Another Random Mega Dungeon Map

I added round corridor layouts to my map generator, here's a rescaled copy of a random output.

Door placement on thus could be tricky but I'll figure it out.

Randomly Generated Megadungeon Map

 a Randomly generated Megadungeon map:

Generated from a program I'm working on. Each tile on the map is 10' by 10', the image is scaled up 200% after generation. No doors just yet and there's still the occasional blocked route now and again but I'm definitely getting a different look from what I usually draw manually.

another one straight out of the program, no cropping or rescaling:

BFRPG 4th Edition Ammouncement

 Congratulations of Chris and everyone involved with the Basic Fantasy Role-Playing Game on getting the 4th Edition of the rules out there and under a new non-WOTC  license.

Solomoriah Speaks E18: An Important Announcement - YouTube

It's my current system of choice for my current campaign. 

Basic Fantasy Role-Playing Game

On Drow and Dark Elves.

 So this week in RPG-land I've heard that PAIZO is ditching the Drow for a whole host of reasons including how the Drow are still linked to IP controlled by WOTC. Here's the best reason to ditch the Drow... they aren't interesting anymore. 

Drow were once interesting but they became boring as we learned more about them, they eventually became little more than dark-skinned leather fetishists with the pretense of matriarchal society. Once upon a time they were the bad guy elves who had to retreat from the sunlit world and were so rare many doubted their existence and somehow because a faction or two of Drow were the primary villains in an early popular series of modules they ended up everywhere including the first Monster Manual follow-up the Fiend Folio and and later as a player option in Unearthed Arcana. They became the rebel-cliche cool kid choice for rebel outsiders among PCs and got boring.

Paizo ditching them in favor of something else is a sensible enough choice, go for it, not every campaign or game needs the same set of options; even TSR has an entirely alternate take of deep dwelling weirdo elves with the Shadow Elves of the Mystara and Hollow World setting(s) in the D&D line that was playable and distinct, you can too.

The concept of light elves and dark elves has it roots in the mythic fiction RPGs draw from so they have a place in fantasy RPGS. In my own current campaign there are Light Elves, Dusk Elves, and Dark Elves and what makes them difference is their connection to the magical realm of Faerie and their personal allegiance to the ruling forces of Faerie. Light Elves are aligned with the Seelie Court, Dark Elves are aligned with the UnSeelie Court, dusk elves have no allegiance to either. In the campaign this means Light Elves and Dark Elves are effectively immortal and can not be permanently slain within the realm of Faerie; Dusk elves are mortal within the realm of Faerie and the Earth having tied themselves deeply to the mortal world or separated themselves far too much from the Faerie spark maintained by the Seelie and UnSeelie courts.  A lot develops from this conceptually simple setup and it ties to a loose connection to myth and fantasy. Dark elves can be something different from the Drow and still have a place in an RPG campaign.

Hit Points and Archaic Weapon Damage for Gamma World and Mutant Future

Surely, you've noticed PCS and NPCs in Gamma World, and Mutant Future have a lot of Hit Points? You must have also noticed high tech weapons and some mutant attacks do a ton of damage but old-fashioned archaic weapons do pathetically low amounts of damage?  Here's how I deal with it.

Leave the HP as is in the rules. They are fine the mutations, radiation, and mutant power rules need PCs with that HP range.

I like a campaign where atomic gladiators, wasteland scavengers and teenage mutant cavemen deal with archaic and makeshift weapons throughout the life of the campaign. So here's how I make that work with the high HP nature of the game: rate weapons by overall quality and key damage to that. I do that by having archaic weapons grouped into Junk, Primitive, Advanced, and Powered categories.

Junk Weapons are cobbled together by relatively unskilled crafters from inappropriate materials, old gift-shop weapons and mistreated salvaged relics. You have a table knife strapped onto a shabby old broomstick well that a Junk Spear. Junk weapons will do the same damage as listed in the rulebook. Any character can make a junk weapon with relative ease.

