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If You Were the DM, What Would You Do?

In case you missed it, here is my DM survey that I’m running all summer long. Results to be posted in September!
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Dungeons and Dragon Eggs

My inspiration for converting Paizo’s “Emerald Spire” came from a desire to expose a few of my gaming and non-gaming friends to the wonders of an all-day game session. I wanted to do something special though, and I decided to invite ...
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Deities & Demigods – Part 4

Continuing with the Melnibonéan Mythos, the next figure is ARIOCH.
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4 Tips for Running Published Adventures

If you are playing D&D, Pathfinder or any of the many other tabletop roleplaying games, there are some pretty good published adventures out there. Who are published adventures for? Anyone really… first time gamemasters, world builders looking for an adventure ...
History of the Classes

Could YOU Be Psychic?

Welcome to the first round of Tribality’s Psi-Testing. You will be pushed to the limit of your knowledge of D&D psionics in all their bizarre glory. Now, as every schoolchild knows, there are not two, but three degrees of psychic ...
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The Undine, ERRT Transport

Last week I presented a campaign outline to take your D&D PCs from 1st-15th level. This week I’d planned to present enemies for use against parties of 16th-20th level, followed by a second aquatic campaign outline next week. Well, the list of enemies ...
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Splitting the Party

Rich Burlew isn't stressed by splitting the party, you shouldn't be either. Last week I mentioned how Kat Kuhl from the One Shot Campaign podcast handles their party splitting, or when a PC is unconscious. I recently read several conversations on ...
Thoughts & Things

Deities & Demigods – Part 3

I’ve been working on a lot of Wuxia campaign over the past… year? Wow, a whole year, but today I decided to do something a little different. Actually something completely different, and put together data one of my favorite anti-heroes: ...
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5 Ways to Save Your Campaign from the Summer

This week on the Campaign Trail, I’m on vacation and writing from the family cottage. Summer is awesome, but it can create challenges to running your scheduled campaign each week, month or whenever. I thought I’d look at some ways ...
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Dark Sun Psionics

In today’s History of the Classes article, I’m examining Dark Sun’s use of psionics in AD&D Second Edition. As far as I know, it’s the only 2e setting – out of the glorious variety of 2e settings – that deeply ...