May18
on May 18, 2018
Fighting Style There’s no reason orcs would always attack in a sudden violent rush. Not all orcs would be a bloodthirsty berserker horde. Some might have unique methods of fighting.
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Feb09
on February 9, 2017
Shake Down I do love 20s and letting a lucky roll really change the story. It provides a second element of narrative influence for the players, albeit a random one. You can’t plan on a natural 20: they just happen. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Jan31
on January 31, 2017
Raunchy Reading Savage humanoid art is probably fairly explicit. They likely have paintings and carvings that borders on the obscene. Especially a race like orcs that is all about violence and the strong dominating the weak. Their reproduction likely isn’t […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Jan05
on January 5, 2017
Making a Will I love a good Wilhelm scream. It always makes me smile. I can’t do it worth a damn – an eternal sadness during gaming when a monster or creature is knocked off a high place or caught […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Jun28
on June 28, 2016
Victory Dance A few months back, while the internet had a fit over tokenism in gaming – specifically video games – I rolled my eyes and said “forget hate, my webcomic just became all female.” I’m paraphrasing (read: self censoring) […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Jun14
on June 14, 2016
The Magic of Reading I still lament the lack of D&D books for children. There are so many novels, but their size means they’re aimed at far older readers. There were attempts and youth-orientated series (Junior High age), but this […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Apr09
on April 9, 2015
Leading to Certain Doom Monsters should really surrender more. Ignoring the awkward moral choice it forces on the PCs (spare the monsters or execute them), somewhat intelligent monsters should have some kind of survival instinct and throw down their weapons […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Oct16
on October 16, 2014
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…
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Oct14
on October 14, 2014
Appropriate Range If the party finds a dungeon and asks “Am I the appropriate level for this dungeon?” the answer is always “yes!” For the terribly meta-gamey reason that you’ll almost never encounter content in a tabletop RPG that you’re […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Apr24
on April 24, 2014
Greyhawking At my table, and likely many others, stripping an enemy of all valuables is known as “greyhawking”. This originates from the Living Greyhawk organized play campaign, where players were expected to specify they were looting a room. There were a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Dec19
on December 19, 2013
Carpe Diem It’s important to have a good battlecry. You can shout “For ______!” and inserting your homeland into the blank. But that doesn’t work if you’re not actually defending your home. Something scary like “Blood, death, and vengeance!” also […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
