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GROGNARDIA – Wed, 17 April, 04:00 AM
As I've explained before, I hadn't read many of the books in Appendix N of Gary Gygax's AD&D Dungeon Masters Guide before I first picked up that book in 1980. In fact, Appendix N (and the list of "Inspirational Source Material" that appeared in Tom Moldvay's D&D Basic Rulebook) played a role in intr... read more.
Roleplaying Tips – Wed, 17 April, 03:50 AM
Common advice out there is for player characters to have backstories to help the GM. But how, exactly, are we to leverage this information? This week, I’ll share a few ways I do this, starting today with…. 1. Free (or Not) Hirelings Rather than whack every capitalized noun over time from PC backgrou... read more.
ars ludi – Wed, 17 April, 03:44 AM
I had a great time talking to Justin Gary on his Think Like A Game Designer podcast. Justin includes a great text outline of some of the big topics we hit on the web page, including some of the major takeaways. Think Like A Game Designer: Ben Robbins — World Building in Microscope, Gaming with Stran... read more.
Rascal News – Tue, 16 April, 10:34 PM
Stressed and loving it.... read more.
Kobold Press – Tue, 16 April, 08:11 PM
The earliest public playtests for the Tales of the Valiant RPG focused on player options, so we kept the high-level game rules in the Alpha Release pretty similar to the original SRD. This was the best strategy to get people testing player options as quickly as possible. Some people assumed the ... read more.
Rascal News – Tue, 16 April, 06:00 PM
Deadwood, South Dakota is a town of small dreams and bloody grudges. It is a camp squatting outside the remit of the US Government and viciously wedged inside Lakota Sioux territory. It’s the oily smoke that rises from the wildfire called Manifest Destiny, choking sunlight from all but the most des... read more.
D&D Beyond – Tue, 16 April, 05:22 PM
Vecna: Nest of the Eldritch Eye is a short, prequel adventure for 3rd-level characters that leads into the events of Vecna: Eve of Ruin! Play it today!... read more.
Rascal News – Tue, 16 April, 04:00 PM
This is a community submitted press release. Delve deeper into the wonderous world of Symbaroum. Prepare thyself for perilous expeditions into the dark depths of the Davokar Forest. Deadly encounters with murderous cultists and hostile elves, as well as intense faction play and political maneuvering... read more.
Azukail Games – Tue, 16 April, 03:08 PM
This video looks at how to make furniture and items, both made with Crooked Staff Terrain textures, magnetic so that the appearance of surfaces can be easily changed by changing the items displayed on them. The post Making Crooked Terrain Items and Furniture Magnetic first appeared on Azukail Games.... read more.
Rascal News – Tue, 16 April, 03:00 PM
While we were warned that Vecna: Eve of Ruin would be a “world-hopping adventure” serving as a “tour of the multiverse,” I don’t think that I was really expecting the adventure book to deliver on those promises quite so literally. Within the first few minutes of the press event for the final fifth e... read more.
Eventyr Games – Tue, 16 April, 02:35 PM
5E Dungeons & Dragons has a problem with Perception.The Perception Problem (as I like to call it) is one of the most common for 5E players and DMs, if you go by how Reddit threads and Google searches asking questions such as:When do you roll Perception in 5E?What is the difference between Per... read more.
EN World Tabletop RPG News & Reviews – Tue, 16 April, 12:30 PM
Gavriel Quiroga is back with a new project on Kickstarter: THE BLACK RAINBOW SOCIETY. We talk about the book and, at the end, Gavriel offers a limited time freebie for EN World readers.... read more.
POCGamer – Tue, 16 April, 07:14 AM
The Fallout series has dropped on Prime and we’re seeing The post Wasteland Gaming! Fallout The Roleplaying Game! appeared first on POCGamer.... read more.
GROGNARDIA – Tue, 16 April, 04:00 AM
Issue #22 of Polyhedron (March 1985) features an interesting piece of artwork by Joseph Pillsbury. I say "interesting" not solely for the subject matter of the piece – a downed spacecraft – but because Pillsbury is an artist I mostly remember for his humorous comics in the "Dragon Mirth" section of ... read more.