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Me: Haggworts… Hogwarts? And their master is Voivod (not quite Voldemort but a cousin of a name maybe). Anyway, I often see connections where they do not exist, but surely Rowling read this book and was making a friendly nod with the school’s name.

https://fightingfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Haggwort

Of course there is a plant called hogwart - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croton_capitatus

Saturday, July 4, 2026

Staff of SpellFocusing - gives -4 (+4) bonus to Mages casting

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PClEwKAlkY&pp=0gcJCUwLAYcqIYzv

He says in 1e at mid levels and up, the MU needs some help bcuz spells fail so much.

Charges used, but can recharge later in 1e.

Frank Mentzer is putting out new atuff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdgMeGRkKoU&t=308s

Frank Mentzer is putting out new atuff. Time 5:00. Also repackage of the R series. He means

-To the Aid of Falx
The investigation of Hydell
The Egg of the Phoenix
Doc’s Island
… and 11 new ones or something

Fafhrd and Gray Mouser, book one I read

Pict from https://www.reddit.com/r/badscificovers/comments/upgoye/the_swords_of_lankhmar_by_fritz_leiber/

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It is good. Starts of with an action sequence… two wizards and a mob of fighter types fight them. Kinda funny. The idea around a copper or something 30 foot wire on a sword to thwart a lightning spell is interesting. Wished he didn’t use the word “stuff” when describing the lightning but i guess from the two heroes perspective it was a whatever thing… maybe. Then again before that described as blue white ghostly fiery… semi translucent or something. And later states lightning plainly eh?

WORDS/PHRASES TO USE IN DND

Sniggered
Fie fie
A Wand to mean a quaterstaff. Around page 35, the fiht on the deck of the Squid ship.
They began to drub away at each other with wands (quaterstaffs ).
‘Tis poisoned too, I wot. (Pg. 60) —verbFirst-person singular simple present form of wit
Measure seconds as heartbeats instead. Ex. “For a score of heartbeats….”
Kreese instead of Kris knife. A Malay or Indonesian dagger. Pronounced kreese afterall, hmmph. Takes a 1968 book to teach the pronunciation through actual English spellimg, Gottverdammter Nirgendswelt!. .

IDEAS

A coin inpocket but one side honed to razor sharpness to cut bonds if trapped. Pg. 62.

SPOILERS BELOW SPOILERS

Are there some were-rats or what?! I think the albino lady is one. Let’s see… I am on page 31 or so. After the double headed (one lrg one small) sea dragon with the rider mage with the German ish name. And they see the ship was sank by rats including one white one.

Easter Egg/Origins

3.5e dnd miniatures had the white albino wererat… I have it. Related? Surely.
Hisvet has a pipe flute thing to inspire the rats = dnd pipe of the sewers.

Interesting- Does the author like mice or … were-things?

The Gray Mouser? Wereratz?
Fafhrd’s hairy chest (mentioned often, called ape by enemy).
Pg 60 or 61, author/character acknowledges- “that most misnamed Mouser”
Mouser’s dagger is named “Cat’s Claw”

Friday, July 3, 2026

Lizardmen art fight

Love the b & w art

https://1eonline.info/5ff/lizardking.htm

Also that old module w lizardman king is awesome looking for low levels.

Next time G3

Add some ant centaur types https://1eonline.info/6mm2/formian.htm#worker

They like underground. Think Altered Beast game. At odds with drow eh?

Giant flies fun with jump defense (hit and run, no att of opportunity). Giant horseflies v aggressive and big as horse eh - https://1eonline.info/6mm2/fly.giant.htm#horsefly

Fireball-flies for sure eh - https://1eonline.info/d/m/fly.fireball.htm

Flailsnails are fun and have neat ideas/powers https://1eonline.info/5ff/flailsnail.htm

Elemental fish for evil elemental stuff perfect https://1eonline.info/5ff/khargra.htm they swim thru rock

These Lava Children are WAY MORE interesting https://1eonline.info/5ff/lavachildren.htm