Ruinesque
@ruinesque.bsky.social
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Mostly TTRPGs. Sometimes SFF, movies, and communism.
he/him
Mostly TTRPGs. Sometimes SFF, movies, and communism.
he/him
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Hey. I play RPGs.
I've decided to dive headfirst into the OSR this year, and I've started a blog about it. It's still under construction.
ruinesque.blogspot.com
It would be cool if you read it & shared it with friends.
I've decided to dive headfirst into the OSR this year, and I've started a blog about it. It's still under construction.
ruinesque.blogspot.com
It would be cool if you read it & shared it with friends.
I reworked B/X's suggestion-ish reaction roll into an oracle with three distinct outcomes: fight, flight, or parley.
ruinesque.blogspot.com/2025/12/reac...
ruinesque.blogspot.com/2025/12/reac...
Reaction Roll Redux
The 2d6 reaction roll procedure in B/X is a little half-baked. Here it is as expressed in Old School Essentials: The referee determines mons...
ruinesque.blogspot.com
December 28, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I reworked B/X's suggestion-ish reaction roll into an oracle with three distinct outcomes: fight, flight, or parley.
ruinesque.blogspot.com/2025/12/reac...
ruinesque.blogspot.com/2025/12/reac...
Sunlanders is the start of a series of non-human classes for my homebrew setting, The Sunlands.
I'm starting with a thought experiment: if the B/X fighter's mechanics belonged to a non-human race-as-class, what would those people be like?
ruinesque.blogspot.com/2025/12/sunl...
I'm starting with a thought experiment: if the B/X fighter's mechanics belonged to a non-human race-as-class, what would those people be like?
ruinesque.blogspot.com/2025/12/sunl...
Sunlanders I: Class-as-Race & Warborn (Fighter)
I'm kicking off Sunlanders , my series on homebrew demi- (and non-) human classes for B/X, before I really explain what the Sunlands settin...
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December 21, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Sunlanders is the start of a series of non-human classes for my homebrew setting, The Sunlands.
I'm starting with a thought experiment: if the B/X fighter's mechanics belonged to a non-human race-as-class, what would those people be like?
ruinesque.blogspot.com/2025/12/sunl...
I'm starting with a thought experiment: if the B/X fighter's mechanics belonged to a non-human race-as-class, what would those people be like?
ruinesque.blogspot.com/2025/12/sunl...
Hey. I play RPGs.
I've decided to dive headfirst into the OSR this year, and I've started a blog about it. It's still under construction.
ruinesque.blogspot.com
It would be cool if you read it & shared it with friends.
I've decided to dive headfirst into the OSR this year, and I've started a blog about it. It's still under construction.
ruinesque.blogspot.com
It would be cool if you read it & shared it with friends.
December 11, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Hey. I play RPGs.
I've decided to dive headfirst into the OSR this year, and I've started a blog about it. It's still under construction.
ruinesque.blogspot.com
It would be cool if you read it & shared it with friends.
I've decided to dive headfirst into the OSR this year, and I've started a blog about it. It's still under construction.
ruinesque.blogspot.com
It would be cool if you read it & shared it with friends.