A tomb robber is an experienced thief who specializes in breaking into and pillaging burial chambers of various sorts. One or more such characters might approach a party for purposes of enlisting their aid, fencing goods, attempting to rob them, or other appropriate reasons. Such characters will often pose as miners, prospectors, or others who might have the same sorts of equipment and be...
Join the hosts of "d-infinity Live!" for a look at theft, burglary, banditry, pickpocketing, and every other kind of larceny in role-playing games! We will cover everything from archetypal examples from books and other media to the best and worst ways to run rogueish adventures in your games.
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At the Skirmisher Leadership Retreat a couple of weeks ago, it was blazing hot in the Texas Hill Country! But upstairs in Skirmisher HQ, it was cold as Ice - at least when we were playtesting Ragnarok: The RPG of the Death of the Nine Worlds.
Since we were going to be streaming the playtest episode AND since we had a great model to use in Michael O. Varhola's classic Border Keep (built by him,...
Skirmisher Publishing has launched a special "Wisdom from the Wastelands Issues 1-52 Bundle" that contains every issue of its supplement for modern, sci-fi, and post-apocalyptic games like Mutant Future and classic Gamma World!
Wisdom from the Wastelands is dedicated to providing useful information, game content, and ideas to players of modern...
Following is an article written by gamer William Silvester titled "Creating Random Terrain" that appeared in the May-June 1980 issue of The Courier, "North America's Premier Gaming Magazine." Advances in technology notwithstanding, its essential usefulness for any particular wargame or RPG has not diminished in the three-and-a-half decades since it was written; I can see this being useful for...
“Your path continues steeply upward toward the peak of the mountain and, presently, it ends not far from the top at what appears to be an alcove in the face of the rock. Set within this aperture is a massive set of ornate, bronze double doors set into a heavy lintel fashioned from the same polished brownish metal. Scores of small figures are incorporated into the door, most of them shown...
You are an inhabitant of the hierarchical religious nation of Aígyptos and probably live within one of the many farming communities that lie along the banks of the Nile River or throughout its sprawling delta on the Mediterranean coast. You are likely a farmer, tending fields of grain, flax, and vegetables and groves of date palms; a fisher, casting your nets into the Nile or the waters of the...
