Trilodroid: August 2026

It was Cary Grant, not Jimmy Steward. Whoops!
Main character was a jerk by his actions… cutting lines at cabs, lying, chey, but that part was all comedy. He was more just a rapscallion. Scoundrel. And I guess it was that personality that let him fight back against the baddies.
Watched the whole thing, it was a solid story. Started slow but something watchable about this old movie.
Were some of Mount Rushmore scenes real? The hotel with that view maybe?

FA2 Nightmare Keep module… v high level

https://m.youtube.com/shorts/h7UPSahM7SQ

Levels 18-20

It’s a Forgotten Realm TSR thing.

Pathfinder kingmaker - tip vs verdant chambers

https://www.gamerguides.com/pathfinder-kingmaker/guide/walkthrough/chapter-2-dire-narlmarches-expedition/a-just-reward

I have been suspicious of the dryad. Is this a fight? Gotta solo from super far, inconvenient.

Saturday, August 15, 2026

Next time Drow

The party's melee guys have AC that is like impossible to hit. ~23 AC on fighter(?) and 24 AC on Barb, yeah I accidentally let that get out of control with that DEX item that the Barbarian got.

Drow might Use a spell similar to true strike, give recipient a +10 or +20 to hit. Cleric will cast on dudes… maybe a wand with limited charges. COMPARE TO PATHFINDER TRUE STRIKE - it gives +20 to hit (gotta use it next round) and hits perfectly thru full concealment like inviz or darkness.

Maybe they attack while party vs. fire salamanders.

Next time fire salamanders

Give helpers. Tiny fire elementals… a bunch!! Surround. +2 flanking. Maybe +4 flanking special.

I think give resistance to slashing?? MaybE. Think fire lava children and their resists physical attacks

Small fire elemental https://www.imarvintpa.com/dndlive/Monsters.php?id=348

Smallies maybe can mob attack to auto hit or burn
*maaaaybe ill have the small ones merge into a biiiig one, and itll speak once (rare) in a voice of all 10 little ones together. Deep and weird.
OOORRRR all the smalls hold them at bay while far away, giant bonfire, drow summon another fire Huge fire elemental. Use 3.5e elder stats. DMG REDUCTION 10. +18 to hit. BLINDFIGHT.
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Imprint on ur party mind of the ElderElementalGod - the elementals yell out the n many voices-at the moment of merging the smaller elementals into the LARGE MINI i have
Statblock for elder fire elemental https://www.d20srd.org/srd/monsters/elemental.htm

35 ft tall!!!!
Blundsight on 2 biggest
Two darkness cast on it drom drow to hide it and more darkness cast on party
Cast light spell to counter… arcana knowledge check

***note in 2e dnd, gotta summon elementals. The Drow did it!! A big fire pit with them coming out.

* 2e had 3 sizes, and biggest were 18 hitdice! Bigger or same HitDice than a dragon. Was +15 to hit (thAC0 was 5 on that one).

Friday, August 14, 2026

Next time Vs. Dragon ideas,

G3
Dndbeyind has best tactics
Reds have climbspeed for tight lairs
Elder has more super lair and super legendary things
Elemental fire helpers
Retreat into lava tunnel
Blindsight
Darkmantle minions help blindsight
Kobold helpers —
Minions jack up ranged and concentration spells
Volcanic vents heavy obscure - blindsight— i think tail attack a vent cover!!!
Grapple — grapple then run to lava?!

Tenkar below

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=npflAw9tzH4&t=207s

Tenkar ideas vs. dragons.

My ideas plus his

Dragon room feels like a trap
In g3, secret exit - high, low? Is it an illusion floor????
Would it let anybdrow enter? Firefianta there more like… would it allow tribute or do giants hate dragons? No firegianta down this low actually this is underdark
Is there a gas fire bomb trap? Immune fire.
Water hole esxape.
Minions???
Magic items it uses?
Alarm spell? Silent alarm. Or it just smells and hears.
CASTS DIMENSION DOOR, … probably not plane shift
Wraithformnspell?

Have a ring or wand
Have a permanancy spell w globe of invulnerability
Have a trapped wizard it made cast globe invulnerability… maybe wizard in STASIS

Thursday, August 13, 2026

FF B&W art

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28NiCeNXH8s&t=457s At time 7:35, a monster, sort of dinolike but way meaner and scarier.

Time 21:21, monster samurai sort of. Chinese armor i guess.

