I thought this guest post by Mark Cookman might be interesting to listeners who caught my spot as a guest on the Dungeon Master’s Block podcast. In the episode we talked about pirate campaigns and this look at the different types ...

Intro | History | Religion | Working Worlds | Geography | Filling Your World | Your Players | Player Options Now that we’ve examined creating a world by giving it history, religion, geography, technology, magic, people and places, the really ...

At the time I started this post, the Paladin class was tied for the top spot in the Future History of the Classes post. Since then, Warlock edged ahead, but since I didn’t set an end date to the polling, ...

If you look through the D&D 5th edition spells in the Player’s Handbook you will notice that there are some spells that are named after people.  They are named after Greyhawk characters: Bigby, Drawmij, Mordenkainen, Nystul, Otiluke, Otto, Rary the ...

Fearless commander Shawn actually suggested I add this to last week’s list of 5 Post Apocalyptic Role Playing Games, but I thought it was interesting enough to warrant its own post. Fantasy Flight Games is in the process of releasing ...

We live in a world that provides an almost endless supply of inspiration for not only campaign worlds and storylines, but for characters. Crossing genres is one of my favorite ways to get inspired for those few times I can join ...

The Ring of Vainglory (usually -falsely- referred to as a Ring of Courage) is a intricate, looping band of platinum set with beautiful obsidian inserts. Even without knowledge of its magical nature, the ring is an stunning work of art ...

One issue that I hear about often in D&D is the debate on magic. Specifically, how much magic is too much? Well I find that this is the wrong question to be asking. A more accurate question is this: How ...

Late last year, Paizo Kickstarted a superdungeon called “The Emerald Spire“. Along with the characteristicly beautiful production value and stunning art, each of the 16 levels of this detailed module has its own fold-out map in the style of Paizo’s other ...

I had a blast being a guest to talk about pirate campaigns with DM Mitch and DM Chris on the Dungeon Master’s Block podcast. We discussed everything from history, themes, monsters, weapons, eye patches, peg legs and more. “This week ...