Oh Yeah! I really wish I had some deep introspective comment here about the difficulties of getting through walls and player agency in overcoming dungeons through lateral thinking. But nope. Just a cheap laugh.
God of Gawds Based on a true campaign event. My cleric follows the god of medicine, so his angelic spirit guardians were armed with surgical scalpels. It just seemed appropriate to make them cherubs. With scalpels. Which is inherently horrifying […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Ordering Delivery Eight months ago (give or take) the strip went on an unexpected hiatus, after my campaign ended and, at the same time, I ran low in material. The worst time for a idea dry-spell. Then, the longer I […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Fully Equipped Another comic pulled from my homegame. It actually happened twice in as few as three sessions: once at a medal ceremony where the party was honoured and following that at a state funeral. It’s rather odd to imagine […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Highly Motivated Sometimes you design a character knowing exactly how you want them to evolve as an individual over the course of the campaign. Perhaps you’re telling a redemption arc where they grow from being a reaver, criminal, or mercenary […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Heavy Metal A recent Unearthed Arcana introduced the Armourer Artificer. A heavly armoured spellcaster that can literally use mind over muscle, ignoring a requirement of armours while using their Intelligence in place of their Strength. Which is cool and upon reading […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Minion Might Minions are a 4th Edition rule. Monsters with a single hit point that die after one blow. They’re an element of cinematic play, where the heroes face off against a dozen weak enemies. They can kinda exist in […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Eternal Questions Of course, the DM dodge is: they speak the truth, but they don’t know everything and will respond with “I don’t know.” It’s a classic riddle and one that never survives contact with the player characters who will, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In The Eyes Beholders hate other beholders, viewing them as imperfect and not “true” beholders. Reflections in general should instinctively infuriate them, being almost the perfect beholder but flipped visually. Beholder lairs should be filled with broken mirrors and shattered […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hoofing It In the Twitter conversation regarding Mike “Sly Flourish” Shea’s newest Kickstarter (Fantastic Adventures: Ruins of the Grendleroot) the conversation turned to flumphs. Like it does. More specifically, flumph mounts. Which inspired several amusing ideas to run through my […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
