Gonzo and Post Apocalyptic Roleplaying
So I was inspired to write this blog post by @JustOnyx who told me to blog about “genetically modified lemurs as viable assasination” Which made me think of Gamma World. Specifically wondering why Gamma World[...]Read on >>
The best and largest solution
March 31, 2010 from Level 1 GM
Filed under: Campaign, Dungeons and Dragons 4th Edition, RPG Hub, dungeons & dragons
Well, we finally managed to come to some sort of decision with the gaming group about our large numbers. Truth be told, with around twelve people we are more of a club and less a group now. The fact is, as other people h[...] Filed under: Campaign, Dungeons and Dragons 4th Edition, RPG Hub, dungeons & dragons
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It’s been a while – how about some links?
I have totally let Thursday link day get away from me. But here’s a few… The LA Times writing on D&D. An interview from Wizards with Zak S. Zak writes a really cool blog called Playing D&D With Porn S[...]Read on >>
Godlike – The Wanderer
The world of Godlike explores the adventures of low level superhumans in WWII, with the tagline “You are larger than life. But the war is larger than you.”. By default, however, it focuses almost ex[...]Read on >>
What ‘Knightmare’ Can Teach Us About Dungeon Design
A week ago, by pure accident, I stumbled across YouTube videos of a fantasy-themed, dungeon delving game show for kids called Knightmare. Having just been born when the show launched in the UK, I naturally missed [...]Read on >>
Painting Miniatures: Brushes and brush care
I’m going to start out talking about the tools you’ll need to get started painting RPG miniatures. The right brushes and accessories can have a vast impact on both the quality of the result as well as your en[...]Read on >>
Notebook Leavings
A hodge-podge of random campaign concepts I’m going to be totally up-front here: you deserve a better blog post than what you’re about to read. On the downside, this month has been devoted largely to revis[...]Read on >>
Role-Playing Games Are A Waste Of Time
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Who to design for?
As sort of an outgrowth of last week's postings, I was reminded how many people are off designing new rpgs. Print on Demand, word processing, PDFs, etc have all made it possible for just about anyone to toss their two ce[...]Read on >>
Knights of the Hidden Sun: Room for Heroes
While waiting for Knights of the Hidden Sun I thought I’d throw a quick comment on the setting’s “holes” and opportunities. Roaa is not a kind place. It’s a galaxy on the brink of chaos. P[...]Read on >>
More and More Maps
Over the last few weeks I have continued to work on the map that I started here. When I began I didn't realize what an epic undertaking it would be. It has over 550 layers and the photoshop file is nea[...]Read on >>
Holy Weekend Break = RPG-Gasm
March 31, 2010 from My Girlfriend Is A DM
Filed under: 4e DD, D&D4e, Other Systems, Play, RPG Hub, Star Wars
Just a heads up for you all: It’s Holy Weekend, which in the Philippines means more than just paying our respects to the Zombie Jesus by abstaining from meat, but indulging in long trips out of town with friends. B[...] Filed under: 4e DD, D&D4e, Other Systems, Play, RPG Hub, Star Wars
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NewbieDM Review: Martial Flavor
This review is a long time coming, and for that I apologize to Hannah Lipsky, of Chaotic Shiny Productions. She had sent me her work, Martial Flavor, for review some time ago and I put it in the proverbial backburner a[...]Read on >>
How I run elementals: More than tornadoes or moving flames
