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Domain Rulership, Part Three

Brandes Stoddard — Thu, 07 Apr 2016 13:00:27 +0000

It’s been a few weeks since my last Domain Rulership article, so let’s get back to it. This week is the first of at least two articles on Advanced Dungeons and Dragons, Second Edition, because it had two unrelated systems. The first of these is in the Dungeon Master’s Guide, expanded in The Castle Guide and at least referenced lightly in The World Builder’s Guidebook; the second is the majestic Birthright. (Part One | Part Two | Part Three) Dungeon […]

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Domain Rulership, Part Two

Brandes Stoddard — Thu, 17 Mar 2016 12:17:19 +0000

Last time in the History of Domain Rulership, I studied Frank Mentzer’s Companion rules and bemoaned my lack of the Expert rules. To my great surprise, a friend sent me a copy of Expert a few hours after my article went up, so now I can talk about it, and Rules Cyclopedia, and… you know what, I don’t know how much I’ll be able to cover this week, so let’s just take it as it comes. (Pictured above: every domain […]

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Domain Rulership, Part One

Brandes Stoddard — Thu, 03 Mar 2016 14:00:09 +0000

A few weeks ago, my esteemed colleague wrote about PC headquarters and home bases in campaigns. Talking to him about it afterward got me thinking about building new domain-management rules for 5e, taking the best parts from the huge list of other tabletop roleplaying games that have included domain-management elements. To do this, of course, I need to study everything, and as I do that, I might as well turn it into something other people can read too. There are […]

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