Another Game Night comes to an end. No, Ashling did not turn anyone else into a sea creature. We cleared out the hill fort, a group of ogres and some gray ooze proved to be the most challenging tonight. Ashling nearly died by friendly fire. Other than that the hill fort is ours. That was the...

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I have started to really like the new alchemist base class from the Advanced Player's Guide. While I had not read it very closely, it came time when I realized that our new home Pathfinder Society night needed something that could do area effect damage. The alchemist also fits in well with the...

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I had some downtime this weekend as I traveled to the far off land of Seattle to go to PAX. Much fun was had by all participants. Things of note. Saw Paul and Storm for the first time in concert. I may have a new favorite band. Played many board g...

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Hamlet’s Hit Points is a game-mastering advice book for the seriously-minded story-teller. Actually, it’s not what you would normally think of as game-mastering advice. Rather, in it Robin Laws presents a system for analyzing the emotional ups and downs of a story, and then applies that...

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This was a long and wonderful weekend spent almost entirely away from my computer. Alas, I did not find the time to continue my Ebon Knight Mythic GME game. Nor did I get the chance to try my hand at beat mapping some of my favorite stories. That being said, it was still a great weekend for...

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This another Copper Coins! post. If you want to know what’s all about, Copper Coins! has a category on the blog now. In my last post I talked about my apprehensions for making an “ingredient-based” healing system. This basically means … Continue reading →

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Walk don't run...  http://www.themiddlefingerproject.org/

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I now have products available through RPGNow through two distinct stores.Avalon Games has put up it's first piece of work by me...How to Make a Great Dungeon. Hopefully there will be a few more of those going up on a monthly basis.And more importantly ...

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 I have to apologize to all the people I missed at the PAX Prime 2010 DM Challenge. Literally, one minute before I walked out the door I was attacked by a raging owlbear also know to some as my wife. I had my laptop and projector packed in my backpack. All my minis were picked out. I had printed...

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My nascent project is to compile a list of the numerous interviews Gary Gygax took part in over his career. Eventually, I hope to get copies of all the interview media in one format or another. It will take a long while but I find them to be more inspiring than the game materials he [...] No...

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This week is National Wills Week in South Africa. Attorneys and law firms around the country are offering South Africans the opportunity to get a free attorney-drafted basic will. According to this Law24 post, the campaign has two goals: to make attorneys services better known to the public and...

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Life After Death From Consider Yourself in Eternity: An Ascension Guild Guide for Those Considering an Endless Life No one truly dies, my friend, but who truly lives? That’s Roaa’s paradox. The soul abides in eternity, submerged within the mystical…

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The big weekend days of TactiCon were so big and busy that it took me until Monday to be able to write about them!  Thank goodness for the Labor Day holiday. Here’s the “Too Long, Didn’t Read” summary: Both of the games I ran on Saturday went great – the projector was...

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Jane McGonigal’s TED Talk about how online gaming can benefit the world. While the idea is a bit out there, it’s definitely interesting and many of the elements she talks about can also be applied to tabletop roleplaying games.

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Domo notebook and dicebagThe goal of D&D is to gain levels. You gain levels by beating monsters like a pinata and/or taking their loot. You can't level if you don't adventure. If you don't adventure, you don't level. Furthermore, success in achievi...

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Recently I was reading a blog by the name ‘Blog of Holding’ and read this post. In summary he thinks that every book has roleplaying ideas in it, just waiting to be unlocked. I think this is an excellent idea, so I am going to go over some of the books I have done this [...]

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Atom Kid, over at Maximum Rock And Role Play, has nailed the tiresome Edition Wars - the petty, in-fighting between fans of various editions of Dungeons & Dragons (and its mutant offspring) - quite succinctly:"Let's face it, arguing which is better...

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“You can perform an acrobatic stunt, keep your balance while walking on narrow or unstable surfaces, slip free of a grab or restraints, or take less damage from a fall.” Acrobatics as Mechanics. Let’s look at the mechanical abilities that Acrobatics gives you. Acrobatic Stunt:...

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My already-infrequent C&C Wilderlands campaign is now officially on hiatus. I'm just too burned out on running D&D right now. If/when I don the DM's hat again, I'll most likely be keeping things extremely basic, in concept as well as in rules. ...

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