The following is a Crunch-heavy post on tweaking the mechanics of D&D 3.5 character classes. As D&D 4e draws nearer I feel more and more comfortable with playing under the game’s hood. Something I would never had dared with previous editions of the game. One of the things that came out of last Friday’s game […]
DM Chronicles, Session 2: When Cool Meets Satisfaction (Part 2).
Scene 3: Evil is a matter of style Following the Self-Employed Mensa Troll, who just happened to be going where the map was leading, the PCs came into another burst Sewer tunnel leading into the darkness. That time, the passage looked like it had been man/thing made. This brought the party to a largish Cavern […]
DM Chronicles, Session 2: When Cool meets Satisfaction, (Part 1)
Previously in Phil’s game: The PCs got their asses handed to them by an overwhelming encounter with a group of Yugoloths in an Elven temple. Invited to leave rapidly because of threats of open rebellion and slashed tires, the fiends disappeared in the Ptolus night. Battered and bitter, the PCs meet with Ptolus’ elven leadership […]
Why yes Dr, I do own a copy of the DMG!
While browsing through the DMing Blogosphere I came upon an older post by Dr.Rotwang that talked about the place that the 1st edition A D & D Dungeon Master Guide occupies in a DM’s library. Instead of posting a comment on an article dated November 2006 I decided to ponder about it here. A copy […]
The start of a new thing
Shamus of DM of the Ring fame has completed his first Opus. Before even letting the dust settle he presents us with his new comic over at the Fear the Boot site. Like a lot of his readers I stumbled upon DM of the Ring quite by accident somewhere around the story arc of the […]
Game Prep: The Mental State
Preparing an adventure represents about 80% of my game prep process. This includes stating the Bad Guys, setting the difficulty of the various Non-Combat challenges and creating loot that the players will appreciate. Aside: One of my last D&D 3.5 purchases was the Magic Item Compedium. This book is phenomenal and a preview of what […]
Adventure Prep, Session 2
I’m still shocked that people other than my close friends actually read this and even more shocked to have been mentioned by other DM bloggers. (I’m not going to Ego it up by linking to their post, but these guys have gotten added to my DM Blogroll). Oh and this is not a Meta-Blogging post […]
Exploring Evil in RPGs
As promised, Vanir over at StupidRanger posted is 1st part of a series on defining Evil in NPC. His definitions of evil and the motivations that may lead a non-evil being to cross the line are spot on. A lot can be said on Evil and we actually have quite a few gaming books written […]
The Rule of Cool
Image Source: The TV Tropes Wiki. I just found out about possibly the coolest site for failed writers (raises hand), Meta-plot analyst (raises hand… again) and just plain Story-driven entertainment junkies (Me me me!!!). It’s called the TV tropes Wiki and it may very well Ruin your life. (God! I must be the billionth blogger […]
The Campaign Elevator Pitch: Selling your game to your players
A few months ago, I stumbled upon Martin Ralya’s GM Wiki (well, it’s a collaborative effort, but he hosts it) and one concept in it really inspired me, the RPG Elevator Pitch. A short, concise description of a RPG system, like if you were trying to sell someone over a new game within the time […]
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