My Best OwlCon Yet

This year’s OwlCon was once again an excellent experience for my friends and I, and judging by the ever-rising attendance numbers, other attendees have had similar experiences. Read of for details and pictures.

The Claw / Claw / Bite crew carpooled from Austin to the beautiful Rice University campus for a long weekend of gaming and catching up with friends. I ran a great game of Divine Right with some first time players, helped Dan run our AD&D adventure Siege of Black Mountain, and played lots of other games, including the not-yet-released reprint of OGRE. To top it off, we not only figured out where to get good food on campus, but we discovered the on-campus bar, Valhalla.

I played a round of OGRE and had a blast. Fast-paced, easy to learn, and fun. I played the conventional forces trying to stop the OGRE from reaching my command post to no avail.

Daniel Smith and I had prepared a two-party AD&D / OSRIC adventure to run. Dan ran the dwarf party as they tried to protect their mountain home from the army of elves on their doorstep.

I had a blast playing the new Star Ward miniatures game. With Rob Wubbenhorst providing cover with his X-wings, I was able to drive my Y-wings straight down the trench and bullseye the Death Star’s exhaust port on my first shot. It was awesome.

For my final event I ran a very fun game of Divine Right with some first-time players, who had never played a map-and-chits game before.

For more pictures check out Unicorn Rampant’s Facebook page.


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Alizarin Zamyatin

Created a gnome bard for an upcoming 3.5 adventure run by an old friend in Baltimore that I’ll be participating in over Roll20. Downloaded the most recent release of PCGen to help in the creation process. Looks like they’ve added some new features to the app, including more complete coverage of Pathfinder, as well as icons to denote inventory locations. The app still retains its usefulness, making it quick and easy to create characters. Here’s an export of the resulting character in plain text.

Name: Alizarin Zamyatin
Race: Gnome
Player: Steve
Classes: Bard1
Hit Points: 7
Experience: 0 / 1000
Alignment: Chaotic Good
Vision: Low-Light
Speed: Walk 20 ft.
Languages: Common, Gnome
Stat Score Mod
STR 7 (-2)
DEX 18 (+4)
CON 13 (+1)
INT 13 (+1)
WIS 12 (+1)
CHA 15 (+2)
-------------------------- Skills --------------------------
Skill Total Rnk Stat Msc
Appraise 2 1.0 1 0
Balance 5 1.0 4 0
Bluff 5 3.0 2 0
Climb -2 0.0 -2 0
Concentration 3 2.0 1 0
Craft (Alchemy) 1 0.0 1 0
Craft (Untrained) 1 0.0 1 0
Diplomacy 5 3.0 2 0
Disguise 2 0.0 2 0
Escape Artist 6 2.0 4 0
Forgery 1 0.0 1 0
Gather Information 4 2.0 2 0
Heal 1 0.0 1 0
Hide 8 0.0 4 4
Intimidate 2 0.0 2 0
Jump -8 0.0 -2 -6
Knowledge (History) 2 1.0 1 0
Listen 4 1.0 1 2
Move Silently 7 3.0 4 0
Perform (Untrained) 2 0.0 2 0
Ride 4 0.0 4 0
Search 1 0.0 1 0
Sense Motive 1 0.0 1 0
Sleight of Hand 8 4.0 4 0
Spellcraft 4 3.0 1 0
Spot 1 0.0 1 0
Survival 1 0.0 1 0
Swim -2 0.0 -2 0
Tumble 6 2.0 4 0
Use Rope 4 0.0 4 0

————————– Feats —————————
Dodge
Armor Proficiency (Light)
When you wear a type of armor with which you are proficient, the armor check penalty for that armor applies only to Balance, Climb, Escape Artist, Hide, Jump, Move Silently, Pick Pocket, and Tumble checks.

Shield Proficiency
You can use a shield and take only the standard penalties.

