Fedmar
@behindthehelm.bsky.social
(Two posts in a day? What is this?) Well, if you like X-in-6 but you also like classes, here's some fun for you.
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behindthehelm.bearblog.dev/classes-for-...
Classes for X-in-6
So! After... a bit of radio silence, I released the game I've been working on, called X-in-6. Find it . It's classless, but if you want to use classes with i...
behindthehelm.bearblog.dev
September 4, 2025 at 8:05 PM
(Two posts in a day? What is this?) Well, if you like X-in-6 but you also like classes, here's some fun for you.
behindthehelm.bearblog.dev/classes-for-...
behindthehelm.bearblog.dev/classes-for-...
Where have I been all this time? Mostly doing nothing, but I also made a game. Check it out, it's PWYW on Itch.
fedmar.itch.io/x-in-6
fedmar.itch.io/x-in-6
X-IN-6 by Fedmar
a rules-light dungeon crawler
fedmar.itch.io
September 4, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Where have I been all this time? Mostly doing nothing, but I also made a game. Check it out, it's PWYW on Itch.
fedmar.itch.io/x-in-6
fedmar.itch.io/x-in-6
"Here's a secret, young adventurer. No cave you delve into, no volcano that erupts, no monsters that lashes at you from the bowels of the stone is "natural". It's the dwarves, it's always been the dwarves."
behindthehelm.bearblog.dev/dwarf-ecology/
behindthehelm.bearblog.dev/dwarf-ecology/
Dwarf Ecology
The first-generation dwarves are born programmed with one, simple goal: with blinding speed they dig upwards in all directions, spreading like ants search...
behindthehelm.bearblog.dev
July 16, 2025 at 10:51 AM
"Here's a secret, young adventurer. No cave you delve into, no volcano that erupts, no monsters that lashes at you from the bowels of the stone is "natural". It's the dwarves, it's always been the dwarves."
behindthehelm.bearblog.dev/dwarf-ecology/
behindthehelm.bearblog.dev/dwarf-ecology/
(old timey sales pitch voice) "Are you tired of having to continuously make dungeon rooms just to fill out space between the players and the treasure? Do you want your dungeon prep to last more than just the first encounter? Well fret no more!"
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behindthehelm.bearblog.dev/dungeon-repl...
Dungeon Replayability
A common way of playing long-term dungeon adventures takes the same format of the West Marches campaign: go down an entrance at the start of the session, do ...
behindthehelm.bearblog.dev
May 19, 2025 at 5:38 AM
(old timey sales pitch voice) "Are you tired of having to continuously make dungeon rooms just to fill out space between the players and the treasure? Do you want your dungeon prep to last more than just the first encounter? Well fret no more!"
behindthehelm.bearblog.dev/dungeon-repl...
behindthehelm.bearblog.dev/dungeon-repl...
Published a short dungeon adventure: The Basement of Old Man Hamsy. Check it out on Itch! Writing, art and layout by me. fedmar.itch.io/the-basement...
The Basement of Old Man Hamsy by Fedmar
a six-room dungeon adventure
fedmar.itch.io
May 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Published a short dungeon adventure: The Basement of Old Man Hamsy. Check it out on Itch! Writing, art and layout by me. fedmar.itch.io/the-basement...
Last-minute contribution to the Conclave Bandwagon by Prismatic Wasteland - d4 weird Cardinals you might meet before the election starts.
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behindthehelm.bearblog.dev/d4-cardinals...
D4 Cardinals Coming to the Conclave (Blogclave Bandwagon)
Hail, citizen of Theocastrum: the Blogclave has commenced! The Blope, after many years of prosperous reign over your ancient and grand city, has keeled o...
behindthehelm.bearblog.dev
May 7, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Last-minute contribution to the Conclave Bandwagon by Prismatic Wasteland - d4 weird Cardinals you might meet before the election starts.
behindthehelm.bearblog.dev/d4-cardinals...
behindthehelm.bearblog.dev/d4-cardinals...
A big blogpost today, in two parts: a procedure to quickly make meaty dungeons, and a free six-room example ready to run!
behindthehelm.bearblog.dev/building-mic...
behindthehelm.bearblog.dev/basement-of-...
behindthehelm.bearblog.dev/building-mic...
behindthehelm.bearblog.dev/basement-of-...
Building Micro-Dungeons, in 60 minutes or less.
Prepare a Spark Table. Ideally, you should use one you already have for the general setting, but if you don’t have one, making one isn’t at all hard (); i...
behindthehelm.bearblog.dev
April 30, 2025 at 4:51 PM
A big blogpost today, in two parts: a procedure to quickly make meaty dungeons, and a free six-room example ready to run!
behindthehelm.bearblog.dev/building-mic...
behindthehelm.bearblog.dev/basement-of-...
behindthehelm.bearblog.dev/building-mic...
behindthehelm.bearblog.dev/basement-of-...
ink fineliners on paper - 19.04.2025
April 19, 2025 at 2:35 PM
ink fineliners on paper - 19.04.2025
BLOGPOST - On why resolution systems with binary success/failure provide more choice on how to run the game for the GM and more strategic possibilities for the player.
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#osr #nsr #posr #ttrpg
behindthehelm.bearblog.dev/why-i-like-b...
#osr #nsr #posr #ttrpg
Why I Like Binary Resolution Systems
In most OSR games a roll (or Check, or Save, or Test, or however you want to call it) can have three outcomes:
1) Total Success: the action succee...
behindthehelm.bearblog.dev
April 2, 2025 at 1:16 PM
BLOGPOST - On why resolution systems with binary success/failure provide more choice on how to run the game for the GM and more strategic possibilities for the player.
behindthehelm.bearblog.dev/why-i-like-b...
#osr #nsr #posr #ttrpg
behindthehelm.bearblog.dev/why-i-like-b...
#osr #nsr #posr #ttrpg
how my account looks at me when i haven't posted a drawing in five whole days
March 31, 2025 at 2:22 PM
how my account looks at me when i haven't posted a drawing in five whole days
BLOG POST - On the way I start sandbox campaigns with one-shots in order to introduce plothooks in as interesting a way as possible.
behindthehelm.bearblog.dev/guide-to-the...
behindthehelm.bearblog.dev/guide-to-the...
Guide to the Starter One-Shot
There are many different ways of kicking off a sandbox campaign, and the way you do it influences the path(s) the party will take. The one I favor is what I ...
behindthehelm.bearblog.dev
March 28, 2025 at 5:42 PM
BLOG POST - On the way I start sandbox campaigns with one-shots in order to introduce plothooks in as interesting a way as possible.
behindthehelm.bearblog.dev/guide-to-the...
behindthehelm.bearblog.dev/guide-to-the...
First actual bleet! Here's a blogpost on how character classes work in my most recent project, and how they illustrate the world's lore.
behindthehelm.bearblog.dev/the-birth-of...
behindthehelm.bearblog.dev/the-birth-of...
The birth of a class - NIGHT DESCENDS ON UR devlog
In the process of writing classes for a side-project I'm slowly nibbling at - a post-apocalypse game set in the wake of the Bronze Age Collapse - I've been e...
behindthehelm.bearblog.dev
March 26, 2025 at 12:11 PM
First actual bleet! Here's a blogpost on how character classes work in my most recent project, and how they illustrate the world's lore.
behindthehelm.bearblog.dev/the-birth-of...
behindthehelm.bearblog.dev/the-birth-of...
March 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM