The Strange Case of the Half-Orc Champion
It turns out that having a bone surgically re-broken, getting some bone graft shoved inside you, and then ...
Tribal Knowledge: You’ve Got to Know How to Ask
This article is about a very thorny subject in gaming: what does it take to get information out ...
Fey Enchanters and Their Lairs
Two weeks ago in this series on the fey, I shot the moon for the Challenge Rating with ...
The Legend of Zelda Franchise and the D&D Roadmap
In the spirit of journalistic, or at least hack-authorial, integrity, this article was written with a large amount ...
The Shaman Class for D&D 5th Edition Preview
Ever since I put together a Western themed D&D game, I’ve been focused mainly on the guns of ...
Tribal Knowledge: Dungeon Remodeling Projects
I am a huge fan of the StoryNexus game Below. When I reviewed it in Harbinger of Doom, I talked about how ...
The Almighty Johnsons, The Power of Self, and the Reverse ...
I had a conversation the other day regarding clerics, warlocks, and the nature of other-directed character advancement. It ...
In a Goblin Market
Backwards up the mossy glen Turn’d and troop’d the goblin men, With their shrill repeated cry, “Come buy, ...
Broad City, Player Agency, and Storyline Direction
Four and three and two and one. One of my favorite shows on TV right now is a ...
Man in the High Castle and Alternate Histories
This week on Performance Check I’m looking at alternate histories. Poor Philip K. Dick. He’s had thirteen of ...