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The Agharan are imposing reptilian humanoids, typically standing between 6 and 8 feet tall. Remarkably adaptable, they can thrive in various climates, from temperate zones to extreme environments. These peaceful beings prioritize harmony with nature, relying on their strength and dexterity to navigate their surroundings. While they prefer the tranquility of murky waters, they will defend themselves if threatened. Their diet consists primarily of small aquatic creatures, and they generally avoid interactions with other species to minimize their ecological impact.
Each issue of Creature Ecologies covers a different creature for use in the Morgalad Fantasy RPG with pictures, educational information, and behavioral facts.
Creature Ecologies Agharan
Publisher : McNabb Games
The Agharan are imposing reptilian humanoids, typically standing between 6 and 8 feet tall. Remarkably adaptable, they can thrive in various climates, from temperate zones to extreme environments. These peaceful beings prioritize harmony with nature, relying on their strength and dexterity to navigate their surroundings. While they prefer the tranquility of murky waters, they will defend themselves if threatened. Their diet consists primarily of small aquatic creatures, and they generally avoid interactions with other species to minimize their ecological impact.
Each issue of Creature Ecologies covers a different creature for use in the Morgalad Fantasy RPG with pictures, educational information, and behavioral facts.
The Song of the Swamp Witch Roll20 VTT Adventure Module
Publisher : McNabb Games
After the grey scourge ravaged the area rumors of a small village still suffering from the affliction have made their way to town. The adventurers embark to find this village located deep inside the Black Water swamp and try to alleviate their affliction. Upon arrival they are surrounded by a tribe of barbarians who bring them before the master of the town. A self proclaimed holy man who blames their ailments on the magic of a wicked swamp witch .
Compatible with 4D6 Morgalad, Dungeons and Dragon 5E, and Pathfinder. In this adventure, the players have to navigate a dangerous wilderness area with even more dangerous inhabitants. The perils of charismatic religious leaders and the harmful impacts that blindly following traditions can cause on the world around us will have to be overcome in order for the peoples of this land to be able to free themselves from willful ignorance and begin the necessary work to one day bring about true freedom and prosperity.
The Song of the Swamp Witch! is meant to be played by a party with an average level of 1-3.
This adventure is built using the Morgalad Fantasy RPG Core Book.
Are you looking to dive into the world of tabletop role-playing games (TTRPGs)? The landscape of fantasy RPGs can seem vast and complex, but some systems aim to offer a more accessible entry point. One such system is Morgalad, which positions itself as a basic fantasy RPG built around a unique 4d6 dice mechanic.
What is Morgalad Fantasy RPG?
Morgalad is a 4D6 based fantasy RPG set in the Late Iron Age. It functions as a TTRPG, where players control highly detailed characters, unlike war games where players might control factions with basic statistics. The game emphasizes imagination and collaborative storytelling between the Host (Storyteller and Referee) and the Players (Adventurers and Explorers).
Why Might Morgalad Be Considered a “Basic” Fantasy RPG?
Morgalad is presented as offering a blend of an “old school style crunchy system” while maintaining a heavy emphasis on role-playing. The goal is to provide a unique blend of easy to learn rules and endless creativity. This suggests that while there are detailed mechanics, the core system is designed to be approachable for newcomers or those who prefer less complexity upfront.
A key aspect of its accessibility is the flexibility given to the Host. The rules can be applied or disregarded to promote a great storyline rather than getting bogged down in arguments. Hosts are encouraged to make decisions and move on if unsure of a rule, rather than breaking immersion to look it up. This focus on the narrative and fun over strict adherence to every rule contributes to a more fluid and potentially easier-to-start experience.
Understanding the 4d6 System
At the core of the Morgalad RPG is the 4d6 system. This is a dice pool mechanic used for challenges. When facing a challenge, characters roll 4d6 and add any relevant bonuses against a given Difficulty Rating (DR). If a learned ability applies, the roll is made against the DR. If no learned ability applies, a +5 is added to the DR, and corresponding attributes are rolled. The game also utilizes the 4d6 system for determining hostility order in standard combat. This core mechanic is central to resolving actions in the game world. Players can upgrade and customize their dice pool using character points gained through leveling up.
The Fantasy RPG Experience in Morgalad
As a fantasy RPG, Morgalad includes many familiar elements. Players create characters by determining attributes, choosing a species and profession, and fleshing out their backstory. Attributes such as Power, Finesse, Essence, Knowledge, Consciousness, and Allure define a character’s physical, mental, and spiritual capacities. Species provide base Health, Energy, and Defense, along with potential attribute bonuses and advantages or disadvantages. Professions grant access to specific abilities, spells (for Magi), and skills.
