Deeply Wounded Hit points are an imperfect system. Anything above 0 and you’re at 100% fighting efficiency and suffer no penalties. As such, many Dungeon Masters have tried to introduce lingering wound subsystems, that add penalties when injured in some […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Blood of Kings I just started a new campaign, with the players excitedly bringing their freshly painted and occasionally customized miniatures, either tweaking Reaper Bones or modding with a mixture of generic accessories and Green Stuff epoxy. It’s great that […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Pay For Pray Contract Donations are expected from many churches, ostensibly to support and maintain the church buildings and priests. But this practice is also related to the tradition of religious sacrifice, where worshipers make an offering to their god. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A Ticking Clock Negative hit points that slowly tick down as your character bleeds to death in the middle of the battlefield probably seemed like a good idea when 3rd Edition D&D was being designed. It added a countdown to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Health & Hitpoints Let’s start by paraphrasing Winston Churchill: hitpoints are the worst possible system for tracking health except all others that have been tried. Hitpoints are terrible for verisimilitude and an awful reflection of reality. They’re also not particularly […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
