The Last-Minute Dungeon Designing Guide
So, it happens all the time. Maybe the players decide to go on an unexpected tangent; or maybe they stumble upon an old map to an unknown location; or maybe, as the DM, you decide to do something...
View Article5 Mind Blowing Movie Twists for D&D
When it comes to D&D campaigns, I love a great twist. I enjoy unfolding a mystery or a riddle slowly over the course of several sessions. And the moment when the players (or a player) figure(s) out...
View ArticleThe Top 5 Most Inspiring Female Fantasy Characters
Let’s face it, when it comes to females and fantasy, things have been quite skewed for a very long time. In the beginning, they were damsels in distress needing strong, valiant men to swoop in and...
View ArticleThe Ranger Class, Part Five
The Ranger Class, Part Five After a week off to write some creepy spells, I’m back to talking about rangers here in History of the Classes. This time around, I’m looking at the Scout class of 3.5’s...
View ArticleThe Mini-Game Within The Game
As a player or as a DM, I’m sure that you’ve encountered a time when you needed to step out of character a bit and play a mini game. What do I mean by this? Well the classic examples are a game of...
View ArticleThat’s Good Eatin’– A D&D Meal Guide
In almost any D&D or fantasy campaign, the roleplaying will eventually come around to the topic of food. Characters must eat and taverns and inns have to make a living. It’s also not surprising...
View Article5 Star Trek TNG Episodes for D&D Conversion
Fantasy and Science Fiction will always be different sides of the same coin. They are like twin siblings, different yet the same. They often share similar morals, heroic characters, exotic locations,...
View ArticleAethera – Pathfinder Campaign Setting – Kickstarter
Aethera: Swords and Starships Kickstarter takes Pathfinder RPG Fans to New Worlds Encounter Table Publishing, a startup tabletop RPG publishing company founded by RPG author Robert Brookes, is proud to...
View Article7 Legendary Items of the Real World
In roleplaying, we often spend a lot of time talking about or going after legendary items. This is also true of fantasy (the one ring), science fiction (kyber crystals), comics (the infinity gauntlet),...
View ArticleMechanical Muse Levels Up!
Science fiction and fantasy entertainment startup Mechanical Muse is following-up the release of its first products with a major expansion of its creative team. Mechanical Muse is already delivering...
View ArticleRealm Works – Pathfinder Digital Content Enters a New Era
I’m really impressed with a new tool called Realm Works being put out by Paizo and Lone Wolf Development. I’m always messing around with my setting information in Evernote, Roll20, PDFs, binders, etc....
View ArticleLifestyles of the Rich and Famous PCs
Either as a player or a DM, have you ever reached the point where the party’s money was going out of control? I know that some DMs are very strict with their treasure and can be stingy with their coin,...
View Article6 Real World Locations To Inspire Your Roleplaying
Every so often I get captivated by a beautiful piece of fantasy art work and some of my favorites are the ones that just show a massive landscape of epic proportions with usually a few characters or...
View ArticleThe Art of the Apocalypse – 5 Ways to Destroy Your Roleplaying World
One of my guilty pleasures is a love for the end of the world movies/television shows. I’m not sure why these have always fascinated me but I suppose they are a grim reminder that this world we’ve...
View Article5 Fantasy Series You Should Read If You Play D&D
Movies, television, and theatre are wonderful places to get ideas, concepts, and even plot-lines for great D&D campaigns. However, for true inspiration and a real feel for how adventures/characters...
View Article4 Weird And Wonderful Homebrew Campaigns
It shouldn’t come as any surprise to anyone that reads my stuff that I’m a huge fan of homebrew. Except for most of the things in the Players Handbook, I homebrew until the cows come home. The...
View ArticleDealing with Difficult Players – A DM’s Guide
If you spend enough time roleplaying, either as a player or as a DM, you will eventually encounter a player that can be best described as difficult. (There are also a few other select words that could...
View ArticlePathfinder’s Ultimate Intrigue – Preview
In case you missed it, Ultimate Intrigue for Pathfinder just released for PDF and the hardcover can be ordered now and is available on Amazon on April 19th, 2016. I’m just about to grab a PDF of the...
View ArticleDomain Rulership, Part Eight
Last time in the Domain Rulership series, I talked about some of the relatively rules-light approaches to domain and stronghold play, in the form of 13th Age and Dungeon World. Now I’m turning back...
View ArticleInterview with Mike Myler – Writer and Game-Designer of Hypercorps, Veranthea...
Mike Myler -game designer and writer- was kind enough to take the time to be interviewed about his work, Pathfinder, and living a creative life. First off, what sorts of things do you make & and...
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