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1. Basic Fantasy Role-Playing Game 3rd Edition
- Flexible adhesive rubber magnets: they are good small gadget to fix paper on the fridge, bulletin boards, white board, magnetic drawing board
- With adhesive tape: peel the sticker and press the adhesive tape to the crafts, then put the side without sticker on the metal material surface
- Size: about 3/ 4 inch diameter, very slim 1/ 16 inch in thickness; You can use several magnetic discs on the some things to enhance the magnetism
- Craft uses: you can trim some paper with small delicate patterns, such as plants, birds, flowers, snowflakes, butterflies, stick the adhesive side on the back of paper, then stick them on the metal things as ornaments
- Good for holding papers onto metal surface, like file cabinets or refrigerators; Note: they are only suitable for small lightweight things, don't use them to fix some heavy objects to avoid falling down
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2. Lamentations of The Flame Princess LFP1003 Player Core Book: Rules & Magic
This book is a revision of the rules & magic book originally found in the lotfp: weird fantasy role-playing Boxed set.It contains all the rules needed to play the game.Explicit content: recommended for ages 18+
3. The Return Of The Blue Baron: A collaborative dungeon for Blueholme
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4. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Manchester Medieval Studies)
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5. Planet of Adventure: City of the Chasch, Servants of the Wankh, The Dirdir, and The Pnume
7. Table Fables: A collection of tables for the weary game master
- For 4-6 Players
- Everything you need to start playing the world's greatest roleplaying game
- Presents the newest edition of the Dungeons & Dragons tabletop roleplaying game in a way that’s easy to learn and fun to play.
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8. The Role-Playing Game Primer: and Old-School Playbook
- MULTICULTURAL PLAY FOOD: Realistic multicultural play foods introduce children to new vocabulary and invite conversations about other countries and ethnicities
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9. Grimtooth's Ultimate Traps Collection - Softcover
- Role playing game
- Number of players: 1+
- Package Weight: 1.46 kilograms
- Package Dimensions: 3.8 L x 27.8 H x 21.4 W (centimeters)
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10. The Complete Book of Necromancers (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, 2nd Edition, Dungeon Master Guide Rules Supplement/2151)
Used Book in Good Condition
12. Creativity Hub The RSC28 Rory's Story Cubes Fantasia, Pack of 1
This box includes the each of the three-dice sets Enchanted, Mythic and MedievalThis expansion can be played on its own or in combination with other Rory's Story Cube sets1 to 12 Players20 Minutes play timeAges 6 and Up
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14. Legends & Lairs: Darkness & Dread (Dungeons & Dragons d20 3.5 Fantasy Roleplaying)
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Alright so first a nice big list for you to peruse and consider. most don't explicitly have the randomness in spells but are still worth considering.
OSR Games
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Retro Clones
All of these have complete free versions on their websites(usually minus art)
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As you are specifically asking for random magic, I'd say that the games that go that way use either a more freeform magic system or use tables for magic casting. Dungeon Crawl Classics goes the table route and is a great system. that said the tone is more gonzo than dark. Maze rats is great and uses a freeform magic system where players randomly roll up spell names and then you interpret what they mean. It's tone neutral so it should fit in whatever game you run.
You could also use this massive chart to determine random magical effects as spells are cast. I'd have the players roll different types of dice to simulate casting riskier or more dangerous spells. Consider the chart carefully as it's randomness is quite harsh.
The system with the best character customization is probably Shadow of the Demon lord. It's a great game and I could easily see you hacking on a random magic system onto it.
This Kickstarter kicks ass!
After reading Patrick's campaign summary, I am totally on board as a backer.
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is an essential piece of Transitional English Poetry.
But above all else, Patrick's translation seems to be an excellent representation of the alliterative poetic style, while still making sense to modern ears.
There is an example of him reciting his translation of the first verse at the bottom of the Campaign page.
'Peek Inside' this copy of W.R.J Barron's translation and turn to page 32 to compare the original text to Patrick's translation. He has done an excellent job.
The Vance Blue World book is an expansion of his short story "The Kragen" -- while the book is good, I think the short story is better, more tightly plotted and fast-paced.
Others have already recommended the rest of the Tschai series, so I don't need to do so even if the urge is strong -- it's really good! The whole series is probably easier to find in the omnibus edition put out by Orb books, but that doesn't include the corrections done in the Vance Integral Edition to restore text edited out of the original pulp version.
A nice free resource. I also recommend this YouTube video.
For those looking for more details in a product you can buy, I recommend the Vikings doorbell by Iron Crown Enterprises.
It's pricey, but AEG's Ultimate Toolbox has tons of good stuff in it. I've also heard good things about the Table Fables books available on Amazon, but don't have any personal experience with them.
