Deadly Delves: Reign of Ruin Review
Part of developing the market around third-party 5e products is broadening the review base, so that potential buyers have something to go on. With that long-term self-interest at heart, then, I’m reviewing Deadly Delves: Reign of Ruin, written by Richard ...
Using Security More Effectively in Your Games Part 2
Last time we covered the distinction between security officers and the police, and why the distinction is necessary in a game, how security officer’s professionalism, technology/ magic, and crowd control and monitoring can make a security officer more effective, as ...
I Was Traveling the Planes and I Found Dragons, Part ...
This time I’m doing Radiant dragons, one of the three dragons released for the Spelljammer setting. This is in response to a commenter’s request. Asteroid lairs. Radiant dragons prefer to lair in the asteroid that they were born in, often returning ...
Plane Shift: Ixalan Breakdown
Last week, just as January’s Unearthed Arcana dropped, we also got a new Plane Shift from James Wyatt titled Plane Shift: Ixalan. Now, I come in knowing precisely nothing about Ixalan, beyond guessing that I might get something Mesoamerican. The ...
Using Art in Your Games Part 1
(Author’s Note: I just got a job at the Art Institute of Chicago as a security officer. There’s LOTS there, and starting with this piece, you’ll often find me writing on art, because there is a ton to say on ...
Using Security More Effectively Your Games
(Author’s note: The reason why I use the term “security officer” in this article, vs. a “security guard” is simple. Officers think on their feet, and can use their training to adapt to changeable situations. A guard only can do ...
Encounters in the Savage Jungles Review
Encounters in the Savage Jungles is a hefty (80-page) PDF, released on the DM’s Guild as a supplement to Tomb of Annihilation (or any other jungle content) for $6.95. It’s a collection of 38 encounters (23 full-length, 15 quick hits, ...
Defender Traits for NPCs
When I first saw monster stat blocks in the D&D Next playtest, and again upon the release of the Monster Manual, I was surprised at how much of a return to 2e-and-earlier form they resembled. They have some of the ...
Making the most of Barbarian Rage, P2
D&D (and other such games) have taken the idea of the real life and mythology of the berserker and turned it into the barbarian class that we know and love in the game but for the most part they are ...
Making the most out of Barbarian Rage Part 1
D&D (and other such games) have taken the idea of the real life and mythology of the berserker and turned it into the barbarian class that we know and love in the game but for the most part they are ...