This is a recounting of my new homebrewed D&D 4e campaign called Primal/Within. I describe what my players did and I pepper it with some DM/Designer insights. The PCs are level 7. They are usually multi-parters as I try to keep each post under 1500 words. Enjoy! Yesterday, three of my friends from my usual play […]
Dungeon Week at Musings!
I love me a dungeon! I really do! Starting with the gaming reports of the first session of my Primal/Within campaign, all posts of this week will relate to Dungeons and the goodness that comes from them! Regardless of the version of D&D we favour, most of us share a love for this archetypal adventure […]
Chatty’s Review: Monte Cook’s Dungeon a Day
The Capsule Review Monte Cook’s Dungeon-a-Day subscription-based website presents a fully playable OGL 3.5 Megadungeon being progressively built by publishing a new encounter area each day. The concept of the adventure module is brought to a whole new level through the power of Hyper-linking, high quality art and pictures of gorgeous 3D models of dungeon […]
My Tribute to Mr.Arneson
I didn’t know much about Dave Arneson, only that he was the co-creator of D&D and that there was some big issue about giving him the credit he was due. I’m not much of an history buff about D&D so I never got the full story. Most of what I do know about Mr. Arneson […]
Chatty on the Net
It seems I see people talking about my alter ego a lot lately. Not that I mind at all, I mean who doesn’t like to see his name or alias turn up stuff on Google? Well this week, I’ve made an appearance on two websites. First, last Tuesday night I was invited to participate in […]
The Primal/Within Campaign: The Dungeon as a NPC
As someone told me earlier today, back to our original programming! With my last mini-campaign done and completed, I’m getting ready to start playing my new homebrewed campaign centered around the Primal Dungeon and The City Within. One of the key challenges that I’ve found with campaigns with an overarching story arc is that I […]
A Wry Look at un-News and the Speed of Gossip
I won’t comment much on Wizards’ decision to pull PDF from 3rd party vendors, many others, more apt at ranting or having a better perspective than me, have already done so. I’ve stopped trying to understand WotC’s business practices and I do like any prudent customer’s does, if it’s a good product, I’ll buy […]
DM Chronicles, Session 13: Crunchy Finale, Part 2
See part 1 here. Anti-climatic Finale After the Gnoll lieutenant’s infernal challenge, the party surveyed the room for threats. The room was two-tiered. On the ground floor was a great minotaur idol sitting behind a boiling cauldron from which noxious fumes emerged. A mezzanine was accessible by a short set of stairs. On the mezzanine […]
Yay! My adventure was announced!!!
Well, the anthology that my adventure will appear in was announced . Goodman Games will be publishing an anthology of D&D 4e side adventures that DMs can insert when the PCs must travel from one point to the next in their adventure. It will be called From Here to There. The anthology will feature 9 […]
DM Chronicles, Session 13: Crunchy Finale, Part 1
Previously in Chatty’s game: Our heroes faced the second and third test of Baphomet, dodging magical mirrors, exploding skeletons, pools of blood and mechanical minotaurs to recover the relic keys needed to open the complex’s Inner Sanctum. Only one remains and saving the last two slaves will be within their grasps. Last Friday was to […]
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