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The Piazza @thepiazza.bsky.social · Sep 9

Spelljammer fans: Wildspace Magazine has teamed up with The Piazza to bring you a free Spelljammer fanzine:
www.thepiazza.org.uk/bb/viewtopic...

WSM4 Greyspace: The Greyhawk Crystal Sphere is a 112 page PDF with information and ideas to use the planetary system built around the Greyhawk.

[WildspaceMagazine] WSM4 Greyspace: The Greyhawk Crystal Sphere free PDF is available

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The Piazza @thepiazza.bsky.social · 1d

Castles & Crusades fans: Has anyone ever made changes to the Ranger?:
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1970 is considering changing the Prime from Strength to Wisdom. Do you think that would work OK?

#CnC #CastlesAndCrusades

The Piazza @thepiazza.bsky.social · 1d

Mystara fans: Check out the map of Maganshire that Ashtagon has just created:
www.thepiazza.org.uk/bb/viewtopic...

This 24 mile per hex map is based entirely on a hand-drawn map made by Cab.

#Mystara #Cartography #HexMap

The Piazza @thepiazza.bsky.social · 5d

Torg fans: Do you know how Pyrokinetic Storm and Wild Talent are supposed to interact together?:
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Sword_of_Spirit is trying to figure out how the rules would work together. If you have any advice, that would be helpful.

#TORG

The Piazza @thepiazza.bsky.social · 5d

Spelljammer fans: Big Mac spent "another glorious day on the Wayback Machine" and found a Spelljammer adventure inspired by Aliens:
www.thepiazza.org.uk/bb/viewtopic...

Take a look at the report on Operation: Deepfreeze and tell us what you think of the concept.

#Spelljammer

[Aslak] Operation: Deepfreeze: A Spelljammer adventure by Andy Collins

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The Piazza @thepiazza.bsky.social · 6d

AD&D 1st Edition fans: Ashtagon wants to talk about the Barbarian Cleric from Dragon Magazine 109:
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Have you turned undead, seen them driven before you and heard the lamentations of the necromancers?

#ADnD1e #1eAdvancedDungeonsAndDragons

The Piazza @thepiazza.bsky.social · 6d

Kara-Tur fans: Have you ever seen any errata for the 1e Oriental Adventures book?:
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Baron has been searching for information and wants help finding things.

The Piazza @thepiazza.bsky.social · 8d

This is the hardback book that came after the boxed set.

It has "Campaign Option" on it and was part of the "Options" series of products, along with "Dungeon Master's Option" and "Player's Options".

The Piazza @thepiazza.bsky.social · 8d

Council of Wyrms fans: Do you have the original Campaign Options: Council of Wyrms hardback published by TSR towards the end of the 2nd Edition Era?:
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thorr-kan wants to know if it had anything detachable like pull-out maps.

#CouncilOfWyrms

[Council of Wyrms] Contents of the original hardcover

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The Piazza @thepiazza.bsky.social · 9d

Mystara fans: Havard thinks Ylaruam City should be as magical as Glantri:
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What sort of adjustments would you make to Ylaruam City to achieve this sort of objective?

#Mystara

The Piazza @thepiazza.bsky.social · 10d

Forgotten Realms fans: Do you like the Arcane Age? Havard just found out that D&D Beyond will be releasing an adventure called Netheri's Fall:
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Does anyone know how much content will be in the product?

#ForgottenRealms #ArcaneAge #Netheril

[ArcaneAge][Netheril][Dnd2024] Netheril's Fall coming to dndbeyond on Nov 11 2025

The Piazza @thepiazza.bsky.social · 10d

It's great to hear of kids reading for fun.

Send your kid to Spelljammer Wiki and they will have 1908 pages worth of Spelljammer facts to learn and inform you about. 😀
spelljammer.fandom.com

There are four versions of Spelljammer (2e, Shadow of the Spider Moon, Hackjammer and 5e's reboot).

Spelljammer Wiki: The encyclopedia of Spelljammer canon

The Piazza @thepiazza.bsky.social · 11d

Mystara fans: Havard has been digging through 5e books for ideas to use with Queen Titania, the Summer Queen:
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How would you develop the things he found?

#Mystara

[PC1] Queen Titania and Princess Erewan idea inspired by 5E

The Piazza @thepiazza.bsky.social · 12d

Greyhawk fans: A new Greyhawk fanzine is in town:
www.thepiazza.org.uk/bb/viewtopic...

Go grab Greyhawk Journal Vol 1, Issue 1 and check out the 62 pages of Greyhawk articles.

#Greyhawk

The Piazza @thepiazza.bsky.social · 12d

Planescape fans: Doctor Necrotic is wonder if there are any monster niches in the Planes that have not been filled in by official Planescape products:
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Have you identified any holes in the collection of monsters that Planescape has?

