A Long-Sought for Vintage
Among the nobles, the highborns and the rich merchant classes, there exist tales of a most sough for wine from the Altarence vineyard, located within the kingdom of Chaubrette. Alas, the location of the fabled vineyard o[...]Read on >>
The 4e Sphinx: WotC’s gift to armchair theorists
In yesterday’s post I talked a little bit about how difficult it’s been for people to pin down how 4e feels different from previous editions. There are obvious mechanical things, but it’s that gestalt t[...]Read on >>
Dragon 376: Ampersand
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Session 5.2 – The Game Within the Game
Continued from Session 5.2 A Game Of Chance The PCs and Captain of the Guard Harrowleaf are drag the illusionist, a smart alec by the name of Winston, into the nearby auction stall for questioning. Winston does not sto[...]Read on >>
The Omenous Portent of the Highlands’ Meteor
Since many of you participated, you probably already know about the One Page Dungeon Contest that was all the rage a few weeks back. I wound up entering a piece entitled: The Omenous Portent of the Highlands’ Mete[...]Read on >>
A bit about the games I run
Here's a list of the games I'm currently D/GMing:Allakee Playtest: This is my current RPOL (an online service that allows Play-by-Post games) game. I'm playtesting Allakee, the module I'm writing for OSRIC. It's a bit li[...]Read on >>
Primal/Within Chronicles: Say Yes and have Fun! Part 1
Previously in Chatty’s game… Our heroes are hired by a mercenary outfit to protect the lives of four City Within candidate in a one-day campaign/election of the city’s newest burg. Thought wheeling an[...]Read on >>
Entangle
Today we had a fight with three groups of enemies caught in an entangle spell. The die rolling sucked. Proposed simplification: every enemy in the . . .[...]Read on >>
Sandbox / Old School – High Level Games?
I enjoy reading the a href="http://grognardia.blogspot.com/search/label/dwimmermount"session/a a href="http://jrients.blogspot.com/search/label/Cinder"reports/a a href="http://oldguyrpg.blogspot.com/2009/06/princesswifes[...]Read on >>
[Spellbound Kingdoms] Combat Primer Review
Picking up on the rather heavy hinting by njharman of Troll & Flame, I’ve decided to put up a read through review of the upcoming Spellbound Kingdom’s Combat Primer, now available for download over at the[...]Read on >>
My Weekend at ConCarolinas
This evening, I’ll be explaining my fantastic weekend at ConCarolinas. I had to work Friday evening, so was unable to experience the first day. Me and Dave got on our way by 10 the next morning, heading down [...]Read on >>
Sign Up To DM Tools, Get a Free Book
I thought I was doing well when D20 Source reached 700 subscribers, but Yax’s blog Dungeon Mastering leaves it in the dust: over 5,000 subscribers this month and counting. On top of that they recently launched Dung[...]Read on >>
Monster Mash (MM2 Review Part 2)
The second part of my Monster Manual 2 Monster-By-Monster in-depth behind-the-scenes that’s-a-lot-of-connecting-words review. Wherein it is decided how many parts this might actually take. When Last We Left Our H[...]Read on >>
Rontin Fields
Speedpaint: Snarky Wizard by =Ekuneshiel on deviantART The well-known halfling wizard, Rontin Fields, has been a long-time resident of Union’s Third District. He teaches alchemy to those who venture into his small [...]Read on >>
microscope
Ben Robbins is working on a game called microscope. I already want to play it so bad based on a throw-away description in a post on how to keep track of play sessions that span entire histories.[...]Read on >>
Kaeodad’s Top 8 blogs
In the last 6 months I've spent way too much time reading or at the least scanning over just about every blog in the rpg blogger network as well as more than a dozen or so that aren't on the network. Today I attempted to[...]Read on >>
The Tome Ep 105: Elven Rogue and Skill Challenges
To talk about building an Elven Rogue and discussing how to make Skill Challenges awesome I brought in Mike Shea of the Sly Flourish blog on the RPG Bloggers Network. Books mentioned in this episode: (Click the affiliat[...]Read on >>
Fair Use Or Not
Just got reminded of a post on the web that uses a map of mine. I know that many people use images without caring about a license. Please don't do it. Also, Free Culture.[...]Read on >>
Why Have Your Role-Playing Game Groups Disbanded?
