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See More »This topic comes to mind because, as LARPing reopens in the South (in the summer… we all do things we regret), I’ve gotten to see a surprisingly effective new(-to-me) development in dungeon presentation in boffer LARPing. To explain it, I want to work through the history of dungeon setups I’ve […]
A friend of mine, Steve Chambers, is the origin of this idea: a paladin who is a magical bouncer. I’m just running with that and turning it into as cool of a paladin oath as I can, then hoping Steve and his gaming group like it. I’m also surprised to […]
I was playing Minecraft Dungeons with my 5-year-old a couple of weeks ago, and saw some absolutely amazing unique item names, which I commented on in Twitter. Starless Night and void bow got me thinking about weapons of the cosmos, and it was a short hop from there to something […]
I wanted to play with some other areas of folklore, and these new spells came out of it. I was also interested in trying a new mechanical concept that came to me, as you’ll see (create poppet). Animate Hut 5th-level transmutation (druid, warlock, wizard) Casting Time: 1 minute Range: Touch […]
It’s been years since I was an active video game reviewer, but when I was offered a review copy of the roguelike deck builder ROGUEBOOK for the Switch, I jumped at the chance. The email billed the game as being for people who liked Slay the Spire and Monster Train, […]
There are a couple of spells that have shown up in Aurikesh for which I promised actual rules “sometime soon,” which apparently means today. Since those two spells don’t a satisfying post make, I’ve added in a few more ideas. Protection from Moonlight 3rd-level abjuration (bard, cleric, druid, paladin, ranger, […]
One of the best parts of Darkest Dungeon, Pillars of Eternity, and a lot of other RPG video games is building up your home base town over the course of your many adventures. I’m not really talking about giving the town itself a numerical level that scales up, though that’s […]
A few days ago on Twitter, I got to talking about the warlock class of 3.5e’s Complete Arcane, with some remarks that I’ll repeat here as a prelude to offering some new Eldritch Invocations that center on eldritch blast. “Narratively, the warlock has grown so much that one can hardly […]
Today I want to tell you about a Kickstarter that Sharang Biswas is running. He’s writing flash fiction queer erotica about six of the D&D classes in this first volume of the Tome of Dark Delights. I’ve read the previews of the Bard, Paladin, and Cleric stories, and if you […]
Back in this post, I suggested quest shrines as active locations on game sites, where players could go to gain a minor quest with a reward. In this post, I’m getting a little deeper into the nuts and bolts of how it might work, including a collection of sample repeatable […]