Tuesday, August 11, 2026

Next time and future

NEXT TIME MAYBE

The Elghoon , deadliest humanoid in underdark

https://www.completecompendium.com/catalog/dr/DragonMagazineAnnual1996/elghonn/

FUTURE WOODS OR SWAMP

Mold man https://adnd2e.fandom.com/wiki/Mold_Man_(Creature)

Wood man https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Wood_man

Mold man other https://adnd2e.fandom.com/wiki/Mold_Man,_Malatran

Confluence point of crooked river and Shrike River

Ideas to use from pathfinder km game.

I just like the description. Reminds me of that confluence of the 2 color rivers around Glacier or Yoho ntl park.

Sunday, August 9, 2026

Underdark minor monsters to include

Shrieker mushrooms to attract things (dragon?).

Mushrooms with tentacles… dnd cartoon style

Other mushrooms?

That napalm gelat cube? .

New gelat cube idea, napalm cube

Tenkar talks https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jtCTijqH3uE&ra=m

Comment by Garrickstangle5…

“ made and used (to great effect) a variation called the napalm cube or n-cube. Adventurers have a knee-jerk reaction of Oh, g-cube, use fire. Its 'juice' is partly acid but mostly lamp oil and it catches fire really easily. Two rounds after catching fire, the heat on its outside causes internal pressure which causes it to explode in gobs of burning sticky jelly, out to the same radius as a fireball (hence the name napalm cube). My adventurers don't ignore the clue of 'smells like acid and lamp oil' anymore.”

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Saturday, August 8, 2026

The Toadies - new music

New album 2026 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OUrADhEPIXc

The Charmer. Very good song. Lots good.

And some fans say best album is Hell Below Stars Above.

Great live version “i burn” maybe my fav somg od theirs https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hNtNQQt4WDw&t=1232s

Thursday, August 6, 2026

Pathfinder, whoa, almost died! - Warg Speech, Swamp Description and ideas

First the tank got clobbered by yhe giant with chains on two orcs, swung around, smash!

Then the dern crawling hands that crit for 19 dmg, owwww! And srrangle, no castinf verbal!

UODATE- it gets better. The battles r getting interesting. Forgot swarms are completely immune to all regular attacks, only aoe spells hurt.

I lije this bog swamp story area. Good descriptions. Has choices. Even has some choices requiring dice rolls.

IDEAS

Worg - the beast before you is unusual ly large , and its eyes, especially angry. Its menacing grin might almost be taken for a smirk.
Worg speaks - I see no reason to fued. We might help each other. (It grins, almost a smirk.). You don’t know the diff betw a wolf an a worg, strange for such a tasty morsel as yourself. - Bring me 3 bodies to eat and I will tell u where an old skninny tasteless old man buried his chest.

Will o wisp - intelligent. V deadly. Immune to like most spells. 30 ac vs lowbies is harrd impossible.

Sorcerer build - i guess yndead and become a lich?

https://www.reddit.com/r/Pathfinder_Kingmaker/comments/11knwft/what_to_know_and_what_to_optimize_in_a_lich/

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TEXT FROM:

The insatiable bog gurgled hungrily after us, but we didn't look back.

Sodden and weary, we finally made it back to solid ground. And a palace of sorts rose before our eyes! — A spacious hut made of mud like the rest, but decorated with pebbles, bones, cattail spikes and snail shells.

In front of the "palace" was a wide and shallow reservoir. Its green water reflected the leaves of huge ferns and primitive clay figurines.

The buzzing of gnats was nearly deafening. We were not far to the center of the swamp — and a firm and steady path led there through the thick bushes. At its end, that tall dry tree stretched mightily upwards, clawing at the firmament.

[Knowledge (World) 17] We carefully examined the clay figurines, trying to fathom who they might portray.

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

TEXT FROM BOG part 2

[Succeeded at a Lore (Religion) check]

There could be no doubt — this was Gogunta, master of the great swamp in the demon Abyss.

But what is this? While we were examining the idol, a large bright-blue dragonfly came out of a hollow in the tree and sat invitingly on the very tip of one of our noses. It was so remarkably strange — it didn't react to our movements, and seemed quite content to remain where it sat.

(Lawful Good) The idol reeked of evil, to say the least. We were certain we must destroy it.
(Chaotic Evil) [Fortitude 18] Suddenly The Mercile grabbed the dragonfly and held it in front of his mouth... oh gods, did he just decide to eat it?!
(Neutral) We thought better of interfering with the sinister idol, and continued our journey.

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TEXT FROM WARG:

Grarrukh: The beast before you is unusually large, and its eyes, especially menacing grin might almost be taken for a smirk.

