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The Horizon Conspiracy

May 19, 2020 by The Chatty DM

The Diabolist

Then a question came to me: “Which icon is going to run interference in this scheme?” and asked for a final d12 roll and came up with “The Diabolist”

Filed Under: Adventure Prep, Campaign Logs, Featured, Musings of the Chatty DM, Newest Critical Hits, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 13th Age, campaign design, chatty's 13th age, d20 Fantasy, d20 system, index card prep

Power Attack the Shoggoth

November 21, 2008 by Dave

As noted previously, I’m a huge fan of the d20 Call of Cthluhu book. With it, I ran my favorite campaign of all time, and the rules were exactly the level I wanted them. Except… the feat selection sucked.

Filed Under: Editorial, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: cthulhu, d20 Call of Cthulhu, d20 system, shadows of cthulhu, true20

"A Band of Orcs" Wants to Encounter You

January 10, 2008 by Dave

Everybody’s favorite Orcish-themed death/thrash metal band, A Band of Orcs, is holding a contest to see who can write the most brutal encounter involving a band of orcs for D&D. Check it out because the deadline is soon- January 21st. Players in my current D&D game will find that this nicely coincides with an encounter […]

Filed Under: Critical Bits, Music, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: a band of orcs, contest, D&D, d20 system, death metal, Music

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