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  <entry>
    <title type="html">
      <![CDATA[A Random Attack Hack]]>
    </title>
    <id>https://hexed.press/posts/a-random-attack-hack</id>
    <link href="https://hexed.press/posts/a-random-attack-hack"></link>
    <updated>2024-11-15T15:00:21.000Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">
      <![CDATA[It happens. Enemies appear out of the mist, initiatives are rolled and then... there's a pause. The referee needs to...]]>
    </summary>
    <author>
      <name>Todd Terwilliger</name>
    </author>
    <published>2024-06-11T20:41:00.000Z</published>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html">
      <![CDATA[Simplify Light Tracking with Candlepower]]>
    </title>
    <id>https://hexed.press/posts/candlepower</id>
    <link href="https://hexed.press/posts/candlepower"></link>
    <updated>2024-06-11T20:42:05.000Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">
      <![CDATA[Tracking light during a dungeoncrawl is important, at least in the old school or OSR method of play, because it...]]>
    </summary>
    <author>
      <name>Todd Terwilliger</name>
    </author>
    <published>2024-05-28T16:22:09.000Z</published>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html">
      <![CDATA[Prestige Classes for Basic Fantasy Roleplaying Games]]>
    </title>
    <id>https://hexed.press/posts/prestige-classes-for-basic-fantasy-roleplaying-games</id>
    <link href="https://hexed.press/posts/prestige-classes-for-basic-fantasy-roleplaying-games"></link>
    <updated>2024-05-03T15:03:08.000Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">
      <![CDATA[Introduction

Prestige Classes were introduced in the third edition of Dungeons & Dragons as a new form of...]]>
    </summary>
    <author>
      <name>Todd Terwilliger</name>
    </author>
    <published>2024-05-02T16:52:18.000Z</published>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html">
      <![CDATA[Two Axis Reactions]]>
    </title>
    <id>https://hexed.press/posts/two-axis-reactions</id>
    <link href="https://hexed.press/posts/two-axis-reactions"></link>
    <updated>2024-06-11T20:42:17.000Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">
      <![CDATA[I am a big fan of Reaction rolls in my tabletop roleplaying games. As a referee, I lean on them often to establish...]]>
    </summary>
    <author>
      <name>Todd Terwilliger</name>
    </author>
    <published>2024-04-06T15:08:30.000Z</published>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html">
      <![CDATA[What's in a Name?]]>
    </title>
    <id>https://hexed.press/posts/whats-in-a-name</id>
    <link href="https://hexed.press/posts/whats-in-a-name"></link>
    <updated>2024-04-06T15:09:54.000Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">
      <![CDATA[Over the past couple of weeks, I've been working on a submission to the Fill in the Hexes jam. I am now at the stage...]]>
    </summary>
    <author>
      <name>Todd Terwilliger</name>
    </author>
    <published>2024-03-15T16:49:41.000Z</published>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html">
      <![CDATA[Wilderness Adventuring Simplified]]>
    </title>
    <id>https://hexed.press/posts/wilderness-adventuring-simplified</id>
    <link href="https://hexed.press/posts/wilderness-adventuring-simplified"></link>
    <updated>2024-05-16T19:35:25.000Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">
      <![CDATA[From a game management standpoint, running a wilderness adventure does not differ much from running a dungeoncrawl...]]>
    </summary>
    <author>
      <name>Todd Terwilliger</name>
    </author>
    <published>2024-02-26T22:26:11.000Z</published>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html">
      <![CDATA[Wrapping Up the Week, February 23, 2024]]>
    </title>
    <id>https://hexed.press/posts/wrapping-up-the-week-of-february-23-2024</id>
    <link href="https://hexed.press/posts/wrapping-up-the-week-of-february-23-2024"></link>
    <updated>2024-02-23T21:42:54.000Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">
      <![CDATA[Let’s finish up the week strong with some final thoughts and feedback on Tannic and Tales of the Wolfguard! I also...]]>
    </summary>
    <author>
      <name>Todd Terwilliger</name>
    </author>
    <published>2024-02-23T21:42:40.000Z</published>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html">
      <![CDATA[Live Out Stories from the Blizzard Vale with Tales of the Wolfguard!]]>
    </title>
    <id>https://hexed.press/posts/live-out-stories-from-the-blizzard-vale-with-tales-of-the-wolfguard</id>
    <link href="https://hexed.press/posts/live-out-stories-from-the-blizzard-vale-with-tales-of-the-wolfguard"></link>
    <updated>2024-04-06T15:10:43.000Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">
      <![CDATA[Adventure from the author of Falkrest Abbey!

