Fey Enchanters and Their Lairs
Two weeks ago in this series on the fey, I shot the moon for the Challenge Rating with the Eldest. This time I’m dialing it back a bit, and looking at the velvet glove of the Feywild: fey enchanters. They ...
The Legend of Zelda Franchise and the D&D Roadmap
In the spirit of journalistic, or at least hack-authorial, integrity, this article was written with a large amount of medically-prescribed opiates in my system. I had an osteotomy on my left shoulder done last week. As a life hack, I’d ...
The Shaman Class for D&D 5th Edition Preview
Ever since I put together a Western themed D&D game, I’ve been focused mainly on the guns of the Wild West. Movies have inspired me like The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Lone Ranger, Once Upon a Time in ...
Mapping and Stocking Your Dungeon Using Randomly Generated Dungeons
Over the last little while here on the Campaign Trail I’ve looked at the 4 Types of Dungeons and the 5 Room Dungeon. Dungeons come in various forms such as lost temples, haunted houses, natural caverns, or even the lower ...
Domain Rulership, Part Four
Two weeks ago, I covered domain rulership in the AD&D 2e DMG and The Castle Guide. Not too long after the latter came out, TSR released Birthright, which ignores it completely, operates on an unrelated set of assumptions, and presents ...
Brothers Majere: The Dragonlance Book with Lich Sex
When I wrote about Lord Toede ages ago, I shared what I considered one of the more obscure and outlandish books in the Dragonlance novel library. In talking with some friends, I realized that while it was certainly bizarre, I ...
Noisy Person Cards (aka NPC) from Paracosm Press
“Noisy Person Cards”, aka: NPC, is a “Cards Against Humanity”/”Apples to Apples” style game that offers a fun and funny game for everyone, while allowing improv actors, gamers, and just about any parent who reads to their child a place to ...
5 Room Dungeons & Filling Your Dungeon with Adventure
A couple of weeks ago on the Campaign Trail I looked at the 4 Types of Dungeons. This week, I wanted to continue my look at building dungeons using a tool called the 5 Room Dungeon. Dungeons come in various ...
Fey of the Elder Starlight
Last time in my series on the fey, I looked at goblin markets and ways that DMs can present them in-game. This time, I’m going to an upper end of the fey power-scale. The goal of this series from the ...
Planescape, Gonzo Gaming, and Being Totally Rad
Cold eyelids that hide like a jewel Hard eyes that grow soft for an hour; The heavy white limbs, and the cruel Red mouth like a venomous flower; When these are gone by with their glories, What shall rest of ...