4th Edition D&D, a fun Game
I played D&D 4th edition and had fun. But, it's not a game I'd want to use for role-play. This post describing one team's efforts to "beat" The Origins Ultimate Dungeon Delve demonstrates why. And more than all the[...]Read on >>
Inspiration from unexpected places
So I was running through a game of adventuring party when I noticed some poker dice on my shelf. I had bought them from a dollar store because..I like dice.Now don't get me wrong I still believe in making the game use 6[...]Read on >>
Monstrous Imagination
Thinking about monsters today. Not sure why. Maybe because Jim at Lamentations of the Flame Princess has been saying interesting things about good and evil, my thoughts turn to monsters. This in spite of the fact that th[...]Read on >>
Ghosts of Dark Futures Past….
So, despite all of the D&D 4E, and the years of playing World of Darkness in various flavors, I still think in the end my favorite genre for not just gaming, but anything, would have to be Cyberpunk. Okay, I actually[...]Read on >>
Treasures of Eden
(This material will be posted in the Player’s Guide shortly.) In Adel magic can be felt in the very atmosphere and the air the people breathe. The spiritual power that makes a person whole is completely magic, rega[...]Read on >>
Dark Heresy: Musings on System
Earlier today, Pat posted about our first two sessions of Dark Heresy. I thought I'd post a slightly different impression of the game and focus on the system.A very brief overview: The system is percentile-based, and a [...]Read on >>
Origins 2009: Ultimate Dungeon Delve
A few weeks back, I spotted on Twitter a new D&D event that would be held at Origins. It was the Ultimate Dungeon Delve, a timed test of our ability to get through 6 combat encounters with a 6th level team of 5 adven[...]Read on >>
The treasure of Strolen’s Citadel
I recently discovered Strolen's Citadel, a treasure trove of community-created game ideas, settings, plots, and other things. Here are a few of my favourite submissions so far.[...]Read on >>
Dark Heresy actual play: Two sessions in, feeling fine…
We played the second session of our new Dark Heresy campaign last weekend. Since last winter, I've done some freelance editing for Fantasy Flight Games on the Dark Heresy and Rogue Trader game lines, but it wasn't until [...]Read on >>
Stuff, Stuff, ooh and a Contest!
Its been a bit . . . but I will not bore you with the stuff that keeps me from the blog. Let me just jump into it . . . STUFF #1 – I promised an adventure for this website, Beneath Sand & Blood, it is in the wo[...]Read on >>
RPG Carnival: Steampunk
Steampunk is an interesting and often amusing genre of RPG or fiction, and it has given rise to a wide range of mods for clothing and random technological items. I am a big fan of steampunk, and as such am very excited[...]Read on >>
Penny Arcade Is At It Again!
Tycho from Penny Arcade recently wrote a post I thought you should all read. The context is fairly straightforward: Gabriel is the DM, and Tycho has been trying to corrupt him. Here it is: One of the players in [...]Read on >>
Artifact Tuesday: The One Wing
I thought of this when I got up this morning and I couldn’t resist the pun of the title. However, the item is not punny. I just couldn’t bring myself to go that far with it. The One Wing is a single gossamer [...]Read on >>
Random Starting Gear for Mutant Future
June 30, 2009 from Jeff's Gameblog
Filed under: Mutant Future, Old School, RPG, RPG Hub, Random Charts
Melee Weapon (d12)1. Crude Spear2. Rusty Meat Cleaver3. Rusty Machete4. Rusty Butcher Knife5. Ball Peen Hammer6. Crowbar7. Baseball Bat (2 in 6 chance Cricket Bat instead)8. 2x4 with nails in it9. Hockey Stick cleverly a[...] Filed under: Mutant Future, Old School, RPG, RPG Hub, Random Charts
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Tuesday Twitters: What Do You Want in a Campaign Setting?
What do you find important in a campaign setting? NOTE: A repost of yesterday's Monday Musings.[...]Read on >>
Which D&D Metallic Dragon are you?
June 30, 2009 from Vulcan Stev's Database
Filed under: Fluff/Inspiration, Legacy D&D, RPG, RPG Hub, dungeons & dragons
I found this interesting quiz the other day.
