Disease
Ah, disease. One of the hallmarks of the medieval world, and, in a fantasy world, you can have all sorts of nasty plagues and poxes. This article contains an assortment of (I hope) imaginative and...
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D&D 5e: Hit Points
Another in my highly irregular series of “crap I wrote on WOTC’s board that I’m reposting here in order to pretend I have content”. OK, first of all, you need to read this, which is Mike Mearls’ take...
View ArticleDemi-Spells
Demi-Spells (Revised) Magic in D&D/Pathfinder is pretty straightforward — bippity boppity boo, target makes his Reflex save or takes 15d6 of Flaming Acidic Ice damage. But what if you’re in a real...
View ArticleShield of Fearsome Mien
Shield Of Fearsome Mien Ah, thank you, Mr. Gygax, for the massive expansion to my vocabulary. It is not entirely known who first crafted the shield of fearsome mien. There are references to items of...
View ArticleTreacherous Traits
Treacherous Traits Four entries in one month! Continuing the Blog Carnival theme of Gunpowder, Treason, and Plot, I now look at Traits which might be useful to conniving backstabbers of various sorts....
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Arduin Grimoire, Part IV
Arduin Grimoire, Part IV Out Of Alignment BTW, in case anyone stumbles on one of these pages out of order, and wonders how to get the hell away find the rest, I’m trying to gather them all here. Enjoy....
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Welcome To Skull Tower, Part XV
Welcome To Skull Tower, Part XV Miscellaneous Notes Are Miscellaneous Mu Mesons Are Messy Also, Travel Times Also, Save Vs. Save Vs. Petrification Sorry for missing last week… a lot of chores that had...
View ArticleBoredom In Pathfinder
Boredom In Pathfinder And I Don’t Mean Waiting While A Player And The GM Argue Over Grappling Rules That’s Usually Amusing, And Can Enhance Your Knowledge Of Profanity Player:”I start going through the...
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The Runes Of Doom, Part V
The Runes Of Doom, Part V Rules & Resurrection With race and class out of the way, we can now move into the self-actualization of gender identity through an intersectual lens. Or, we could discuss...
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The Runes Of Doom, Part VI
Rules & Revisions Lasers & Lightning Guns Staffs & Saddlebags Last week Two weeks ago, I mildly chided Dave Hargrave for having a few pages containing but a single chart or table,...
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Helm Of The Paleoarchs
Helm Of The Paleoarchs Life is ancient beyond easy understanding. Before the eldest elves walked the forests, before the great ancestors of the dwarves tunneled deep, before any god any sane being can...
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Road Rebels
Road Rebels Things The Marines Teach You: Courage, Duty, Honor, Service, Loyalty, And, I Presume, How To Kill A Man 26 Different Ways Using Only A Paperclip Things The Marines Do Not Teach You: How To...
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Earth Delta Pathfinder
I haven’t posted an update for a while. It’s been a mix of the usual — family and other related tasks on weekends — and the unusual, namely, working on a long-form project instead of on an article...
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Intergalactic Fashion Pirate
Theme: Intergalactic Fashion Pirate As Inspired By A Throwaway Line On Voltron Because Why Not? All Within 30′ Must Save Vs. Awesome Just so you know the inspiration… it’s that guy, in the picture, who...
View ArticleDaloids!
Daloids! Possibly Extermabots, Or Maybe Maleks Something Just Shading Away From Trademark, Like “Balor” or “Treant” And The Usual Rambling Dissertation On Gaming History. Just Scroll Down For The Good...
View ArticleGiant Robber Fly
Robber Fly, Giant Wait, Should That Be Fly, Giant, Robber? I Mean, It’s “Giant Spider” But “Water, Giant, Spider” Whatevs. Big Fly. OK, first of all, “credit where it’s due”: This was inspired by this...
View ArticleThe Pun Is Mightier Than The Sword
The Pun Is Mightier Than The Sword Which Is A Pun, So, It’s Kind Of Recursive Which Is What People Do When I Tell Jokes, They Curse And Recurse Get It? Get It? Sigh. My Talents Are Wasted Here. (A...
View ArticleCharacter-A-Day Day 17: Star Trek (Decipher)
Character A Day, Day Seventeen(ish-ish) Decipher’s Star Trek To Boldly Go Where… Lessee… Three Other Systems Had Gone Before (And Another One Will, Too) There was the original Heritage Star Trek. The...
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Laser Leech
Laser Leech! It’s a Leech! With a Laser! Last night, I am sitting in bed, when the words “laser leech” suddenly appear, unbidden, in my mind. I debate whether or not to send myself an email with the...
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Earth Delta, Now With 20% More Monsters!
Earth Delta Even More Mutants But Not Mutations, That’s The Core Rules Ah, Smeg It, Here’s Both Books So, I’ve been focusing on the Mutant Manual for a bit, and decided 20% new stuff was a good point...
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