Grarrukh: "Greetings, traveler. Before you draw your weapon, I wi[sh to know the] reason for feuding between us. We might even be of some use to ea[ch other.]"

Amiri: "Wait, why is this wolf talking? Is it magical or something?"

Grarrukh: "I am no wolf, female. I am a worg. Surprising you could live to your age [get this far] without learning the difference. Well, it's never too late to teach a les[son to an] insolent two-legged morsel..." The beast slowly licks its teeth."

Amiri: "Who are you calling a morsel, you pelt?" Amiri glares at the [beast, her hand resting] on her sword."

Grarrukh: "You say we could be useful to each other?"

Grarrukh: "Bring me someone delicious. Three or four bodies will be [enough,] [and] as a sign of gratitude, [I] will tell you where an old traveler buried his [...]"

Wednesday, August 5, 2026

Faery movie, damn good

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nIfBPZl7d_M&t=669s&pp=0gcJCb4LAYcqIYzv

Based on book

OSE modules

Incandescent grottos - big boss dragon.

Overland monster rolls ouch. Cyclops, displ beast, 6 legged lady centaurish clawed dangerous we fight.

Tuesday, August 4, 2026

Crystal ppl monster origins

Maybe Planescape https://www.completecompendium.com/catalog/ps/2635/tsnng/

Reminds me of Dark Souls and Elden Ring crystal mobs.

Video game, Pathfinder Kingmaker… silly

I just made a list of things I can’t tolerate in an RPG. I get this game, and one silly ass thing after another. Hard to feel like D&D at all.

It has all of them, immediately. I hope it gets better.

Problems are

Bard in my party
Gnome in party
All melee types are women.
Barbarian is a woman
Paladin is woman
Undead elf with chainshirt is woman, a fighter type with neg energy spells
Super,chatty npc crap
Bossy women npcs
Gggaaaahhhhhh!!!!

Etc

Monday, August 3, 2026

8 kinds of fun, the Angry Gm

https://theangrygm.com/gaming-for-fun-part-1-eight-kinds-of-fun/

He eventually lists them.

I have comments on “the challenge seeker”. For example, a puzzle that takes too long is terrible.
Fellowship… can it extend to NPC joining, like the gnome in Sunless Citadel? Meepo? But why not the Titan in G3? Likes to be more powerful than npc, or just too much trouble or just too many characters?
Discovery - i disagree. Discovery is fun. Moral dilemmas suck.

…

The original list https://users.cs.northwestern.edu/~hunicke/MDA.pdf

- - geez, they made a mistake right off the bat. Listed Quake, the vid game, and listed Competition under it, but that’s not one of their 8 thingies. …. I guess maybe their point is that th list of 8 isn’t exhaustive.

2e Planescape, the writer(s) - Planar Slang

Excellent read on how to tiptoe add some planescape to a normal campaign https://theplanardm.com/introduction-to-planescape-4-4-adding-planescape-to-your-campaign/

Ah ha, Planar Slang, it is a thing. Derived from the colorful speech of 16th, 17th, and 18th century thieves, beggars, etc. https://theplanardm.com/planar-slang/

This entry was fun, a first person account of https://www.completecompendium.com/catalog/ps/2635/sislan/

Vocabulary, Like,here https://www.completecompendium.com/catalog/ps/2635/suisseen/

He or she always uses funny little specific speech patterns and these words to refer to people. Some speech reminds me of the lost children in mad max 2 or 3. It is like some who were lost amongst the planes and … became like yokels. Also reminds me of Farscape lingo and Firefly/ Serenity lingo. I am enjoying it.

Basher- does it always mean attacker? — that site above says A neutral reference to a person, usually a thug or fighter.

Sod - does it always mean attackee? Nope, sometimes just unlucky sods, in the British way.

Screed - untruth or nonsense.

Graybeard - old folks of knowledge

Berk - maybe traveller between planes?

Wash - means malarkey

Dead book - means u gonna die

Chant - means knowledge or experience or something . See https://www.completecompendium.com/catalog/ps/2635/terithra/

Bark - maybe one who is about to die, see https://www.completecompendium.com/catalog/ps/2635/terithra/

They often use slang like “ain’t”

Quote

'Course, a berk who tries to strike the membrane in melee must get close to the suisseen - close enough to be within the creature's watery exterior. That

suisseen - close enough to be within the creature's watery exterior. That means he's subjecting himself to an attack by the beast - fact is, the suisseen gets a chance to strike the sod even if it's already made its attack for that round

Example

often dragging him back to the Misty Shore for discipline - which means the dead-book for the bark.