One creature I like to run frequently (even if the players never discover what it is) is elementals. What I don't do is make elementals a simple "rock monster" or "magic dust devil" or "roving bonfire".That gets stale, [...]Read on >>
Random Island Generation Charts, Part I
While working on my Middle Isles campaign, I had a bunch of islands that aren't described aside from being on the map. Not all island are well-travelled, and to that end, I wanted to make a system describing what would [...]Read on >>
New OD&Dities at RPGNow
The second issue of the revived OD&Dities is out. Twenty-five pages (one more than than last issue of material for your Basic and Expert games (all flavors) for a mere $2.00. Among articles this month is a new clas[...]Read on >>
Short is Beautiful
I liked Zak S.’s blog post detailing how he evaluates a city supplement. I can see that a city supplement scoring high using Zak's method would appeal to me.[...]Read on >>
What Does Not Kill You
When I was sitting in my room, working out the battles, it all seemed so easy, so clean, so antiseptic. The party needed so many thousand experience points, so I divided that amount by the number of encounters remaining,[...]Read on >>
Reimagining Paladins
Paladins have long been a source of frustration to both DMs and players everywhere. They're nearly universally bossy, inflexible, and intrusive. Even worse, they're Lawful Good and everyone knows it, so they end up getti[...]Read on >>
Racial Weapon Styles: Kobolds
Kobolds are small. Strong, tenacious, but small. Almost everyone they encounter is bigger than them. Rather than feeling that everyone picks on them or looks down on them, they make use of every advanta[...]Read on >>
Showdown in the Upper Temple of Orcus – Part II: Grinding
[general Rappan Athuk spoiler warning][photos compliments of Dave the Knave] We left our heroes facing down a hezrou demon. Apart from some pesky green gargoyles, he was the only threat since the party had ro[...]Read on >>
I Love The Smell of Roleplaying In The Morning
Smell seems to be a vastly overlooked component in roleplaying. Gamemasters describe what characters see, what they hear, but rarely what they smell. Perhaps it’s because we expect smells to be awful in adventuring[...]Read on >>
The nice thing about podcasts
As we approach May, the submissions have increased from a trickle to a steady flow. One of the categories that is starting to fill out is the podcast category. Podcasts are fundamentally different from other submission[...]Read on >>
April Plans and March Reflections
April begins on the morrow. The origin of the name of the Roman month Aprilis is uncertain, it may refer to the opening (aperire) of buds and flowers as spring arrives or to the goddess Venus, to whom it is a sacred mo[...]Read on >>
Eyes of Perfection
These lenses are made from a thousand sheets of microscopically thin, brilliantly polished gemstones, emerald, diamond, and onyx, each layered atop the other to form a perfect image of a crystalline eye in each lens. A f[...]Read on >>
Review: Avenger
Avenger (Blades of the Moonsea, Book III) Richard Baker A Forgotten Realms novel Avenger is the third adventure featuring Garen Hulmaster. The Blades of Moonsea trilogy comes to a thrilling conclusion in Avenger. The Hul[...]Read on >>
Upcoming Releases for 4e
For anyone who hasn’t seen this up on EnWorld yet, here’s the current release schedule for all things D&D for you to input into your iCal, or preorder on Amazon. DU6 Harrowing Halls Dungeon Tiles March 16[...]Read on >>
Blood Magic
[Been playing lots of Dragon Age lately which this idea very vaguely originated from. It's an adjunct to my magic using class trifecta; Part I, Part II, and Part III.]Demons{1} can sense and are attracted to magic.[...]Read on >>
Adult + D&D = AD&D?
