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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
5E Friday
-OGL. So far there has been little from WotC other than a short "We're working on it". However, I think 5E requires an OGL similar to 3E. Beyond the obvious implications, such as community investment into the s[...]Read on >>
Raging Swan Press releases So What’s The Pirate Ship Like, Anyway?
This week, Raging Swan Press is proud to announce the release of So What’s The Pirate Ship Like, Anyway? a Pathfinder Roleplaying Game compatible GM’s RESOURCE by Creighton Broadhurst designed to add colour and flavo[...]Read on >>
Raging Swan released So What’s The Human Called, Anyway?
This week, Raging Swan Press is proud to announce the release of So What’s The Human Called, Anyway? a Pathfinder Roleplaying Game compatible GM’s RESOURCE by Creighton Broadhurst. If you are as crap at naming NPCs a[...]Read on >>
One Night in Thrangbek
(Transcript of the Exotic Ports O’Call travelogue newsreel on the city of Thrangbek):Bustling and cosmopolitan Thrangbek is the exotic jewel of the Gulf of Khayam. This city of approximately one million is a city of ca[...]Read on >>
News from Around the Net: 3-FEB-2012
February 3, 2012 from Game Knight Reviews
Filed under: Call of Cthulhu, design, dungeons & dragons, Game Design, GM, Inspiration, news, pathfinder, Reviews, roleplaying, RPG, RPG Hub, Tools
February!?! Where’d January go? Geesh! Here in Colorado, the snow started to fly last night and we are in the first real winter storm in 2012. What does that mean for yours truly? Not much really… I work from[...] Filed under: Call of Cthulhu, design, dungeons & dragons, Game Design, GM, Inspiration, news, pathfinder, Reviews, roleplaying, RPG, RPG Hub, Tools
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Cubicle 7 Sale at RPGNow/DriveThruRPG
Recently Cubicle 7 has reduced the prices for a lot of their products on RPGNow/DriveThruRPG. You can get the excellent Dark Harvest: Legacy of Frankenstein (read my review here) for mere $10 for example. Other great ga[...]Read on >>
Natural Campaign Areas in Greyhawk
One of the great things about the World of Greyhawk is that it isn't just one setting. It's multiple settings, all of which are adjacent to, overlap with, and/or interact with the others. Over the many years I've been us[...]Read on >>
Divine Favor: The Inquisitor
This part of the divine favor series from Open Design is 20 pages long, 1 page front cover, 1 page editorial/ToC and 1 page SRD, leaving 17 pages of content for the Inquisitor, so let's check out what we get, shall we? [...]Read on >>
Book of Beasts: Monsters of the Shadow Plane
The first of the supplements from Jon Brazer Enterprises for the upcoming Shadowsfall-products centred on the shadow plane, the latest Book of Beasts (the predecessor made it on my top-10-2011-list) is 52 pages long, 1 p[...]Read on >>
Now I’ve got to get the premium cable channels again…
When they're done right, the glossy looking historical (or, in some cases, fantasy) drama series are really great things to behold. Rome was absolutely terrific, and it was a shame that it was so expensive to produce tha[...]Read on >>
Divine Favor: the Paladin
This installment of Open Design's Divine Favor-series is 20 pages long, 1 page front cover, 1 page editorial/ToC, 1 page SRD, leaving 17 pages of content, so let's check it out! [...]Read on >>
Where my submitters at?
Three months and six days. That’s how long everyone has to submit their products. Let me tell you now, waiting until the last minute to submit your products is not in your best interest. The judges have a lot of pr[...]Read on >>
NeoExodus: A House Divided Campaign Setting
February 2, 2012 from G*M*S Magazine
Filed under: Campaign, design, pathfinder, roleplaying, RPG, RPG Hub
This pdf from Louis Porter Design is 166 pages long, 1 page front cover, 1 page editorial, 4 pages ToC, 1 page SRD, 2 pages char-sheet, 2 pages mini-monster-sheets, 1 page condition tracker, 1 page combat & initiati[...] Filed under: Campaign, design, pathfinder, roleplaying, RPG, RPG Hub
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Obsidian Eclipse Book 2: Root and Branch
This adventure/sourcebook from Louis Porter Design is 27 pages long, 1 page front cover, 1 page editorial/SRD, 1 page ToC, 3 pages of advertisements, leaving 21 pages of content, so let's check this installment of Obsidi[...]Read on >>
Expedition Design Diary: Let’s Make Magic (Together)
Expedition has a magic system. It’s a little bit more complicated than the rest of the system is, in order to add flavor and variety, but not by all that much. In the last post I generated a character using (prelim[...]Read on >>
GenCon 2012
So I am heading down to GenCon this year. With any luck I'll have my "Scenic Dunnsmouth" module written, and if there is interest I may have a third printing of Neoclassical Geek Revival as well.Any events pe[...]Read on >>
Shadow of the Beast
Somewhere in the Steel League, 5889:“So your town is cursed, you say?”“A demon or god makes its burrow beneath our town. It rises once a year, and everywhere it’s shadow falls turns as cold as the bitte[...]Read on >>
Publisher Interview: Joseph Goodman of Goodman Games
February 2, 2012 from Game Knight Reviews
Filed under: 4e, design, dungeons & dragons, Game Design, GM, news, roleplaying, RPG, RPG Hub
The “Old School” gaming movement continues to impress me with the enthusiasm of the gamers and game companies supporting it. One of the games many gamers are excited about in 2012 is the Spring release of the[...] Filed under: 4e, design, dungeons & dragons, Game Design, GM, news, roleplaying, RPG, RPG Hub
