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Category: Homebrews

Otherwhere

Otherwhere: Peoples And Places

September 9, 2021 mstanton

A “mythological theme park” of ancient cultures and classic fantasy tropes: the fall of Atlantis, pantheons of mischievous gods, nations of human and non-human peoples, the struggle between order and chaos, and lands conjured out of dreams.

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dna

5e Custom Character Traits

July 17, 2021 mstanton

Some ideas on character customization.

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robots

5e Robots

July 17, 2021 mstanton

My take on making a playable race for sci-fi robots.

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traveller01

Micro Traveller

February 24, 2021 mstanton

Even shorter version of ttprg rules for Traveller.

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planescapeladyofpain

The Outlands (Revised)

August 12, 2018 mstanton

What if Planescape was run without Sigil?

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EOcthulhu

My Cthulhu RPG

April 6, 2016 mstanton

My hack of Harper’s “Lasers & Feelings” RPG to experience Lovecraftian horror.

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manoftomorrow

Benchmarks: DC Heroes APs

February 25, 2016 mstanton

A look back at the logarithmic ability score scale Mayfair Games used for their first superhero role-playing game.

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starwars

My Star Wars RPG (v.1.0)

December 30, 2015 mstanton

My hack at creating a Star Wars role-playing game.

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worse

And Then, Things Got Worse

November 25, 2012 mstanton

Adventure details on making the worst out of anyplace the characters might go.

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cia

Espionage LARP

October 13, 2010 mstanton

Initial notes about designing a spies-and-terrorists espionage-themed live-action role-playing game.

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traveller01

Fast Traveller Rules

October 1, 2006 mstanton

My “quick and dirty” home rules for running introductory Traveller games.

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magic

Magical Levels

January 4, 2000 mstanton

A homebrew scale of magical power effects.

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mtsbook

RPG Mini-Handbook

June 4, 1996 mstanton

A rough “conversion document” for several RPGs popular in the mid-1990s.

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