LET’S TELL THE TALES OF THE WOLFGUARD!

Blizzard Vale is the...]]>
    </summary>
    <author>
      <name>Todd Terwilliger</name>
    </author>
    <published>2024-02-22T20:59:28.000Z</published>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html">
      <![CDATA[Is Bob World Builder's New Fantasy Campaign Book Worth Your Hard-Earned Silver?]]>
    </title>
    <id>https://hexed.press/posts/is-bob-world-builders-new-fantasy-campaign-book-worth-your-hard-earned-silver</id>
    <link href="https://hexed.press/posts/is-bob-world-builders-new-fantasy-campaign-book-worth-your-hard-earned-silver"></link>
    <updated>2024-04-06T15:10:45.000Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">
      <![CDATA[Show Notes:

Buy “The Fantasy Campaign Quick-Builder” at DTRPG.

Discuss it on the forums:

]]>
    </summary>
    <author>
      <name>Todd Terwilliger</name>
    </author>
    <published>2024-02-21T15:00:00.000Z</published>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html">
      <![CDATA[Tannic!]]>
    </title>
    <id>https://hexed.press/posts/tannic</id>
    <link href="https://hexed.press/posts/tannic"></link>
    <updated>2024-02-23T21:51:39.000Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">
      <![CDATA[I was lucky enough to meet Amanda P. at this past PAX Unplugged and she was kind enough to leave me with a copy of...]]>
    </summary>
    <author>
      <name>Todd Terwilliger</name>
    </author>
    <published>2024-02-20T15:00:00.000Z</published>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html">
      <![CDATA[Dungeon Defenses from the Perspective of their Inhabitants]]>
    </title>
    <id>https://hexed.press/posts/dungeon-defenses-from-the-perspective-of-their-inhabitants</id>
    <link href="https://hexed.press/posts/dungeon-defenses-from-the-perspective-of-their-inhabitants"></link>
    <updated>2024-04-06T15:09:56.000Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">
      <![CDATA[As usual, streaming about work crystalizes some ideas and generates other ones. In this case, I was inspired to think...]]>
    </summary>
    <author>
      <name>Todd Terwilliger</name>
    </author>
    <published>2024-02-15T16:14:27.000Z</published>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html">
      <![CDATA[Coffee Break at Clericon: Game Reflections and Delicious Coffee]]>
    </title>
    <id>https://hexed.press/posts/coffee-break-at-claricon-game-reflections-and-delicious-coffee</id>
    <link href="https://hexed.press/posts/coffee-break-at-claricon-game-reflections-and-delicious-coffee"></link>
    <updated>2024-02-22T15:19:02.000Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">
      <![CDATA[Introduction

