Unearthed Arcana: Order Domain Breakdown
As you may already know, Mearls has been livestreaming his rapid-fire game design efforts lately, in Happy Fun Hour. I’ve only seen a few of them myself, but his commentary on their design thinking as he works is great. Sometimes ...
Rick and Morty Dungeons & Dragons Comic Miniseries
I just read this news from yesterday and it is awesome when two things you love come together. IDW has announced that they’ll be releasing a four-issue miniseries sometime in August 2018, featuring Rick and Morty in the world of ...
Interesting hazards, part 2
Adventuring is a dangerous occupation. Not only are there deadly monsters to overcome, there are traps which can cost the characters time and energy to get around. Hazards are another danger intrinsic to adventuring. They are location-based threats that are ...
International Tabletop Day is Saturday April 28th 2018
Clear your calendar! International Tabletop Day (ITTD) is drawing near on Saturday, April 28, 2018. Over 1800 locations are participating from more than dozens of different countries around the world in the event this year. ITTD is a world-wide celebration ...
Alternative Alignment System
Below is an alternative to the Dungeon World, Pathfinder or Dungeons & Dragons alignment system. Players will decide what their character values, strives against and is ignorant of as a way to show the things they respond to or neglect ...
Immersion, Kayfabe, and Tabletop Streaming
A brief look at the nature of kayfabe in professional wrestling, and how the burgeoning tabletop streaming industry can take a few pages from their book to find ongoing success.
Interesting Hazards
Adventuring is a dangerous occupation. Not only are there deadly monsters to overcome, there are traps which can cost the characters time and energy to get around. Hazards are another danger intrinsic to adventuring. They are location-based threats that are ...
Plant Creatures – Bark worse than their bite
There are many creatures in fantasy genre that can be used in roleplaying games to give variety in encounters. Today’s trio are Plants, ancient species and skilled survivors. Dryads Appearance – Humanoid reclusive plant creatures, either native or from the ...
The Plane of Sound
The Plane of Sound, alternatively called “The Plane of Cacophony” or “The Plane of Reverberations” is a “Super Plane,” which exists everywhere on top of, concurrent with all planes simultaneously, anywhere there is sound. Except in areas of magical (and ...
Modern Horror vs Revenge of the Sith
Today we undertake the final of the Sci Fi to Modern Horror movie conversion. Revenge of the Sith Internet Movie Database – ‘Three years into the Clone Wars, the Jedi rescue Palpatine from Count Dooku. As Obi-Wan pursues a new ...