Tree diversity usa

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0vChrI9TP5o&t=339s

SE wins time 5:39

And a sliver of florida has 330something species

Gygax and Arneson - a Seventh Game was Created by Humanity

I love this little piece, how it opens up your mind. We are starting to see all the ramifications of D&D (every other video game created, movies, etc. etc.). What lies in the future?

https://kotaku.com/fantasys-widow-the-fight-over-the-legacy-of-dungeons-1833127876 quote:

Stormberg, a former archaeologist with circular glasses, clean-cut blonde hair, and an excitable disposition, sees the 1973 birth of Dungeons & Dragons as nothing less than a major moment in human history. “For two millennia, no new games had ever been created,” he said. “Human beings had only created six types of tabletop games. Dice games, plot games, card games, board games, miniature games and pen and paper games like Hang Man.”
“A seventh game was created by humanity. A seventh game! That didn’t exist before! And it was created by two guys who lived in the United States in my lifetime! It’s just a game, right, but millennia have gone by without a new type of tabletop game being created. This is the event horizon. We’re right here on the event horizon. We can’t see it. We’re not far enough away from it to understand how it has changed the world.”

Sunday, August 2, 2026

Gygax interview

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=t4A1IsQY2D4&t=766s&pp=2AH-BZACAQ%3D%3D&ra=m

With the DungeonDelver. Great stuff.

Tidbits

Talked about old TSR as corporate took over shoulda been more employee owned but the new top dogs wouldn’t do it (greed). And the cheapening of the books instead of the indescribable schhol textbook style stuff that the ad&d 1e was made from.
He like a Harry Potter (first one?) best. Lotr Fellowship of the ring was his second fav (it had just come out and he loved it but Harry Potter he had seen rt before). Said ti was a bit too long and the flutes and chanting of the elves felt a little wonky. REALTED he had mentioned humbly that he didn’t read the 1e DmG book in a long time. Rather read from another guy… sort of like being your own cook. Other people’s cooking is more interesting.

Loot needed - results so far

After beating the hard Entrope and half the drow… don’t we need loot?

Should it be something the Entrope brought from ANY realm? Maybe as it FALLS APART into various elements upon death, the one thing it couldn’t eat was left behind.

An amulet of plane shifting!

Golden, circular, as big as an outstretched hand open fingers. Has a green (then purple) glowing gem in the center supported by four golden … spindles/arms/fingers/bridges (what is the word?) …

POWERS - once a day it can bring two people to another dimension. Choose from Etherreal, astral, Prime material plane, ??? AND ONE PER WEEK can send 4 ppl and return them same day IF they don’t miss the 24 hour limit. TAKeS 30 minutes to cast the 4 ppl version (Once a month or once a week).

ITEM 2 from https://minvarpg.com/tools/loot-generator

Sphere of Infinite Sight

This item feels slightly warm.

Effect:

Wondrous item, very rare (requires attunement). You can use an action to cast scrying (DC 17) with this sphere. The sphere can see across vast distances and into other planes. It has 3 charges per day.

THE DROW - atlre foimg to detect magic and realize the party has very powerful stuff. (Can u detect magic into bag of holding???). ANSWER - bag of holding hides it. UNLESS you open the bag of holding and they are detecting at the same time!!!!

RUIN EXPLORERS Anime gives Dungeon ideas

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DZVlsU8QDsQ&t=778s&pp=0gcJCaMLAYcqIYzv

Ruin Explorers (1995) likely has some good trap and dungeon ideas. See time 13:00 on this vid. But there is a LOT of extreme goofiness and squeaky dub voices to get past. I guess it is aimed at 13 year olds or something.

Saturday, August 1, 2026

D&D Zero yt

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I54YA3qp64Q&t=877s

Dnd 0. Supplements. Caltech’s addons.

Imlike the art, dragon at time 14:47.

Dnd inspiration from Tarzan, the new adventures of (1935)

On tubi.

Near end of first episode, maybe 27 min or 37 min… the shot of the ruins as an archway with giant vines hanging down. Large columns in a row to either side fading into the distant background.

Some cool scenes and scenery. Ideas. The swarming savages. The ruins in the jungle. Sure there are some goofy parts, but a lot to be gleaned.

Magic Schools by daddy rolled a 1

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ymvreYg6Cjk&t=2181s

Commenter- ericpeterson87… says

Book, Ursula LenGuin’s Wizard of Earthsea and the Isle of Roak. maybe started the schools thing in 1968
Master Chanter
Master Namer
Master Summoner
Etc
Those book(s) use True Names and other softer magic ideas, not Vancian. More art than science.

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