Critical Hits
I'm curious how you or your DM runs critical hits in your game?In my BX/LL game, a roll of 20 indicates a critical hit and the PCs can double their rolled damage. We also play with critical fumbles. If PCs roll a 1 they [...]Read on >>
Revamping Skeletons
Jason Morningstar, creator of Fiasco, proposed an interesting challenge on the Story Games forums a few days ago. OK, Story Games global brain trust, let's make skeletons cool and unnerving. What are the key component[...]Read on >>
D&D Next: "Zones of Control" from Chainmail to 4e
In my gaming career, I have played in a number of D&D campaigns. In fact, I can honestly say that I have played in games using every D&D rules set. I've also played in Champions, Justice Inc., DC Heroes, an[...]Read on >>
The Space Princess Has Arrived!
Available in E-Book for $5.00 and in print (WARNING - I DON'T HAVE MY REVIEW COPY YET - BUY AT YOUR OWN RISK) for $10.00.The old Space Princess came in at 48 pages with the table of contents, OGL and a page of character [...]Read on >>
Stingy GMs
Just wanted to share with the blogosphere that I got called the stingiest DM that one of my players ever gamed with. Funny because I use the wealth charts in the books. Makes one wonder what's really out there [...]Read on >>
[Science Fiction Future] Raspberry Pi – $25 Computer – Coming Soon
"The Raspberry Pi is a credit-card sized computer that plugs into your TV and a keyboard. It’s a capable little PC which can be used for many of the things that your desktop PC does, like spreadsheets, word-processin[...]Read on >>
Written Sketches
I recently started using Day One, a journaling app that’s sleek and fun and has a popup feature whereby the app tells you, “Okay, write something.” I’ve been using it mostly for sketching — a pa[...]Read on >>
Continuum Conversion Overview
Just got an email from someone asking me for a few more details on my Continuum-using-Gumshoe conversion. As I typed up the response, I realized this should probably go on my blog in case anyone else wants to know what w[...]Read on >>
Pathfinder Rules Musings – Fortification
“Knife him in the gut!” “I tried! His armor stopped it!” That is how the Fortification ability is suppose to work in Pathfinder (and 3.x), here are the actual rules as written: Fortification: Th[...]Read on >>
Innistrad Set 2: Dark Ascension Arrives! (Good news for 4E DMs!)
Today, Wizards of the Coast released their second set of the Magic the Gathering: Innistrad series, featuring thematic Gothic horror elements such as undead armies, vampires, werewolves, and ghostly spirits. This secon[...]Read on >>
RPG/D&D Survey
Johnathan over at B/X Blackrazor has a survey he would like everyone to participate in.http://bxblackrazor.blogspot.com/2012/02/rpg-gaming-survey-your-help-needed.htmlThere is an Excel file you need to download and send [...]Read on >>
Old School Maps…
The incredible map-designing prowess of Tim Hartin first featured on this blog back in 2009, but as my Follower count has skyrocketed since then I thought it prudent to draw everyone's attention to his new Facebook page.[...]Read on >>
Microlite74 Swords & Sorcery: A First Try at Classes
Here is a very early draft of the Character Classes for Microlite74 Swords & Sorcery. Everything is Open Game Content under the OGL. Everything is also very "First Draft." Changes are extremely likely. Comments are w[...]Read on >>
KU1: The King of the Unsergarten
The best work is the one that is never completed, let alone started. Such work lives, no, thrives and shines in our collective imagination, like the kingdoms explored by our younger selves, delving in big gardens, no a[...]Read on >>
Enter the Fan
Warning: This post may or may not contain some factual inaccuracies. These character build presentations are usually Jerall’s domain – but this time around I can’t hold it back anymore. I’m going [...]Read on >>
[Carrion Crown] Character Creation Comes the Inquisitor
After a suitable period of mourning for the prolapsed Masks of Nyarlathotep campaign, the group is embarking on a Pathfinder adventure path called Carrion Crown. Set in the region of Ustalav, I gather it’s fraught [...]Read on >>
Zeebo Kantelleki
Male gnome rogue 5 NE Small humanoid Init +6; Senses low-light vision; Perception +8 DEFENSE AC 19, touch 13, flat-footed n/a (+2 Dex, +1 size, +6 armor) hp 35 (5 HD; 5d8+5) Fort +2, Ref +6, Will +2; +1 save vs. illusion[...]Read on >>
If you eat a troll????
