Persians: Best dressed warriors. Ever.
Either that, or the worst at camouflage. You decide. DAZ Studio, no postwork. Click to enlarge if you eyeballs can take it. I’ve got a thing for Persians. I’m still merrily painting my Persian figures (16 do[...]Read on >>
Bullet Points of Light
So I've decided to insert Wildland, the first map & key from Points of Light, into my World of Cinder setting. I'm a huge fan of author Rob Conley's stuff and I kinda like the challenge of trying to make this shiny [...]Read on >>
Player Handout for Dark Ages Campaign
As part of alleviating my worries of players rising to lynch me when I don't know the finest arcane tidbits of 1E/OSRIC, I've put out this Player Handout to give to the players prior/at the game. What do you think? What[...]Read on >>
One day we’ll make our own D&D miniatures
The future of manufacturing is here. Sort of. This may be old news to some of you, but I saw this today and was blown away. Mark my words, within the next 15 years, protecting Autocad files from internet piracy will [...]Read on >>
Lords of Tyr D&D Podcast Recording
Start: 09/19/2010 - 8:00pm End: 09/19/2010 - 9:30pm Timezone: Etc/GMT-6 Record the Lords of Tyr Podcast[...]Read on >>
Lords of Tyr D&D Podcast Recording
Start: 10/03/2010 - 8:00pm End: 10/03/2010 - 9:30pm Timezone: Etc/GMT-6 Record the Lords of Tyr Podcast[...]Read on >>
Lords of Tyr D&D Podcast Recording
Start: 10/17/2010 - 8:00pm End: 10/17/2010 - 9:30pm Timezone: Etc/GMT-6 Record the Lords of Tyr Podcast[...]Read on >>
Lords of Tyr D&D Podcast Recording
Start: 11/07/2010 - 8:00pm End: 11/07/2010 - 9:30pm Timezone: Etc/GMT-6 Record the Lords of Tyr Podcast[...]Read on >>
Lords of Tyr D&D Podcast Recording
Start: 11/21/2010 - 8:00pm End: 11/21/2010 - 9:30pm Timezone: Etc/GMT-6 Record the Lords of Tyr Podcast[...]Read on >>
Lords of Tyr D&D Podcast Recording
Start: 12/05/2010 - 8:00pm End: 12/05/2010 - 9:30pm Timezone: Etc/GMT-6 Record the Lords of Tyr Podcast[...]Read on >>
Lords of Tyr D&D Podcast Recording
Start: 12/19/2010 - 8:00pm End: 12/19/2010 - 9:30pm Timezone: Etc/GMT-6 Record the Lords of Tyr Podcast[...]Read on >>
Lords of Tyr D&D Podcast Recording
Start: 01/02/2011 - 8:00pm End: 01/02/2011 - 9:30pm Timezone: Etc/GMT-6 Record the Lords of Tyr Podcast[...]Read on >>
Lords of Tyr D&D Podcast Recording
Start: 01/16/2011 - 8:00pm End: 01/16/2011 - 9:30pm Timezone: Etc/GMT-6 Record the Lords of Tyr Podcast[...]Read on >>
Lords of Tyr D&D Podcast Recording
Start: 10/02/2011 - 8:00pm End: 10/02/2011 - 9:30pm Timezone: Etc/GMT-6 Record the Lords of Tyr Podcast[...]Read on >>
Making Magic Mysterious
I finally began reading the Black Company novels recently. I'm still early in them, so - while I'll say that I'm enjoying them so far - this isn't a review.One minor thing I noticed is that the wizards of middling power [...]Read on >>
What would you use to RPG online?
I have a couple of friends who live in interesting places far, far away from civilisation (i.e. London) and manage to get less gaming in then their taste would like. I’ve been looking around for software to run an [...]Read on >>
Skill Challenges - Own that @#$%!!
