Saturday, January 13, 2024

My RPG Calendar 2024

January

8th Torg Eternity 48: Subcircula 3: Secret Rooms & a party 

11th OSE: Winter's Daughter (Cia; Jor, Agi, Ist, Luc)

22nd Torg Eternity 49: Subcircula 4: Call 1800-MAGIS

25th Hard Wired Island 1: Wrestling Arena (Luc; Jor, Agi, Ist, Cia)


Feb

5th Torg Eternity 50: Subcircula 5: Monty's Mind Shattered

15th Hard Wired Island 2: The rich man's wife is an Android is a Rebel

19th Torg Eternity 51:

29th OSE: Dwarfen DART Engs (Ist; )


March

4th Torg Eternity 52:

10th D&D: Viking Vampire Ocean Rock Needle

7th OSE?


Monday, April 24, 2023

My RPG Calendar 2023

 April

24th Shadow of the Demonlord: A Year without Rain (Tanelorn via Discord/Roll20)


June

2nd D&D5: Havena: Graybeard's House (Jor; Jul, Fio, Ser)


Sept

1st D&D5: Ship of the Lost Souls 1 (Jor; Jul, Fio, Ser)


Oct

8th D&D5: Ship of the Lost Souls 2 (Jor; Jul, Ser, Ant)

Monday, December 12, 2022

D&D, OSR and AD&D monsters in Torg Eternity (Conversions)

 To use the Monster Manuals or other sources for creatures I just apply the following rules of thumb:


Wounds: Hit Dice (HD) divided by 2 and rounded up.

Toughness: Armor Class (minimum 5) + Hit Dice (HD)

Shock: based on Torg Strength stat (see below)

Stats: if given can be used one to one (creatures deserve the boos in power in Torg, because the players have that may cards and Possibilities), otherwise 7 + Hit Dice (HD) as baseline. Obviously you will need to make changes here, if something makes no sense (e.g. Charisma for a Ooze)

I am using OSR resources for my Aysle game, therefore I am working from a very limited base.

Thursday, July 14, 2022

Pregen Characters for D&D5

After looking for a long time my impression is that the following is the best resource for pregenerated characters for D&D: D&D Premade Characters

Any other resouces for pregens?

I'd be thankful, if you share some in the comments.

Wednesday, June 1, 2022

A collection of BD&D and OSE compatible classes

Official Basic D&D classes and ancestries on DM's Guild.


PC1 Tall Tales of the Wee Folk

* Brownie (Redcap)

* Centaur

* Dryad

* Faun

* Hsiao

* Leprechaun

* Pixie

* Pooka

* Sidhe

* Sprite

* Treant

* Wood Imp

* Woodrake

* Woodland Spellcaster


PC2 Top Ballista

* Faenare

* Gnome

* Gremlin

* Harpy

* Nagpa

* Pegataur

* Sphinx

* Tabi


PC3 The Sea People

* Aquatic Elf

* Kna

* Kopru

* Merrow

* Nixie

* Sea Giant

* Shark-Kin

* Triton


PC4 Night Howlers

* Werebat

* Werebear

* Wereboar

* Werefox

* Wererat

* Wereseal

* Wereshark

* Weretiger

* Werewolf

* Devil Swine


This list needs to be added here: Reddit "Book of Races"

Here a nice list of fan creations: Failsnail Compatible Race / Class

Friday, January 21, 2022

My RPG Calendar 2022

January
3rd Torg Eternity 4: Tag 1 im Nil-Imperium, Teil 4: Ein Flugzeug voller Shock-Trooper

(10th Rifts: Solo Character Creation: Spriggan)

