Critical Overkill Crits are awesome, but it does feel wasted when you roll a natural 20 on an injured mook that is barely managing to stand upright. Kinda. On the other hand, dealing 40 points of damage to a goblin […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
You Died I have a love/hate relationship with Dark Souls and other Souls games. I played Dark Souls for a decent time before giving up. My ability to recognise boss movements and anticipate blows is poor, and my reflexes are […] ↓ 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…
Line of Sight I made the pauldrons overly large in this strip, but looking at them now, I think it’s almost too subtle. We’re so used to giant shoulder armour, that it just doesn’t stand out. Massive ornate pauldrons have become a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Smoted It’s been said that if the Christian god is real, she cannot be omnipotent, omniscient, and omnibenevolent. You can have two out of the three. Otherwise, why is there evil and suffering in the world? As fars as gods […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When The Moon is Full Lycanthropes are scary. You get bitten and become a monster, potentially turning on your friends and allies. When you look at past editions of D&D, there are a LOT of lycanthropes/werebeasts. 2nd Edition was particularly rife […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Monstrous Races Here are five new races for your 5th Edition game: the undeade dhampyr, the savage gnoll, the treacherous goblin, the sly kobold, and the deceptive tengu. Dhampyr “But first, on earth as vampire sent, Thy corpse shall from […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Mutually Exclusive It’s a common stereotype that optimized characters (read: munchkin-ed) are shallow, flimsy characters that exist for solely mechanical reasons. You can either be a power gamer or a role player, but not both. If you’re not taking the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Phenomenal Cosmic Power Paizo released their version of “Epic” known as Mythic. This was unlike the past two versions of Epic rules, 3rd Edition’s Epic Level Handbook and 2nd Edition’s High Level Campaigns which focused on play above 20th level. Mythic Adventures […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Tricked I love the idea of holidays in campaign settings. They’re a lovely background element that seldom come up. Holidays allow a break in the tone of the campaign and cast the setting in a very different light. Halloween is […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A Children’s Classic Old MacGoblin had a farm, Ee ei ee ei arg. And on that farm he had a dog, Ee ei ee ei arg. With a “yipe yipe” here and a “yipe yipe” there, Here a “yipe”, there […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