Primitive Weapons are fashioned with skill from ancient materials, this can be stone or bone if the crafter is skilled in using those materials, or from simple alloys and salvaged metals if a crafter has access to the right type of workshop, tools, and appropriate skillset.  A Steel spearhead mounted on a reinforced aged wooden shaft would be a Primitive weapon. Primitive weapons do twice the damage listed in the rules, if listed as 1d6 in the rules it will deal 2d6 damage as a primitive weapon. Trained characters from the appropriate tech level with access to tools and materials can make primitive weapons. 

Advanced Weapons are fashioned with skill incorporating advanced materials beyond the capabilities of unorganized societies low-tech societies. Specialists with the right facilities, materials, and tools can manufacture Advanced Weapons. Advanced weapons deal three times the damage listed for archaic weapons in the rule book, if listed as 1d6 it will deal 3d6 damage as an advanced weapon.

Powered Weapons are fashioned incorporating mostly advanced materials with energized or mechanical systems requiring high tech capabilities and supplies. A Plastisteel Blade with a phase inducer and charged power cell would be a Powered Weapon. Powered weapons deal 4 times the damage archaic weapons do in the rulebook, if it is listed as 1d6 it will deal 4d6 damage as a Powered Weapon.

Notes: "but my rule book has separate damages for small-medium/Large creatures"  Either do the change for each size class or just use the small-medium damage range and multiply that.

Weapon Category

Junk Base Damage Dice     x1 value        

Primitive         x2 Damage Dice         x3 value

Advanced x3 Damage Dice         x10 value

Powered         x4 Damage Dice         x50 value

Use the guidelines above and your scavengers and survivors will be getting more use out of archaic weapons in your campaign and there will be a wider range of loot available with only a little extra paperwork.

Post Apocalyptic Ruin Maps

 Fiddling about last night with programming a retro-stlye RPG map generator to spit out "city-size" ruin maps for games like Mutant Future and Gamma World. It's got a lot of work if I really want to do more with it, likely going to tack on an encounter generator to stock the ruins. Here's what it does so far:

Starting Equipment

Basic equipment list The Outlaws of The DragonWrack campaign.

