There’s a new hero on the Mazes & Perils scene today. Maybe he’s something like Indiana Jones, exploring the jungles of South America looking for priceless artifacts to include in a museum. Perhaps she’s like Lara Croft, safeguarding the world from items that shouldn’t fall into the wrong hands. But either way, this character is…
Next up in this series where I take a look at the main character classes is the Fighting Man. I was going to look at the Cleric, but decided I’d spread out the spellcasters a bit. Yes, I know that “Fighting Man” a bit of a sexist term. It was a point of contention when Vince…
This week I have the distinct pleasure of starting a new campaign and among the players, I have two who have not ever played a tabletop role-playing game before. Not since I taught my girls how to play D&D have I had new players at my table, so I’m excited to see how they do.…
I’m still hung up on this Treasure Hunter class for Mazes & Perils. Last time we talked about one way to create some possible plots around treasure. This time I want to talk a bit about what drives these characters (possibly) to do what they do. I suspect each is motivated in a slightly different…
As we begin work on our next new class for Mazes & Perils — the Treasure Hunter from Vince — I’ve begun doing a bit of brainstorming to see what exactly “Treasure” may be. I suspect that, like trash, it’s different for everybody. In role-playing games, we tend to focus on the treasure you can…
Sometimes you’ll run into a character on the street, get some juicy tidbit of information, and be on your way, only to realize later that you were had. That might be the Charlatan. He’s a bit of a con artist, spinning rumor, magical talent, and roguish charm into whatever he needs at the time. Maybe…
Long ago there was a great hero – Sir Garret Thom, a Holy Knight responsible for taking out some of the most vile undead creatures imaginable. Entire swaths of civilization may have been lost if not for him and the collection of heroes under his tutelage. Over time, a small group of those trainees began…
Other undead creatures have their place in the cycle of life, death, and decay. Some are there to clear the battlefields like crows and vultures. Some are there at the behest of their masters to guard sacred places, like mummies and skeletons. Some have their own reasons in undeath, like the vampires. And some are…
Zombies, like skeletons, are at the low end of the threat scale. On one hand, they’re pretty easy to hack at. There’s generally more to hit, even if it is rotting on the bones. On the other hand, they absorb a fair amount of damage before they’re done. So if you get surrounded by a…
Though ghosts are on the lowest end of the threat spectrum of undead creatures and not on the list of choices for favored undead enemies, you may encounter them in your journeys. Ghosts are the spirits of the wrongfully murdered. They assume physical form to gain aid from the living and prolong their time in…
