Generated Saturday, 27 April 01:18 AM EST from the TTRPG Blogroll. Also available in rss.
Dungeon Fantastic – Sat, 27 April, 12:24 AM
A few links for a Friday. - A look at Kara-Tur. I agree it feels a little uneven. But the maps are gorgeous and looking at them makes me really want to play a game there. I own the "trail map" of it, too, which is pretty awesome unfolded. - Joseph Bloch has a Kickstarter for the 2nd edition of his... read more.
D&D Beyond – Fri, 26 April, 09:34 PM
Heists are a thrilling addition to any D&D adventure, and make for great one-shots. Learn how to use Maps to set up and run a heist adventure from Keys from the Golden Vault.... read more.
Pelgrane Press Ltd – Fri, 26 April, 08:09 PM
By Kevin Kulp This is the ninth in our series on non-human heroes which has so far covered the Serpentine, the spider-like Arakene, the Considerata (humans whose souls are contractually linked to gods), Constructs, the fungal Drowned, fey Hidden Folk, Intelligent Animals, and Unsleeping Advisors (se... read more.
Keith Baker’s Blog – Fri, 26 April, 07:05 PM
To view this content, you must be a member of Keith's Patreon at $5 or more - Click "Read more" to unlock this content at the source... read more.
Rascal News – Fri, 26 April, 06:00 PM
This is a community submitted press relase. Space is vast, dark, and not your friend. Try to scream and no one can hear you—hold your breath and you rupture your lungs. And there are things lurking in the shadows—things strange and different and deadly. Things alien.Free League Publishing is celebra... read more.
Rascal News – Fri, 26 April, 05:00 PM
For the past 200 days, I have played games. During the entirety of my work at Rascal, I have played games. I have thought about games, I have observed games, I have made games. I have begun to build a community around this journalistic thought-experiment, around writing, around corporate accountabil... read more.
Kobold Press – Fri, 26 April, 04:40 PM
This Friday, we’re diving into the Campaign Builder: Dungeons & Ruins Preview PDF to highlight some of the Traps and Hazards in a quick, digital rollable generator. We took all the Trap Tables from the Preview PDF and combined them into a random, ready-to-use, trap generator. With one click of a... read more.
EN World: Tabletop RPG News & Reviews – Fri, 26 April, 04:15 PM
Wizards' first book for its 50th anniversary year is aiming for the stars, which is appropriate for a multiverse-spanning adventure.... read more.
Rascal News – Fri, 26 April, 04:00 PM
This is a community submitted press release.Dicey Banter is a new TTRPG Talkshow hosted by Valiant Dorian as he chats with all the makers and shakers within the tabletop space while having fun & meaningful conversations! Descended from a previous interview format: Designer Spotlight, where Valiant D... read more.
Azukail Games – Fri, 26 April, 03:15 PM
In this video, Neal Litherland talks about how ideas, just as ideas and without development, are worthless. The post Tabletop Mercenary Episode 9: Ideas Are Worthless first appeared on Azukail Games.... read more.
Pelgrane Press Ltd – Fri, 26 April, 03:00 PM
In the latest episode of their well-structured podcast, Ken and Robin talk playing paladins well, Tudor historian John Leland, the weak third acts of today’s action movies, and Icelandic medium Indriði Indriðason.... read more.
Rascal News – Fri, 26 April, 02:00 PM
This is a community submitted press release.Your hubris has angered the gods, and to teach you a lesson in humility, they have sent you to hell. And hell is a minimum wage job in a tip-based industry.The Eternal Grind Café is a rules-light roleplaying game, where you play as any character of any lev... read more.
Kobold Press – Fri, 26 April, 02:00 PM
The Tome Unrestricted series fleshes out monsters from the Tome of Beasts 3, giving GMs ways to modify existing monsters to surprise well-prepared players or introduce new monsters to a campaign. This time, we’re looking at ways to change up the tatzelwurm (see Tome of Beasts 3) including altern... read more.
Gnome Stew – Fri, 26 April, 01:00 PM
I love a good front. Of all the tools to come out of Powered by the Apocalypse games, fronts are probably one of my favorites. (Second only to clocks, really.) Because fronts allow me to keep track of everything from the arrival of the catastrophic doomsday event to the minor rival NPC’s petty reve... read more.
The Gameatory – Fri, 26 April, 07:03 AM
Thus, it was that toward the end of October 1925, the group was again ready to plunge back into the Great Sandy Desert. Of the group that had started this strange investigation back in January only two original members—Dr George Burton and Jacob Rossini—remained, but still, the party was intent on u... read more.
Roleplaying Tips – Fri, 26 April, 03:15 AM
Imagine awarding a bit of equipment as treasure, and instead of the party fighting over the Wand of Orcus and Staff of the Magi in the treasure pile, they all fight over the 6 iron pitons. Ok, that’s an exaggeration, haha. But the point is, we can do a couple of simple things to make […] The post 2 ... read more.
Dungeon Fantastic – Fri, 26 April, 01:08 AM
I've never implemented this rule, but I keep thinking about running a game that would use it: One Heroes Get to Resist I have a few more thoughts on it, nine years on. - I think it should totally affect allied NPCs, too, with an exception made for any characters 125+ points, who'd get treated as ... read more.
ars ludi – Fri, 26 April, 12:34 AM
Every time we sit down to play a role-playing game, we build this layer cake, stacking each level upon the previous one: First we decide what our game is about. What are the themes. Then we make a setting that reflects those themes. Then we make characters who fit that setting and those themes. Then... read more.