Fight On! Issue #15 Spring 2024
About
Ten years later, we are back from the dead to Fight On once more! These revenant runes are just as jam-packed as you remember with classes, monsters, spells, magic items, rules mods, homebrews, and awesome adventures in the spirit of the eldritch era of fantasy roleplaying! Dedicated to seventies D&D legend J. Eric Holmes, this issue brings together old and new stalwarts alike to celebrate our 15th issue and new beginning! With art and articles by J. Eric and Christopher Holmes, Tom Gordon, Calithena, Gabor Lux, Jeff Rients, James Maliszewski, Kesher, Pete Mullen, Cameron Hawkey, Zach Howard, Alex Schroder, Richard Rittenhouse, Settembrini, Patrick Farley, Jason Sholtis, Robert Conley, Kelvin Green, Philipp H., Attronarch, Mitzi!, and many more, this is the first of our new forays into fanzine fame and glory! Ride that wyvern while the sun is shining, and keep Fighting On!
Table of Contents
| Article | Contributor(s) | Page |
|---|---|---|
| Ten Ways to Holmesify your Game | Zach Howard | 3 |
| Special Ability Charts | Attronarch | 4 |
| The Orthogonal Dwarf | Olle Skogren | 11 |
| Gremlins! | Calithena | 14 |
| Maze Master’s Miscellany | Alex Schroder & Cal | 15 |
| The Catacombs under Old Samora | Philipp H. | 17 |
| Knights & Knaves: Holmes Town Heroes | Tony Rowe | 28 |
| Bringing It All Back Holmes | Clark/Grodog/Cal | 30 |
| Maps from the Maze of Peril | J. Eric Holmes | 34 |
| Distributary of Darkness | Alex Zisch | 36 |
| The Silken See | Motley Dice | 37 |
| Grognard’s Grimoire | Richard Rittenhouse | 41 |
| The Wizard’s Satchel | J. Blasso-Gieseke | 43 |
| Artifacts, Adjuncts, and Oddments | Rittenhouse | 44 |
| Victory or Death! | Gabor Lux | 46 |
| Megadungeon Workshop Extravaganza! | Kesher | 50 |
| Calvero! | István Boldog-Bernád | 53 |
| Creepies & Crawlies | James Maliszewski | 61 |
| Tables for Fables | Al, Greco, Wetzel, and Rients | 63 |
| The Darkness Beneath | Alex Schroder & Lior Wehrli | 68 |
| Henchmen-Я-Us: Pole Arm Caddies! | Calithena | 91 |
| Chainmail: Battle for Bronzolo | Settembrini | 92 |
| Doxy, Urgent Care Cleric | Linneman & Green | 98 |
| Education of a Magic User | Douglas Cox | 99 |
| Wham! | Tom Gordon | 100 |
Illustrations & Cartography
Front cover by Tom Gordon (facebook.com/tgordo). Back cover by Mitzi! Fight On! logo by Jeff Rients. J. Eric Holmes photo by Steve Pyryezstov. Images by Germille (2), Cameron Hawkey (cameronhawkey.com; 3, 25, 29, 33, 40, 92, 97), Allan T. Grohe Jr. (greyhawkonline.com/grodog; 6), Peter Mullen (instagram.com/pmullenillustrations; 10, 40), J. Blasso-Gieseke (charybdispress.com; 11, 64), Micheal Russell (12, 94), Black Blade Publishing (facebook.com/blackbladepublishing; 14, 49), Patrick Farley (15, retro 16, 67), Philipp H. (18), Philipp Knopp (21, 22), Gabor Lux (beyondfomalhaut.blogspot.com; 27), Justin Russell (32), Jean-Francois Beaulieu (32), Chris Holmes (33), J. Eric Holmes (34, 35), Alex Zisch (36, 44), Motley Dice (motleydice.net; 37, 38, 39), Ed Heil (edheil@fastmail.fm; 38), John Tenniel (40), Mac Teg (macteg.com, 45, 63), Raymond Perry (46, 47), The Antique Alumni (47, 48), Pacesetter Games (pacesettergames.com; 49), The Dead Victorians (54, 55, 56, 58), István Boldog-Bernád (57, 59), Jason Sholtis (roll1d12@blogspot.com; 61, 62), Zhu Bajiee (realmofzhu@blogspot.com; 61. 62, 63), Robert S. Conley (68), Ndege Diamond (70,80), Alex Schroder (71, 79, 81), Kelvin Green (kelvingreen.blogspot.com; 82, 91, 98), Anthony Stiller (83), Niel-Jan Que (89), Settembrini (93) Knights & Knaves and Creepies & Crawlies logos by Lee Barber. Tables for Fables logo derived from one by Age of Fable.