Clericon brings together tabletop roleplaying gamers through various gaming sessions, where individuals...]]>
    </summary>
    <author>
      <name>Todd Terwilliger</name>
    </author>
    <published>2023-11-07T17:44:27.000Z</published>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html">
      <![CDATA[On the borderlands between the mundane and fantastic]]>
    </title>
    <id>https://hexed.press/posts/on-the-borderlands-between-the-mundane-and-fantastic</id>
    <link href="https://hexed.press/posts/on-the-borderlands-between-the-mundane-and-fantastic"></link>
    <updated>2023-11-07T17:44:45.000Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">
      <![CDATA[If you've been in this hobby for any amount of time, you've probably heard something about borderlands, most likely...]]>
    </summary>
    <author>
      <name>Todd Terwilliger</name>
    </author>
    <published>2023-08-01T16:54:53.000Z</published>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html">
      <![CDATA[Kavlov&#039;s Sanctuary Live Play!]]>
    </title>
    <id>https://hexed.press/posts/kavlov-s-sanctuary-live-play</id>
    <link href="https://hexed.press/posts/kavlov-s-sanctuary-live-play"></link>
    <updated>2024-02-22T15:19:04.000Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">
      <![CDATA[A fun time was had by all! If you're interested in some of the processes that went on behind the screen, I also...]]>
    </summary>
    <author>
      <name>Todd Terwilliger</name>
    </author>
    <published>2023-08-01T14:54:25.000Z</published>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html">
      <![CDATA[Deliverables for XP]]>
    </title>
    <id>https://hexed.press/posts/deliverables-for-xp</id>
    <link href="https://hexed.press/posts/deliverables-for-xp"></link>
    <updated>2023-08-01T16:55:13.000Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">
      <![CDATA[Loot, what is it good for?

Treasure, even in its most basic form as coinage, isn’t an end in itself (unless you’re a...]]>
    </summary>
    <author>
      <name>Todd Terwilliger</name>
    </author>
    <published>2023-07-23T17:24:13.000Z</published>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html">
      <![CDATA[Do Anything D6 Hexpert rules draft posted for patrons]]>
    </title>
    <id>https://hexed.press/posts/dad6-hexpert-first-draft-patreon</id>
    <link href="https://hexed.press/posts/dad6-hexpert-first-draft-patreon"></link>
    <updated>2023-07-17T01:55:40.000Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">
      <![CDATA[As I promised on stream a couple of days ago, I’ve posted the latest draft of my Do Anything D6 Hexpert rules to...]]>
    </summary>
    <author>
      <name>Todd Terwilliger</name>
    </author>
    <published>2023-07-17T01:55:30.000Z</published>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html">
      <![CDATA[Coming to Kickstarter in August: OSE Conversion of Kavlov’s Sanctuary from The Dungeon Key and Me!]]>
    </title>
    <id>https://hexed.press/posts/kavlovs-sanctuary-ose-kickstarter-announcement</id>
    <link href="https://hexed.press/posts/kavlovs-sanctuary-ose-kickstarter-announcement"></link>
    <updated>2023-07-15T14:35:04.000Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">
      <![CDATA[As The Dungeon Key announced this morning, I am working with them to convert their Mork Borg adventure, Kavlov’s...]]>
    </summary>
    <author>
      <name>Todd Terwilliger</name>
    </author>
    <published>2023-07-15T14:07:36.000Z</published>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html">
      <![CDATA[The Dolmenwood game preview book is out… and I read it on stream!]]>
    </title>
    <id>https://hexed.press/posts/dolmenwood-preview-stream</id>
    <link href="https://hexed.press/posts/dolmenwood-preview-stream"></link>
    <updated>2023-07-15T14:07:52.000Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">
      <![CDATA[It's a very interesting product. Personally, I'm much more interested in the setting than the mechanics but, with the...]]>
    </summary>
    <author>
      <name>Todd Terwilliger</name>
    </author>
    <published>2023-07-13T22:54:18.000Z</published>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html">
      <![CDATA[Thieves catch a break on the Isle of Dread]]>
    </title>
    <id>https://hexed.press/posts/thieves-catch-a-break-on-the-isle-of-dread</id>
    <link href="https://hexed.press/posts/thieves-catch-a-break-on-the-isle-of-dread"></link>
    <updated>2023-07-14T14:28:33.000Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">
      <![CDATA[Thief skills in old-school D&D have always suffered because no clear guidelines were ever established as to how to...]]>
    </summary>
    <author>
      <name>Todd Terwilliger</name>
    </author>
    <published>2023-07-12T17:36:09.000Z</published>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html">
      <![CDATA[Dragonbane Solo: The Claustrophobic Crawlspace and the Cramped Chamber]]>
    </title>
    <id>https://hexed.press/posts/dragonbane-cramped-chamber</id>
    <link href="https://hexed.press/posts/dragonbane-cramped-chamber"></link>
    <updated>2023-05-12T02:46:42.000Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">
      <![CDATA[Summary

