Review: Tomb of Annihilation The seventh large storyline adventure for the 5th Edition of Dungeons & Dragons is the Tomb of Annihilation. Advertised as an reimagining of the “classic” deathtrap dungeon, the Tomb of Horrors, the adventure features the return […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Review: Princes of the Apocalypse The second storyline (read: Adventure Path) for 5th Edition Dungeons & Dragons is called Elemental Evil, which focuses on the cults of several elemental princes and their efforts to take over the Forgotten Realms and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hookers and Blow It keeps coming up in discussion of 5th Edition: magic item stores are no longer assumed and players no longer have to spend a set amount of gold on treasure. So what do characters spend their money […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Pathfinder Review: Occult Adventures Playtest Note: this review is on the playtest material of Occult Adventures. For my review of the final book please click: here. Paizo is doing their annual play testing for their next GenCon hardcover book. This […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
D&D 5 Review: Monster Manual September is the Month of Monsters, as Wizards of the Coast releases the third product for 5th Edition Dungeons & Dragons: the terrifying Monster Manual. It’s hyped as “A menagerie of deadly monsters for the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Surge of Flavour I’m not a fan of 4e’s healing surges, mostly because of the name. It’s a terrible name. Healing surges are the static healing introduced that made healing proportional to your hitpoints, so the person with more hp was […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
D&D5: Failure to Launch We’re really in the dark regarding the 5th Edition of AD&D. While the playtest gave everyone an extended trial of D&D5, much has likely changed, making it uncertain what the game is actually like. And so […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Sorcerers, Warlocks, and Bards Over the past few weeks, Mike Mearls has been giving teasing previews of a few classes, revealing how they’re being updated to Dungeons & Dragons 5. He’s previewed the sorcerer, the warlock, and the bard. The […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Needed: Fansite Guidelines The launch of 5th Edition is coming closer and closer. Wizards of the Coast sent out the now infamous Press Release announcing the Summer of 2014, which everyone kinda already knew. And there is whispers from 3rd […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
DMs: The Swing Vote In a Legend & Lore column a few months back Mike Mearls summarized some of the feedback gained from the playtest surveys. One of the more surprising claims was this one, made regarding players: You aren’t edition […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Sight Unseen The controversial game design topic de jour is attacks that deal damage even on a miss. It’s a heavy topic that overlaps with the debate of hitpoints as meat or energy as well abstraction in the game. Like […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Building a Fantasy World XVI: Miscellaneous For this, the final entry in my worldbuilding blog series, I’ll be looking at everything else: the assorted and miscellaneous details that are unnecessary but can be fun. Details other worlds have used to bring […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
