Death Is Not The End
This week I’m taking a break from the Campaign Trail, but the good news is that guest author Rabbit Stoddard is taking my place (and I think she did a great job). Rabbit provides a ton of ideas to avoid ...
Domain Rulership, Part Six
Two weeks ago, I talked about the Stronghold Builder’s Guidebook, the “main” 3.x-based book for stronghold construction and domains. I also mentioned a third-party product, A Magical Medieval Society: Western Europe, by Expeditious Retreat Press. In the comments, alert reader ...
Adventure Creation Lessons from Technoir
One of the best tabletop games I have ever played is Technoir, by Jeremy Keller. Technoir is a small tabletop RPG released back in 2011-2012 (Kickstarter and actual release, respectively) centered around games of, surprises, the tech noir genre. What ...
Swashbuckling Enemies and Allies from the Three Musketeers
It’s not surprising The Three Musketeers has been filmed so often. Alexandre Dumas’ novel has action, intrigue, romance, comedy, tragedy and colorful characters right out of history. Last week I built 5 swashbuckling inspired PCs. This week on the Campaign ...
Treasures of the Fey Market
If you’ve been following my series on the fey, you already know that I love goblin markets and their curios. In this article, I’m offering a combination of new magic items and reskinned magic items from the DMG, tweaked to ...
Dr. Primeval Awareness or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying ...
“Beginning at 3rd level, you can use your action and expend one ranger spell slot to focus your awareness on the region around you. For 1 minute per level of the spell slot you expend, you can sense whether the ...
D&D 5th Edition – Gambler Prestige Class
I am working on a Gambler option for my Wild West campaign, and I started with an idea for a Rogue archetype, but then I worked toward a Prestige Class. That way it could be an option for any class ...
Getting Started With Mobile Frame Zero
This week we have a guest post from Samara Duncan looking at a tabletop game called Mobile Frame Zero… Tabletops are a great way to spend an afternoon with family or friends. Legos are the building blocks of the imagination ...
The Three Musketeers & Swashbuckling Ideas for Your Next PC
Are you looking to stop a plot against the King or sail the high seas in search of adventure? I love the Three Musketeers book, the movie from 2010 (yep I do), and the current TV show. I also like ...
Domain Rulership, Part Five
Last time in the Domain Management series, we discussed my personal high-water mark for domain-level rules, known in the tongues of gods and men as the Birthright Campaign Setting. We continue therefore to Third Edition. The Dungeon Master’s Guide has ...