If you follow the RPG Bloggers Network (chances are you got here from there -- Welcome!), love kobolds, or mine tropes for RPG usage, you've probably run across Philipe-Antoine Menard, aka The Chatty DM. Phil took some time from his hectic schedule to roll the much-maligned d12 and ...
August 28th 2008
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Buy this screen! A lot of screens have come my way in the last two decades, and this if by far the coolest. It's low and wide design fits my uses perfectly, and it's beautiful. The quality if nice as well. Thick laminated cardstock and beautiful artwork. ...
Following up from the previous post, I wanted to share some of what I do to get my game going.
The first obstacle you have in front of you is starting. As you wait for everyone to arrive, chatter about all manners of topics take place. Normally this is great. RPGs ...
Every GM has hit that wall one night. Half the players bail last-minute for crap reasons, players are falling asleep at the table, some people are in bad moods. Individually, all of these things are manageable. But sometimes all the minor roleplaying irritants roll a critical and land on you ...
I've discussed my search for a good play-area here, and in the end I settled on Dungeon Tiles. I still mean to experiment with Heroscape tiles, but in the meantime I like the art on the Dungeon Tiles and I can get them up and working with minimal fuss. That ...
August 19th 2008
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It's funny. No, not my horrible pun about traps, but how the universe brings you things that you need at the exact moment that you need them. I''m building a dungeon, putting in some traps, and then I come across a whole article describing traps in 4e, complete ...
Is class creation. Gone are the days when you just slap a BAB progression on to a spell list and a few nifty powers. Voila, instant class. 4e is proving to be a real chore. Speaking cynically for a second, does anyone think that the new feature-heavy classes some evil ...
The characters are meeting at the Pigshead Inn, their temporary base of operations. Things are pretty tense at the table. Tyrst, Bobric and Marc are all still suspicious of the new member that Troy put in, and the group exchanges some thinly-vieled barbs back and forth. As they plan next ...
I've made some monsters, played around with the game, and so I did what anyone interested in the guts would naturally do: make a new class. I won't ramble on too much, I'll Just give it to you as it stands at the moment. Critiques and comments welcome! Mindwitch "Most ...
August 12th 2008
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...now it all needs to do is play for you! This character sheet at pfhoenix (needs .NET/Mono to run) has some promise. It includes a fully detailed list with power descriptions and abilities, so it can get you up and running with a character very quickly. Magic item select/auto-fill isn't ...