#Planescape

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The Piazza @thepiazza.bsky.social · 16d

WSM6 is open until the end of October. But general contributions are asked for here: www.thepiazza.org.uk/bb/viewtopic...

Last, but not least, the Wildspace Team is also looking for more volunteers to join it's art team: www.thepiazza.org.uk/bb/viewtopic...

#Spelljammer

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The Piazza @thepiazza.bsky.social · 16d

Wildspace has a "no one true vision" policy and accepts submissions for all four versions of Spelljammer and any edition of rules.

There is a call for contributions for WSM6 Krynnspace: The Dragonlance Crystal Sphere: www.thepiazza.org.uk/bb/viewtopic...

#Spelljammer

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The Piazza @thepiazza.bsky.social · 16d

Wildspace Magazine is free and will always be free. We do not charge or crowdfund for Wildspace Magazine. Everything is powered by volunteers.

Threshold Magazine (for Mystara), Escalation! (for 13th Age) and @cannibaal.bsky.social have also helped the Wildspace Magazine team.

#Spelljammer

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The Piazza @thepiazza.bsky.social · 16d

* WSM3 The Groundling's Guide to Spelljammer: www.thepiazza.org.uk/bb/viewtopic...
* WSM4 Greyspace: The Greyhawk Crystal Sphere: www.thepiazza.org.uk/bb/viewtopic...

WSM5 It Came From Beyond the Moons is currently in the editing stage.

#Spelljammer

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Wildspace Magazine: WSM3 The Groundling's Guide to Spelljammer: Get it free here: https://www.thepiazza.org.uk/bb/viewtopic.php?t=34938

Wildspace Magazine: WSM4 Greyspace: The Greyhawk Crystal Sphere: Get it free here: https://www.thepiazza.org.uk/bb/viewtopic.php?t=36376

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The Piazza @thepiazza.bsky.social · 16d

Would you like some free Spelljammer fanzine issues from our friends at Wildspace Magazine?:
* WSM1 Rock of Bral: www.thepiazza.org.uk/bb/viewtopic...
* WSM2 Elves of The Stars: www.thepiazza.org.uk/bb/viewtopic...

#Spelljammer

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Wildspace Magazine: WSM1 Rock of Bral: Get it free here: https://www.thepiazza.org.uk/bb/viewtopic.php?t=33048

Wildspace Magazine: WSM2 Elves of The Stars: Get it free here: https://www.thepiazza.org.uk/bb/viewtopic.php?t=33877

The Piazza @thepiazza.bsky.social · 16d

Happy 20th birthday to @frwiki.bsky.social!

Thanks to all the editors, who negotiate through multiple "Realms changing events" and content written for different editions to help create and maintain a great encyclopaedia of Forgotten Realms canon.

#DnD #ForgottenRealms #DungeonsAndDragons

Forgotten Realms Wiki @frwiki.bsky.social · 17d

The Forgotten Realms Wiki has turned 20! From humble and turbulent beginnings, we've risen to become a top D&D wiki and fan site, an invaluable resource for fans and professionals alike that has inspired countless heroes and stories.

#DnD #ForgottenRealms #DungeonsAndDragons

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The Piazza @thepiazza.bsky.social · 18d

Mystara fans: Havard wants to talk about Princess Carnelia deBelcadiz from the Principalities of Glantri:
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GAZ3 doesn't say where the witches of the Secret Craft get their power from and Havard wants to explore that. What are your theories?

#Mystara

[Gaz3] Princess Carnelia's alliance with the Hag Queen?

The Piazza @thepiazza.bsky.social · 19d

Hex map fans: Do you like making world maps but worry about your hex sizes being wrong near the poles?:
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Ashtagon has you covered with this maths that show how to use hexes all the way up to the north and south poles.

#HexMap #Cartography

Making sense of distances with an equirectangular ("plate caree") map projection

The Piazza @thepiazza.bsky.social · 20d

In 2006 Green Ronin created a campaign setting called "Blood Throne" for it's True20 Worlds of Adventure supplement:
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Havard wants to know more about this setting.

Is there any information about it online?

#BloodThrone

[True20] Blood Throne Setting from True20 Worlds of Adventure

The Piazza @thepiazza.bsky.social · 20d

Journeys through the Radiant Citadel fans: The Beyond the Radiant Citadel section of the book details two additional lands:
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Havard is wondering how to expand on the Tayyib Empire. Do you have any ideas?

#RadiantCitadel #TayyibEmpire

[RadiantCitadel][TayyibEmpire] How can we expand this India inspired realm?

The Piazza @thepiazza.bsky.social · 21d

How many examples of Gothic D&D exist outside of the Ravenloft campaign setting?:
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Doctor Necrotic knows about Castle Amber, but what else is out there?