We began where we left off, in the Claustrophobic Chamber, confronted by the dreadful altar and an enigmatic...]]>
    </summary>
    <author>
      <name>Todd Terwilliger</name>
    </author>
    <published>2023-05-10T18:00:00.000Z</published>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html">
      <![CDATA[Toolkit Tuesday | Magic Item: The Left Hand Key]]>
    </title>
    <id>https://hexed.press/posts/toolkit-tuesday-left-hand-key-magic-item</id>
    <link href="https://hexed.press/posts/toolkit-tuesday-left-hand-key-magic-item"></link>
    <updated>2023-05-10T15:54:01.000Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">
      <![CDATA[The Left Hand Key

Origins and Backstory

The Left Hand Key was originally created by a High Cleric of a Cult of...]]>
    </summary>
    <author>
      <name>Todd Terwilliger</name>
    </author>
    <published>2023-05-09T19:00:00.000Z</published>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html">
      <![CDATA[Hexcrawling 101 AMA, Episode 13: Secrets and Clues -- Mechanics for Finding Hidden Locations in Your Game]]>
    </title>
    <id>https://hexed.press/posts/hexcrawling-101-episode-13</id>
    <link href="https://hexed.press/posts/hexcrawling-101-episode-13"></link>
    <updated>2023-05-10T21:59:36.000Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">
      <![CDATA[Topics

Landmarks, Clues, and Secrets

We discuss finding hidden things using landmarks and clues, and suggest that...]]>
    </summary>
    <author>
      <name>Todd Terwilliger</name>
    </author>
    <published>2023-05-09T02:00:00.000Z</published>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html">
      <![CDATA[Feedback Friday: Magic Items, Stronghold Alternatives, Hex Discoveries]]>
    </title>
    <id>https://hexed.press/posts/feedback-friday-2023-05-05</id>
    <link href="https://hexed.press/posts/feedback-friday-2023-05-05"></link>
    <updated>2023-05-10T15:55:31.000Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">
      <![CDATA[In this episode, we explore the search for strongholds and dynamic encounters in tabletop RPGs. We examine various...]]>
    </summary>
    <author>
      <name>Todd Terwilliger</name>
    </author>
    <published>2023-05-05T19:00:00.000Z</published>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html">
      <![CDATA[May the Fourth be with You! D6 Star Wars from West End Games]]>
    </title>
    <id>https://hexed.press/posts/read-along-d6-starwars</id>
    <link href="https://hexed.press/posts/read-along-d6-starwars"></link>
    <updated>2023-05-12T19:14:50.000Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">
      <![CDATA[Transcript

Note

All right, welcome, everybody. Happy May 4, may the fourth be with you. Star Wars Day. Haven't done...]]>
    </summary>
    <author>
      <name>Todd Terwilliger</name>
    </author>
    <published>2023-05-04T19:00:00.000Z</published>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html">
      <![CDATA[Dragonbane Solo: The Stone Maw and the Claustrophobic Crawlspace]]>
    </title>
    <id>https://hexed.press/posts/episode-5-stone-maw</id>
    <link href="https://hexed.press/posts/episode-5-stone-maw"></link>
    <updated>2023-05-17T20:56:48.000Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">
      <![CDATA[Full Transcript

Note: This is an unedited AI-powered transcription so it will be full of errors and...]]>
    </summary>
    <author>
      <name>Todd Terwilliger</name>
    </author>
    <published>2023-05-03T19:00:00.000Z</published>
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