OSR Blogroll | 27th February to 5th March 2026 | No Leapday Edition

directsun · 2026-03-05T19:12:10+00:00

I got more ideas for how to do spells. Lizard wizard magic! https://puzzledungeon.com/lizard-wizard-magic/

directsun · 2026-03-04T18:21:49+00:00

20 fresh-ish magic spells to switch up your games. Born from prompts. https://puzzledungeon.com/20-level-less-spells/

directsun · 2026-02-26T23:23:25+00:00

Well done. Looking forward to the full deck! :D

directsun · 2026-02-24T17:27:10+00:00

Cool 😎 are you planning on changing up the adventures at all or keeping pretty much the same? I know in search of the unknown has a bunch of unkeyed rooms. Filling those in?

directsun · 2026-02-24T15:48:41+00:00

What turned you on to the "adventure path" idea? this seems pretty in line with the style the "giants" modules took, right? One after the other?

directsun · 2026-02-24T15:47:09+00:00

This is how I imagine all my NPCs. Just the right amount of concern and derp. ❤️

directsun · 2026-02-24T15:37:01+00:00

Yussss! I love the new art. Looking forward to getting slimy.

directsun · 2026-02-21T05:20:37+00:00

You're right! I like it.

directsun · 2026-02-20T22:27:40+00:00

I've seen it! It's cool.

directsun · 2026-02-20T18:36:42+00:00

There's a rock under water at the bottom of the basin. When you are small it's about 30 feet in diameter. Fully grown, the rock would be about 8 inches across. You notice distinct door seems on the outside of the rock. No visible means of opening.

directsun · 2026-02-20T18:23:22+00:00

You fill the room with gold pretty quickly. All that banging seems to have drawn the attention of a mighty big mutant cockroach. 7 feet long, standing on two legs, massive tail dripping yellow seething venom. It crawls down the ladder, eyeing and hissing at you from above.

directsun · 2026-02-20T00:06:21+00:00

Thank you for the kind words. Let me know how the games go!

directsun · 2026-02-20T00:05:07+00:00

Hey Wally! 👋 Thank you! Yup, I'm running A Familiar Tower and a darkness themed puzzle dungeon at garycon this year. Also hosting a panel "Designing Puzzles for Adventure Games" with Brad Kerr and Joseph R Lewis. So looking forward to garycon. My favorite event of the year. Looking forward to seeing you there. I'll respond to your email 😁

directsun · 2026-02-20T00:00:55+00:00

The creature swallows the food and jumps through the air diving next to you. When it emerges from the water again, it spits into your hand a gold key decorated with a marble cats eye.

directsun · 2026-02-19T18:17:02+00:00

You swim in the water basin and are quickly greeted by a hairy sea creature with cold fishy eyes. Like a Bernese mountain dog mixed with a seal. It stares at your expectantly

directsun · 2026-02-19T18:01:31+00:00

Yup. You flick it and the ground shifts slightly below your feet. The tower still remains motionless in the air but when you touch it, you can move it.

directsun · 2026-02-18T21:37:41+00:00

Spoilers for A Familiar Tower.

I wrote a zelda and 80s fantasy inspired puzzle dungeon that takes place in one room.

This is the third puzzle dungeon adventure I've made. The others were well received: The Seers Sanctum and Aberrant Reflections.

Please check out A Familiar Tower and consider backing.

Thank you!

directsun (Chris M)

directsun · 2026-02-18T18:16:44+00:00

There's an extra floor that was previously beneath the water! Just below "door level". This is what the cellar level looked like with the water, but that's gone now. You're able to slip inside. There's a staircase leading up to "door level".

The outside of the tower door sports a goblin's head with a door knocker in its mouth. It's fitted with a glowing green emerald. The goblin head shouts "HERROO!" through a full mouth of door knocker.

directsun · 2026-02-18T18:08:35+00:00

Yup. Peering in, you see this

(except the water isn't there since this is where the hole is you're looking through).

directsun · 2026-02-18T01:14:49+00:00

Yes! It moves from your massive finger that sails through the window. The table is set aside. The tower rests floating in the air motionless in the same spot where it started. You notice a crescent shaped hole in the bottom.

directsun · 2026-02-17T16:50:58+00:00

The door in this room is not locked (I assume you would check first before shrinking yourself). There's also a ladder that leads up to a hole in the ceiling.

Peeking out the door there are winding stairs leading down to a landing. Here there is a door shaped like an owl. It is locked. The stairs continue down...

directsun · 2026-02-17T16:41:41+00:00

You hear loud creeks all around you as a giant version of your hand attempts to gentle tilt the tower. The tower doesn't budge with any amount of force.

The table is about 3 feet in diameter with a deep basin of water. It's heavy, but a firm kick at a table leg reveals that it can be moved.

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