Most gamers have tales of failed game groups. Groups that went from successful to extinct, sometimes overnight. Finding a good one that is a proper #8220;fit#8221; is incredibly hard. Especially if you recently reloc[...]Read on >>
An Intro to the Feywild and Shadowfell for new 4E Players and DMs
First let me warn you that the information i provide here may not be 100% accurate as only recently did i figure out exactly what was going on. Pretty sad considering my campaign is now 11th level.br /br /Also i am a hor[...]Read on >>
[Blog Carnival] The Future of Gaming – Google Wave?
If you haven’t seen the preview of Google Wave, you need to have a look at the video. While it’s being hailed as a replacement for email/IM/discussion groups, it also looks like it has a ton of possibilit[...]Read on >>
Places I’ve Been
Ok, it’s meme time! This thingie popped up on two of my friend’s blog over the weekend, so by the laws of the Internet I had to feature it as well. visited 10 states (4.44%) Create your own visited map of Th[...]Read on >>
Recap and Brainstorming
Friday night’s game was exciting. I only had two encounters planned for the whole night, and by god that was enough. The big one was something I’ve been eager to do for a while, and felt now was the time to k[...]Read on >>
[Setting Skeleton] Grave Robbing for Justice!
I really enjoy a long campaign that runs for months, even years, taking the player characters from their humble beginnings to levels of unsurpassed awesome. However, many promising long-term campaigns never last that lon[...]Read on >>
Irrin Dollar PDF Sale!
OK, so many people believe that summer starts around June 21. We know better--it starts right after Memorial Day, of course! To celebrate the beginning of summer, warm weather, and combination cookouts/gaming sessions,[...]Read on >>
Biting my Thumb: Declaring the Nontrad Gamer status
Does anyone else feel watching all of the Old School debates and debacles is like watching a bunch of seasoned 4Chan trolls debate who started what internet meme before they were popular? Just curious. Before I joined th[...]Read on >>
In the Grim Darkness of the Far Future, there is only……RPGs
This is my entry into this month's blog carnival on the Future of Roleplaying by the RoleplayingPro where they asked some questions for thoughts on what will happen to roleplaying in the future. These are mostly disturbi[...]Read on >>
Do You Have A Home-Brew Game?
Gamers are a creative and opinionated group. I have read so many comments about gamers saying that they have never been able to find the perfect system that fits their gaming group. Or that they always have to modify s[...]Read on >>
Realm of Chaos: is it worth the money?
May 31, 2009 from d4, d6, d8, d10, d12 and d20s behind the skeleton in the closet
Filed under: RPG Hub, Review
Realm of Chaos, vol 1: Slaves to Darkness (1988)
Realm of Chaos, vol 2: The Lost and the Damned (1990)
Not by any means a review, just a belated warning to those WHFRP GMs who think they might need these two colossal s[...] Filed under: RPG Hub, Review
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Questing for the Future of Roleplaying
This is my entry into this month's blog carnival on the Future of Roleplaying by the RoleplayingPro where they asked some questions for thoughts on what will happen to roleplaying in the future. These are mostly just spe[...]Read on >>
Magic Item: The Stone of the Sun
The Stone of the Sun: A single translucent ruby the size of a child's fist, the Stone of the Sun is a deep blood red tinged with a gleam of fire, another relic from a previous era. Resembling an orb of delicate flames ne[...]Read on >>
Podcast Roundup: Cyberpunk’d, Skill Challenges, PHB2, Dungeon-A-Day
Three weeks of rainy days put a major crimp in my podcast-listening schedule in May as I was forcd to drive (rather than walk) to work. It's the difference between a 2 minute commute and a 15 minute one ... as well as no[...]Read on >>
Dungeon Dramas: A Random Plot Hook from PITs 2 3
Welcome back to Dungeon Dramas, my ongoing series of plot hooks as developed by the random roll of my Story Cubes. Today’s plot hooks are being developed by PITs #2 & #3. They have both expressed an in[...]Read on >>
