Prepping a campaign of SALVAGE UNION to get off the ground in July, and it got me thinking of all the places where one could add drama. Put rival parties in your PC's home base. Put shops under the tyranny of a local faction. All of those essential services adventurers need, give those some trouble.

TTRPG game-mastering question: you ever give NPCs prewritten lines of dialog? How do you run them? I've been considering adding them to modules simply cuz they're a very easy and flavorful way to convey their personality to the GM, but i don't know how well they'd work at the table.

> The Odd offers you a deal. Do you accept? [Y/N] behindthehelm.bearblog.dev/bargaining-w...

Sixty (60) guns (for shooting). behindthehelm.bearblog.dev/d60-guns/

Wanna put guns in your game? Beware of the terms and conditons. behindthehelm.bearblog.dev/a-brief-obse...

An alternative magic system: Spell-Circles. System-agnostic as always. behindthehelm.bearblog.dev/spell-circles/ #osr

new post. rules for sentient machines. behindthehelm.bearblog.dev/machines/ #osr

Continuing the series, here's some illness and poisoning rules. behindthehelm.bearblog.dev/illness-pois... #osr

Compact weather rules. For your enjoyment. behindthehelm.bearblog.dev/weather/

(Two posts in a day? What is this?) Well, if you like X-in-6 but you also like classes, here's some fun for you. behindthehelm.bearblog.dev/classes-for-...

Where have I been all this time? Mostly doing nothing, but I also made a game. Check it out, it's PWYW on Itch. fedmar.itch.io/x-in-6

"Here's a secret, young adventurer. No cave you delve into, no volcano that erupts, no monsters that lashes at you from the bowels of the stone is "natural". It's the dwarves, it's always been the dwarves." behindthehelm.bearblog.dev/dwarf-ecology/

(old timey sales pitch voice) "Are you tired of having to continuously make dungeon rooms just to fill out space between the players and the treasure? Do you want your dungeon prep to last more than just the first encounter? Well fret no more!" behindthehelm.bearblog.dev/dungeon-repl...

Published a short dungeon adventure: The Basement of Old Man Hamsy. Check it out on Itch! Writing, art and layout by me. fedmar.itch.io/the-basement...

Last-minute contribution to the Conclave Bandwagon by Prismatic Wasteland - d4 weird Cardinals you might meet before the election starts. behindthehelm.bearblog.dev/d4-cardinals...

A big blogpost today, in two parts: a procedure to quickly make meaty dungeons, and a free six-room example ready to run! behindthehelm.bearblog.dev/building-mic... behindthehelm.bearblog.dev/basement-of-...

ink fineliners on paper - 19.04.2025

BLOGPOST - On why resolution systems with binary success/failure provide more choice on how to run the game for the GM and more strategic possibilities for the player. behindthehelm.bearblog.dev/why-i-like-b... #osr #nsr #posr #ttrpg

how my account looks at me when i haven't posted a drawing in five whole days

BLOG POST - On the way I start sandbox campaigns with one-shots in order to introduce plothooks in as interesting a way as possible. behindthehelm.bearblog.dev/guide-to-the...

First actual bleet! Here's a blogpost on how character classes work in my most recent project, and how they illustrate the world's lore. behindthehelm.bearblog.dev/the-birth-of...

*taps mic* is this thing on? ridiculously late to the bluesky party but here we are ig. #osr