Ben Grunzel

As a design exercise I tried rewriting 5e D&D Feats for Black Sword Hack, and realized a lot of them let you do things in 5e that any character can just do in BSH.
OSR doesn't need lots of character options if you just let PCs do cool stuff.

05:04 PM - Aug 04, 2023

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Huuuuge difference already from taking Adderall today. I organized my Trello board right away and my headspace doesn't feel like a tangled ball of yarn full of lint and mice. Can't believe I lived almost 40 years struggling with ADHD and not realizing it.

11:30 AM - Aug 01, 2023

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I forgot to take my Adderall this morning and I don't know I how I used to function. My head is like a...messy unorganized thing...gah...

02:42 PM - Jul 31, 2023

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I took the Mythic Bastionland playtest, added some Irish feel, and streamlined a few things. Created a Player's Guide, even though I don't currently have a group or time to run anything.
https://docs.google.com/do...
#ttrpg #TTRPGS

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Mythic Dunland Player Guide - Google Docs

Fénnid You are Fénnid, knights errant in a mythical land where Celtic culture thrived into the middle ages, a place dangerously close to the Otherworld. Roll d12+d6 for each VIRTUE in order. Each aligns with one of the three mottos of the Fianna. VIGOR might, vitality, physical stamina, “Stren...

03:43 PM - Jul 12, 2023

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Evolving Celtic hexcrawl idea: the Shrouded Isles. Including Ui Breasail, Lochlann, and Emain Ablach, lots of lost lands and phantoms islands in Celtic folklore. On the edge of the Otherworld and the mortal realm, so full of supernatural/fantastic elements.

01:55 PM - Jun 28, 2023

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Thinking about hexcrawling, I want something that feels like exploring a wilderness full of adventure, the balance of granularity and simplicity is tough. Maybe I'll design a hexmap and then just convert it to a pointcrawl, idk.

11:47 AM - Jun 26, 2023

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Listened to some demos I've had on soundcloud for a few years and never finished. I think there's some good stuff in there, maybe I should reach out to some singers I know to help finish them.
Also I tend to use too much distortion lol. Except on bass, that needs more.

11:47 AM - Jun 13, 2023

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The timelines of myths are weird. Cú Chulainn had a son, Connla, who he fought and killed when the boy was only 8. This is backstory to the time Cú Chulainn single-handedly defended Ulster from an army at the age of 17.
#irishmyth

12:37 PM - Jun 12, 2023

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I think D&D Barbarians are supposed to represent the "primitive" Celts and Germanic tribes from Roman times. They're usually shown wearing animal skins and bone necklaces. Meanwhile, actual Celts made stuff like this: https://en.wikipedia.org/w...
#RPG #dnd #celts

12:51 PM - Jun 06, 2023

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Can I adapt the Irish Fianna to be Celtic knights-errant in an alternate history setting? Maybe! https://dungeonjournalblog...
#RPG #ttrpg #Celtic

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Fianna – Dungeon Journal

For as long as I've been familiar with the word "Fianna" I've taken it to mean "Fionn Mac Cumhaill's band of mercenaries" (it's pronounced Finn McCool, like the smoothest Irish poet-warrior you've ever met). I'm aware it comes from the Fenian Cycle, ..

01:39 PM - Jun 01, 2023

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Wrote about the Celtic Middle Ages setting I've been thinking about. #WIP https://wordpress.com/post...

04:44 PM - May 23, 2023

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Anybody out there who speaks #Irish and has an interest in folklore, history, and/or role-playing games who'd be willing to look at some ideas I have? I'm an American who loves Irish folklore and mythology but I want to be respectful of the culture.

05:59 PM - May 19, 2023

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Interesting bit of #Irish lore: I usually see Fianna associated with Fionn mac Cumhaill specifically, but it was any band of young warriors who hadn't inherited land or position yet. Sort of a party of knights-errant, perfect rpg inspiration!
#WIP #ttrpg #Celtic

05:55 PM - May 19, 2023

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Its kinda ridiculous that if you get logged out of FB on your phone and desktop there's no way to login since you can't access code generator and literally no way to contact anyone at FB to help. I don't like the app much but its the main way I communicate with family so this sucks.

02:24 PM - May 11, 2023

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Researching origins of Northern European monsters in folklore and diving into "black dogs" and "shapeshifting water horses".

12:29 PM - May 03, 2023

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Took a look at Luke Gearing's Wolves Upon the Coast and wish I had gotten on that early. At the same time, it inspires me to do my own take! I never finished #Dungeon23 , maybe #hexcrawl23 ?
#ttrpg

11:27 AM - May 01, 2023

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Thinking on the homogenization of mythology--I got the idea from Joseph Campbell to look for commonalities between cultures but learning this can devalue the specific cultural context of some myths.

01:14 PM - Apr 28, 2023

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Looking for the origin/meaning of the Irish word Si/Sidhe led me back to this post by Orla ní Dhúill from 2019 about Irish words being used in fantasy and D&D.
https://orlanidhuill.com/2...

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Do Fantasy Writers Think Irish is Discount Elvish? – Orla ní Dhúill

A popular cousin of the “terrible English accent by an American actor in a fantasy movie” is the “this elvish thing is kinda Irish but only whatever I remember about Ireland from that one Wiccan girl I dated in college”. Why does how Irish language and mythology is used in Western Fantasy matter? It..

06:55 PM - Apr 27, 2023

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I was planning on talking to my psychiatrist about upping my Adderall this month, but instead I decided to forget my appointment! ADHD is fun!

07:25 PM - Apr 21, 2023

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While I'm not currently gaming, I'm taking a look at how different systems do things like Overland Travel, Domain play, and Combat Stunts. I understand the intent of a system more by comparing it to others.

04:06 PM - Apr 14, 2023

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I've been wanting to work on my own OSR game, but realized my idea is basically just a mashup of Into the Odd and Dungeon Robber. Plus I don't have a group to do playtesting. I think if I found time and people to game regularly I'd just want to play some OSR games. #ttrpg #OSR #TTRPGcommunity

01:13 PM - Mar 30, 2023

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I haven't actually played Electric Bastionland or Mythic Bastionland but they've really changed the way I look at games. Light on rules but lots of flavor and guidance for how to run.
I'm using auto-hit attacks for my WIP rpg and writing adventure prep as Myths.

01:28 PM - Feb 16, 2023

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