The Bogeywoman's Cave

Though the concept of a frog is based in fact, the spiritual definition of frogginess is not. There is something about frogs that is more than just simple biology, there is a sort of feeling about them. Abstract Frogs are almost that, the spiritual echo of a frog. Being near the abstract frog makes you hear the sounds of the bog, and smell the wet mud and dirty water associated with such areas. The Abstract Frog looks like this: (edited photo of a frog photographed by Tanto Yensen) Frogs come in all shapes and sizes, and as a result of this, their echo does not conform to one singular size or body shape. It can be the size of a thumbnail one instant, and as large as a human the next (giant frogs are still frogs after all). Aside from their shape-changing ability, Abstract Frogs attack much in the same way as giant frogs, having the same combat statistics, but there is something so froggy about Abstract Frogs that anyone who is attacked by these beasts can't help but beco...

I'm a lazy bastard and I don't have the attention span to run complicated games. So I tend to muck about with house rules and whatnot but the difficulty is I keep making things complicated, I've burnt through like 3 systems that I've written over the past couple years because I keep tacking on stuff to them. I've tried my best not to make these rules complicated. Below is a very simple 1 page ruleset. I have another document that contains more details but this is basically something I could hand out to my players to teach them how to play. My major inspirations for this are Into The Odd, Maze Rats, and the Black Hack. I'll try to post more about the setting I'm using for this system later, along with monsters, magic (both rituals and magic items), and how to convert from stuff like Labyrinth Lord or LOTFP. Rules Summary Making a Character Write down the following stats, each with a value of zero: STRength (add to damage rolls) DEXterity (ad...