Campaign Flavour of the Month No matter how much I love my current campaign, I cannot help but think about what is next. Which is all the more dangerous and time wasting when I’m only a few weeks into a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Sitting Posture I’ve noticed that the longer a game session goes on, the less i’m actually sitting. I start standing to set-up combat and move minis, but soon just remain standing rather that return to my seat. Because I’m just […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Superhobo When you change the tone of your campaign from generic fantasy to something else there’s always an adjustment period. I tried to run a few superhero games over the years, and the characters have always had more in common […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In Search of Non-Adventure Adding forks in the road is a trap for Dungeon Masters. It makes sense sometimes to give a choice for reasons of verisimilitude. A branching path in the road because the map shows one, or a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Handheld GPS Players don’t keep maps anymore. Which might also be the result of dungeons seldom being larger than 3-6 encounter areas and generally fitting onto a single 8×11 page. You seldom spend three or four sessions in a single […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Alternate Solution It never fails for rogues. They search the floor. They search the doorway. They search the chest. Each time they get a super high number but find no traps. But the one time they roll a “3”, that […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
C&D&D There’s a fine line between making a generic kitchen sink fantasy world that lovingly pay homage to the tropes of the fantasy genre and just ripping off J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth. Thankfully, no one will actually be sued by […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Most Important Meal At high levels, heroes feast is just something you have every morning you’re expecting trouble. It’s expensive, but the benefits are solid, and by 12th level, you probably have tens of thousand gold pieces to spend on […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Living the Life Clerics default to following the will of a divine being, such as a god or possibly an archangel. 3rd Edition shook this up by including a provision that clerics could choose to devote themselves to a cause […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Laws of Reality You can wield a lance with one hand on a mount. With the the Dual Wielder feat, you can hold two one-handed weapons at the same time. As a small race, halflings can’t easily use any weapon […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Line of Unsight The rules for vision make sense most of the time. When there’s no light, you’re blinded. A fairly elegant rule, as it makes use of a common condition, so a special rule does’t need . At night […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Dance Moves I thought about having the caption say “Looks like someone took a level dip into the asshole class”, or some variation on that theme. But I decided the term “level dip” might be too… system mastery-ish for a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