Adventuring is a primary part of Morgalad, encompassing activities beyond combat like sneaking, searching for treasure, disabling devices, and communicating with NPCs. Combat can be resolved using a Standard Combat System or a Quick Combat System, depending on the desired level of detail and pace. Magick exists as a universal cosmic force that can be harnessed by educated characters, requiring energy to cast spells. The game also includes optional mechanics such as critical successes and fumbles, and consequences like insanity triggered by traumatic events or attribute damage.
Hosts are provided tools for generating elements like NPCs, locations, quests, traps, and treasure, aiding in creating custom adventures. There are also guidelines for planned interactions (Plot Points, If/Then) and random interactions. The game includes information on specific creatures like Adlets, Alphyns, and Kobolds, detailing their ecology, physical characteristics, social behavior, and combat statistics.
Getting Started with Morgalad
For those interested in trying Morgalad, the Starterbook is available for free download. This book contains essential information, including pregenerated characters, a starter adventure (like “The Cult of Bashrokul”), dungeons, creatures, and everything needed to begin playing.
The Morgalad community can be found on platforms like Discord, which is highlighted as the first place to connect with other players, organize games, and master the system. The community is also a place for contributing content and polishing work for potential publication.
Conclusion
So, is Morgalad the right basic fantasy RPG for you? If you’re looking for a TTRPG that features a distinctive 4d6 system, a strong emphasis on role-playing and narrative flexibility, and offers a free entry point with its Starterbook, Morgalad might be worth exploring. It aims to be accessible while still providing depth and detail for character creation and world interaction, fitting the description of an easy-to-learnbasic fantasy game.
Welcome back to the world of Morgalad! In this post, we’re diving deeper into what makes your characters unique and capable: their ability scores. Understanding these scores is fundamental to navigating challenges and shaping your character’s journey in this exciting tabletop role-playing game.
In Morgalad 4D6, your character’s capabilities are defined by two main categories: Attributes and Base Abilities.
The Six Natural Attributes: Your Character’s Core
Every character in Morgalad possesses six natural attributes, representing their inherent physical, mental, and spiritual capacities. These attributes are assigned a numeric value ranging from -3 to +3 during character creation. You determine these scores by rolling 1d6 for each attribute, and then consulting a table to find the corresponding attribute score. Here’s a breakdown of each attribute:
Power: This reflects your character’s brute force and strength. A high Power score will influence your carrying capacity and damage output.
Finesse: This encompasses your character’s malleability, dexterity, and ability to adapt under pressure. Finesse contributes to your defense and attack bonuses, as well as your Reflex and Stealth scores.
Essence: This measures your character’s internal fortitude and constitution. A strong Essence score bolsters your Fortitude.
Knowledge: This represents your character’s intellect and inherent problem-solving skills. Knowledge influences your Search, Listen, and Spot scores.
Consciousness: This reflects your character’s spiritual awareness and potential wisdom. Consciousness affects your Will bonus.
Allure: This encompasses your character’s natural leadership abilities, charismatic representation, diplomatic potential, and physical beauty. Allure directly influences your Diplomacy bonus.
The Base 8 Abilities: Fundamental Skills
Alongside the six natural attributes, every character starts with eight standard abilities, known as the Base 8. These represent fundamental skills that most individuals possess to some degree:
Will: Your character’s mental strength.
Reflex: Your character’s reactionary instincts.
Fortitude: Your character’s internal constitution.
Diplomacy: Your character’s mannerisms and social skills.
Search: Your character’s perspective reasoning skills when surveying a specific target.
Spot: Your character’s perspective reasoning skills while at rest.
Listen: Your character’s auditory skills.
Stealth: Your character’s ability to move silently and unseen.
Ability Scores in Action: Facing Challenges
When your character attempts an action that has a chance of failure, you’ll likely face a challenge. Morgalad features two main types of challenges: attribute challenges and ability challenges.
For a challenge, you typically roll 4d6 and add any relevant bonuses. This total is then compared against a Difficulty Rating (DR). Difficulty Ratings can be a specific number or fall into categories like Easy (10), Standard (13), or Hard (15), and these difficulties increase as characters gain levels.
Ability Challenges: If a learned ability (either a Base 8 ability or a professional ability gained through your chosen profession) is applicable to the action, you roll your 4d6 plus any relevant bonuses directly against the DR.
