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GROGNARDIA – Wed, 19 March, 04:00 AM
By the early 1990s, AD&D 2nd Edition was in full swing, and one of its defining features was the proliferation of entries in the Player's Handbook Rules Supplement (PHBR) series, commonly called the Complete books. These were player-focused supplements initially aimed at expanding the options for va... read more.
Roleplaying Tips – Wed, 19 March, 03:37 AM
Last year I ran a quick poll on the Roleplaying Tips Discord: Not scientific. And small sample data set. But it, and a newsletter on the topic, garnered some great thoughts from RPT GM Lord High PigMonkey, which I’ll share out with you today (bolding, tiny text tweaks, and line breaks are my edits):... read more.
Sea of Stars RPG Design Journal – Wed, 19 March, 02:55 AM
Voddick clasped hands with the large man in the heavy fur cloak. “It is good to see you again.” The large man smiled. “You as well, Voddick. It is good to have someone I can trust to fight alongside of.” He looked around. “Where is your companion? Gollaon arrived, just managing three goblets. ... read more.
Arcane Eye – Wed, 19 March, 02:03 AM
A New and Whimsical D&D 5e Campaign Setting Obojima: Tales from the Tall Grass is landing on D&D Beyond, meaning you can now experience this incredibly charming, Ghibli- and Zelda-inspired setting integrated into the rest of your digital toolkit! A Kickstarter Smash Hit It’s no exaggeration to say t... read more.
Nerdarchy – Wed, 19 March, 12:21 AM
As any seasoned Dungeon Master knows, no adventure ever goes exactly as planned. Players love to wander off-course, ask unexpected questions, or decide that the random tavern keeper must be an important NPC (when they were just supposed to serve ale). That’s where The Game...... read more.
Savage Spiel – Tue, 18 March, 11:04 PM
I arrived in Wolverton at more or less the time I intended, paid my entry, and headed straight for the bring and buy, followed by Leisure Games. I'd been thinking of picking up some of the supplements for Masks: A New Generation and there was one of them in paperback so of course that had to come ho... read more.
The Kind GM – Tue, 18 March, 05:28 PM
We’re back with Session 3! As a reminder, I am running the 5e version found in Tales from the Yawning Portal. This book contains 7 adventures throughout the history of D&D. In character level order these are This session took place around December but, due to work, I just finished writing this recap... read more.
Domain of Many Things – Tue, 18 March, 05:20 PM
A common reason I hear for folks being turned off from OSR games is their perceived or real deadliness. Most folks getting into the TTRPG hobby these days are the children of Matt Mercer, and following Critical Role as their primary example, so it’s natural they're sold on the idea that TTRPGs are s... read more.
ars ludi – Tue, 18 March, 04:36 PM
A while back I was talking with Tom Kemp, designer of Dead Minutes, about a new game he’s working on. We were discussing some possible rule changes, but bumped into a very familiar question: If you made this change to the rules, would that cool thing that happened in a previous playtest still have h... read more.
Sea of Stars RPG Design Journal – Tue, 18 March, 04:23 PM
The defenders of the village lined up, they knew that some of them would not return from the fight ahead but if they were to save their families, they would have to fight. It was Gothard the Blacksmith and Old Jorden who anchored them, dedicated fighters who had turned aside past threats and who do ... read more.
Azukail Games – Tue, 18 March, 04:06 PM
This video shows how to make a wooden mantlet for tabletop gaming using coffee stirrers. The post Making a Wooden Mantlet for Tabletop Gaming from Coffee Stirrers first appeared on Azukail Games.... read more.
Methods & Madness – Tue, 18 March, 04:01 PM
Most of my time playing and reading RPGs has been ruled by the “undisciplined pursuit of more.”I played several RPGs and took pride in trying new ones. I favored "universal" systems where I could create endlessly detailed PCs and do anything I wanted. I also collected monster manuals for my D&D-ish ... read more.
A Knight at the Opera – Tue, 18 March, 02:42 PM
Credit: Ralph HorsleySo you're trying to make your ultimate citycrawl procedure anyway. And right there, you've already run into the second problem. You assumed that it should be a "crawl" procedure, one that's built around incremented movement decisions. The classic blunder.Why is this a bad idea? ... read more.
