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 ...
Level 0 Characters for a Dungeon Crawl
After being introduced to Dungeon Crawl Classics, I decided to add some of that Old School flavor to our Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition Apprentice Character Program (ACP). But these Level 0’s aren’t exactly apprentice characters. They don’t have a ...
The Warlock Class, Part Two
Last time in History of the Classes, I looked at the 3.5 Warlock and Binder classes, as two different approaches to a practice of creepy, forbidden, occult power. Both classes allow and encourage the character to surprise foes with unusual ...
Apex Predators: Aquatic Barbarians for 5th edition
These two Totem Warrior barbarian builds showcase how you can mix-and-match the standard powers in the core rules, re-skin their special effects, and add a few new powers to create the feel you want for your campaign or specific PC. For example, ...
Paizo’s “The Emerald Spire” for 5th Edition, Part 5
Late last year, Paizo Kickstarted a superdungeon called “The Emerald Spire“. Along with the characteristicly beautiful production value and stunning art, each of the 16 levels of this detailed module has its own fold-out map in the style of Paizo’s other ...
DCC RPG – Mercurial Magic
After playing Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG, I starting to fall in love with the magic system. Casting magic in DCC can be unpredictable, dangerous and very powerful. And with great power there are also negative aspects like spell burn, corruption, misfires, ...
The Warlock Class, Part One
Now that my series on the Sha’ir has ended… again… I’m moving on to the Warlock, a class that first formally entered D&D in 3.5e in the pages of Complete Arcane. It has undergone radical changes in mechanics from that ...
D&D April Survey Results & Another Survey
“Another month brings another D&D feedback survey.” Wizards of the Coast has provided the results of the April survey and continues to ask for feedback on this edition with another survey, Elements Survey 4. 1) I just completed the May ...
PaizoCon Product Announcements and Sneak Peeks!
PaizoCon ends today and yesterday they posted a sneak peak of upcoming products. “One of the exciting parts about PaizoCon for a lot of our attendees, fans, and onlookers are the juicy spoilers and announcements that come out of the ...
8 of My Favorite Things from May!
It’s been a pretty incredible month of geek. Here are a few things that are getting me talking. Champions of Aetaltis Most of what I have to say about this Kickstarter is covered in the video. What I can add is the ...