12th Lamentations of the Flame Princess: Der Ruf der Kröte 1

17th Torg Eternity 5: Tharkold 1: Da ist ein Block in Tharkold-Land

19th Lamentations of the Flame Princess: Der Ruf der Kröte 2

31st Torg Eternity 6: Tharkold 2: Seekers Reiten & Strafen


February

14th Torg Eternity 7: Tharkold 3: Der Chirurg ihres Vertrauens


March

1st Torg Eternity 8: Tharkold 4: Nizhny-Novgorod-Wohnung-Blues

14th Torg Eternity 9: Tharkold 5: Babuschkas Dimensionen & Dämonen

15th Primetime Adventures: Pilot: 60ies-Zirkus-Rock-Serie: Caged Animals

28th Torg Eternity 10: Tharkold 6: Techno-Dämonen-Kleinholz


April

7th Old School Meet Up (Oil Can Harry's)

10th OSE Darkness Beneath: Quarterling & the Sleeping Halflings / Leumund and the wish to kill (@ The Clockwork Door)

18th Torg Eternity 11: Tharkold 7: Der neue Diktator?

28th OSE Darkness Beneath 2: Leumund's Death in the Goblin Dorm (@ The Clockwork Door)


May

1st Aventuria 5e: Auf der Spur des Silberrochens (Tanelorn Online Treff) / GNS panel discussion

2nd Torg Eternity 12: Orrorsh World Tour 1: Ankhs & Tentacles

16th Torg Eternity 13: Orrorsh World Tour 2: [Moving to Foundry]

17th OSE Darkness Beneath 3: An Elf, an Ogre & a Child (@ Bottleworks)

30th No Torg Eternity [Foundry Breakdown]


June

2nd Monster of the Week 1: Werwesen in Traunkirchen

27th Torg Eternity 14: Orrorsh World Tour 4: Defeating Lady Tahlula


July

11th Torg Eternity 15: Orrorsh World Tour 4: Escaping the Bunker

14th Aventuria 5e: Greybeard's House

20th AD&D1: Wight Power 1: Landsknechte & French Monks

25th Torg Eternity 16: Orrorsh World Tour 5: The Raven & the Cat 


Aug

3rd AD&D1: Wight Power 2: German as Alignment Language

4th Monster of the Week 2: Crystal Power Rangers

8th Torg Eternity 17: Orrorsh World Tour 6: Cat Fight

17th Monster of the Week 3: Crystal Antlers Massacre

22nd Torg Eternity 18: Orrorsh World Tour 7 (Act 2): A flight to Palm Springs


September

5th Torg Eternity 19: Orrorsh World Tour 8 (Act 2): Return to Cervia

14th AD&D1: Wight Power 3: Insane in the same room

15th Monster of the Week 4: It's Antler Time!

19th Torg Eternity 20: Orrorsh World Tour 9 (Act 2) Ankhs der Angst

[22nd  Meet new players for Monster of the Week in Merry Cobbler]

29th Monster of the Week 5: Motorway Service Area of Doom


October

3rd  Torg Eternity 21: Orrorsh World Tour 10 (Act 2) Cave Beyond the Boulder

13th Monster of the Week 6: Riding with the Mechanic

17th Torg Eternity 22: Orrorsh World Tour 11 (Act 2): The Invisible Giant

27th Monster of the Week 7: Helltrip

31st Torg Eternity 23: Orrosh World Tour 12 (Act 2): Blowing up the Nightmare Tree


November

10th Monster of the Week 8: The Dog Massacre

14th Torg Eternity 24: Aysle 1: Reaching Dublin 

28th Torg Eternity 25: Aysle 2: Beyond Trinity Library



Thursday, January 14, 2021

My RPG Calendar 2021

January
15th D&D5 Faerun 9: Library Confusion or Inn Stories
22nd D&D5 Faerun 10: Battle against the Dragon
29th Session 0: OSE and Hot Springs Island?

