One for the Players
This week on the Dungeon Master’s Block, DM Mitch, DM Chris, and I take a break from game mastering to chat about why we love being players, not only in the world’s first roleplaying game, but in every roleplaying game. The ...
“Clear!” Shocking Medicine in Games, Literature, Film, and TV
Aside from being a writer and game designer, my secret identity is as a critical care nurse. I’ve been wanting to write this post for the past couple of years, but a couple of TV shows this week caused me to pulled the ...
How to Handle Player Turnover
A player has told you they’re leaving, or that you’re chasing them out of the group. If you’re a GM or you’re a player who handles the administrative part of the game, it’s likely you’ve had to face player turnover. ...
50 Aquatic Enemies for for 6th-10th level Characters
In this series I will be presenting creatures you can use for villains, lieutenants, minions, and wild encounters for 5th edition aquatic games. I will also be presenting encounter seeds for these villains at each tier. This week I bring you ...
Princes of the Apocalypse – Adventure Supplement
A 55 page printer friendly PDF adventure supplement for Princes of the Apocalypse has been posted by Wizards of the Coast on the official D&D website. The PDF provides all the magic items, monster stats and spells that aren’t already in ...
Monkey See, Monkey Shift: Edition-Agnostic Options for Shapechanging and Summoning
Wizards are often referred to as the Swiss Army knives of spellcasters, having access to a wide variety of high damage and utility spells useful for any occasion. But do they really? Wizards (or Magic-Users, if you prefer) are still ...
Interview with Aquatic Gaming Guru, Emily Kubisz
If you follow my column From the Depths, or have listened to the Under the Sea episode of the Dungeon Master’s Block, then you’ve heard me talk about Alluria Publishing’s incredible Cerulean Seas line. Cerulean Seas is the definitive work on running aquatic ...
14 Aquatic Encounter Seeds for 1st-5th level Characters
In this series I will be presenting creatures you can use for villains, lieutenants, minions, and wild encounters for 5th edition aquatic games, as well as encounter seeds for these villains at each tier. This week I bring you aquatic encounter ...
New Options for Githyanki and Githzerai PCs
My previous article on githanki and githzerai PCs generated a lot of conversation about the history of these races across more than 30 years of D&D, including discussions about the kind of options people would like to see converted to the ...
Adventure Building: Part 1 – Getting Started
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 In my previous series, I looked at world building. I thought it would be a good idea to look at adventure building next. Whether you are ...