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Game Night D&D Playtest – The Mud Sorcerer’s Tomb
We had a great night of food, friends, and gaming, as usual fueled by the efforts of all, including delicious Thai roast chicken and pork shish kebabs (spell check says I might mean shipboards). The...
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Bad Character Sheet for D&D 5
Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition* Playtest bad ‘and drawn character sheet The Basic ‘And Drawn character sheet. inspired by collegiate lined (I hated wide ruled) notebooks full of characters made in...
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Art Question Aside – Plagairism or Honorable Imitation?
A famous work of art by artist Leonard Elmore graces the Basic d&D rulebook. Decades later, another person uses it as inspiration, or even blatant copy, of the art, in a far inferior style. Is it...
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Wandering Monsters
Surprise!An important aspect of fantasy spelunking is the unexpected danger of random encounters. Whenever a party is actively exploring, a wandering monster check should be made every 10 minutes, or...
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Reaction and Morale Options
Reaction Many monsters in the dungeon will automatically attack until destroyed. This includes all undead and most animals and monsters. Smarter, wilier creatures will often hesitate or wait for the...
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The Ruined Fortress of the Evil Overlord is alive!
The Ruined Fortress of the Evil Overlord This has been my project since the beginning of the new year and it is finally starting to spread its wings and fly. The concept is simple: a huge dungeon...
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Game Night April 12th – Playtesting D&D 5 Zero Level Rules for a new campaign.
This week’s game was important for a number of new experiences. We were starting a new campaign, we are using the newest D&D 5th edition playtest rules after mostly not playing D&D for many...
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Game Night April 19 – Playtestsing DnD5 and the Ruined Fortress of the Evil...
There is a lot going on this week, what with trying to get my store front set up, and trying to finish up the next four installments of the Ruined Fortress of the Evil Overlord, so I am going to have...
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Game Night April 27 – DnD 5e and the Ruined Fortress of the Evil Overlord
Behold the power of the lava lamps Even though one person had to cancel for work, even though we didn’t get started until way late and had to scramble for an ultimateley awesome meal of appetizers,...
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Game night May 3 – DnD5e playtest Ruined Fortress of the Evil Overlord
There were friends, there was pizza, there was cherry vodka with sierra mist free (surprisingly good, perhaps even surpassing strawberry crush – and diet even!) and a good night of gaming. Lets see...
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Sundering my World for Baldurs Gate and Dragonlance
A new campaign kicks off as soon as the latest, greatest, and last public playtest hits the servers. While we have been playing (if you can call it that) a mega-dungeon crawling campaign of my own...
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Dnd Playtest Oct 11 – Dicepaws
This is Twinkie Pie. He is a double alpha male cat that wont let ANYONE touch his paws – except a certain Ginger who can do whatever she wants and he is ok with it. This week we played dnd and it was...
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Game Night Halloween ’13 – Playtesting D&D with Dwarven forge Game Tiles
Laying out my stack of tiles for some serious construction. For the past two Fridays, we have been using the Dwarven Forge Game Tiles with our miniatures to play d&d. We happened to be going...
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Ancient Encounters – Orc Hillside Encampment
Orc Hillside Encampment This mini-adventure kicks off a new series called Ancient Encounters, culled from my ancient notebooks of campaigns past. The idea came after writing about re-using an old...
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House Ruling healing in Dungeons and Dragons – a new approach
House RulesOK this idea just occurred to me, so it is a rough draft, but it attempts a new approach to healing that bridges the conflicts between ‘realism’ vs. ‘gamism’ and between magic vs. natural...
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Ancient Encounters – Monastery of St Cuthbert
Monastery of St Cuthbert This mini-adventure continues a series called Ancient Encounters, culled from ancient notebooks of campaigns past. The idea came after writing about re-using an old adventure,...
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Ancient Encounters – Minotaur Maze
Minotaur maze To get past this level of the dungeon, one must confront the mighty minotaur. This mini-adventure continues a series called Ancient Encounters, culled from ancient notebooks of campaigns...
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Ancient Encounters — Evil Elf Cabin in the Woods
Ninarrens Cabin in the Woods An elven serial killer’s secret hide-out in the woods. This encounter area continues a series called Ancient Encounters, culled from ancient notebooks of campaigns past....
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Original Critical Hit and Penalty Roll Tables circa 1984
Critical Hit Table Cleaning out my garage this weekend I made an amazing find: my house rules binder from my gaming youth. This set of tables was compiled around 1983-1984. I was twelve. It was based...
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Ancient Encounters -Amber Wizard House
There is an island in the mysterious southern seas called the Isle of Dread. And on this island is a lake, which we will call the Lake of Dread. In this lake is a small islet, and on that islet is the...
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