Do Gods Need Religion?
More for RPG Blog Carnival: Religion, this time inspired by thinking about the topic itself and the way people have responded to it. I’ve always been partial to chicken-and-egg questions, particularly within the co[...]Read on >>
More Magical Traditions for Mythic Europe
While the Order of Hermes looks with disdain on other forms, it certainly has no monopoly on magical traditions in Mythic Europe. Hedge Magic is a new Ars Magica 5th Edition sourcebook for those traditions and has just b[...]Read on >>
Newbie Dm’s Bestiarum Vocabulum
Ok, so tonight I want to introduce what I hope is a semi-regular feature here at NewbieDM, some home-made monsters. Just as a warning though, I don’t claim to be a great monster designer, nor am I 100% comfortabl[...]Read on >>
Newbie Dm’s Bestiarum Vocabulum
Ok, so tonight I want to introduce what I hope is a semi-regular feature here at NewbieDM, some home-made monsters. Just as a warning though, I don’t claim to be a great monster designer, nor am I 100% comfortabl[...]Read on >>
Bodymods
Following up on the “Farm your body” article I found the great site of Marcia Nolte. I don’t understand what she writes (I guess its dutch), but she does have some amazing pictures: It’s cheaper t[...]Read on >>
Bodymods
Following up on the “Farm your body” article I found the great site of Marcia Nolte. I don’t understand what she writes (I guess its dutch), but she does have some amazing pictures: It’s cheaper t[...]Read on >>
The Week In Geek…
A round-up of geeky new that you might have missed...(1) Obama = Geek. Official: Barack Obama's "one of us". The next US President's coolness continues to grow as we find out more about the man - he collects Conan and Sp[...]Read on >>
DM Chronicle: Session 5, Alien Feys & Whiskered Pirates, Part 1
Previously in Chatty’s Game: Our Heroes battled a pirate Scholar and her Dragon Pet only to see her escape at the last second before defeat. Alone against a city of angry Ape Men, they almost managed to turn them[...]Read on >>
Review: Martial Power
I’d been looking forward to Martial Power, the fourth-edition Dungeons & Dragons supplement for martial characters, for some time. Happily, Amazon got it to me a day early, so I’m able to review it. D[...]Read on >>
[RPG Carnival] Gods in Space Opera?
It’s my first entry into the RPG Carnival, and in line with this month’s topic of Religion, let’s take a look at the role that religions and gods take in a Space Opera setting. All Part of the Genre: Wh[...]Read on >>
Weapon vs. what?
This here post is a reply to "Weapon vs. AC" over at Grognardia. I wanted to show some charts I wanted to talk about, so I'm posting here rather than commenting there. First, let's take a look at the Man-to-Man melee c[...]Read on >>
D&D Latest Releases
Released by Wizards today… Martial Power - Excerpts: The Epic Fighter, Daring Acrobat, Beastmaster Ranger, Bravura Presence, Flamebrow Commander, The Aerialist Rogue, Feral Spirit, The Paragon Fighter Draconomic[...]Read on >>
Bugbear du Jour: Noorda of the Blackened Wastes
The dark eyes flickered underneath the cowl, a flash of red like a slash of blood across the shadowy folds. Across the table the Dwarven Cleric reflexively touched his axe, a deep seated racial animosity coming to the s[...]Read on >>
RPG Carnival IV: Religion
Mad Brew tackles the topic of Religion for the fourth installment of the RPG Blog Carnival. He delves into creating pantheons and constructs a tribute to the Crs'Tchen Debacle of Dragon Magazine [Retold by The Core Mech[...]Read on >>
Building Character: Jarvis Ebner
Occupation: Bookstore owner Legal Status: U.S. Citizen with no criminal record Marital Status: Unmarried Age: 33 Place of Birth: Scranton, Pennsylvania Description: Jarvis is pale, underweight and of average height. His [...]Read on >>
The B.A.D.D. Files, part 2
Today's text file from the B.A.D.D. Files is the sad story of Darren Molitor in B.A.D.D.'s words and his own.[...]Read on >>
Kidz: Rules revision
I’ve spent the last three days hammering away at the v3.0 rules for Kidz and I’m pretty happy where it’s going. Although it’s based upon the PDQ game system, I’ve done quite a bit of tweakin[...]Read on >>
A Steady Game
I am SO happy that I have a group that is usually very steady as to when we game. It’s something that I’ve tried to keep going sense I started gaming back in the 80s. My 1st group gamed every Saturday for o[...]Read on >>
Weekend Update– 17Nov2008
Leaf On The Wind strikes again! Hello all. Last week was a very productive week for me, in terms of gaming. I finished off the last few pages of the Spycraft 2.0 rulebook. A very crunchy game indeed. I am not doing a[...]Read on >>
Impressions: Deadlands Reloaded
One of the problems with convention games is that you only get to sample a small slice of a game. In addition to the time constraints, some of the more complicated aspects of a system may get left out to facilitate new p[...]Read on >>
Creatures of Gensokyo I: Lake of Fog
Today I’m presenting a series of fourth edition D&D monsters from the mystical land of Gensokyo. This realm forms the setting to the Touhou Project, a series of shoot-em-ups by Japanese amateur developers Team [...]Read on >>
Critters Fixed…and a few more besides.
So...I made a few changes to the last set of NPC's and monsters, and have added a few more members of the 20 Silvers Gang. Please steal them, and use in good health : ) Thanks to Gregor and Graham for helping me to see [...]Read on >>
Because the King Wears Green Boxers!
In response to my last post, fire snake aries asks:It sounds like you're really good at improvising and adapting the area and what its inhabitants do depending upon what happens. I try to do that, but it's tough! I alway[...]Read on >>
Castle Whiterock on sale at Paizo
As I mentioned in my last post, Castle Whiterock is on sale at Paizo for 50% off as part of Goodman Games’s endless “the end is near” sale. If anything is tempting me this holiday season, it’s th[...]Read on >>
Gametable Tutorial: Map Organization
I’m sure everyone has a wish list of features they’d love to see added to Gametable. This post`ll tell you how to workaround what I feel is the most important one. I try to keep the bulk of my map elements (d[...]Read on >>
DM’s Corner – Running Combat Encounters
Salutations and hello my fine Dungeon Mastering companions, and to you players and unaffiliated readers out there as well! As we all know with the holiday season in full swing, it’s a busy time of year for everyone. An[...]Read on >>
Deep Discounts at RPG Overstock
RPG Overstock has some pretty awesome deals on lots of games. And it’s not only RPGs. They also have a large selection of Euro games, board games, war games, card games, minis, and other stuff. Worth a visit. [...]Read on >>
My HEX-y Love Affair
So, we discussed... and decided we'd give HEX (Hollow Earth Expedition) a whirl. [...]Read on >>
Gaming with Insignificant Others
Not long ago my husband and I spent some time blogging about gaming with significant others. Then after we spent some time talking about it in our podcast I decided to write a blog from the other end of the spectrum; G[...]Read on >>
Random Beastie Maker
As you may know, I put together a little script for my random generator program that can create unique critters for roleplaying games. I posted one of those up in the blog entry here "Random Monster Generation and the Fe[...]Read on >>
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