So, if a characger eats a troll, lock, stock and toes, will the troll regenerate inside of him? If so, what happens to the character? Can a cleric cast create food and water inside someone's belly? Can a cleric cast cu[...]Read on >>
Verdan Incognita I
On Verdan, the “Civilized World” mostly consists of Eurasia – and not all of that. Much of the southern reaches of Africa, and the North and Eastern reaches of Asia, remain partially unknown. Much of the vast, [...]Read on >>
Kicked Off D&D/AD&D Mashup last night… Black Key Report #1
So returning from DDXP, and at the last moment my older kid and I trashed some of the details about class and race unlocks and so on.. and came up with the campaign map (which had a place called Suldrun’s Crossing) as [...]Read on >>
Never Get Involved in a Land War in Asia ("Unmasking the Traitor," Session 1)
After Silas’ chat with the Raven Queen, he found his companions lying in some coffins in the next chamber. Once they all regained consciousness, the eladrin vampire briefed them on his encounter with the Raven Queen a[...]Read on >>
Small Scale Warfare
Chief White Bull was a nephew to the better known Chief Sitting Bull of the Lakota People. Whereas Sitting Bull was a war lord and spiritual leader, White Bull was a warlord. He was war Chief with more battle honors then[...]Read on >>
Kobold Quarterly Submissions: Send Them Our Way!
So, you’ve written up the perfect ghastly encounter that has caused your players to shiver in their seat. Or maybe you’ve statted out a roguish creature who delights in tormenting your group’s adventure[...]Read on >>
Borderland of Adventure: The Shadowed Keep III
At the end of last session, we left the PCs lurking in Perrin’s Bluff as they reflected on their experiences and trained to become more proficient in their respective professions. In the five weeks that they rest[...]Read on >>
For when you really need to access Troll in the Corner from your android device – an android app!
That’s right folks, there’s a brand new app in town, and it’s for Troll in the Corner. This app can be used on any android device, and it’s for when you absolutely, positively need to access the s[...]Read on >>
The Elves of Alfheim: RPG Items I Like
WHAT IS IT?Sourcebook for Elves in the classic D&D setting of Mystara. INTO THE WOODSThe Gazetteer series now makes a significant turn- moving from nations and adventure settings to a deep treatment of particular M[...]Read on >>
Miniature gallery page updated
Just a quick note here – images of five miniatures painted by the author have been added to the gallery, which can be accessed through the navbar at right under “Pages” or by clicking here. [...]Read on >>
Caves of Myrddin update
Gaze into the eyes of the dragon and despair.Philip the Bloody, Blixa the Thief and Abe the Talking Dog beam into the Dungeons of Dundagel Star Trek style. How did they get here? Where did they come from?&nbs[...]Read on >>
Skullport Tales: Actual Play 18/19
Continuing from our last report, the party and their new friend ### wander into the city of Longsaddle to stop for the night. It’s quiet. Way too quiet. The party is a bit jumpy, knowing that they’re apparent[...]Read on >>
Backscratcher: RPG Editing!
