Tribal Knowledge: Playing with a Stranger’s Toys
DriveThruRPG, the DM’s Guild, and the gaming blogosphere are just the newest sources of the huge wealth of setting material that has been published for D&D, to say nothing of WotC’s extraordinarily deep catalog of content. In this article, I’m talking ...
Tales of the Lance: The Dragonlance Nexus
Shawn: Dragonlance was the setting that really pulled me into D&D way back in the 80s, so I love all things Krynn. This week I’m taking a break from my Campaign Trail column to bring you a guest post from Trampas ...
Archfey Patrons
I’ve covered a lot of elements of the fey in the course of this series. Today I want to talk about one of the main reasons that we care about them in the first place: warlocks take them as patrons ...
Storm King’s Thunder is Next D&D Storyline
During an event this afternoon in Los Angeles, Wizards of the Coast announced Storm King’s Thunder, the new storyline for Dungeons & Dragons is coming Fall 2016. Giants are rampaging the land, the sea, and the skies and the peoples ...
The Delightful Oddity of Al-Qadim
Not so long ago, I wrote about one of my favorite 2nd editions settings, Planescape. Besides the wacky hijinks of the planes, it was the song of the sands that captured my interests. Not Dark Sun, that fantastical post-apocalyptic adventure ...
Starfinder & Other News from Paizocon
Last night, Paizo announced a new RPG coming in August 2017 called Starfinder, which is basically, is Pathfinder in space, sci-fi style. They also announced more details about HarmonQuest, Horror Adventures, the Strange Aeons adventure path, Ironfang Invasion, and introduced ...
Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Inner Sea Intrigue Preview
Paizo released Ultimate Intrigue back in April for the Pathfinder RPG. The book gave players the chance to play a caped crusader with the new vigilante class and provided rules & support for GMs to run “daring heists, extended pursuits, ...
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 ...
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 ...
Magic the Gathering (Plane of Zendikar) Setting for D&D 5e
“Dungeons & Dragons and Magic: The Gathering are two different games, but that doesn’t mean their Multiverses can’t meet.” Today, Magic: The Gathering and Dungeon & Dragons fans can rejoice with a 38 page PDF. The document, titled Plane Shift: ...