 
Lately, Hubris has been my go-to for adding in weird terrain features and plot hooks.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/952590444X/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_t1_FGVXCbMRF6WTN is the physical book, though if you can get your LFGS to order it, that's always recommended.
If you're looking to go cheap, Basic Fantasy RPG is a a great option. It's available free in PDF form and dead tree copies are on Amazon. For $20 you can get the core rules and at least a year worth of adventures and campaign stuff: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1503334945/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_t1_DIVXCbCSGRPAT
Blogs
http://tenfootpole.org
http://beyondfomalhaut.blogspot.com
http://batintheattic.blogspot.com
http://falsemachine.blogspot.com
https://rpgcharacters.wordpress.com
http://dieheart.net
http://save.vs.totalpartykill.ca
http://roll1d12.blogspot.ca/
http://hillcantons.blogspot.com/
http://deltasdnd.blogspot.com/
http://www.lastgaspgrimoire.com/do-not-take-me-for-some-turner-of-cheap-tricks/
http://hackslashmaster.blogspot.com/
http://dungeonofsigns.blogspot.com/
http://monstersandmanuals.blogspot.com
http://www.necropraxis.com
http://jrients.blogspot.com
http://questingblog.com
http://the-city-of-iron.blogspot.com
http://gorgonmilk.blogspot.com
http://grognardia.blogspot.com
http://www.paperspencils.com/2017/08/06/blogs-on-tape/
Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/user/ivanmike1968
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvYwePdbWSEwUa-Pk02u3Zw
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjSRQhEHGH0gUuIBxGNe5Fw
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEPDe-2045AHmnKfEeIve7Q
More OSR Primers
https://www.amazon.com/Role-Playing-Game-Primer-Old-School-Playbook/dp/1502764342
http://www.grey-elf.com/philotomy.pdf (Soooo good)
If you'd really like to go down the rabbit hole
https://campaignwiki.org/wiki/LinksToWisdom/HomePage
There is so much more, but these should keep you busy for awhile. I'm reeeaaaally loving the Blogs on Tape.
I love this idea! Here's my nom: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/245450/The-Return-Of-The-Blue-Baron-A-Collaborative-Dungeon-For-Blueholme https://www.amazon.com/Return-Blue-Baron-collaborative-Blueholme/dp/1723228753
I second this. https://www.amazon.com/Grimtooths-Ultimate-Traps-Collection-Softcover/dp/0996181318/ref=asc_df_0996181318/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=266444585221&hvpos=1o1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=10792846104281503888&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1015550&hvtargid=pla-451160009729&psc=1 I own this book and I love the crap out of it always keep your players very afraid.
I would recommend adding the Isle of Sahu from the Complete Book of Necromancers if you can get your hands on it. It was part of the Al-Qadim Arabic fantasy setting but adds a dark fantasy element,
Is this the white box you're referring too? White Box: Fantastic Medieval Adventure Game https://www.amazon.com/dp/1545516480/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_pJ5RDbBYN8JKS
Also, I really want to try old school essentials, but I can't get a physical copy anywhere which kinda sucks. Do you know where to find the bundled physical copies?
Before you buy this set, there are a ton of other options available on Amazon, including one built for fantasy story telling:
https://www.amazon.com/Creativity-Hub-RSC28-Rorys-Fantasia/dp/B073CYXT5V/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?keywords=rory%27s+story+cubes+Fantasia&qid=1574477763&sr=8-3
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01K7WBEWI/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Closest will be Jon Peterson's work in the development of the RPG in terms of wargaming. Though he might not get down to the nitty-gritty of each stat. You'll have to pull up Chainmail and maybe the stuff from the 'rough draft' of 0e (if that's available).
*Here's a section on HD for example:
>Because of the murkiness of the system, it is
difficult to expose the linkage of the hit points in Dungeons & Dragons to
the Chainmail cumulative hit mechanism. A determined reader can
extrapolate, however, that hits in Dungeons & Dragons cause a
standard 1–6 points of damage.
>...
>But in the context where “cumulative” hits applied in Chainmail—to cases
like mundane Fighting-men attacking a giant—the parallel is inescapable: a hit
in Dungeons & Dragons deals the same range of damage that a hit die
grants, and a certain number of hit dice in Dungeons & Dragons provide
the same system effect on average that the ability to take that certain number
of hits provided in Chainmail. A giant could withstand eight cumulative
hits in Chainmail, and so a footman would need to score eight hits on
the giant to kill it. If a giant in Dungeons & Dragons has eight “hit
dice” worth of hit points, how many hits would a Fighting-man need to slay the
giant in Dungeons & Dragons? If we go by the arithmetic mean of 3.5
for a d6, then an eight hit die giant would have 28 hit points, and eight hits
from a Fighting-man (also dealing an average of 3.5 each) would suffice. Statistically,
it takes the same number of hits in both systems.