Attribute Challenges: If no learned ability applies, you roll your 4d6 plus any relevant bonuses against the corresponding attribute, and a +5 penalty is added to the DR. The Attribute Ability Table outlines which abilities correspond to which attributes. For example, if you try to swim and don’t have the Swimming ability, you would roll against your Power attribute with a +5 penalty to the DR. Similarly, if you attempt to use diplomatic skills without the Diplomacy ability, you would roll against your Allure attribute with a +5 penalty.
Understanding your character’s attributes and base abilities is crucial for determining how you’ll approach different situations in Morgalad. Will your strong Power help you overcome a physical obstacle? Will your high Knowledge aid you in deciphering an ancient text? Will your Allure allow you to persuade a stubborn guard?
As your character adventures and gains experience, they can even improve their abilities and attributes using Character Points (CP). This allows for further customization and specialization, making each character’s ability scores a dynamic reflection of their experiences.
So, when you create your Morgalad character, pay close attention to those ability scores! They are the foundation of your character’s strengths and weaknesses, and they will shape the stories you tell together. Download the free Morgalad Fantasy RPG Starterbook and begin your adventure today! Don’t forget to join our Discord Server to connect with other players and learn even more.
In the world of basic fantasy RPGs, the creatures that populate your world can make or break the immersion and challenge for your players. One such creature, perfect for a basic fantasy setting, is the Alphyn. This article delves into the Alphyn, providing you with everything you need to know to incorporate this monster into your campaigns effectively.
What is a Basic Fantasy RPG?
Before diving into the details of the Alphyn, it’s important to define what we mean by “basic fantasy RPG“. A basic fantasy RPG typically focuses on straightforward gameplay, classic fantasy elements, and accessibility for new players. These games often emphasize adventure, combat, and character progression without overwhelming complexity.
Alphyn Origins: Created by the Magi, Halyphan
The Alphyn’s origin story is steeped in magic. According to the Morgalad Fantasy RPG, the Alphyn was created by the magi, Halyphan, as companions and guardians. This magical origin immediately ties the Alphyn to traditional themes of created beings and powerful wizards.
Physical Traits of an Alphyn
Tiger-like appearance: The Alphyn has a tiger-like appearance with a powerful build and sharp claws.
Cunning nature: They are known for their intelligence and cunning, making them formidable foes.
These features make the Alphyn a visually striking and memorable monster for your basic fantasy RPG.
Treasure-Hoarding Behavior
Alphyns are known for their love of treasure, especially shiny objects. They collect and hoard these items, often creating elaborate lairs filled with their prized possessions. This behavior can be used to create interesting quest hooks and challenges for players, as they may need to retrieve stolen items or navigate a trap-filled lair. The Alphyn values “shinies,” which can be incorporated into “basic fantasy rpg” adventures as quest hooks or challenges.
Love of Riddles
Adding to their unique character, Alphyns enjoy riddles and intellectual challenges. This trait can be incorporated into encounters with Alphyns, where players must solve riddles to gain passage or valuable information.
Alphyn Stats in Morgalad Fantasy RPG
According to the Morgalad Fantasy RPG, the Alphyn has the following statistics:
(The sources provided do not include stats for the Alphyn. If these become available I can revise this article).
How to Incorporate Alphyns into Your Basic Fantasy RPG Campaign
Treasure Hunts: Players could be hired to retrieve a valuable artifact stolen by an Alphyn.
Guardian Quests: The party might be tasked with proving their worth to an Alphyn in order to gain its assistance or protection.
Riddle Encounters: Players could encounter an Alphyn guarding a passage or treasure, requiring them to solve riddles to proceed.
Conclusion
The Alphyn is a versatile and compelling monster that fits seamlessly into any basic fantasy RPG setting. Its unique origin, cunning intellect, and love of treasure make it a memorable foe for players of all levels. By understanding its lore and behavior, you can craft engaging encounters and storylines that will enrich your basic fantasy campaigns.
Todays 4D6 Drop Is: Morgalad Fantasy Starter Adventure On Roll20 The adventure from the Morgalad 4d6 Starter Book is now available to play on the greatest Virtual Table Top platform Roll20.
You can unlock it by purchasing it on the Roll20 site or by purchasing the new Revised Core Rulebook.
Explore a Realm of Might and Magic
The Morgalad Starter Book is your first tome, crafted to help guide you on the first steps of your journey into the unique and limitless world known as Terramydia. A quest begins at the small harbor town known as Losloth Port. Enter the realm as a brave warrior, a mystical magi, a wise priest, or a cunning rogue. Here you’ll find one book to encompass everything; Player’s Guide, Host’s Guide, and Creature Compendium, all within one cover. Everything you need to journey the limitless halls of adventure lies within. The only limitation is your own imagination.
The Morgalad Fantasy Role-Playing Game Starter Box include:
Characters : 8 Pregenerated Characters ready to play.
