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Creating an Organization of Evil

So you have your big bad evil guy, right? You’ve developed their motivations, their world view and have given them a compelling reason for their actions. What’s next? Well, they need henchmen to carry out their will! Let’s do some ...
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Way of the Fan

The way of the fan isn’t an official monk school per se. Rather, it’s typically a method that someone learns because they have no other weapons appropriate to carry with them. Most who learn this way are maids, ladies in ...
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Storm Edge Campaign Setting 13: College of Personas

Welcome back to the world of STORM EDGE: THE ADVENTURES IN EIGHT ISLES! This week, we are introducing new subclass for Bards in The Eight Isles: College of Personas! College of Personas The precarious nature of The Eight Isles where ...
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D&D Celebration 2020 – September 18th to 20th

D&D Celebration is a big event. BIG! It features open seats for thousands of people to play D&D online. Then we get to preview some new content & new rules from Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything, watch D&D designers, and watch ...
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How to: Time traveling in RPGs

Thumbnail image from Back to the Future Back to the Future, Dark, Doctor Who, Groundhog Day, even Avengers Endgame have used the trope of time travel. Time travel is a concept that has intrigued the human mind for centuries, occupying ...
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Building a Pantheon: Divine Intervention

We have explored how to develop a pantheon for a specific culture, how to expand that pantheon to other cultures, and the differences between personal and impersonal gods so far. Today we are going to take a closer look at ...
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Storm Edge Campaign Setting 12: Equipment in The Eight Isles

Welcome back to the world of STORM EDGE: THE ADVENTURES IN EIGHT ISLES! This week, we are delving into the Equipment options in the Eight Isles.   Armors of The Eight Isles Armor in The Eight Isles is very different ...
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Bardic College of the Sunlit Seas

This week on the Campaign Trail I wanted to share a subclass I am working on that is intended for our upcoming Under the Seas of Vodari. Back when we were writing the original Seas of Vodari book we looked ...
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Building a Pantheon: Personal vs Impersonal Gods

Last week we explored how to adapt the initial pantheon we created into pantheons for other races and cultures. Today we are going to examine how to use Impersonal Gods in your campaign, what the Hella they are, and how ...
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Oath of the Prepared

The “Oath of the Prepared” is a paladin class for characters who always want to have the right tools for the job. Those that take this Oath are always striving to be a step ahead of current circumstances. Preparation is ...