General Equipment

Item	Cost	Item		Cost
Cooking & Food		Traveling & Exploration
Ale (1 quart)	4 cp	Backpack		12 sp
Brandy (1 noggin)	5 sp	Bedroll		7 sp
Cooking Oil (1 quart)	5 cp	Bladder, Air		15 sp
Fire Grate	9 sp	Blanket		4 sp
Pan	24 sp	Cordage, 10 yards		2 cp
Pot	15 sp	Crampons		3 cp
Dry Rations (1week)	5 sp	Grappling Hook		12 sp
Iron Rations(1 week)	12 sp	Hammock		5 sp
Waybread (1 week)	35 sp	Horn, signal		15 sp
Fresh Rations(1day)	4 cp	Spikes,12		3 sp
Smallbeer (1quart)	3 cp	Magnet		2 sp
Salt	5 cp oz	Mirror, small		7 sp
Mint (common spice)	2 cp oz	Piton, climbing		2 sp
Pepper(uncommon)	3 sp oz	Rope, hemp		2sp/50 ft
Saffron(exotic)	10 gp oz	Rope, silk		30 sp/50 ft
Teapot	12 sp	Signal Whistle		3 sp
Tripod	6 sp	String. 100 ft		2 sp
Vinegar (1 guart)	7 cp	Skates		30 sp
Whiskey (1 noggin)	3 sp	Skis		20 sp
Wine (1 quart)	5 cp	Sledge		25 sp
Health and Comfort		Sled		50 sp
Bandages (12)	5 sp	Tent, small		9 sp
Brush or Comb	2 sp	Tent, large		50  sp
Crutches	3 sp	Tent, pavilion		250 sp
Rubbing Balm	5 sp	Trap, small animal		12 sp
Razor	3 sp	Trap, animal		20 sp
Soap	5cp/lb	Trap large animal		40 sp
Soap, Perfumed	5sp/lb	Travois		12 sp
Least Healing Tonic	20 sp/dose	Waterskin, 2 quarts		1 sp
Least Healing Plaster	30 sp	Waterbag, 2 gallons		3 sp
Least Healing Clyster	25 sp	Writing
Least Healing Poultice	25 sp/dose	Blotter		10 sp
Snuff	5 cp/oz	Ink		5 sp
Perfume (Noggin)	15sp	Pen		12 sp
Pipeweed	3 cp/oz	Quill, uncut		10sp/6
Pipe, simple	2 sp	Reed, cut		8cp/6
Illumination		Stylus		2,sp
Candles	10 sp/dozen	Chalk Stick, dozen		3 sp
Candle holder	2 sp	Charcoal Stick, dozen		1 sp
Candlestick	5 sp	Paper, sheet		4 cp
Coal Keeper	6 sp	Parchment, sheet		2 sp
Fire Kit	9 sp	Vellum, sheet		5 sp
Lamp, Clay	3 sp	Folio		12 sp
Lamp, Metal	10 sp	Journal, 50 sheets		60 sp
Lantern, Bullseye	40 sp	Book, 200 sheets		200 sp
Lantern, Hooded	15 sp	Wax, sealing.		5 sp
Oil, Lamp	3 sp	Wax, tablet		6 cp
Torches	5 sp/6	Chalkboard, small		2 sp
Containers		Tools
Flask (1 noggin)	1 sp	Bellows		25 sp
Bottle (1 quart)	2 sp	Block & Tackle		15 sp
Jar (2 quarts)	3 sp	Chisel		6 sp
Scrollcase	10 sp	Crowbar		6 sp
Barrel (40 gal.)	12 sp	Hammer		5 sp
Bucket ( 5 gal)	5 sp	Hand Drill		12 sp
Kask (10 gal.)	8 sp	Ladder, 10 ft		3 sp
Chest	50 sp	Needle, sewing		5 sp
Pouch	3 cp	Pick Axe		10 sp
Sack	2 cp	Pliers		5 sp
Satchel	2 sp	Pole, 10’		2 sp
Trunk	12 sp	Shears		15 sp
Clothing
Belt	6 sp	Kilt or Skirt		4 sp
Girdle	9 sp	Breeks		6 sp
Sash	8 sp	Leggings		12 sp
Cap	3 sp	Hose		6 sp
Hat	12 sp	Trews		10 sp
Hood or Cowl	6 sp	Dress		8 sp
Cape	5 sp	Gown		20 sp
Cloak	8 sp	Robes		10 sp
Jacket	12 sp	Sandals		5 cp
Apron	5 sp	Slippers		15 sp
Blouse	3 sp	Shoes		6 sp
Tunic	5 sp	Boots		12 sp
Miscellaneous
Holy Symbol	5 sp	Whetstone		2 sp
Holy Water	2 sp	Bag of Marbles		2 sp
Holy Oil	3 sp	Bag of Caltrops		10 sp
Bell	2 sp	Chain, 10 feet		2 sp
Incense, 6 sticks	5 sp	Garlic		2 cp/bulb
Censor	12 sp	Wolvesbane		8 cp/sprig
Boline or Athame	15 sp	Thevish weed		1 sp/lb
Portable Altar	50 sp	Quiver		5 sp
Musical Instrument	15 sp	Oil, Lubricating (pint)		8 sp
Thieves Tools
Smudge Lamp	20 sp	Glasscutter		20 sp
Catch Hook	5 sp	Goatsfoot		10 sp
Probe	3 sp	Pincers		12 sp
Prod	2 sp	Snips		15 sp
Punch	4 sp	Quicksoap		10 sp/pint
Pinsaw	24 sp	¼	Acid	25 sp

