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Bone Marshes

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We need your help! The marshes are burning, and we don't know why!

The Bone Marshes is a tabletop adventure about getting lost. It’s tailor-made for groups that enjoy exploring complex spaces and drawing maps.

Now includes the sequel: "Marsh Goons" by Joe Banner, adding another 12 pages of content!

"Easily one of the best. A 'real' adventure, and there’s not many of those out there." -  tenfootpole.org

The book contains (in brief):

  • Hexcrawl in a burning, shifting marsh
  • Underground chambers and tunnels that flood with the tides
  • Lost Alien Technology
  • Four mini-dungeons
  • Old-school rules based on Knave, compatible with any d20 system
  • 100+ random items
Sheets and Character Generator here: https://technicalgrimoire.com/bone-marshes

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Ramses V February 10, 2021 1:40 pm UTC
Where did the POD version go???
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David S February 10, 2021 3:48 pm UTC
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Unfortunately DTRPG is no longer supporting print books like Bone Marshes. I DO plan to launch a print run of better quality in the near future; follow my website for updates.

https://www.technicalgrimoire.com/
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Gaspar G December 25, 2020 9:24 pm UTC
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I just bought a physical copy of the book, but I have only one person to play with. Can this module be played one GM and one PC?? If so what needs to be tweaked, thanks a lot!
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David S December 28, 2020 8:20 pm UTC
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Hey Gaspar!

You can definitely play Bone Marshes as a duet campaign. I recommend toning down some of the enemy stats, or giving the player 2-3 NPCs to journey and fight alongside them.

I hope you both enjoy it!
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Gaspar G December 28, 2020 8:49 pm UTC
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Nice, thanks. I have a couple of questions if you don't mind.
1- How does the "adventure pack" works. I take 5 slots from my inventory and then replace one slot with one object from the "Adventure pack item" list? One at a time? Or can I pick 5 items from the list and fill the 5 slots from the "adventure pack"? When do I do this? I guess I can't take from the pack an ad-hoc item when facing a specific situation right? Like taking a pot when I need to cook something.
2- How do I deal with the Spire map (same question as Questing Beast :P) How do I climb and generally read the map given.
Is there a different channel to contact you? (If you don't mind of course).
Thanks a lot for your time and wonderful work. Take care.
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David S December 28, 2020 8:56 pm UTC
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Shoot me an email: technicalgrimoire@gmail.com

And I'll be happy to answer your questions!
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Gaspar G December 28, 2020 9:17 pm UTC
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Done, thank you.
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Nikosz P May 03, 2020 4:48 am UTC
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Regarding leveling up, Bone Marshes says "When you level up, roll a number of D8s equal to your new level and keep the highest: this is your new maximum HP. (If none of your rolls are higher than your current HP, your maximum HP increases by 1 instead.)" Do I read it correctly that in case a PCs HP is 8, then they can only increase their hp +1 per level?
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David S May 12, 2020 12:43 am UTC
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Hey Miklos,

Sorry for the confusion! You are to re-roll the number of dice EVERY level. So it might look like this:

Level 1: 8HP
Level 2: (You roll two 8-sided dice, and get a total of 6. Since that is less than current, HP gets +1) 9HP
Level 3: (You roll three 8-sided dice and get a total of 14. Your new HP is 14)
Level 4: (You roll four 8-sided dice and get a total of 12. Since that is less than current, HP gets +1) 15 HP

And so on. USUALLY you increase your HP by a decent amount, but the +1 rule is to make sure there is a minimum increase every level.
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Nikosz P May 12, 2020 7:40 am UTC
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Got it, thanks for the response, David!
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Tom C February 12, 2020 8:09 pm UTC
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I bought the PDF (and I wish I had bought the print copy). The PDF makes mention of things on the overleaf(s), and I do not have those in the PDF. Any chance I can get electronic copies of whatever is on there?
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David S February 12, 2020 9:47 pm UTC
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Hey Tom!

We updated the PDF in January of 2020, and were able to combine a lot of the handouts INTO the book.

Everything you need can be found on this page: https://technicalgrimoire.com/bone-marshes

If you have the old PDF (before 2020) then you can find all the old handouts here: https://technicalgrimoire.com/files/BoneMarshes_Handouts.pdf
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Tom C February 12, 2020 11:48 pm UTC
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Ah, OK. The version I have from DTRPG says "Autumn 2019" on the first page -- I assume that's the latest update?

And if I am reading the handouts correctly, you level up by earning enough coins equal to 300 x level, i.e., 2nd level means you have to earn 600 coins?

Thanks, Tom
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David S February 12, 2020 11:54 pm UTC
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Leveling up is described on page 16 of the "Autumn 2019 Revision" PDF.

It's one of the handouts we were able to include in the book itself.
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Tom C February 12, 2020 11:58 pm UTC
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Understood. The handout says 300 x level, as well on p.8 of the book under "Optional Upgrades," but on p. 16 it's 200 x level, just as an FYI

Man, do I love this product -- going to run it for a group of high schoolers at our gaming club (I'm an English teacher). They've played nothing but 5e, and have asked me to run something "old school" for them -- Knave and this fit the bill perfectly. Thank you!
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David S February 13, 2020 12:04 am UTC
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Thanks Tom! I'm glad you like it. Knave sounds perfect for that group!

Yeah, it was kind of a mess before, haha. You have the new version, so you don't need those old handouts at all; just the character sheet download from the website here: https://technicalgrimoire.com/bone-marshes

Eventually I'll just remove the old handouts complete, but some people still have the old PDF floating around.
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Tom C February 13, 2020 12:14 am UTC
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Thanks for your help and replies -- I assume 300 is the correct number to use?
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David S February 13, 2020 12:18 am UTC
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yup! 300xcurrent level to level up.

So to go from level 3 to level 4 it costs 900 coins
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Tom C February 13, 2020 12:19 am UTC
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Awesome... I can't wait to roleplay Old Mire and the whole syllables thing :)
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Steven Q July 10, 2019 12:18 pm UTC
Bryce Lynch has reviewed this product positively at tenfootpole.org.
https://tenfootpole.org/ironspike/?p=6116
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