Interview: Satine Phoenix from “I Hit it With My Axe”

Have we become a porn site? HA! I wish. No, but we did interview Satine Phoenix from “I Hit it With My Axe,” my new favorite thing on the internet. We’ll be posting more coverage weekly, so check back [...]
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Geomorph Mapping Project #45 (Geomorph of the Slavelords)

This particular geomorph was inspired by a section of the map in the first Slavelords module from TSR (Dungeon Module A1). In particular it is the stairs in the lower right corner with the passage underneath to the room [...]
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St. Patrick’s Day Plot Devices

Since it is St. Patrick’s Day, I decided that it would be an appropriate time to come up with some more holiday inspired adventure ideas. And, since leprechauns are underutilited, most of these plots involve the l[...]
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“I Hit it With My Axe” Mixes D&D and T&A Starting Today

For a gamer, The Escapist is where the guy from Austrailia talks really fast and makes fun of games. Apparently, it’s more than that. It has been announced today that The Escapist will be starting a new reality sh[...]
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Geomorph Mapping Project #44

Back to one of the early weeks in the project, where the theme was dungeon / cave interfaces. Unlike most of them that week, this geomorph actually connects to all eight entrances. [...]
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Dice, Dice, Baby

Behold the sanctity of a gamer’s dice bag. One dares not violate it. Ben knows there’s a story and superstition behind every precious die in one’s collection. So, let’s delve into his dice pile and see what w[...]
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Order of the D30: Saints for your Cleric to Invoke

Another article in my Order of the D30 series.  Rescued from the draft heap. Inspired by Jeff Rients’ Book Miscellaneum of Cinder and this article from Grognardia. In our AD&D game on Sunday afternoons I pla[...]
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Geomorph Mapping Project #43

A traditional geomorph style design, with three distinct segments that don’t contact each other, but share walls. [...]
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Dungeon Dramas: A Guest Spot from Bob @ The Dice Bag

Welcome back to Dungeon Dramas, my ongoing series of plot hooks as developed by the random roll of my Story Cubes. Today’s Dungeon Drama is guest written by Bob from The Dice Bag. Believe it or not, Bob and I conco[...]
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[Friday Map] Geomorph Set 7

Another six geomorphs down! No real theme to this set, just getting back into the groove. [...]
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Change of Opinion: Flexibility not Limitation

I have been complaining since Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition came out that many of the features that I relied on in Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd Edition had been removed. I have now not only come to accept th[...]
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Federation-Apocalypse Session 105 – The Chill of the Night

   So, they’d been traveling across Necropolis to reach Necropolis. Bloody confusing of the realm’s discoverers to simply give the place the name of the first city they’d arrived in there.    OK, it was hard to[...]
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How to Make More of Your Minions

By Guest Blogger Jason L. Dawson Players are clever. They scheme, plan, plot and connive their way into and out of the most difficult situations we as the DM can create. This is especially true if you have players in you[...]
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Geomorph Mapping Challenge #42

42! The Geomorph of Life, The Universe, and… Everything! Well, maybe not everything, but it does have a spiffy sunken room with a raised dais containing a pair of statues! This is also the one-year anniversary of A[...]
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How Old Are You?

My oh my how that ticking clock of father time goes by… A year to the day the Internet gave birth to a bouncing baby Ben’sRPGPile.com – a collection of misfit gaming addicts who were hell bent on bringing a bette[...]
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Geomorph Mapping Challenge #41

Again, I find the multi-level maps appealing. In this case the lower level is quite a bit lower than the main level. And in the southeast corner is a north-south corridor on the lower level and an east-west corridor on t[...]
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The Importance of Dice

Dice are a very important part of most role playing games. Without out a good set of dice you would not be able to roll up your character, let alone slay a dragon. They are just as important to people who play roll playi[...]
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Can There Be A Perfect Roleplaying Game?

One of the struggles my gaming groups have gone through ever since I started playing was finding ‘the perfect game’. We always seemed to be in search of a game that has the perfect setting and perfect system for our [...]
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Geomorph Mapping Challenge #40

A whole bunch of navigational trouble here, and  a cluster of rooms perfect for a warren of vegepygmies or goblins. [...]
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First-Time DMing Tips: Part 2

Lots of schoolwork lately, and preparing for a Shadowrun campaign, so sorry for the lack of updates! -_- Here is the continuation of my series of DMing tips for first-time D&D Dungeon Masters (as sent to my friend wh[...]
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Geomorph Mapping Challenge #39

Welcome to the geomorph of secret entrances / exits. While all 8 entrances lead to the same set of rooms, only 3 of them aren’t concealed by secret doors. I like the “feel” of the two rooms on the East [...]
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Lords of Tyr – Lords-of-Tyr-D&D-Podcast-033 with Richard Baker

Welcome to the Lords of Tyr D&D Podcast!We are a Dungeons and Dragons gaming group that has been meeting twice a month since 2002. We now stream our game nights live on the Internet using uStream. Check out our site [...]
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Cottage Industry

Your party’s trips back to town can be real snoozers. Thank goodness there’s lot of ways to fix this common game-drag problem. As a DM, Ben drops in a couple buildings and simple accessories to give these ot[...]
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Virgin DM Monologues: A Tale of Two Suspects and Five Unlikely Pirates

Did you know that warforged can come down with lycanthropy? Neither did we.[...]
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Geomorph Mapping Challenge #38

I like my two-level geomorphs. This one has a pair of balconies overlooking a large central room (with no actual access to said room on this geomorph, so you either have to climb down, or go looking for the entrances els[...]
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Return of the Geomorphs – #37

