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See More »Inigo Montoya: You are using Bonetti’s Defense against me, ah? Man in Black: I thought it fitting considering the rocky terrain. Inigo Montoya: Naturally, you must expect me to attack with Capo Ferro? Man in Black: Naturally, but I find that Thibault cancels out Capo Ferro. Don’t you? Inigo Montoya: […]
In a recent session of my Aurikesh campaign, the PCs followed up on a previous investigation into a theater that had some kind of connection with an Abomination – my setting’s term for the Great Old Ones. I think that the players had a very good time, and I know […]
I’ve been intermittently writing a series of posts with personality features specific to each nonhuman race, and today I’m covering aasimar (devas if, for some reason, you preferred 4e). Aasimar go back to 2e and Planescape, but didn’t become as central or popular with gamers over the years as tieflings […]
In case you missed it, July – and my hosting of the RPG Blog Carnival – have come to their inevitable ends. At least here in Georgia, July’s heat is brutal enough that I am not sorry to see it go, but I’ve enjoyed hosting the Blog Carnival all the […]
It’s the first Monday of a month, and Unearthed Arcana is on time! Today we have two new subclasses addressing arcane casters that have ties to faith or a deity: the Seeker Patron and Pact of the Star Chain for warlocks, and the Theurgy Tradition for wizards. Mearls mentioned on […]
In a previous post, I wrote about the wizards of Aurikesh, my tabletop setting, for the Ways of the Wise RPG Blog Carnival. Today I’m doing the same for my LARP setting, Dust to Dust. To be clear, the Campaign Staff and many of the players contributed to the setting, […]
If I’m going to host a blog carnival about the Wise, I might as well talk about my own settings too, right? Today I’m talking about Aurikesh, the setting of my current tabletop game. Probably the best summary of the Wise of Aurikesh that I’ve written so far comes from […]
Many fantasy literature settings have their own unique spin on wizards and, at least as important, how wizards interact with one another. In this month’s RPG Blog Carnival, I’d love to hear about your setting’s (or favorite fantasy novel’s) wizards, their society, and what makes them unique. To celebrate my […]
I’ve been working for a good while now on unique personality features for each race. The exact implementation of these ideas is left to each DM – maybe you pick two or so of these and the rest from your actual Background, maybe you get additional personality features. The DMG […]
Note the paltry amount of filthy lucre. The piece is “Dragon Slayers and Proud of It,” by Larry Elmore. Last month, I talked about six different approaches to distributing cool treasure in tabletop games. Today I’m looking at the same question from a different angle. Let’s say you’ve figured out what’s […]
