Arnaud Gomes [RPG account]

@Nikon@chitter.xyz Well, I use the dtrpg download app (actually the free python reimplementation) so a large part of my collection comes pre-sorted by publisher and moving the files around would break updates. This is the source of my "existing read-only tree" requirement. I could symlink everything into an alternate tree, with several branches for different families of tags or whatever, but I'm afraid that wouldn't scale with the number of thematic tags, and that would be cumbersome to maintain by hand.

Hey folks,

What kind of tools do you use for indexing your RPG PDF library? I have a few thousand files around[1] and I'm looking for ways to find, say, "all solo rulesets" or "all snake-themed scenarios, whatever the game system".

I have nothing against manual indexing/tagging (in fact I don't think anything else can work) but I'm looking for specific tools. My main requirements: self-hostable, free software, running under Linux or anything Unix-like, have to work with an existing file tree, preferably read-only.

I had a quick look around but nothing obvious came up.

[1] Yes, I get carried away sometimes.

Ulug is, of course, a gotcha monster. There are a lot of ways around him; through is the only one that's a really bad idea. I introduced him with an NPC plain telling the party about the curse. This went basically like this: NPC: Oh, this is Ulug, he is nasty, he will want whatever you treasure most. My pal Zuk killed him once, Zuk died screaming a few days later, and now Ulug is back. Party: Sounds bad. Any idea to avoid him? Druid: Maybe we could banish him? Cleric: Yup, can do. Paladin: What does my Divine Sense tell me? (Ulug reeks of evil.) Bleargh, I smite him with my sword! That was one session ago, now they are desperately trying to figure out how to cure a cursed paladin.

Ulug is humanoid, a little smaller than the average human. He wears a dark coat and a deep hood that obscure his features even to magical light; the only part of his body one may occasionally glimpse is a black-taloned hand. In (5e D&D) game terms, Ulug is AC 11, has 2 hit points, no attacks and fails all his saves. All of his other stats are average (10, +0 or whatever). Whoever kills Ulug gets cursed. At the end of each long rest, they have to make two saves: Wisdom, DC 15, or lose 1d6 points of Wisdom;Constitution, DC 15, or gain a level of exhaustion. At 0 Wisdom, the cursed character is treated as under a permanent Confusion spell. The levels of exhaustion gained because of the curse cannot be eliminated naturally by rest. A Remove Curse gives advantage to the next pair of saving throws. A Greater Restoration can either work as a Remove Curse or reduce exhaustion by one level. The curse itself can only be removed by a Wish.

Somewhere in the depths of the former dwarven city of Tar-Borak, between the old mines and the goblin-occupied amphitheater caves, you may have the misfortune to meet the creature the orcs call Ulug.

Some say he is a fallen demon lord or dark godling, although nobody knows for sure. What all agree on is what happens when you meet Ulug: he demands whatever you have that is most precious.

Some have given him all their possessions, or just a favorite weapon or a family heirloom. Others have given him a sibling or a loved one. A few brave warriors have chosen to fight; those found out Ulug was easy to kill. They then went mad with pain and died in a few days.

And meanwhile Ulug kept coming back.

#InMyCampaign

So, what about goblins? There are a few specialized types, though they all belong to the same species: "regular" goblins, hobgoblins, bugbears...

Maybe kobolds? I can't think of a contradiction so far, in fact it would make a great deal of sense.

I'm pretty sure yetis are a kind of goblin for some reason.

This quite obviously makes goblin society close to social insects like ants or bees.

Now everyone knows there is a goblin king. But who is laying all these goblin eggs?

#InMyCampaign

Just finished my first game of Barbarians of Lemuria. This almost but not competely feels like not-D&D. Very fun game, rules-light but by no means simplistic. I played "Honest" Lodar, a pirate turned slave turned gladiator turned thief, erm, honest merchant who got involved in this sorcery business by pure mistake. Fun, fun, fun.

@wandererbill@tabletop.social For this one, I can't help but think about Wile E. Coyote getting hit by a train coming out of a fake tunnel painted on the side of a mountain.