February
4th D&D5 Faerun 11: Saufen mit Allison
11th OSE Advanced Character Creation / Return to Ambergaart: the Lord Inquisitor as NPH
18th OSE: Tomb of the Serpent Kings 1: Looking for Enzo and the clay statue with the ring
24th OSE: Tomb of the Serpent Kings 2: Escaping the Giant Viper Golem near the chasm

March
5th D&D5 Faerun 11: Emotional turmoil at the keep on the river island
12th OSE: Tomb of the Serpent Kings 3: Death is our companion (RIP Sir Reginald, Morx, Beppo Peep)
19th D&D5 Faerun 12: The dungeon under the lighthouse
26th OSE: Tomb of the Serpent Kings 4: The Undead Snake Mage

April
2nd D&D5 Faerun 13: Calador goes mad: Sacrifice on Dagon's altar
8th OSE: Tomb of the Serpent Kings 5: Freeing Enzo and Astner / A new queen
10th Dungeon Crawl Classics: Segler auf sternenloser See
(16th D&D5 Faerun 14 [Missed because of moving])
22nd OSE: Hot Springs Island 1: Bees & an Imp

May
6th D&D5 Faerun 15: Puking Basement Zombies
20th D&D5 Faerun 16: Sneaking in the Blackguards' torture centre
23 TORG Eternity: Tag 1: Moskau

June
(10th OSE: Hot Springs Island 2 [MISSED])
17th D&D5 Faerun: A tentacled worm in a prison
24th DSA1: Gruft der Schlangenkönige, Teil 1

July
12th DSA1: Gruft der Schlangenkönige, Teil 2
15th OSE: Hot Springs Island 3: Attacked by Birds on a Cliff
19th DSA1: Gruft der Schlangenkönige, Teil 3

August
5th OSE: Hot Springs Island 4: The Elven Resort and the Engineer
9th  DSA1: Gruft der Schlangenkönige, Teil 4
16th DSA1: Gruft der Schlangenkönige, Teil 5
23rd DSA1: Gruft der Schlangenkönige, Teil 6

September
-

October
2nd Torg Eternity: Cyber-Pontifikat: Auberge Petite (One Shot)

November
8th Torg Eternity: Tag 1 im Nil-Imperium, Teil 1: Jet-Action über Kairo
22nd Torg Eternity: Tag 1 im Nil-Imperium, Teil 2: Tentakel&Extremitäten(-Sammler)

December
6th Torg Eternity: Tag 1 im Nil-Imperium, Teil 3:  Das verschollene U-Boot, doch von Haien entdeckt

Wednesday, January 22, 2020

My RPG Calendar 2020


January
15th Kult Divinity Lost: Wien 2019, Teil 9: Herr Schäfers Rückkehr (Jor)
17th Dungeon Crawl Classics: Portal Unter den Sternen (Teamspeak)
20th Kult Divinity Lost: Deutschland 2020, Teil 2: Ritual im Hotel (Teamspeak with Dyrk)
21st DSA0: Grimme Herzen, Teil 5: Der finale Kampf
27th Kult Divinity Lost: Deutschland 2020, Teil 3: Frühstück & Dorfgelabber (Teamspeak with Dyrk)
28th D&D5 Guilds of Ranica: Geld stink nicht (Jogix)

February
4th Lancer, Episode 0: Wrack in der Wüste
5th Kult Divinity Lost: Wien 2019, Teil 10: Dom der Menschlichkeit
10th Kult Divinty Lost: Deutschland, Teil 4: Jessicas Zirkel (Teamspeak with Dyrk)
11th Call of Cthulhu Now! 6: Reden und so
20th Lancer, Episode 1: Prolog und Die erste Mechschlacht
24th Kult Divinty Lost: Deutschland, Teil 5: Orgie in einer anderen Welt (Teamspeak with Dyrk)
25th Kult Divinity Lost: Wien 2019, Teil 11: Die Rückkehr des Königs
27th Lancer, Episode 2: Die 2 Helden der Schluchtschlacht

March
5th D&D Gamma World: Gott der Meerschweinchen in Grado (Jor; Kar, Nat)
10th D&D5 The Flames of Enlightment, Part 1 (Stephan)
15th Kult Divinity Lost: Wien 2019, Teil 12: Durch den Altar Sophia 
16th Lancer: Session 2  (only 20 Minutes for technical issues)
17th (MISSED:) D&D5 The Flames of Enlightment, Part 2 (Stephan)
24th D&D5 3: Traveling with the Circus (Stephan)
30th DCC: Segler auf Sternenloser See, Teil 1
31st D&D5 4: The Raven Cave (Stephan)

