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…
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…
Tapped Potential Early in their careers, most adventurers end up venturing into a low level dungeon. Some place full of goblins and giant rats with small amounts of treasure that seems small to the greedy adventurers but would be a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Impossible Lock We’ve all locked ourselves out of our house once or twice. It’s super annoying, but probably not nearly as annoying when your spare keys are stored at the lowest level of five different dungeons.
Mapping Skills I’ve only had one D&D game where a player was tasked with making a map and keeping track of the group’s position in the dungeon. This was in a very unconventional 4e game in early 2012 and it […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Gesundheit Verbal and somatic components – and the majority of material components – are pretty useless. They have no hard mechanical effect, but instead serve to differentiate magic beyond damage types. This way the firebolt dealing an average of 10 […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Tomb of Replacement Characters Reading through the generally excellent Tomb of Annihilation I noticed in the titular tomb there were a number of replacement Player Character options included. Trapped heroes or adventures turned to stone or just the survivors of a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Moment of Privacy How do you keep adventurers out of a room? Locks won’t stop rogues. Warning signs are invitations. Traps are a sign you’re on the right track. But hints you’re about to walk in on two ogres boning… […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Barrier to Entry Ahead of you is an ironwood door, sealed by adamantium chains and guarded by a wall of green flame… which are totally decorative and not keeping you away from glorious treasure. Someone totally went to all the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Trust Nothing Anything around you could be a mimic right now. Your desk. Your couch. Depending on the skill of the mimic, maybe even your computer. Is your dog being unusual quiet? Mimic! Your bike tires seem flatter for no […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Tomb of Stories One of the reasons reprints of classic adventures are so popular is that there’s a shared narrative experience. You hear stories of the Tomb of Acererak. People ask what you did when you saw the Green Devil […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
