Ideas for a Steampunk Campaign Setting
This week on the Campaign Trail I’m back looking at campaign settings that go beyond the typical fantasy worlds most of us play in each week. In each article in the series I’ll provide notes on running a campaign (or ...
Gamma World
Going through my crazy chaotic thoughts, I remembered I have a home campaign that I should think about. The players opened up a octagonal portal system to other worlds. So there are 8 worlds available to them, and they’ve only ...
6 Aquatic Encounter Seeds 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, as well as encounter seeds for these villains at each tier. This week I bring you aquatic encounter ...
The Warlock Class, Part Three
I can’t believe we’re already to the last article on the Warlock class. Sure, there was a two-article bit on Sha’ir as a gratuitous lead-in. Sure, I’ve also bolted on studies of the Binder class along the way. But here ...
Eye of the Beholder: Campaign Continuity
When you sit down at a table to play a pen and paper RPG as a dungeon master, you are there because you want to tell a story. The best dungeon masters are not necessarily gifted with encyclopedic knowledge of ...
5 Uses for Intelligent Weapons
One of the most infamous entries in the D&D magical item catalog is the intelligent weapon. Most frequently a sword or dagger; these items have been imbued with personality, understanding, the ability to think and reason, and even magical powers. ...
WotC Unearthed Arcana – Variant Rules
The next installment of Unearthed Arcana is out today. With variant rules for Players Make all the Rolls, Vitality, and Custom Alignments.
Aarakocra (Circle of Air, Storm Lord, Oath of the Winds, ...
The aarakocra were one of my favorite monsters from the original Fiend Folio. They, along with the bizarre and oft-mocked flumph, were one of the only good races in the book and seemed ripe for heroic storytelling. Unfortunately, they weren’t ...
Running a Fantasy Heist – Tribality Writer Shawn on Dungeon ...
I had an awesome time returning as a guest to talk about running heists with DM Mitch and DM Chris on the Dungeon Master’s Block podcast. We discussed what to steal, exotic locations, plot twists and more. “This week we ...
Fate for d20 Dummies & Being a Better GM
Michael recently wrote about his experience jumping into a Fate game. I love D&D and I really can’t see myself running a full campaign in anything else right now. Over the last year, I’ve run a little bit of Fate ...