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The Gaming Table, A Dream I Once Had
Besides not having a steady group as of late, the other thing I often lament about is the my gaming table. Like I'm sure many of you do, I simply use the dinner table. This often makes the most sense. After all, it's usu[...]Read on >>
GPC – Year 486 – Farcical aquatic ceremonies
The last session of the GPC was blessed by a full complement of players as Chief was at last able to make it to my manor for some Arthurian shenanigans. Huzzah!So it came to pass in the Year of Our Lord, 486 that Sir Owa[...]Read on >>
The Element of Surprise: Whimsy
By Guest Blogger Daniel R. Robichaud Nothing makes a game session more stale than one too many revisits by the same-old, same-old encounters. (Fresh campaign, bring on the *yawn* kobolds.) Though fourth edition monst[...]Read on >>
GAMA Trade Show 2010 Report–Part 3
This Part 3 of my ongoing coverage of the GAMA Trade Show 2010! Check back tomorrow for more or subscribe to the Livingdice.com RSS feed and not miss a single post. Imago USA Imago USA is a manufacturer of games and boo[...]Read on >>
Confronting Sensitive Issues in Settings
When developing an alternate World War II setting, there are obvious sensitive issues that can arise, particularly when entertaining the idea of Axis player characters.[...]Read on >>
My Two Cents On The OSR
Look, there’s been a lot of talk lately (especially over at theRPGsite) about the Old School Renaissance (OSR), and how people either don’t get what it’s all about, or dislike some portion of it, or are turned off [...]Read on >>
D&D is missing an Armor Class
You learn something new everyday. Yesterday I stumbled across this post about Linen Armor at Asshat Paladins. This lead me to the wikipedia article about Linothroax Armor and the links off of the Wikipedia article are in[...]Read on >>
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When Worlds Collide
I’m licking my chops and looking forward to NorWesCon this weekend (obligatory con schedule link). Partly, I love it because it’s always a good show for both gamers and non-gamers. It’s heavy on costumi[...]Read on >>
Gears: The only constant is change!
I finally made up my mind about Gears, my roleplaying game in development. Thanks to the comments I got during the last weeks I was finally able to decide what I should focus on next. Creating a game system that works in[...]Read on >>
Endy’s RPG Stuff 2010-03-31 07:53:00
Sorry, no post this week. The computer I write on has died horribly. [...]Read on >>
Exchange of Realities
Recently fellow RPG blogger and one-time guest blogger here at Stargazer’s World Ravyn has moved her blog. She has been thinking about that step for a long time and now she’s made the move. The new blog is still a bi[...]Read on >>
Loyalty and the Narrative
For those who value it, loyalty can be one of the strongest motivations out there. It creates people who will go out of the way for a friend, rewrite reality for the sake of their organization, refuse to change side[...]Read on >>
Savage Worlds Extras For City of Rain, City of Darkness
I am proud to offer you four extras that should be part of any City of Rain, City of Darkness game. Savage Worlds seems to be the most fitting system to use, so I’ve statted a thug, a cop, a PI, and a burglar for[...]Read on >>
Mauril’s Journal, Part 6
My entry this day will by necessity be brief. I have joined one of my companions and what can only be described as a horde of refugees into Ehrenland. I had heard much of this place – thought not much recentl[...]Read on >>
Terror Tuesday #8
The acid spitter is a lizard creature with acid flowing through its veins and acid spikes under its neck. Picture the acid spitting dino from Jurassic Park, yep that guy. Picture one of those spitting that goop on the[...]Read on >>
Adventure Hook 007 – Shaken, Not Stirred
March 31, 2010 from DM Samuels RPG Musings
Filed under: 4e DD, Advice/Tools, Fluff/Inspiration, Inspiration, RPG Hub
At the twitter prodding of @illusivedreams (Thanks Dude! – credit where credit is due!) I have decided that Adventure Hook 007 should have a decidedly Bondish feel.
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Yseult Shadowrun – Dust of Ages Part VII
Everyone was in agreement: if they were going to work in the catacombs, they had to take out the serpent-thing. You never knew when an animal would turn at bay instead of being driven off, they had no idea of how it[...]Read on >>
Gaming for Grownups
Some events in recent history (which I really don’t feel like dredging up again) have gotten me to start thinking about games from, well, an “adult” perspective. Now, I know lots of people game with kids. Tha[...]Read on >>
OD&D $1500 and reserve still not met!
That is off the hook!In my experience auctions double or triple in last day (for contested/sought after items that is). Man, get over your materialism and just download S&W.[...]Read on >>
The Tome Ep 130: Drow Druid and Picking Monsters
I am joined by Andrew Wilson of Silent7Seven Games and we set out to build a Drow Priestess of Lolth, discuss how to pick monsters for your encounters, and Sly Flourish bring us advice on how to use Divine Power to inspi[...]Read on >>