Cool, I’m a Gold Dragon:
GOLD DRAGON
CLIMATE/TERRAIN: Any
FREQUENCY: Very rare
ORGANIZATION: Solitary or clan
ACTIVE TIME: Any
INTELLIGENCE: Genius (17-18)
ALIGNMENT: La[...] Filed under: Fluff/Inspiration, Legacy D&D, RPG, RPG Hub, dungeons & dragons
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OD&D Solo game w/wife continues
Last night, @theprincesswife and I picked our solo game back up after a monthlong hiatus. June was a particularly stressful month, with many things planned and the ongoing health issues with my father. It was nice to hav[...]Read on >>
Shinobicow’s Getting Hitched and going on a Honeymoon
Well, i've mentioned it places that i have either gotten married or am getting married. Well, they are both true in some respects... the paper work has been done for a while, but the ceremony is this weekend, the 4th of[...]Read on >>
XDMC #9 Bakanoria Pt 4
Well, this has been a long haul getting this whole thing up on the site, but today, i've got some criminal organizations of Bakanoria as well as the knowledge associated with the country. *****Criminal OrganizationsThe l[...]Read on >>
Pulp Heroes and Damage
The protagonists of classic ‘swords and sorcery’ tales are a remarkable lot. They are a ‘cut above’ the common stock of humanity, physically and mentally superior to most people, although perhaps sometimes less[...]Read on >>
Origins Report
A short list of the games I played, and my personal thoughts on them: Thunder Hamsters and the Temple of Cheese – This was an Engle Matrix game. Take the basic fantasy trope of raiding a temple, but transpose it [...]Read on >>
Mispronounciations
It’s a part of learning languages I’ve always had problems with. When you look at a dictionary and see things like ‘pro⋅nounce [pruh-nouns]‘ I would end up pronouncing that like the posh plural [...]Read on >>
There is candy at the bottom of this post
My marketing instinct says this cannot fail! The flaw I will be dealing with in this post is priests, and their similarity to being simply wizards. This was brought up again, very recently on RPG bloggers over at a href=[...]Read on >>
Wheels are best used, not reinvented
I've been rather busy of late, and haven't even read some of the recent comments (I'll try and get to them). So much to do.I did however run across a interesting little article here that I wanted to comment on. It basica[...]Read on >>
Time Stop, June 30th
Welcome to Time Stop, your one stop shop for fourth edition Dungeons & Dragons news. This week I’ll bring you the latest news out of Wizards of the Coast, the podcasts that you don’t want to miss, a couple of ar[...]Read on >>
Kids & Crits
Hello Interents. We made the blog for you and sent it down thru a series of tubes so that you could view it. The Ogres have been out and about being, well, ogreish. The Valgorian Campaign is slowly marching towards a [...]Read on >>
Congratulations to Mythmere Games for winning Lulu contest
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Awesome, Retro, Vintage D&D
This is absolutely fantastic! It’s an early 80’s ad for D&D featuring some nerds in epic 80’s garb, a really weak dragon, and a cartoon version of Dudley Moore sniffing out treasure at the end. [...]Read on >>
Monster: Abi (Catsquirrel)
Y'all thought I was kidding, didn't you.Abi (Catsquirrel)Armour Class: 8Hit Dice: 1+2Move: 150' (50')Attacks: 1Damage: 1-4No. Appearing: 1-2 (2-8)Save As: F1Morale: 6Treasure Type: NilAlignment: NeutralXP Value: 19Abis,[...]Read on >>
Scanning Project: Watcher of the Horned Tower
June 30, 2009 from A Rust Monster Ate My Sword
Filed under: Fluff/Inspiration, Other Systems, RPG Hub
As I promised last week in a href="http://rustmonsteratemysword.blogspot.com/2009/06/scanning-project-another-stormbringer.html"my span style="font-style: italic;"Horned Tower/span post/a, here is the record sheet for th[...] Filed under: Fluff/Inspiration, Other Systems, RPG Hub
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Liberator’s Hand
This item is a short staff, three feet in length and two inches in diameter, cut from a single piece of ivory. The surface of the staff is carved, featuring a long hand grip covering the middle third of its length. Each [...]Read on >>
Month in Review: June 2009
For those counting, it’s been five months since we launched and we’re still going strong. We continue to get comments form new readers almost every day. The Dungeon’s Master team wants to thank all of our readers f[...]Read on >>
Tuesday is God Day – Mylien, Ryllan Synarion, Sineiri Syl, and Zoryd
Tuesday is God Day cause it's named after Tyr most awesomest Norse god of all. This post continues a series on the gods of Pelos, the major power in my high magic, epic, pseudo Roman/Ancients campaign. This glossary migh[...]Read on >>
Burning Question – Questions from the Questing GM
