This is Halloween!


Not counting Groundhog's Day, Halloween is my favorite holiday. I have made quite a few Halloween-themed posts over the years and thought I would compile them in one place for DMs who might want to mine ideas for a Halloween-inspired session.


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Perry the Platypus (AGENT P!)

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"He is a platypus, they don't do much." - Phineas' replay when people ask what Perry can do. Perry the Platypus (a.k.a. Agent P) male Upright Platypus Fast Hero 3/Smart Hero 3/Dedicated Hero 6 CR: 12   NG Tiny Animal (Upright) Init +7, Senses: Listen +8, Spot +8 (additional +4 in water), electrolocation Languages: Read/Write and Speak (Understand only) English and French; communicates with gestures, facial expressions and a chattering sound AC: 22 (+2 size, +2 Dex, +8 class bonus); t: 22, ff: 22 (Uncanny Dodge 1) Hp: 55 (12HD) Immune: - - Fort +6, Ref +7, Will +9 Spd: 10’ (2 squares), swim 40' (8 squares); fly 90' (18 squares) (average) with jetpack Melee +17/+12 Unarmed Strike: 1 (20/x2) Melee +16/+11 Spur: 1d3 plus poison Combat Gear: Fedora, mission-specific equipment (grappling guns, etc) Str: 10, Dex: 16, Con: 12, Int: 14, Wis: 12, Cha: 10 SA: Poison (Fort DC11); Platyjitsu ; SQ: Class Abilities (see below); Ele...
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Cedron and Raven - Into the Marsh

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08 Newkolt 349 AC The frog lets out a slow ribbit followed by a "One moment" and vanishes from view. A few seconds later the drawbridge begins to rattle open. The bullywug bows to Raven and Cedron then pauses and turns his head to focus one of his large eyes on the swordsman. "Well played, Majesty. Zee Sugar Plum Fairy may be on zee outs with zee River King for stopping zee war with Riverbend but zee Witchlight Monarch has done no such theeng." This area inside of the inner bailey is much quieter, with many gray-liveried servants moving about on matters of varying importance. A large pool takes up most of the chamber, leaving only a narrow walkway around the perimeter. A stairway descends into the pool on its south side but it is guarded by some kind of ogre covered in green scales with gill slits showing on either side of its neck. The frog motions with one webbed hand and the merrow steps aside. As the pair heads down the stairs into the Court, they pass throug...
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Max Headroom

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On this day in 1987, two Chicago-based television stations had their signals hijacked by person or persons unknown.  The first  event was stopped quickly but the second lasted a bit longer.  More than 30 years later, no suspects have ever been identified. For those of you who have been reading my stuff for awhile, you know that I am planning on having my party eventually reach Earth .  I have plotted out some unusual adventures and some strange NPCs that I think it would be cool to have them encounter (plus I just like making weird characters) and was thinking that crossing paths with Max and his "IRL" counterpart Edison could make for an interesting story. Incorporating Max into a D&D campaign... This does present a bit of a conundrum since Max is undeniably based on futuristic technology.  Then again, Dungeons & Dragons has a long history of sci-fi crossovers so perhaps the next time you find yourself running " Expedition to the Barrier Pea...
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Reporting for Griffon Training

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09 Newkolt 349 AC AT SUMMERWALKER'S WAREHOUSE Shadow gathers Grotto’s armor and placed it in his bag of holding for safe keeping. With a nod to Romulus, the dark elf teleports back to the warehouse. It is late, well past midnight. Most of the elves he rescued alongside Ra’ziir, Kysek, and Raven are taking Reverie but a few of Lorraine's healers are circulating through the room, changing bandages or tending the fires that keep the warehouse warm. He finally finds Grotto asleep in his bedroll and gives him a nudge with his foot. "Ready for a surprise?" Grotto wakes from his slumber on his bed roll to find Shadow lurking above him. "Not tonight my friend, I have a headache. Plus, it is your turn to be bottom," quips the dwarf. Shadow lets out a quiet laugh and begins pulling pieces of armor from his bag. While he unloading the armor, Shadow will tells the dwarf about the Legend of Huma, the lances and the possibility of a tomb. Grotto is overjoyed at the ne...
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Readers' Poll: Choose Your Own Rescue Mission

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I have been bouncing two ideas around for some time now as one of the potential adventures my players will undertake once they make it to Earth-218 .   In the plot I have roughed out in my head, their first appearance will draw a great deal of media attention and in turn, the government will step in to do what it can to help them return home (in exchange for certain services that will be negotiated when the time comes).   A portal will be built that should allow the adventurers to return to their own world .   This machine would be located deep within Cheyenne Mountain for security reasons so the party will come into contact with many personnel from the military. In version #1 of this story, General George Hammond, USAF and commander of Stargate Command is Dr. John Hammond’s cousin’s son.   When the events on Isla Nublar take a turn for the worse, John places a phone call to his family member to help bail him out of a jam.   The general cannot send th...
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Timekeeping

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Time is the greatest nonrenewable yet infinite resource in the universe but depending on your particular brand of philosophy, it may not actually exist.   And even if it does, all your money won’t another minute buy.   Still, we rely on time, a figmentary unit of measure that is made up wholly of the near future and recent past to tell us “when” something happened.    In the beginning of my campaign, I paid only the vaguest sense of attention to when things occurred “in game”.   As the story continued and began to grow and as characters from other games began to join what had become my “ main storyline ”, I had to begin assigning dates to keep track of my world’s own internal history.   Luckily, I had some rough estimates of when things happened so I started piecing together a timeline. It took months to compile all of the campaign’s history into a useable format but what I ended up with amazed me.   I had assembled a tool, a reference that I co...
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