Don’t Fence Me In
Last month we had a chunk of fence blow down in our back yard and we’re finally working on getting it repaired/replaced. Unfortunately it is going to take a couple of months because we’re not… Read More »Don’t Fence Me In
Encounters
A Glimpse of Giants
Every now and then I’m left in the morning with the barest glimpse of a dream from the night before and I scramble to collect the pieces and discover if it’s a thread worth following.… Read More »A Glimpse of Giants
Denizens in the Dark
We’ve talked a bit about the physical properties of dungeons, but what happens when we need to populate those structures with inhabitants? Last week I brought up the idea of the original “purpose” for the… Read More »Denizens in the Dark
EncounteRX – NPC Makeover, SyFy Face Off-style
Some of you may be addicted to Syfy’s Face Off competition series where they pit aspiring makeup and effects artists against different solo and team challenges in insane time frames. If not and you’re interested… Read More »EncounteRX – NPC Makeover, SyFy Face Off-style
EncounteRX… More than just 2d4 wolves…
Session planning is more of an art than a science sometimes. If you like coming up with stuff on the fly, it can be as simple as pulling together some basic maps, encounter descriptions, monster… Read More »EncounteRX… More than just 2d4 wolves…
Encounter Time: Ships Passing in the Night…
Let’s try this on for size as a system-neutral, almost genre-neutral (easily suitable for fantasy or western worlds)… The Scene You’ve been on the road for a few days on foot and have only seen… Read More »Encounter Time: Ships Passing in the Night…
New Products! Insta-NPCs! (*Just Add Dice)
During the creation of the Big Book of Little Spaces: Haunts (available soon!), I added a couple of ideas as appendices for NPC creation that turned out not to fit very well in the scope of that… Read More »New Products! Insta-NPCs! (*Just Add Dice)
Let Local Lawbreakers Do Your Leg Work
How do you bring your towns and cities to life? By populating them with people and events that your PCs can interact with! But sometimes coming up with those events can be difficult. When you’re… Read More »Let Local Lawbreakers Do Your Leg Work
10 Hooks For Things in the Dark
As I continue work on the Big Book of Little Spaces: Haunts, I’m constantly coming up with new examples for plot hooks, events, and encounters… Here are ten I came up with over the weekend based… Read More »10 Hooks For Things in the Dark
How’s Them Road Apples?
As a player I often wondered how much time we actually spent on the road between locations. In some campaigns we seemed to ALWAYS be on horseback or foot, camping by the roadside, holed up… Read More »How’s Them Road Apples?
