For this 3E OdditE, I looked into a playable species rather than a class: the kinda-sorta two-in-one Dvati twins, and all the weirdness attendant to playing two characters at once! furtivegoblingaming.blogspot.com/2024/04/3e-odd…

Been watching too many video essays again and decided to make a short retrospective on Diablo tabletop RPGs and their mechanical decisions, similar to that EverQuest post a few months ago. furtivegoblingaming.blogspot.com/2024/04/dungeo…

I thought about "mages" who are just handlers for their magical familiars for months, but then I watched my SO's SO play Palworld and some dark comedy factory farm influences crept in. I have no idea where the corporate cowboy talk came from, though. furtivegoblingaming.blogspot.com/2024/05/the-sp…

Another quick Troika background inspired by one of my pedantic episodes where I get so wrapped up in the feeling of "fantasy never uses the -mancy in necromancy or pyromancy correctly!" This one talks to sand. furtivegoblingaming.blogspot.com/2024/05/troika…

Another day, another Troika background. Sky burial officiators this time. furtivegoblingaming.blogspot.com/2024/05/troika…

It's been a pretty productive month for my blog, but I haven't gotten my aimless rambling in yet. So I looked back on my experiences with a MUD I played some time ago. furtivegoblingaming.blogspot.com/2024/05/lets-d…

Tried to write what I know and came up with a table of weirdly specific inconveniences to use as minor curse effects. furtivegoblingaming.blogspot.com/2024/05/1d20-n…

Found a very old splatbook some weeks back while looking for something else, and decided to write about it. Bet you've never seen a class that turns your character's guts into crystals before. furtivegoblingaming.blogspot.com/2024/05/the-bo…

Made a funky little darkness dweller for the newest Troika! community jam. Go check it or the other submissions out come June 20th! furtivegoblingaming.blogspot.com/2024/06/the-lu…

Adapted a 3E prestige class into a normal 14-level class for Old School Essentials (advanced fantasy) on a whim. I always liked the ashworm dragoon, but never found a desert game for one. Bonus monster stats at the end. furtivegoblingaming.blogspot.com/2024/06/destig…

Woke up and my body decided today is a day for full-caff coffee and anarchist minotaurs. I'm only regretting one of those so far. furtivegoblingaming.blogspot.com/2024/06/trampl…

Wrote a submission for the #troikabackgrounds2024 community jam hosted by Melsonian Arts Council and Cussa Mitre. Hunt corrupted wildlife and assimilate your rivals' bows with the Longfolk Archer! the-furtive-goblin.itch.io/longfolk-archer

I went for a flip through Land of Mist for Old-School Essentials recently. It's a lightweight campaign setting with lots of little optional rules, and a gigantic wall of fog that erases memories. ... Does that count as an isekai? furtivegoblingaming.blogspot.com/2024/08/land-o…

Decided to screw around with the myth of Ymir a bit and ended up making a weird and unbalanced GLOG class out of it, as is traditional for me. furtivegoblingaming.blogspot.com/2024/08/avenge…

Mashed together a dungeon synth concept album and the mechanics from Charlie F-A's "As the Gods Demand" to create a humble little deity of found treasures and helpful strangers. furtivegoblingaming.blogspot.com/2024/09/the-co…

Bridgetown is included in the latest Troika! bundle on Bundle of Holding. If you want to jump into Troika! for the first time, broaden your collection, or support a bunch of other cool creators, check it out. The bonus collection is still under $20, too! bundleofholding.com/presents/Troik…

10 days left in the Troika Bag of Holding! Get the Troika! Numinous Edition corebook, Swann Castle by @johnnyampersand , Goblin Mail by Evlyn Moreau and Bridgetown by The Furtive Goblin moved to the Other Blue Site and myself for the $9.95 starting price and SO MUCH MORE in the bonus collection. 👇

Started a pet project about the history of shamans in D&D, starting with OD&D (and a dry etymology lesson) and continuing up to our present day in... are we calling it 5.5E yet? Anyway, come check it out if you like my book dives. I brought footnotes! furtivegoblingaming.blogspot.com/2024/10/spirit…

Another year, another ponderous look through a Dragonlance spinoff series. Seems I've gone and gotten myself invested. furtivegoblingaming.blogspot.com/2024/11/the-on…

Something silly for those who need it right now. I made a background and creature stats for Troika inspired by the Shoopuf of Final Fantasy X. furtivegoblingaming.blogspot.com/2024/11/ride-z…