Last sunday, this blog just reached its first year and it has been quite a bumpy ride along the way. This blog first started simply as a simple place to drop rants and ramblings about gaming as an Asian gamer but after j[...]Read on >>
Really… One Year Later…
For what led me up to this point, read my last post. So my players were on their way to cure the Blight in game terms, but what would happen to our world once that was done? Where would that leave my players? I looked[...]Read on >>
3.old: Getting rid of the unified mechanic
As I stated in my previous post, one of the main design goals of 3.old was to get rid of the unified mechanic, the d20+modifiers vs. DC mechanic that insidiously diminished the playability of 3.x. Let me review why I bel[...]Read on >>
It’s All About the Rumors and Exploration
Yesterday, I had a post about rumors and using them. I had one comment on it listed below. Rumors went away with exploration style play. With the more ploted, storypath style modules rumors you need bright beacons "plot[...]Read on >>
Morning Links While I Wait out Thunderstorm
Riding motorcycle has advantages and disadvantages. RPG Blog II's social science fiction. Like Vonnegut, Huxley, Orwell this "prediction" is actually a critique on today couched in science fiction.2009 Origin Awards Win[...]Read on >>
Keep on the Shadowfell
Wizards of the Coast recently re-released Keep on the Shadowfell as a free download on their website (PDF) to introduce players to Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition. It includes the Quick Start Rules, which has an abri[...]Read on >>
Adventure Idea: The town who cried Orc
Your party has been traveling for a few days, you stop in a small village of farmer, maybe 5 hours total. Your invited to stay in a barn as its all that is available. Your group is awoken in the middle of the night from [...]Read on >>
WotC and Paizo: Action and Reaction
strongOctober 16, 2009/strongbr /br /strongRenton, WA/strong--Efective today, Wizards of the Coast announced it is raising prices on its Digital Initiative by 25%. Fresh off a move this past summer that saw prices alread[...]Read on >>
Quest For The Hanging Glacier – Are you a reader?
You might have noticed I’ve been running a series of campaign journal postings on an adventure I ran a while back called ‘Quest For The Hanging Glacier’. I’m not sure how many readers I may have[...]Read on >>
DM of the Rings
Imagine you are running a D&D campaign for your friends based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings. It might look something like this: Today, while checking the latest posts on BoingBoing I stumbled upon the [...]Read on >>
[Moldvay] Dungeon-Cleaning and a Level 2 Fighter
June 30, 2009 from A Character for Every Game
Filed under: Actual Play, RPG, RPG Hub, dungeons & dragons
This is the final entry in the adventures in the Temple of Illhan. The DM and I are now in the process of remapping the dungeon and keying it for release as a PDF. Watch this space for more information on the Temple of I[...] Filed under: Actual Play, RPG, RPG Hub, dungeons & dragons
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Fear the Roleplaying Game? Yes, you should because it’s bigger than all of us. By Paul Jeffcoat
Flexible Easy And Realistic (Fear) has everything except a kitchin sink monster. Paul has created a truly epic fantasy roleplaying game. The system has medium crunch (around a nut based breakfast cereal) and has immense [...]Read on >>
Introducing The Critical Wounds System
I have argued in defense of healing in 4E Dungeons & Dragons in the past. It works off of the assumption that most hp damage is minor (e.g., muscle fatigue, shallow cuts, blows mostly absorbed by armor, parries, etc.[...]Read on >>
How to write (and read) an Edition Wars post
These blood wars edition wars won’t fight themselves, will they? They need input from you, bloggers. Just lately I’ve seen too many battle-weary troopers lapse into making limp, relativistic, egalitarian [...]Read on >>
Games within Games
Delta's wrote a good post here that has a lot of people on the forums and blogs talking.To me this concept is a no brainer. A well designed mini-game within a RPG greatly enhances the core game. What drove this home to m[...]Read on >>
Requirements: What do you need as a DM?
Starting a campaign can sometimes be overburdening. As a game master, you’re the one who does most of the work and you’ll be the one who makes it happen. Is this the truth? It is true, that game masters may get their[...]Read on >>
New HeroQuest logo
I was asked to come up with a logo for the new HeroQuest core rules and other future products by Moon Designs.I did several designs that used the Gloranthan runic writing font of the old logo as well as other lettering s[...]Read on >>
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