Basic Rules : The basic rules to introduce you to Morgalad.
Adventures : An Exciting starter adventure.
Morgalad is a tabletop role playing game set in a pre-medieval era in a world of high fantasy. Morgalad offers an alternative approach to the fantasy setting. With a new unique combat and magick system, Morgalad offers the old school high fantasy charm with a more narrative flair.
As the creator of the best selling tabletop RPG morgalad fantasy as well as a handful of other bestselling RPG supplements adventures and accessories John McNabb has spent the past decade working in the board game industry in one way shape or form John McNabb also owns Mcnabb Games LLC which is a Brick and Mortar game store that includes an indie Publishing House.
Tools of the Trade
Seize and Own the Means of Creation
Begin your publishing journey by making sure you have the longevity to create for years to come.
Operating Systems: Ubuntu LTS or Win 10
Publishing software: Affinity / Libre Office
Image and Photo editing: Gimp and/or Photopea.com
3D Print File Creation: Inkscape and BlenderBuild
Brand Identity
Logos: Come up with a logo or brand identifier to help customers identify your works.
Color Palette: Come up with a color palette for your brand or logo that has no more than 4 colors.
Typography: Select what fonts will be used in your products and for what purposes.
Find your voice: Come up with a mission statement of sorts that will dictate the voice of your brand it will help guide interactions with customers and help maintain consistency between products.
Create Templates for Each Product Type
Modules
Supplements
Comic books
Campaigns
Novels
Collaborative Tools
Create a Multi-User Synchronized Workflow
Scheduling Releases: Use Google Calendar to schedule out releases up to a year in advance.
Sprint Planning: Use Trello to Create a Sprint Board
Automations: Use Zapier to create items in Trello Sprint Board when new events are created in Google Calendar.
Agile File Development:Use Google Drive to synch encrypted files only.
Legal Protections
Purchasing ISBNs: Bowker.com
Trademarks and Copyrights: USCopyright Office
Taxes and Licensure
Contact your secretary of state and city and county to research local, state, and federal occupational licenses, taxes, and requirements for online only business.
Creating Adventures: Adventure Types
The three basic types of quests are: Discover, Defeat & Fetch
Discovery Quest – The players solve a mystery through communication and gathering clues, or Discover knowledge or Lore that can only be learned through a journey or series of encounters.
Defeat Quests – The players must go kill something, or possibly defeat obstacles impeding on the completion of some archaic ritual or activating a magickal artifact.
Fetch Quests – Include obtaining a missing item, Escorting an NPC safely, or Delivery of an Object somewhere safe.
Creating Adventures: Encounters
1) Skill Encounters: Give players a chance to use non combat skills to progress.
2) Pure Combats: Use players Difficulty/Challenge Ratings to craft balanced combat encounters.
3) Magical Challenges: Allow magic users some spotlight
4) Divine Challenge: Allow healers some spotlight
5) Puzzle or Trap: Include a brainteaser or two
6) Roleplaying Encounters: Use this to impart additional information about the quest
7) Easy Encounter: Mass combat or cake walk encounters against significantly weaker foes. Burn through consumables and make the players feel a sense of pride
8) Safezone: Allow players a safe protected area to rest and recover some much needed resources.
9) Improbable Combat: An encounter that is highly unlikely to survive, isolated players would stumble inadvertently into this area. Encounter should be 2-3 Difficulty Ratings above recommended, while possible to be resolved it adds a real threat of a Total Party Wipe-out.
10) BBEG Finale: The resolution against the BBEG where the players finally complete the task at hand.Include at least 1 of each encounter type.
For skill encounters allow a way for players to fail forward should they lack the skills. Failing forward allows the to progress the story without unlocking any benefits the skill challenge would reveal.
Expand Your Knowledge
Play Games: Learn what makes a game fun and what you like in a tabletop game by playing many different systems
Game Jams: Participate in Game Jams like PocketQuest to spur creativity and learn from fellow creators
Develop Multiple Skill Sets: Creating content in this industry is a good supplement but to keep from loosing the joy of creation make sure you have other skillsets that would help you maintain revenue while building your portfolioMarketing & Promotions
Learn your marketplaces
Itch.io: Learn how to analyze your analytic data and begin building a direct client list.
DrivethruRPG / CCPs / OBS: Browse all the integrated sites that are part of the OBS brand family. This will help you learn what type of content is in high demand and popular at a given time by review the home page of each site.
VTTs- Not everyone has a Local Game Store LGS, so learn how to get your content onto Virtual Tabletop Platforms to increase exposure in growing markets.
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