Sitting at work, trying to look busy has it's advantages. You get to read truly great posts like this one. After reading it, I find myself in 90% agreement. Mostly with the opinion that as written, skill challenges are a[...]Read on >>
Arguing Effectively
This is not a follow-up to my post on Conflict Resolution and Gaming. This is a response to posts I’ve seen recently and a trend I’ve noticed in gamers. What I’ve noticed is that a lot of gamers have th[...]Read on >>
The Official OMG-What-Did-I-Just-Get-Myself-Into Freakout ™
... aka, Holy-Crap-I-Haven't-GMed-1E-In-20-Years. So I'm putting pen to paper to create minimal, but game-ready content for a group of at least 3, maybe 6 players, and it just dawned on me that I don't *remember* all th[...]Read on >>
Tw-0n (key->green): an Elves & Espers Character
January 5, 2009 from Tales of the Rambling Bumblers
Filed under: Campaigns, Play, RPG Hub, Savage Worlds
Concept: A Hazmat Transport & Disposal Droid
Agility d4
Smarts d4
Spirit d6
Strength d6
Vigor d10
Pace 6, Parry 4, Toughness 7, Charisma -1
Edges: AB: Super, Power Points +5 (x2), Take the Hit (+2 to Soak rolls)
Hind[...] Filed under: Campaigns, Play, RPG Hub, Savage Worlds
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How 4th Edition Has Made Me a Better DM
When it comes to gaming over the past two and a half decades I’ve easily spent 97% of my gaming time behind the Dungeon Master’s screen, not in front of it. Hell, even when I attend gaming conventions I spend most [...]Read on >>
Inside the Insider: The Warden
The new PHB2 preview we have from WotC is the Warden. I’d been curious to see what they were going to do. The Warden is a Defender with the new primal power source, is essentially a nature knight. [...]Read on >>
Pitch for the Slaughtervale.
Here’s my pitch for the Slaughtervale, the setting for my online game. Long ago, this realm had another name. That was before the Elemental Chaos and the Astral Sea creaked at the barrier of this world. Sensing the[...]Read on >>
Descent into the Fetid Depths
January 5, 2009 from Tales of the Rambling Bumblers
Filed under: Campaigns, Other Systems, Play, RPG Hub, Savage Worlds, recaps
Session Summary for 1/4/2009 Elves & Espers campaign
This session we had a new addition to our gaming group: Andrew, Elyssa’s step-brother, and his girlfriend Sarah (who had never gamed before, but agreed to co[...] Filed under: Campaigns, Other Systems, Play, RPG Hub, Savage Worlds, recaps
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Instant high quality fantasy music
Every now and then the topic background music for gaming sessions pops up. Most of the time people discuss cd's featuring soundtracks or other genres that could enhance a session. I'd like to introduce you to a quick way[...]Read on >>
RPG Blog Anthology - MAJOR UPDATE
In October, I announced the start of a new ambitious project: OPEN GAME TABLE, The 2008 Anthology of Roleplaying Game Blogs. Inspired by another successful blog anthology project, Open Laboratory, I was struck by the spa[...]Read on >>
GM Interviews - Answers #2
Today’s GM interview is one from Rick, the one GM that thinks in movies. I’ve grown to realize that Rick really does think in terms of cinema, which is a great pattern to look at when playing under him. A[...]Read on >>
Valabar’s
As inspired by ChattyDM this morning, with apologies to Steven Brust. Valabar’s is a renowned restaurant in Jannasberre with exquisite food. It’s a fairly large establishment with impeccable atmosphere, great[...]Read on >>
Worldbuilding 101: The 10 Scale
When creating systemless settings, a basic benchmark can be used to allow for conversion to the system of choice. For simplicity, every descriptive item that should be measured can be rated on a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 [...]Read on >>
Compromise Systems
I've noticed here and there on various message boards the idea of "compromise systems". You often see this in the vein of "Well, the group wanted to try Rolemaster, I wanted to try Savage Worlds, and we settled on d6" ([...]Read on >>
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