Delving Wolf

When I started this blogging endeavor I was hoping I'd keep it up as much as possible, but knowing myself I was worried I'd stop after a while like it happens way too often with hobbies or things I get into...but here we are. On January 5th 2025 I published my very first post , an introduction, and since then I published 52 posts, one per week, every Sunday at 16.00 CET (the one you're reading right now is number 53). I thought I'd take this chance to do a little recap of what happened during this year (TTRPG-wise) and what my plans are for 2026, both for this blog and for TTRPGs in general. During this 2025 I did not manage, like I hoped, to find a new IRL group to play TTRPGs, and many things have happened (both good and...less good) preventing me from dedicating the time I'd have hoped to this hobby, be it playing, GMing or writing adventures or such. With that said, 2025 is also the year I started playing solo TTRPGs , I published my very first small adventure  ...

This week's post will be a trip down  memory lane for me. Let's go back to November 2021. The world was doing its best to come out of the pandemic which had dramatically changed the way we see and value things for many of us. Many people approached the world of TTRPGs  during  the lockdown, as a way to escape the boredom and keep our sanity, but I didn't; instead, I started  after  I was finally able to go back to work. As I explained in my first entry in this blog , I had started watching D&D related shows but had not pull the trigger yet. But my birthday was approaching, I had no ideas on what to ask as a gift, and I found the D&D 5e Essential Kit, which promised to be a good entry point, for quite cheap on Amazon, so...why not give it a try? I'd like to point out that at that point I had no one to play with; I did start with a friend who was interested in trying it out as a player with me DMing, but I asked him only  after  ordering my gift....

Today's post is a bit of a special one, and you'll see why in a moment. This week I present you a magic item I came up with to celebrate my wedding, which happened on Thursday (24th of April 2025); if you already follow me on Bluesky or Threads, you might have already heard about it. I, being the terminally nerd that I am, decided to announce it on my blog with an idea for a magic item; this item does not have a specific system in mind, I left it vague enough that it should, hopefully, be usable in any OSR/NSR system as well as in D&D 5e.   The Rings of Bonding These magical rings represent a bond between two creatures. As long as these rings are worn by creatures who trust and care for each other, both creatures are immune to all forms of charming effects; moreover, when one of them is below half HP* the other creature gains a +1 to his attack rolls and to their AC**. If the bond between the creatures is broken, both of them suffer 2d10 points of damage, after which the ...

Hello everyone, and welcome to Delving Wolf! What is Delving Wolf? Well, nothing more than the (at least) millionth TTRPG related blog, because I have the audacity to believe that my opinions matter enough that somebody will actually be interested in reading them.  For my first article I am going to introduce myself and tell you a bit about the kind of articles I am planning to post in here. I am Kirhon, I'm from Italy and I've been vaguely interested into D&D (at the time that was a synonym to TTRPG for me, like for many people) for many many years, but without anyone to play with it was just a dream, until one day, near the end of 2021, while watching  an actual play series on YouTube  I decided that maybe I could finally try it myself, and since my birthday was approaching, I got the D&D Essential Kit...before even asking anyone to play with me! But I figured I'll find someone. Best decision of my life. I did find one friend who was interested, I started DMing ...