A Few Traps to Ponder
As I’ve spent some time working on the Treasure Hunter class over the last few days, it made me ask a question I really hadn’t asked yet for Mazes & Perils. We have a mechanic figured… Read More »A Few Traps to Ponder
Rules
Revisiting the Past: Why Cantrips Bug Me in 5e
Way back when the world was flat and I was playing 1e AD&D in the mid 1980s, a book came out that threw a number of monkey wrenches into our nice, ordered existence… Unearthed Arcana.… Read More »Revisiting the Past: Why Cantrips Bug Me in 5e
Want to earn some Brownie Points with your GM?
Sure, I know we all like going with simple combat cues sometimes. I’ve been playing a ton of 4th edition D&D and my Fighter relies on moves like “Shield Feint” and “Tide of Iron” and… Read More »Want to earn some Brownie Points with your GM?
Rituals Outside the Box and an Invitation
In my last post, I chatted about some of the difficulties I was having with Divine magic and how rituals fit into the mix. Warrior, Rogue, & Mage has a few different parts to the… Read More »Rituals Outside the Box and an Invitation
How to Extend Rituals in WR&M
With a Divine spellcaster, the magical energy used to achieve an effect is channeled through the caster’s faith in a supernatural force. This force can be as straightforward as believing in a deity or more… Read More »How to Extend Rituals in WR&M
Additions to WR&M for Immortals’ Wake
Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve been looking at extending the already cool system for Warrior, Rogue, and Mage for my new project. I’m trying to incorporate a few of the concepts we developed… Read More »Additions to WR&M for Immortals’ Wake
Mana from Heaven (WR&M)
For a couple of years now I’ve been whining and moaning about how I’m not a system guy. I’m not. I’ve accepted that. My attempts at system often end up muddled messes that don’t scale… Read More »Mana from Heaven (WR&M)
Characters in the Abstract
A few weeks ago I started contemplating the idea of having much more abstract rules for character creation. But what do I mean by abstract in this case? “Abstract” for me means having a player… Read More »Characters in the Abstract
Blog Post: Combat… Damage and Critical Strikes… Help!?!
Image via Wikipedia Ok, so with the help of Chuck and Mike, I feel a bit better about a few things. But when I was trying to write up a concise summary of the combat… Read More »Blog Post: Combat… Damage and Critical Strikes… Help!?!
Starting Over… Further tweaks
Hi all… Image via Wikipedia Chuck and Mike have thrown a few good comments my way that I’ve been pondering a bit since my last Starting Over… article, so I thought I’d address them before… Read More »Starting Over… Further tweaks
