I’ve been using index cards as a GMing tool a lot this last year. In July, I posted about using them to create adventures in your downtime. I’ve since found new uses for them and brought everything together in this post.
Murder Hobos of the World, Arise!
The secret no bard uttered and no poet told, was this: these warlords and heroes also wanted to settle down, find peace, and scratch their own subsistence existence from the soil with pointy sticks. What good is the story of Harold the Great who defeated the Dwarves at Holden Pass when Harold brutalized his way through the pass just to get the quality soil beyond?
“Terror in the Stars”: A “Don’t Rest Your Head” Space Horror Hack
You have been selected to boldly go where no one has gone before, but as your voyage commences, you have the dread feeling that space is not a place meant for man.
“Don’t Kill Your Grandfather”: A “Don’t Rest Your Head” Time Travel Hack
A time travel hack for the Don’t Rest Your Head RPG.
Review: WotC’s “D&D Gaming Enhancer”
“D&D Gaming Enhancer”, as the product is labeled, is a viscous green liquid designed to “make gaming better.” Wizards of the Coast has opted to ship one gallon of the substance to every owner of the Player’s Handbook.
Zen and the Art of Dungeon Mastering #7: Asking Loaded Questions
As I mused on the session during the ensuing weekend, I realized that I might have rediscovered some of the best dirty GMing tricks I’d read in small-press RPGs like Dread. Asking loaded question can indeed steer a player’s action.
Bards, Lies, and Magic Items: The Mass-Producing Artificer Con
The Artificer stood before the Duke. She said she possessed a marvelous power. The Artificer knew the secret of crafting magic items in bulk. Instead of a single sword, the Artificer produced hundreds. No, thousands. In a short time.
Ars Gratia Pecuniae: Art, Magic, Murder Hobos, and Cash
The Guild of Artificers took their tale of the dungeon, the beholder, the three tragically dead heroes, and the wand’s creator and packaged into a story. A week later, they sold it to a most discerning collector for 40K gold.
The Incense War: a Story of Price Discovery, Mayhem, and Lust
Neither dragon nor God stood down. Now it was about principle. The war was on for incense.
Goodbye, Sir Terry
Sir Terry Pratchett, author of the Discworld series, passed away today at the age of 66, following a battle with early onset Alzheimer’s disease.
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