Hey fellow #UnitarianUniversalist friends, this is a reminder to ease up on the land acknowledgements. At the general assembly, Native Peoples specifically asked us to stop this performative practice and reserve it for when it is thoughtful and the focus of the event. It comes across as hollow lip service and is a constant reminder of historical trauma. This goes for my #library people, too

A Monday Miscellany of Links pt. XVII

I haven’t done a link post for a while, so this one is a bit bigger than usual. Maybe I should imply in the title that it’s some monthly thing instead of weekly. On the other hand I might just miss a self-set monthly deadline as well.

Free Stuff

Liminal Horror (itch.io)

Wanderer Bill’s Grenzland Fanzine

BLUELITE: A Holmes Basic Hack (Troy Press)

Random Tables

d100 – Magical Spears (d4 Caltrops)

d100 – So You’ve Been Brought Back From The Dead… (d4 Caltrops)

TTRPG Thought and Ideas

Joy and Devilry in the Films of Terrence Hill and Bud Spencer (Taskerland)

The Tactile and Generic TTRPG – Boardgamey tablefeel using bits and bobs (The Lizard Man Diaries)

Toybox Creativity: The Genius of Dragon Ball (Prismatic Wasteland)

The Benefits and Tradeoffs of Random Generation Tables (Grumpy Wizard)

THE KNIGHTS OF THE (OD&D) TABLE: Application to Arthurian Myth (I Cast Light)

Some thoughts on Charisma (Ruprecht’s RPG Blog)

The brilliance of unrealistic hit points (DM David)

Dungeons and Dragons may improve mental health (James Cook University)

FKR Simply Defined (Flintlocks and Witchery)

Your OSR Setting is a Deathworld (Den of the Lizard King)

Level Drain and Loss Aversion in D&D (The Psychology of Video Games)

The Truth About Magic-Users (Doomslakers)

Care and Feed of Hirelings (Back in the Labyrinth)

Literary Archetypes and Encounter Design (Welcome to the Death Trap)

Hobby History

‘Theatre of the mind’: celebrating 50 years of Dungeons & Dragon (The Guardian)

WHAT’S IN A NAME? That Which We Call A D&D By Any Other Name Would Delve Just As Deep (I Cast Light)

DM Aid

A forgotten 0D&D Rule for Fighters (Hall of the Grymlorde™)

Keep Dungeons Weird! (The Hungry Dungeon Master)

Asking The Right Questions (Worldbuilding By Bibliomancy) (dungeonfruit)

Morale & Guards & Patrols (Elfmaids and Octopi)

Way Shrines and Holy Sites as “Civilization” (Welcome to the Death Trap)

Nymphs in your Area! (Traverse Fantasy)

The Same Page Tool (Deeper in the Game)

New Campaign? Finish the Old One with a To-Do List (Alphastream)

How to Run a D&D Heist for Players that Love to Steal (Cats and Dice)

Beginning Of The End (How To Finish A Campaign) (dungeonfruit)

Tips and Tricks: DIY Dungeon Tiles (TTRPG Kids)

The Official OSR D&D Skill List (alch3mist nocturn3)

Four Interesting Reward Types in D&D (RJD20)

Player Aid

Ye Olde Fantasy: Family Matters (Aboleth Overlords)

How To Play A Cleric (The Tao of D&D)

Other Bits and Bobs

Rocksolid Light web gateway to rec.games.frp.misc and rec.games.frp.dnd

campaignwiki.org newsnet forum (available via web and nntp)

Dragon’s Lair (Vintage RPG Podcast)

Medieval Cappadocian dungeon design! (Eldritch Fields)

The only living master of a dying martial art (BBC News)

Bardic Inspiration

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