April
5th DCC: Segler auf Sternenloser See, Teil 2
7th D&D5 5: The Lake and the Boatshouse (Stephan)
14th D&D5 6: The Park on the Island (Stephan)
22nd DCC: Prince Charming Reanimator

May
1st 5th D&D5 7: Into the Tower: Ogres & a troll (Stephan)
5th D&D5 8: The Observatorium (Stephan)
8th Old School Essential: Hot Spring Island 1: Bees & Imp Taverns (Drachenzwinge)
26th D&D5 9: . (Stephan)

June
19th Old School Essential: Hot Spring Island 2
25th D&D5 The Nighthag (Back at the table at Stephan's)

July
2nd D&D5
9th D&D5
?14th D&D5? missed?
24th Old School Essential: Hot Spring Island 2: Elven Meditation Globes (Drachenzwinge)

August
-

September
10th D&D5: Faerun Session 0 (Fed; Jor, Ade, Ste, ...)
11th Old School Essential: Hot Spring Island 3: Lava Friends & a Water Worshipper (Drachenzwinge)
16th My old friend Nathalie von Hammerstein-Equord hopefully soon plays with me again
17th  D&D5 Faerun 1A gnome's death & a mongrelfolk's rage  

October
1st D&D5 Faerun 2: Room 1 of the Goblin Cave & Mymeer's Extending Arm 
15th D&D5 Faerun 3: Room 2 of the Goblin Cave & Chad
22th D&D5 Faerun 4: Harp & Panflute & Licking Wolves
29th D&D5 Faerun 5: A Night at the Tavern: looking for magic items

November
12th D&D5 Faerun 6: Lightning Zombies & 3 Stolen Books
13th Old School Essential: Hot Spring Island 4: Lost in the jungle beneath the volcano (Drachenzwinge)
19th D&D5 Faerun 7: Ambush in the backalley

December
11th D&D5 Faerun 8: Sniffing out the library

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Tuesday, February 26, 2019

My RPG Calendar 2019

January
14th D&D5 Oneshot: Gertrude's Inn
18th Call of Cthulhu 7: Teutoburger Wald, Teil 1
21st Das Blaue Buch 6: Zur Ruine 

February
4th DSA4: Das Blaue Buch 7: Geistergraf und Gefolge
6th Call of Cthulhu 7: Teutoburger Wald, Teil 2
11th DSA5: Das Blaue Buch 8: Schnitzeljagd durchs Bornland
18th DSA5: Das Blaue Buch 9: Ein Hinterhalt
21st D&D5: Keep on the Borderlands 6: The Hobgoblin Cave (Ste; Hel, Jor, Ter, Adr)
25th D&D5 Oneshot: Murders & Dry Wells (Google Hangout with Pen; Kit, Sen, Jor)
28th D&D5: Keep on the Borderlands 7: The Imp in the Keep (Ste; Hel, Jor, Ter, Adr)

March
4th Old School Bastard: Hexcrawl 1: Der Tempel des Gespaltenen Gottes
7th D&D5: Keep on the Borderlands 7: Devil Worshippers in the Keep (Ste; Hel, Jor, Ter, Adr)
11th DSA5: Das Blaue Buch 10: Informationen über den Korsbund
14th Call of Cthulhu 7: Teutoburger Wald, Teil 3
18th DSA5: Das Blaue Buch 11: Die Norbarden-Sippe
25th DSA5: Das Blaue Buch 12: Nach Korswandt
27th DSA5: Der Pferdemörder
28th D&D5: Keep on the Borderlands 7: The Otyugh & the Prisoners (Ste; Hel, Jor, Ter, Adr)

April
1st Old School Bastard: Hexcrawl 2: Der Gespaltene Engel
3rd High School Bastard: Nightbane: Monster am Juridikum
9th DSA5: Das Blaue Buch 13: Verstand und Geist
15th DSA5: Das Blaue Buch 14: Korswandt Reborn
22nd DSA5: Charaktere Creation: Drakonia (Sentril; Kite; tartex)
29th DSA5: Das Blaue Buch 15: Detektivarbeit

