Minis or the Mind?
There are two main ways that you can play Dungeons and Dragons, and they primarily resolve around combat. Do you do combat in theater of the mind or do you have a battle map with minis? There are some people Read More …
Category: RPG
High or Low – Magic in Writing and RPG’s
When I was writing about fantasy last, see the Not Your Normal Fantasy article, I touched on a concept that I really didn’t have time to flesh out. That what the difference between high and low magic fantasy settings are. Read More …
What’s My Motivation? – D&D
This ties into the articles I’ve written on different characters class, backgrounds, and most recently on having a happy backstory instead of having a darker backstory, so it’s area that I’ve covered a fair amount, but I wanted to write Read More …
If You’re Happy and You Know It – D&D
This was something that I saw on twitter, I believe, earlier this week or it was part of a podcast, Total Party Thrill, that I’ve been listening to, but it was a hypothetical about why someone might join an adventuring Read More …
This is Halloween: D&D Halloween One Shot
So wasn’t originally going to be part of the “This is Halloween” series, but felt like it fit in still. I’ve been giving advice on shows, movies, games, etc. and this advice is just a little bit different, but it’s Read More …
City Building in D&D
Building a city as a home base or where your adventure is taking place can be a cool thing to do, it can also be a daunting thing to do, because putting together a whole city can be a lot Read More …
The Death of a Bard
The party rushes into a cavern. Red glowing eyes stare at them from the blackness and they stop quickly. The bard opens her mouth and begins to speak but is quickly cut off as the dragon reaches it’s long neck Read More …
Building a Panteon – RPG
So one thing when playing a D&D game or any RPG where religion is involved is figuring out the pantheon that you want to use in the game. This can be as simple as grabbing one from the rule books Read More …
Monster Factory – Shiny
Alright, you can probably guess what this one is already, we are building the vampires from Twilight in a tongue and cheek sort of way. I’m taking the vampire from D&D 5e Roll 20 which can be found here. The Read More …
Monster Factory: Build a Bear
This is going to be a goofy segment where I work on updating D&D monsters into wonderful puns and things like that, so you can use them in your campaigns and make your players groan. Obviously, these are going to Read More …