Simple Weapon Proficiency
——————– Special Abilities ———————

———————— Templates ————————-
Base Race Type, Base Race Type ~ Humanoid, RaceSubtype ~ Augmented Humanoid
————————– Combat ————————–
Total / Touch / Flat Footed
AC: 17 / 15 / 13
Initiative: +4
BAB: +0
Melee tohit: -1
Ranged tohit: +5
Fortitude: +1
Reflex: +6
Will: +3
Unarmed attack:
to hit: -1
damage: 1d2-2
critical: 20/x2
Dagger (Small):
to hit: -7
damage: 1d3-2
critical: 19-20/x2
Dagger (Small/Thrown):
to hit: +5
damage: 1d3
critical: 19-20/x2
range: 10 ft.
Sling (Small):
to hit: -5
damage: 1d3-2
critical: 20/x2
range: 50 ft.
——————— Special Abilities ——————–

————————- Equipment ————————
Name QTY LBS
Leather Cap 1 0lbs
Wireframe Spectacles and 2 Lenses 1 0lbs Special: (Eye Lenses)
Zamyatin Family Medallion (Heirloom) 1 0lbs
Dagger (Small) 2 1lbs
Leather Gloves 1 0lbs
Leather (Small) 1 7lbs
Leather Belt 1 0lbs
Outfit (Entertainer’s/Small) 1 1lbs
Padded Shoes 1 0lbs
Bedroll (Small) 1 1lbs Special: (Bedroll (Small))
Bullets (Sling/10) (Small) 1 2lbs
Chalk (1 piece) 2 0lbs
Coin (Electrum) 1 0lbs Special: (Coin (Copper))
Jeweler’s Hammer 1 0lbs
Musical Instrument (Flute) (Small) 1 0lbs
Sling (Small) (0 lbs.)
Pouch (Belt) (Small) (0.125 lbs.)
Sack (Small) (0.125 lbs.)
Total weight carried:
Current load: Light
Encumbrance
Light: 17
Medium: 35
Heavy: 52
————————— Magic ————————–

Innate Spells
Dancing Lights (Evocation) – 1 per day
Saves: None
DC:
Casting: 1 standard action
Duration: 1 minute [D]
Range: Medium (110 ft.)
Components: V, S
SR: No
Effect: Creates torches or other lights.
Target: Up to four lights, all within a 10-ft.-radius area
Ghost Sound (Illusion) – 1 per day
Saves: Will disbelief (if interacted with)
DC: 12
Casting: 1 standard action
Duration: 1 rounds [D]
Range: Close (25 ft.)
Components: V, S, M
SR: No
Effect: Figment sounds.
Target: Illusory sounds
Prestidigitation (Universal) – 1 per day
Saves: See text
DC: 12
Casting: 1 standard action
Duration: 1 hour
Range: 10 ft.
Components: V, S
SR: No
Effect: Performs minor tricks.
Target: See text
() – per day
Saves:
DC:
Casting:
Duration:
Range:
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Target:

Bard Spells

Level 0
Detect Magic (Divination)
Saves: None DC: Casting: 1 standard action
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minutes [D] Range: 60 ft. Components: V, S
SR: No Effect: Detects spells and magic items within 60 ft. Target: Cone-shaped emanation
DESC: Detects spells and magic items within 60 ft.
Lullaby (Enchantment)
Saves: Will negates DC: 12 Casting: 1 standard action
Duration: Concentration + 1 rounds [D] Range: Medium (110 ft.) Components: V, S
SR: Yes Effect: Makes subject drowsy; -5 on Spot and Listen checks, -2 on Will saves against sleep. Target: Living creatures within a 10-ft.-radius burst
DESC: Makes subject drowsy; -5 on Spot and Listen checks, -2 on Will saves against sleep.
Mage Hand (Transmutation)
Saves: None DC: Casting: 1 standard action
Duration: Concentration Range: Close (25 ft.) Components: V, S
SR: No Effect: 5-pound telekinesis. Target: One nonmagical, unattended object weighing up to 5 lb.
DESC: 5-pound telekinesis.
Message (Transmutation)
Saves: None DC: Casting: 1 standard action
Duration: 10 minutes Range: Medium (110 ft.) Components: V, S, F
SR: No Effect: Whispered conversation at distance. Target: 1 creatures
DESC: Whispered conversation at distance.

------------------------ Description -----------------------
Height: 3' 5" Weight: 45 lbs. Gender: Male
Eyes: Violet Hair: Greenish, with golden highlights, Skin: Olive
Dominant Hand: Ambidextrous Quirks: Often speaks in half rhyme and near riddles.


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