true – “Animal in man“, Dead Prez (2000) I’ve always loved the concept of a wizard duel. The only spell for any sort of shapeshifts in DCC I found was the 4th
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In days past, a great scholar walked the land. A student of the spear, he deftly defended his person and nary a foe could hope to stop his meandering travel. Then one day, he came upon a scorpion, basking in the middle of the road. Prideful and grand, the scholar demanded the insect to move
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… Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, … Surely some revelation is at hand; Surely the Second Coming is at hand. “The Second Coming” by W.B. Yeats (1919) KitN is back in business, and we’re declaring the first week of December as BRIGHT WEEK! To
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While we work on site upgrades and ways to generate more KitN content, here’s a playlist to tide you over ’till next week. This time our maestro takes us to the moments of despair present in every adventurer’s life, the heartbeats of doubt after lost battles and unfortunate events. Still, cheers, AMP
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Notwithstanding, as a dog hath a day, so may I perchance have time to declare it in deeds. Queen Elizabeth I This week’s piece is a set of guidelines for generating and managing animal companions in DCC. I opted to build the rules without class association, as I think that in the spirit of DCC
Crafted long ago on the ziggurat-covered islands of the far south, the Farsight Diamond is a legendary feat of craftsmanship. Although their culture is now much declined by the ravages of fate, the islanders still remember the Age of the Master Aethermancers when such artefacts were more commonplace. This week’s piece is a magic item
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The jarroks are a curious race of humanoids living in the trees of ancient forests. Their tribal civilization has thrived for millennia for they prefer isolation from the other races and care not about the troubles of the outside world. This week we offer you a mysterious forest dwelling race with a strong back and
“Much like the owlbear, the eelhound is an abomination of the natural order. Its origins have been accredited to witch and wizard alike, with the most extreme theories blaming a maleficent sea goddess for the creation of the ferocious beast. Whatever the truth, sailors on our northern seas will do well to avoid confrontation with
It will be as the Father saw it. – a common Choranite blessing Here we are: KitN has deity details for all of the gods in the DCC rulebook. That’s done. Woop-fucking-woop. Choranus was especially difficult to write, as an all seeing originator deity is very far from my personal range of beliefs, and I
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