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My points of light…
February 2, 2012 from Stargazer's World
Filed under: D&D4e, Fluff/Inspiration, Other Systems, pathfinder, RPG, RPG Hub
Who knew that former US President George H. W. Bush was a Game Master, and a groundbreaking pioneer at that! He spoke about points of light campaigns in 1989 almost twenty years before D&D 4th edition. What’s that[...] Filed under: D&D4e, Fluff/Inspiration, Other Systems, pathfinder, RPG, RPG Hub
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Verdan Arcanis – Technology and Magic II. The Biological Sciences
To continue with the state of the sciences on Verdan… On the biological side, the structure of the body is reasonably well understood, as are the nature of physically-based diseases (a few seem to be lux-based in n[...]Read on >>
Jade Regent Chapter 1, The Brinewall Legacy, Session 1
Welcome to the first chapter of our Jade Regent campaign, The Brinewall Legacy! Our neophyte adventurers in Sandpoint are drawn into long-hidden secrets by their friends, relatives, and loved ones, all linked to Sandpoin[...]Read on >>
Kubo
Through luck and courage, Kubo saved the day and managed to kill the half efreet.[...]Read on >>
Let me tell you about my favorite band
It was summer 1982 when I picked up my first album. I was a dumb kid and I didn't know what hard rock or heavy metal were, I just knew I liked the cover art. Back to Basics, the fourth album from Wisconsin ba[...]Read on >>
Random Idol Generator
Need a quick and (moderately) interesting idol for that forgotten temple? How about this ...Size (d8)1. Tiny (1-ft. tall)2. Small (3-ft. tall)3-6. Medium (6 to 9 ft. tall)7. Large (12 to 15 ft. tall)8. Huge (20+ ft. tall[...]Read on >>
Now I have a machine gun
Quick question about modern firearms in your (d20) gaming. How have you seen automatic fire handled? I want an option that is reasonably balanced against single shot, or a grenade, or any other standard action. I’m[...]Read on >>
The Sinister Secrets of Silvermote
This adventure from Total Party Kill Games is 67 pages long, 1 page front cover, 1page editorial, 1 page SRD, leaving a whopping 64 pages of content! Not bad at all, so let's check out the dread laboratory of Temerlyth, [...]Read on >>
10 Luckbringer feats
By Thilo Graf This pdf from Rite Publishing is 5 pages long, 1 page front cover, 1 page SRD, 1 page advertisement, leaving 2 pages for the 10 feats, so let’s check them out! Steven D. Russell’s Luckbringer is[...]Read on >>
#1 With a Bullet Point: 7 Time Thief/Time Warden Feats
This pdf from Super Genius Games is 3 pages long, 1 page front cover/introduction, 1 page SRD, leaving 1 page of content: [...]Read on >>
Blight of the Khazars
So my Monday night ConstantCon game, the action has for now settled on a horrid little dungeon in Khazakstan.A rumoured mythical dungeon full of riches and power beyond mans wildest dreams! various notable nobles, scound[...]Read on >>
Dungeons of Adel: The Hellmouth
February 1, 2012 from The Spirits of Eden
Filed under: Campaigns, D&D 4e, Fluff/Inspiration, Legacy D&D, Other Systems, RPG, RPG Hub
One of the Arch-Dungeons of Adel, the Hellmouth is a member of a family of massive, seemingly living spaces that exist beneath each Nation of Adel (and the Abyss Isle and Noshiki), their exact positions shifting, shrinki[...] Filed under: Campaigns, D&D 4e, Fluff/Inspiration, Legacy D&D, Other Systems, RPG, RPG Hub
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Things to Love, Things to Hate: February RPG Blog Carnival
February belongs to Cupid – it’s a month of love and lust, want and wonder. On the flip side, it’s also a month of scorn, disappointment, and frustration for some...Visit the original post, Things to Lo[...]Read on >>
Web Clip Wednesday: D&D Slam Poetry
That’s Polyhedral bitch! And you’re game ain’t shit.[...]Read on >>
Race Relations in Dungeons & Dragons
In our current Pathfinder campaign, my wife Katie plays halflings. She’s worked out this wonderful, fairy tale backstory about a wolverine that fall in love with a halfling, and had a sorcerer turn him into a halfl[...]Read on >>
Druid of Dannu
:Requirements: Human:Primes: WIS:Max Level: 12:Hit Die: d6 (+1 after level 9):Combat: Good To Hit Progression, Med Armor, Any Shield:Saves: as ClericDruids with 13+ WIS earn 25% XP bonus. &n[...]Read on >>
[TEKRALH] The Devastation Of Ilyat…
The current state of Ilyat -unnamed 'dots' indicate sites of known ruinsThe northern extremes of the main known continent of Erph are home to four nautical civilizations collectively known as The Northmen: Kalevala, Skan[...]Read on >>
Steal Away Gaming
February is Black History Month and so, having a lot of friends of African American descent (as well as other nationalities that would fall under the category of being considered 'Black'), I thought I would take this opp[...]Read on >>
Thinking in the old school – a philosophy of role playing
Not too long ago TC’s tech visionary Scott turned me on to this wonderful document – A Quick Primer for Old School Gaming by Matthew J. Finch. I’d highly recommend you read this, whether you gamed in the golden[...]Read on >>
The Gassy Gnoll: If I Could Save Time in a Bottle… (CONTEST!)
February 1, 2012 from Game Knight Reviews
Filed under: Campaign, dungeons & dragons, roleplaying, RPG, RPG Hub
With apologies to Jim Croce: If I could save time in a bottle, I’d drink it up like Mountain Dew, just so I could stay up late every day and continue playing games here with you… **I’m soooo sorry Jim C[...] Filed under: Campaign, dungeons & dragons, roleplaying, RPG, RPG Hub
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