Old Hat Monsters: Tribal Shaman
“Every man is a quotation from all his ancestors.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson In many tribal societies, the chieftain leads the social hierarchy (along with sometimes a council of elders), the hero leads war [...]Read on >>
Wikipedia is the DMs Friend: Medieval Demographics
Most (A)D&D worlds are generally sparse in population, with but a single village in an entire 30-mile hex, if that. Many find that sort of emptiness unsatisfying from an historical perspective, and seek to beef up th[...]Read on >>
Anybody want a cloth map for their campaign world?
I ask because zazzle.com will let you put your graphic on a towel and that ought to get the job done. I've wanted a cloth map of a campaign world of mine going back to when I opened my shiny new copy of Ultima IV.&[...]Read on >>
Original Art Reward Now Available
Thanks to the generosity of one of our artists, there is a new reward level now available for the Adventures Dark and Deep™ Bestiary Kickstarter:ORIGINAL ART SPONSOR: You get your name listed in the Bestiary as th[...]Read on >>
We still need Booth Volunteers!
We still have a few slots open in the booth schedule. What for? We need volunteers for the ENnies booth at Gen Con this year! How long will it take? Each shift is two hours and we like to have two peo[...]Read on >>
[HOUSERULES] Corruption Redux…
Whilst I am determined to keep houserules to a minimum for my planned Castles & Crusades campaign next year, some will be included to help create the flavour of the world.In the world of Tekralh, magic is wild ener[...]Read on >>
Sources of Inspiration: End to End
I love to use fairy tales as an inspiration for my games. Ralph, the talking chicken, was a prince transformed by a witch's curse. Rumpelstiltskin served as inspiration for a bargained child tale. Given this, I'm always[...]Read on >>
Gaming Inspiration :The Diseased
This idea didn't come from a cartoon like most of my other Gaming Inspirations do. However, I think our settings, our flavor text, need to include more sick and diseased townsfolk. Most games have healers, clerics, [...]Read on >>
[Tuesday Map] Darkling Depths Level 2
May 21, 2013 from A Character for Every Game
Filed under: dungeons & dragons, Labyrinth Lord, RPG, RPG Hub
The MegaDungeon Continues! Level 2 of the Darkling Depths is broken up into three distinct areas. The main complex of …Continue reading »
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1,000-Word Rebuttal: Against the Fetish of Progressive Design
This blog hosted “Penny Dreadfuls: Against the Nostalgia Fetish in Fantasy Roleplaying” yesterday, a pleasant-but-perhaps-confused rant against nostalgia in roleplaying game design, and in favor of progress a[...]Read on >>
Treasures of NeoExodus: Silence
This installment of the Treasures of NeoExodus-line is 3 pages long, 1 page SRD and 1 page item-cards, leaving us with 1 page content, so let's check this out! [...]Read on >>
Imperial Heroes: Pregenerated Characters
This collection of Pre-gens for the Jade regent-AP is 28 pages long, 1 page front cover, 1 page editorial/SRD, 1 page introduction/how-to use,1 page author bios/back cover, leaving us with 24 pages of content, so let's t[...]Read on >>
Forgive my gloating…
I've been collecting books and other products relating to the World of Greyhawk pretty much since there was such a thing to collect. So as you might imagine, there are very few lacunae in my collection. Today, I filled o[...]Read on >>
Playtesting: roll Xd20 keep highest skill checks.
In my every other Friday m20 game I am running I am using the tweaked skill and...[...]Read on >>
Multiclassed to oblivion
May 20, 2013 from canageek
Filed under: 3e, advice, Advice/Tools, dungeons & dragons, roleplaying, RPG, RPG Hub
Another post in my series on how to build characters that will actually help the party. This advice comes from a very common character type that I could not stand at all. The overly-heavily multiclassed character. Multic[...] Filed under: 3e, advice, Advice/Tools, dungeons & dragons, roleplaying, RPG, RPG Hub
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Projects – where the Dodecahedron is going
Now that Magical Theorems & Dark Pacts is out (and is selling like… well… what’s the opposite of hotcakes? cold …Continue reading » [...]Read on >>
WFRP: Groz Zorn (11th Sitting)
Thursday night was the eleventh sitting of our WarHammer 2e online campaign.My PCMordrin Skorkinson, Giant Slayer. The giant he slayed was a 12 foot tall troglodyte. It counts. He is also the bemoaner of the doom t[...]Read on >>
Supplement Review: The Stealer of Children by Peter Spahn from Small Niche Games
May 20, 2013 from Game Knight Reviews
Filed under: Campaign, design, Game Design, GM, Inspiration, Labyrinth Lord, Reviews, roleplaying, RPG, RPG Hub
Of late, I’ve had the opportunity to review several quality books from small publishers and seen how well a product can be produced even on a budget. That said, occasionally I come across a product with a great con[...] Filed under: Campaign, design, Game Design, GM, Inspiration, Labyrinth Lord, Reviews, roleplaying, RPG, RPG Hub
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Win A Witch And Promote Human Rights!
Talented Tim Brannan, author of The Witch supplement for old school games, is offering a free PDF of his book as a draw prize. All you need do is promote his blog, The Other Side, and his competition - then let him know.[...]Read on >>
Penny Dreadfuls: Against the Nostalgia Fetish in Fantasy Roleplaying
Ever since the announcement of “D&D Next”—or, to translate marketing-speak into actual English, Dungeons & Dragons: 5th Edition—more than a year ago, Wizards of the Coast’s efforts t[...]Read on >>
The G*M*S Magazine Podcast Episode 99.99–Game Buffet You Traitorous Dog!
The last episode before episode 100 (promise!). This episode (a bit longer than usual, I warn you) we, as in Kara, Dr Mike Reddy and I, have got together to bring you the latest Game Buffet with our list of best tr[...]Read on >>
Fun Way to Run We Be Goblins for New Players and Old
I ran We Be Goblins at Megacon 2013. I think I ran it four times and each table seemed to enjoy the dungeon. I have been running dungeons for so long that I wanted to ensure people had fun with this Pathfinder Roleplayin[...]Read on >>
What’s your favourite RPG genre?
There was once a time when you could only play in a handful of genres, usually fantasy or straight up sci-fi. However, now there are tonnes of types of RPGs you can play, from stonepunk to professional wrestling to pulp.[...]Read on >>
The Graves of the Lost
May 19, 2013 from A Character for Every Game
Filed under: dungeons & dragons, Labyrinth Lord, RPG, RPG Hub
Last week I wandered over to my mailbox as I do about three times a month (I don’t get flyers …Continue reading »
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The Morrow Project Pre-Release: Character Generation
For me, the character creation rules are often the window I use for getting a good understanding of how an RPG is intended to be interpreted and implemented. This section tends to be my first, best source of first impres[...]Read on >>