Elfmaids & Octopi – Tue, 18 March, 01:41 PM
Recently I asked around bout starting a current D&D Theros based campaign and got far more responses than I get for my usual attempts. So I'm now making a greek myth setting which will make up more of my work. Im not interested in writing current dnd stat blocks myself and still using my own system ... read more.
Kobold Press – Tue, 18 March, 01:00 PM
By royal decree of Her Illuminated Majesty Queen Dorytta the Fair, fifth Horse Queen and second of that name, Commander of the Black Army, Beloved of Khors, Lady of Cronepisht, Lady of the Argent, and Marchioness of the Margreve, the crown hereby founds the Margreve Forestry Service (MFS) in this t... read more.
EN World: D&D & Tabletop RPG News & Reviews – Tue, 18 March, 12:30 PM
A look at Paizo's March releases and a sale for Women's History Month.... read more.
Skeleton Code Machine – Tue, 18 March, 09:25 AM
Welcome to Skeleton Code Machine, an ENNIE-nominated and award-winning weekly publication that explores tabletop game mechanisms. Check out Public Domain Art and Fragile Games to get started. Subscribe to TUMULUS to get more design inspiration delivered to your door each quarter!Last week we explore... read more.
False Machine – Tue, 18 March, 08:37 AM
Weird Tales From The Roots Of Dungeons & DragonsRevised and Expanded EditionEdited by Peter Bebergal(Disclosure - Strange Attractor Press sent me this for free, and I sped up the review because they are one of the groups behind the exhibition I am attending on Saturday. In other respects, I think an... read more.
Tribality – Tue, 18 March, 04:01 AM
From Netflix to Tabletop: The Electric State RPG Invites You Into a Stunning, Somber Alternate Reality From the Mind of Simon Stålenhag Journey to the fringes of a dark, unraveling world punctuated by bright colors and striking mascots The Electric State is here. Last week, Netflix released the majo... read more.
GROGNARDIA – Tue, 18 March, 04:00 AM
(The original post appeared here.)And so we come, once again, to an excellent article written by Ed Greenwood – "The Nine Hells, Part I," which appeared in issue #75 (July 1983) of Dragon. In retrospect, it's easy to see why Greenwood would enjoy such success; he was not only prolific but also imagi... read more.
Faxfire's Eyrie – Tue, 18 March, 02:30 AM
The following lore book was written for the players in my ongoing Ptolus campaign to provide some in-game lore to the players on the cult of the Ebon Hand, one of the chaos cults operating in Ptolus. This large tome of battered leather, with metal reinforced corners and spine seems to contain the bo... read more.
Roleplaying Tips – Tue, 18 March, 01:45 AM
Chat GPT recently launched a scheduled tasks feature. One task you can create will email you stuff. I’ve used followupthen.com and task features in my email app for years now to do this. For example, there a neat trick I learned from an HR consultant who did a presentation at the day job in the […] ... read more.
Nerdarchy – Tue, 18 March, 01:13 AM
How to Build Grounded, Adaptable Species for Darker, Wilder Worlds In gritty, post-apocalyptic, or chaos-wracked settings, traditional fantasy races can sometimes feel out of place. Elves who live for 700 years and perfect art forms don’t always mesh well with rusting spires, toxic rain, and...... read more.
Arcane Eye – Tue, 18 March, 12:19 AM
The Warlock class in D&D 5.5e offers a dastardly blend of pact magic, eldritch invocations, and charismatic social skills. Master your patron’s power, choose pact spells, and create your unscrupulous spellcaster with our in-depth Warlock guide!... read more.
Arcane Eye – Tue, 18 March, 12:06 AM
The Warlock’s invocations make them one of the most customizable 5e classes. Optimizing these abilities are paramount to creating a powerfully unique Warlock build.... read more.
Tales of the Lunar Lands – Tue, 18 March, 12:04 AM
As any polyglots out there could probably guess, Baharata corresponds to the Indian Subcontinent in the overworld of Dragon Quest III. It's a large region, with considerable swathes of wilderness, but isolated from the rest of the world, with large mountain ranges separating it from Ashalam and the ... read more.