Silverwood Forest
I have always found encounters tables to be fascinating, I think that it is because it is a very brief picture of what is on the map, listing the kinds of creatures that you can find. I am also one of those people that p[...]Read on >>
Questing’s Readings – 31/5/09
It's great to be back to doing this weekly feature now that my time has been freed up quite immensely thanks to the coming end of the semester (and hopefully my degree course). This also means that I have some good readi[...]Read on >>
Questing’s Readings – ‘Old School’ Arguments Getting Old Edition
If you an old school gamer then you probably didn't miss the recent maelstrom that has struck the old school gaming community. It all started with this post in Grognardia and it has stirred quite a storm among other old [...]Read on >>
weekend warrior: pidonar
The Pidonar are a fierce nation of tribes who dwell to the north of the Artorians; occasional allies yet more often rivals for land that shares a common border. Pidonar raiders attack other tribes... Click the title i[...]Read on >>
Ad Astra character sheet
Yesterday we finally started my Ad Astra campaign. In order to make things easier for my players and me, I created a couple of record sheets for characters and space ships. Today I made some minor adjustments to the shee[...]Read on >>
The Miscellaneum of Cinder – A Review
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Dungeoncraft Extra – Character Spotlight: Herai Ironblack, the Mage of the Mines
To help me take advantage of yesterday’s article on the Character Hooks, I asked Gamefiend of 4eTopia and At-Will to write up a character for the world of Allein that uses one of the character hooks I posted yester[...]Read on >>
Geography of the Worlde – The Kingdom of Southmarch
There are six kingdoms that comprise the Empire of Argent; Nothumble, Jarmeer, Westvale, Pantera, Illysia, & Southmarch. These kingdoms surround and protect the seat of the empire, the sprawling city-state of Argent.[...]Read on >>
The Generic Villain on Immortality
“I shall live forever!” you say, reaching to the heavens or grasping at a new source of power. You’ve found the Fountain of Youth, learned how to tie your life force to an object, gotten a wish and decide[...]Read on >>
Sunday Morning Dragon Covers
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4e DD Created the Old School Movement
I’ve noticed two interesting things on the usual message boards lately: Many people who loved 4e at first are cooling on it Dedicated D&D/d20 gamers are switching to non-D&D games Now, the first one isn&#[...]Read on >>
D&D’s Lankhmar Legacy
My first encounter with Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser was as a kid flipping through the pages of Deities and Demigods [1st Ed. AD&D supplement]. I had never heard of the Nehwon mythos. I remember coming across a com[...]Read on >>
Why, that’s a Beelion!
The final comments are in from last week's "Weekly What the Heck". The result is the beelion, a sort of miniature manticore.I'd like to thank greywulf and benpop (with special thanks to benpop for the name) for their ide[...]Read on >>
The Purpose of the Dice
For a long time, I take it for granted that rolling dice is part of the RPG experience. They tell you whether you succeed at a task, gives the degree of success and add unpredictability and suspense to the game. In theor[...]Read on >>
Songs of Inspiration
One easy way to come up with some quick inspiration is to turn to the radio.[...]Read on >>
Stream of Consciousness About Roles
So, D&D 4E has Leaders, Strikers, Defenders and Controllers, which are all combat roles. Earlier editions had Fighter, Healer (cleric), Skill Monkey (rogue/thief) and Holder Of Win Buttons (wizard). This is an intere[...]Read on >>
Special Promo for Dungeonmastering Tools: Free Open Game Table
Editor’s Note: We’ve been fans of Dungeonmastering since the beginning, and so we’re happy to help promote his new tools that help you run your 4e game, as well as a way to get Open ...[...]Read on >>
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