Yeah, so the whole Post Apocalyptic theme ran out on me part way through February, as you probably noticed. And I was completely uninspired for maps to go with that series. So, I welcome you to the return of the Geomorph[...]
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Pen and Paper Gaming in the 21st Century by Erik Mona

I am proud to announce that Pen & Paper Gaming in the 21st Century, the 2009 GamesU Keynote address by Erik Mona, is now live on our YouTube channel. Whether you missed it at the show or were not able to attend Neonc[...]
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First-Time DMing Tips: Part 1

Recently a friend of mine announced that he was going to try running a D&D campaign (at lunch at school) for the first time, so I made a list of suggestions for DM-ing his first game. ^_^ (He’d never even play[...]
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Campaign Coins Review

Recently, a box of Campaign Coins showed up on my desk. In the past, I’ve dabbled in using tangible objects in my RPG sessions, but I’ve usually ended up going back to a hands-off approach to Dungeons & [...]
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Dungeons & Dragons Online: Eberron Unlimited Surpasses One Million New Accounts

A few months ago, Turbine revamped Dungeons & Dragons Online, re-branded under the name DDO Unlimited, to be one of the first large MMORPGs to offer a free-to-play side to an already established subscription model. [...]
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A Laugh and a Lesson: “My Girlfriend Gave Me Harpies”

Harpies aren't the only thing you can catch mixing D&D and sex.[...]
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Character Concepts: Dragonborn

A handful of character concepts and builds for creating an effective and elementally devastating dragonborn. From a Warden/Fighter that spews acid left and right to becoming an all-powerful avatar of the deceased god Io.[...]
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Table-top Ideas From Video Games

Recently I found myself reminiscing about some of the old video games I used to play as well as how video games have progressed to what we have on the market now. I started to realize that many games had great ideas tha[...]
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Spelljammer: “You Got Your Bug in My Feature!”

Spelljammer is one of those settings that gets an unreasonable amount of stick. Monsters and Manuals recognized this. The Cloakmaster Cycle was the second set of tie-in novels I got into without understanding they were a[...]
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Dwarven Horde

Sometimes a guy takes a step back to assess his RPG collection and simply wonders how he got all those…dwarves. No complaints cause who doesn’t love a good ale-drinkin’ dwarf? One particular hand-painted set[...]
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Lords of Tyr – Lords-of-Tyr-D&D-Podcast-032

Welcome to the Lords of Tyr D&D Podcast! We are a Dungeons and Dragons gaming group that has been meeting twice a month since 2002. We now stream our game nights live on the Internet using uStream. Check out our site[...]
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Virgin DM Monologues: No Teleporting Rats Here!

The 10th session of E's Eberron campaign, in which the party lies to a sweet little old lady.[...]
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Guide to Stalking E at SynDCon 2010

E's running geek dating events at SynDCon... if enough girls show up.[...]
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Old Role-Playing Materials

Recently, while looking for something in my basement, I stumbled across a lot of my old role-playing materials. I don’t just mean pre-bought modules, books, etc. I have found a lot of character sheets, last will [...]
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Full Card Monty

The Internet is an RPG game aid paradise for the simple fact that it lets you build upon others’ awesome ideas – case in point with our version of NPC Tracker Cards. Ben first caught wind of an NPC Photoshop templa[...]
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Flame This Incoherent Rant

I encourage both lovers and haters of D&D 4th Edition to read this article… I’ve had a thought rolling around in my head for the last year or so. Our gaming group has mostly been playing in two or three differen[...]
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[Friday Map] Instant Wasteland – Just Add Dice!

Typically when I run a Gamma World-style game, I set it up somewhere that I’m familiar with, and then try to extrapolate what it might be like after the end. However, I decided to take a shot at creating a sandbox[...]
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Danny Bonaduce Says I Can’t Play D&D For a Week

Every so often, I’m forced to listen to terrestrial radio, and I remember why it’s worth spending a few dollars a month for satellite or, in most cases, just plugging in an MP3 player. Yesterday, with my Zun[...]
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Virgin DM Monologues: The Festival of Brightblade

Welcome to the recap of the ninth session of my Eberron campaign, which took place on Tuesday, January 12, 2010. Our adventurers recently found themselves mocked by the Starlight & Shadows wizards, attacked by chairs[...]
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Federation-Apocalypse Session 99 – The Black Alliance

   Hm… The newly shapeshifted Thralls seemed a bit… restive. What was… Ah. The local reality limited their intelligence while they were in animal form and gave them a full set of animalistic instincts[...]
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[Friday Map] Seaside escape tunnel

Near the ruins of Caer Venrau (the subject of last week’s Friday Map) is an ancient cave that has been partially expanded by human hands to serve as an escape tunnel from the castle to a small sheltered cove on the[...]
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LiveBlogging: Dungeons & Dragons Experience 2010 (DDXP)

E's liveblogging Dungeons & Dragons Experience 2010. Check it out![...]
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Guide to Stalking E at DDXP 2010

How to find E at DDXP and (if you want) be part of a fun new project for Geek's Dream Girl.[...]
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Virgin DM Monologues: Next Day Delivery, Haul Your Old One Away

Furniture is dangerous. Seriously, never in one adventure have so many furniture-related things been deadly. Click and see for yourself.[...]
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No D&D in Prison?!!

In some of the worst news I have heard all year, it appears that prison inmates in Wisconsin are forbidden to play Dungeons & Dragons or even possess D&D materials. This inhumane practice was just upheld by the [...]
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