What is Backscratcher? So, I stumbled across this idea the other day, and thought that it sounded quite nice. I love RPGs, and I think it's a great idea for gamers to help each other out this way. So here's the deal. Th[...]Read on >>
Law Giver of Mitra
:Requirements: Human:Primes: WIS:Max Level: 12:Hit Die: d6 (+1 after level 9):Combat: Good To Hit Progression, Any Armor, Any Shield:Saves: as ClericLaw Givers with 13+ WIS earn 25% XP bonus. They must have a WIS o[...]Read on >>
Making Drinking Noise
I love to drink Dr. Pepper out of a can, but beer I'm less concerned about where I drink it from. But THIS would just be awesome. The Vikings, once again, do it right!![...]Read on >>
Running A Game With New Players
Over the past couple seasons of D&D Encounters I’ve had the opportunity to play with a lot of new players. Many of these players (usually the younger ones) were competently new to D&D or any RPG fro that matt[...]Read on >>
Saturday Seed ~ 89 (All for One)
This week’s seed is an introductory set up for All for One: Regime Diabolique. It is set in Paris and while short, has the capacity to fuel an entire campaign. The Seed The musketeers are debauching themselves flam[...]Read on >>
Adding extra sensations to your game
There’s an important rule in GMing: show, don’t tell. Now, when you put a setting together, you of course tell the players various things, but once the game is in full swing, it’s obviously much more im[...]Read on >>
Reality Makes the Best Fantasy: Courtesans
Warning: this article deals with issues of sex. In the battle for survival and power, people use their available resources to make the connections they need and get the things that they want. Among many of the tools used[...]Read on >>
Review Round-Up: Tristan & Isolde; Dungeons & Dragons, Volume 2 – First Encounters; The Court Jester
Tristan & Isolde (2006): A modern retelling of an old Celtic tale that was clearly the precursor and blueprint for the Lancelot, Guinevere and King Arthur love-triangle (and also Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet[...]Read on >>
DMRT: The Geek Ken Opinion for Jan. 2012
The folks over at 4 Geeks 4E have a pretty fun podcast covering different topics on D&D. One part of the Dungeon Master’s Round Table show is taking twitter questions... Read more »[...]Read on >>
TGIF
Its been kind of a crazy week and I for one am very much looking forward to the weekend. Specifically Saturday. I intend on taking it easy...With my last few attempts to get the gang together for a game being somewhat un[...]Read on >>
150 Benign Urban Fantasy Encounters
by Chris Buono Chris polled members of the GMMastery Yahoo group for benign urban encounter ideas and then added a few of his own to come up with this awesome list you might find useful for your own campaigns. Editor Isa[...]Read on >>
Top 10 D&D Civilizations
Welcome back to the column that breaks down gaming into what’s really important, ten things at a time! The best civilizations in D&D have a very different feel from anything in the real world. A... [[ This is a c[...]Read on >>
Are healing potions addictive
You know what they say about too much of a good thing! Don't you? I don't. But in reading about the use of morphine during the civil war and the creation of 500,000 morphine addled drug addicts pandering from one end of [...]Read on >>
Random Updates
A couple of updates this morning.Like Victorian era RPGs? Don't forget about my Victorian Gamers Association on Facebook.http://www.facebook.com/groups/117617184004/There is a winner for the "I'll Tumble 4 Ya" cont[...]Read on >>
A canticle for leibowitz
And what makes you think the Memorabilia is completely free of pap? Even the gifted and Venerable Boedullus once remarked scornfully that about half of it should be called the Inscrutabilia. Treasured fragments of a dead[...]Read on >>
Wrathofzombie’s Stab at the Monster Manuals- D
Back to Index Demon [Pathfinder, Monster Manual] Honestly Zak S. put so much thought into this and his random demon generation chart is spot on! There is a part of me that doesn’t like standardizations of Demons, but[...]Read on >>
The Emerald City, by Per Wiger
In reckless dreams I stalk the streets of a darkened city as blood pools and seeps through the cracks in the cobblestone path beneath my feet. In one hand I...Visit the original post, The Emerald City, by Per Wiger, at N[...]Read on >>
Dragonlance: One Story to Rule Them All?
In his recent Dragon magazine editorial, Chris Perkins talks about many of WotC's older campaign settings. In particular he sites the Dragonlance Chronicles as the "most iconic D&D story". However, he then [...]Read on >>
[D&D4REAL] Classy!
February 3, 2012 from d4, d6, d8, d10, d12 and d20s behind the skeleton in the closet
Filed under: AD&D, RPG Hub
Oh dear, I think considering the impact of levels in a real D&D world before classes was a mistake… After all levels are a function of class rather than the other way around… But I can pretend that my eccentric [...] Filed under: AD&D, RPG Hub
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Marvel Heroic Roleplaying: Operations Manual Preview
Number of Views :387 I’m currently working on editing a new episode of Dice Monkey Radio, where I interview Cam Banks, the creator of the Marvel Heroic Roleplaying Game. In the meantime, MWP has released a four-pag[...]Read on >>
Weekly Mutant Future "Wisdom From The Wastelands" Launches
Skirmisher Publishing LLC has announced the release of Wisdom from the Wastelands, a weekly publication dedicated to providing useful information, game content, and ideas for modern, science fiction, and post-apocalyptic[...]Read on >>
