I mix up the last leg of our jungle trek from Tomb of Annihilation. Somewhere near the end, Chief Redwater cashed in during a fight against a pair of girallons. My next character had a decent Intelligence score so I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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The “third life” of Lawrence Dread the half-orc paladin was a half-orc barbarian incarnation called “Chief Redwater,” who joined the party during the same encounter that claimed the life of my kobold cleric in Tomb of Annihilation. He took a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Our group played through the Tomb of Annihilation and I didn’t really keep notes. I feel kind of bad about that, so I’m doing this thing where I read through the adventure to comment on what I find and what[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This week has seen a lot of 2e reading, which is good because it was past due. I don’t really know where to begin, I guess I owe a lot of it to our current D&D campaign which picked up[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
By chance, I spotted a reference to Ioun while reading a passage from the 4e Book of Vile Darkness. Something about the Tear of Ioun and unleashing horrors from the Far Realm. Okay, maybe it wasn’t quite by chance. Horrors[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The first time I received this quest in Mount & Blade, my mind was blown. It’s simply one of the best quest ideas for an RPG . . . ever. In M&B, you’re asked to collect on a debt for[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
tl;dr Reorganize and redistribute monsters across levels of play. Fill in gaps with new monsters. … I’ve been mulling over this idea of, “Campaign Cornerstones.” I haven’t written about it much because in all the time I’ve spent in design,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Last week I read Temple of Elemental Evil. TOEE was an ordeal. I found many parts of the text uh, how do I put it? Trite? Pedantic? Condescending? I don’t know enough of either Gygax or Mentzer to really tell[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Have I mentioned the Rumors of War Relaunch Project FUNDED? See for yourself! The new comic starts Monday, March 3rd! — It started with the idea of veracity. The “truthiness” of a rumor. Any rumor, regardless of source, is bound[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Have I mentioned the Rumors of War Relaunch Project FUNDED? See for yourself! The new comic starts Monday, March 3rd! — I’ve written about player-game master transparency before. It’s led me to develop some strange and interesting mechanics in the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…