I’ve been mulling over this problem I have. In the past, I’ve taken advantage of the players’ defeat of a particular villain to introduce a new villain. Recently I’ve begun to question the “fairness” of such an action. Is it[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Okay, this conversation started with my previous post… from an hour ago. Now is the thing about character classes. My group started playing 5e about a year after its release. My first outing was with a tiefling necromancer (“Venger”), and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Boy, have I got a lot to tell you about. I have a list of 60 skills that I’m building into a Career system to replace 5e skills, proficiency, and backgrounds–the Career system is similar to how careers function in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yesterday, I put the finishing touches on a basic “hoard” generator using the 5e treasure tables from the Dungeon Master’s Guide. I modified the algorithm because I feel the DMG tables are unnecessarily complicated when it comes to determining gems,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Finally put together a page for our group’s latest D&D campaign, “Loose Threads.” Naming an adventure or campaign is a big deal for me, because I refer back to it constantly for both plot and character, and it represents a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Making Wizards Special Again
Ugh. 5e bards have access to 9th-level spells. Not that I’m not happy for the bard, after all my very first PC was a half-elf bard — it’s just that bards don’t need (and shouldn’t have) 9th-level spells. Ninth-level spells[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Dungeons should be the centerpiece of any campaign. The Dungeon is where characters are proved or broken. All questions are answered in the dungeon. “Will they or won’t they?” Enter the dungeon and find out. No matter the question, no[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ve been mulling over this idea I had last week, trying too decide whether to move forward or discard it: “There are no gods of peace.” Pelor, Melora, Bahamut, and even Kord are kind of boring because they aren’t villainous.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
By the time I’ve finished writing my morning post, I’ve usually thought of a better topic for discussion. By the next morning however, I’ve usually forgotten it. I’m usually relieved to have finished the morning post that I don’t start[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
One of my evil characters from a previous campaign pulled a Hijacked By Ganon on our game. I’ve been auditing her assets as a character/villain in order to determine what kinds of resources she can bring to bear. It’s a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…