Digressive Musings on Old-School D&D

Author: The Rambling Cleric Page 11 of 15

I'm a former professor of religious studies turned hospital chaplain that has a love for old-school roleplaying, particularly original D&D and B/X D&D. If you enjoy pondering the esoteric nature of early D&D, or just want to poke around and see what another player does in his old-school games, then you should find something of interest here.

A New Dungeon Board: My Recent Crafting Project!

Well, I haven’t posted in awhile because I decided to get some crafting done. The focus of this project was a large (2’x2′) cobblestone dungeon board. My main inspiration was this episode by Professor Dungeon Master. This was my first time doing one of his projects, but I was very pleased with the results. I’m usually making dungeon terrain inspired by DM Scotty (as you’ll notice after seeing some of my terrain in the pics below). I’m also a big fan of Black Magic Craft. All of them are amazing at what they do!

Anyway, unlike Professor DM’s piece, I wasn’t concerned with making the entire board circular, nor do I intend to mount it on a Lazy Susan (maybe I’ll do that in the future since that is a pretty cool idea). I wanted to keep the board large so that it can double as a board for miniature skirmish games. You’ll notice I also departed from Professor DM’s color scheme. I just used the paints I had at the house. I etched the entire board from a single piece of XPS insulation foam. I then prepped, painted, and sealed the board. The rest of the post includes pictures of the process and results. All miniatures in the pics were painted by me. All the showcased terrain pieces were made and painted by me, with the exception of the bone piles. The bone piles were a gift from my wife that I later painted. Peace.

Herbal Lore & Remedies in D&D

I’ve always been an outdoor person, and I spent a lot of time playing in the woods or splashing around in a creek not far from my childhood home when I was young. This love of nature has continued throughout my life. Knowledge of edible and medicinal plants, however, was something I only got into later in life. Although I consumed all kinds of easily identifiable plant life and fruit when I was a child (wild onions, cattails, honeysuckle, kumquats, etc.), I never really dedicated any kind of serious attention or study to the subject. I think this first began to change when I lived in Japan.

Maidens of the Bloated One

Ever start writing a long-ass post only to realize hours later that it sucks? That’s happened more than once over the last couple of weeks. Perhaps it’s the demands of work. I don’t know. Although, it could be this insane weather we’re having where I live. I mean, come on, in what bizarro place am I living when after mowing my lawn it starts snowing two days later? Apparently, the annoying predicament is humorously referred to as “smowing.” That’s pretty funny. Anyway, “Pooh” Jason (aka: “dursnap”) is a player in my current B/X D&D game, and he just shared a new piece of art inspired by one of our sessions involving a raid on the village of Moon Lake and the Wandering Goblin Tables from a previous post. Warning, the image contains grotesque goblin nudity. Without further rambling, I give you The Maidens of Bloated One!

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