May
17th  D&D5: Keep on the Borderlands 8: Soldaten bei den Kavernen
30th D&D5: Keep on the Borderlands 9: Der Minotaur in der Kaverne

June
4th DSA5: Das Blaue Buch 16: Der große Ausbruch
17th DSA5: Das Blaue Buch 17: Auf Messers Schneide
19th D&D5: Hantur-Hexcrawl: Druiden gegen Paladine

July
4th D&D5: Keep on the Borderlands 10: Phantoms & Stepping Riddles
16th DSA5: Das Blaue Buch 18: Aufbruch im Blut
29th DSA5: Das Blaue Buch 19: Finale

August
4th D&D5: Keep on the Borderlands 11: Finale
6th DSA5: Drakonia 1: Slow start
15th Kult Divinity Lost: Wien 2019, Part 3: Gestohlenes 3rd Eye
12th DSA5: Drakonia 2:
19th DSA5: Drakonia 3:
26th DSA5: Drakonia 4:
28th Kult Divinity Lost: Wien 2019, Teil 3: Ins Laboratorium

September
(13th D&D)
24th DSA5: Drakonia 5: Essen, usw.
25th Kult Divinity Lost: Wien 2019, Teil 3: Ein Ritual

October
6th Nightbane (Jor; Mel, Ton)
8th DSA5: Drakonia:
9th Kult Divinity Lost: Wien 2019, Teil 4: In Metropolis
10th D&D5: Ein Flüchtlingstrek (Ste)
15th DSA5: Drakonia:
17th D&D5: Teufelsverehrer & das geplünderte Dorf (Ste)
23rd Kult Divinity Lost: Wien 2019, Teil 5: Rückkehr & Aufräumen
24th D&D5 Post-Borderland 1: In der Stadt Greendale
22nd DSA5: Drakonia: Finale

November
5th DSA0: Grimme Herzen, Teil 1: Monsterjäger
6th Kult Divinity Lost: Wien 2019, Teil 6: Sophias Bleibe
12th DSA0: Grimme Herzen, Teil 2: Ein Schwarzmagier
13th Kult Divinity Lost: Wien 2019, Teil 7: Im Licht
14th D&D Post-Borderland5 2: The Cathedral
19th Call of Cthulhu 7: Teutoburger Wald, Teil 4
26th DSA0: Grimme Herzen, Teil 3: Leichen & Mädchen

December
3rd DSA0: Grimme Herzen, Teil 4: Angriff auf Lutisana
4th Kult Divinity Lost: Wien 2019, Teil 8: Nyírmártonfalva

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Saturday, January 6, 2018

My RPG Calendar 2018

January
15h Shadow of the Demon Lord 12: The Bloody Way to Caecras (Jor; Hel, Hal, Ror)
17th Primetime Adventures: The Atlantisonauts (Jor; Hal, Ole, Phi)
22nd Shadow of the Demon Lord 13: Fallen Palaces of Caecras (Jor; Hel, Hal, Ror, Ole)
23rd TORG Eternity 7: Aysle Day One: Final Battle against the Cult Leader (Google Hangout)
29th Shadow of the Demon Lord 14: Makval of Sohm, Betrayer (Jor; Hel, Hal, Ror, Ole)
30th DSA5: Donnerwacht I: Zeichen der Macht 4: Der Ork-Hinterhalt

February
1st Dungeon World 1: Servants of the Cinder Queen I (Ste; Phi, Hal, Hel, Ole, Jor)
5th TORG Eternity: Living Land Day One: Beachhead (Jor; Kar, Nat, Hel)
11th Dungeon World 2: Servants of the Cinder Queen II (Ste; Phi, Hal, Hel, Ole, Jor)
11th DSA5: Donnerwacht I: Zeichen der Macht 5: Lowangen
12th Shadow of the Demon Lord 15: The Punishment of Makval (Jor; Hel, Hal, Ole)
26th DSA5: Donnerwacht I: Zeichen der Macht 6: Die Schwarzmagierin