Weapons

Weapon	Damage	WSF	Size	Notes	Cost
Knife	1d3	3	S	Range:-/10/20	2 sp
Dagger	1d4	3	S	Range:10/20/30	5 sp
Baselard	1d5	4	S	Range:-/10/20	10 sp
Shortsword	1d6	5	S		15 sp
Sword	1d8	6	M		30 sp
TwoHanded Sword	1d10	7	L		75 sp
Hand Axe	1d6	5	S	Range: 10/20/30	10 sp
Battle Axe	1d8	7	M	Range: -/-/20	20 sp
Great Axe	1d10	8	L		45 sp
Baton	1d3	3	S		2 sp
Cudgel	1d4	5	M		3 sp
Quarter Staff	1d6	5	M		5 sp
War Hammer	1d6	5	S	Range: -/20/30	12 sp
Mace	1d8	7	M		15 sp
Maul	1d10	9	L		20 sp
Dart	1d3	3	S	Range: 20/40/60	2 sp
Javelin	1d4	4	M	Range: 10/30/50	4 sp
Spear	1d6/1d8	5	M	Range: 10/20/30	10 sp
Polearm	1d10	8	L		25 sp
Sling	1d4	9		Range: 30/60/90	2 sp
Short Bow	1d6	5		Range: 50/100/150	25 sp
Long Bow	1d8	7		Range: 70/140/210	60 sp
Lt Crossbow	1d6	4 (1)		Range: 60/120/180	30 sp
Hvy Crossbow	1d10	5 (3)		Range: 80/160/240	150 sp
Arrow or Quarrel	--	--	--	--	5 sp /dozen
Handgonne	1d10	9(2)		Range: 40/80/160	200 sp
Arquebus	1d12	8(2)		Range: 50/100/200	300 sp
Shot and powder	-	-	-	-	20sp/dozen

(1),(2,(3))- how many whole rounds it takes to load this weapon

Armor 

	AC	Cost	Note
Quilted	12	10 sp	If metal is accounted for the armor is “Ringed”.
Leather	13	20 sp	If metal is accounted for the armor is “Studded”.
Scale	14	40 sp
Mail	15	60 sp
Lamellar	16	100 sp
PlateMail	17	400 sp
Field Plate	18	1,500 sp
Full Plate	19	4,000 sp
Buckler	+1*	10 sp
Shield	+2**	25 sp
Tower Shield	+3**	50 sp
Skull Cap	-	5 sp	+2 save vs stunning blow
Bear Hat	-	10 sp	+3 save vs stunning blow
Great Helm	+1	25 sp	+3 save vs stunning blow

*To the front , ** to front or shielded side

All values above are for normal quality equipment with metal items fashion from Verdin.

Normal unarmored AC is 11.    A suit of Good Silver Mail would cost 487.5 sp(60x5x1.5) provide AC 15 to it’s wearer, be -1 to repair and save vs damage at +1.

Equipment can all be modified by Quality and Material

Quality of Equipment

Quality	QC	Item Save	Hit Or Use	Impact	Repair	Craft	Cost*
Ultimate	U	+3	+3	+3	-5	-11	x 100
Legendary	L	+2	+2	+2	-4	-9	x 50
Splendid	S	+2	+2	+1	-3	-7	x 25
Very Fine	VF	+2	+1	+1	-2	-5	x 10
Fine	F	+1	+1	+1	-1	-3	x 5
Very Good	VG	+1	+1	0	0	-2	x 3
Good	G	+1	0	0	0	-1	x 1.5
Regular	R	0	0	0	0	0	x 1
Bodge	B	-1	0	0	-1	+2	x ¾
Shoddy	sh	-2	-1	0	-3	+4	x 2/3
Duff	Df	-3	- 2	-1	-5	+6	x 1/2

·       Cost is a multiplier for quick purchasing of standard gear , unique items may vary.

Metals

	AC adj	Save Adj	Repair/Craft	Cost
Aethril	+5	+3	-5	x 100
Galverin	+4	+2	-4	x 50
Crimsteel	+3	+1	-3	x 30
Orachalcum	+2	+1	-2	x 20
Hepatizon	+1	+1	-2	x 10
Silver	0	0	-1	x 5
Ferric	0	0	0	x 2
Verdin	-1	0	+1	x 1
Ludden	-2	-1	+2	X ½

AC ADJ is listed for whole suit of armor, ½ this with no fractions for shields.

(Players please note the tables above are all included in the primer.)

Player Characters start play with 3d6x10 sp

Coin Exchange rates/values:

100 Copper Pieces = 10 Silver Pieces = 2 Electrum Pieces = 1 Gold Piece 

10 Electrum Pieces=5 Gold Pieces= 1 Platinum Piece

(Players please note the primer has a typo for conversion rates, the rates here are correct).