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The Fighter Class, Part Nine

Brandes Stoddard — Thu, 07 Jun 2018 12:00:37 +0000

As I write this, my younger son has gone to his first day of preschool. Friends, this is an exciting day – the most important milestone of my life as a stay-at-home dad until my older son can safely handle a lawnmower. Sure, I said I’d be reviewing an adventure this week, but I changed my mind when faced with more writing time. Instead, I’m covering the Book of Nine Swords, which may be the most anticipated entry in the […]

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Deities & Demigods – Part 2

Michael Long — Thu, 25 Jun 2015 15:00:46 +0000

Last week, I put together the stats for the demigod Hachiman from the Japanese Mythos found in the 1980 Deities & Demigods. A lot of people asked me to continue, and so I am putting together a trinity of Shinto gods; Amaterasu-ōmikami, Susanowo-no-Mikoto, & Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto from the Japanese Mythos. These three are all siblings and children of Izanagi-no-Okami. So here is the first of the Trinity, Amaterasu. She happens to be one of the most powerful Gods in the Mythos: […]

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Deities & Demigods – Part 1

Michael Long — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 18:28:08 +0000

I have been reading through my library of old D&D books for some campaign ideas. I stumbled across Deities & Demigods, and pulled it out and sat back and began to flip through it. I really like the original AD&D book because of the history, the artwork, and detail about the characters behind each of the Mythos (Plus I have a lot of memories from reading this 35 year old book.) What really caught my eye are the character stats […]

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Oriental Adventures – Yakuza

Michael Long — Thu, 12 Feb 2015 18:00:34 +0000

Continuing the Wuxia (WU-she-AH) campaign ideas, I have a Rogue class archetype for D&D 5th edition, the Yakuza! Many think of the Yakuza as murdering gangsters, that may be what they became after the Edo Period, but they originated as town militia that created order and peace in towns. They did this by creating strict rules and a hierarchy in their local organizations. These groups would fight for power, and create dynamic stories for adventurers. I’ve mentioned my love of […]

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Wǔxiá Adventures – Food

Michael Long — Thu, 08 Jan 2015 16:15:17 +0000

Building a campaign world can be a lot of fun, but it also requires a lot of preparation and creativity. That preparation should start by deciding on a theme for your campaign world. I really like the Wǔxiá (武侠) ideas that are presented in the Dungeon Master’s Guide. Using that along side my TSR AD&D Oriental Adventures source book, I have a lot of nice ideas to use for a D&D 5th edition game. A Wǔxiá campaign has a lot of […]

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Oriental Adventures – Samurai & Ninjas

Michael Long — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 01:22:13 +0000

A few months ago when I first received the D&D 5th edition Player’s Handbook, I put together a Samurai & a Ninja character build. I had pulled together information from the AD&D book Oriental Adventures, Wikipeida, and some information that I found from other people in community forums. With the release of the Dungeon Master’s Guide, I was excited to see that there is a section on running a Wuxia campaign (DMG page 41). I went and pulled together my […]

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