March
7th Savage Rifts: A Fine Solution 2
13th TORG Eternity: Pan-Pacifica Day One (Jor, Hel, Ole, Hal)
20th DSA5: Donnerwacht I: Zeichen der Macht 7: Expeditionsplanung zum Gashoker Forst
22nd Dungeon World 3: The Way North (Ste; Phi, Hal, Hel, Ole, Jor)

April
10th DSA5: Donnerwacht I: Zeichen der Macht 8: Zum Gashoker Forst
19th Savage Rifts: A Fine Solution 3
23rd Shadow of Splintermoon: Nacht der Toten 1 (Hel; Jor, Hal, Ole)

May
14th Shadow of the Splintermoon: Nacht der Toten 2 (Hel; Jor, Hal, Ole)
17th Dungeon World 4: Over The Mountain? (Ste; Phi, Hel, Jor)
21st DSA5: Donnerwacht I: Zeichen der Macht 9: Im Gashoker Forst
28th Shadow of the Splintermoon: Bane of the Witchqueen 1 (Hel; Jor, Hal, Ole)

June
5th DSA5: Donnerwacht I: Zeichen der Macht 10: Das Bündnis
18th Shadow of the Splintermoon: Bane of the Witchqueen 2 (Hel; Jor, Hal, Ora)
(Missed Session: Bane of the Witchqueen 3)

July
2nd Shadow of the Splintermoon: In Chains 1 (Hel; Jor, Hal, Ora)
16th Shadow of the Splintermoon: In Chains 2 (Hel; Jor, Hal, Ora)
23d DSA5 Erzählspiel: Meteor aus Licht und Dunkel

August
26th Doctor Who Adventures in Time and Space: Das Blaue Licht (Skype)

September
24th TORG Eternity 1: Manhattan - Concrete Jungle  (Jor; Hal, Hel, Ora)

Oktober
8th TORG Eternity 2: Ukhaan, a Lost World (Jor; Hal, Hel, Ole)
15th DSA5: Das Blaue Buch 1
29th DSA5: Das Blaue Buch 2

November
5th DSA5: Das Blaue Buch 3: Nearby and still so far
12th DSA5:  Das Blaue Buch 4: Beneath Rondra's Eyes
22nd D&D5: The Pirate Cave
26th DSA5: Das Blaue Buch 5: Trip to Pilkam

December
13th D&D5: Keep on the Borderlands 2 (Ste; Kon, Mat, Jor, Ter, Adr)

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Tuesday, October 24, 2017

TORG: A New Cosm? A Utopia of Manners!

I was asked what cosm I would create - and where - if the Gaunt Man gave me a darkness device and asked me to invade Earth. Here is my reply:

Germany and especially Austria (that's where I am from) and the Balkans need a cosm!

Genrewise I miss Fantasy of Manners and Transhuman Sciencefiction, leading to some Post/Transhumanism of Manners?

There will be New Romanticism like it's 1982, except that it feels more like 2082. Some powdered wigs, but at least as much long glam rock hair. It's the weird psychedlic and timeless future of 70ies Scifi like Zardoz beyond the wastelands. H.G. Wells' Eloi running the cosm, being nasty to each other behind the gobelins. Melniboné fits in there as well.

It has the tree shooting party scene vibe from the 1970ies Rollerball, the roaming the countryside roads of Clockwork Orange's Durango 95 rides and the killer gemstone and weird costumes from Logan's Run. An utopia with dark undercurrents.

And the landscape between the palaces is straight from the cover of a 1970ies ProgRock album. I am sure there will be enough floating pyramids and giant stone heads.

It's not about high tech, but the invisible tech, looking like magic, except that it's never micro, but macro, and quiet and clean.

(I guess smaller sections might filled up with 1984's proles and morlocks as well. But they play a smaller role with the mostly reactionary and aristocratic world laws keeping the blood lines in check.)