The Worth of a Hero A common joke at my table, when a character is really close to levelling but isn’t quite there yet, they start to wonder how much experience they’d get for offing the party’s bard. Especially at […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Life is a Winding Road The headline of that town’s newspaper the following day: “Murder hobo, commits hobo murder.” Character arcs are awesome in fantasy fiction. The naive farmboy sets out on their travels with dreams of becoming a hero, and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Stand Your Ground Yeah, another political/ topical comic. Sorry. I’ll try to restrain myself in the future. The topic of excessive force from police just seems to be everywhere these days. It’s mostly an American issue. Really, like other problems, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
An Unassailable Position Once they reach a certain level, PCs start to feel unkillable. Their armour, skill, and magic make them unhittable by the common man and vast numbers of low level opponents are needed to bring them down. There’s […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Agony of Killing PCs I kinda want to kill a Player Character. But I’m finding it difficult to justify doing so… I wrote about this once before in a very, very early blog but that piece is significantly rougher, and it’s […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
