I finally finished a drawing of the party that I’ve been working on. It took a while because I wanted to make sure everyone was satisfied with how I was representing their characters, which meant asking for their opinions multiple times; and since the only time everyone was together and I had my laptop handy […] Read more
The morality of the world is not black-and-white, no matter how much people try to paint it otherwise. There are lots of shades of grey in there, which becomes a problem when dealing with D&D’s alignment system. If a detect evil spell says you’re evil, then you are evil, and have been so condemned by […] Read more
The party in the RIT campaign, having fled the city of Tahmoor after a deal to sell some weapons they stole from a bunch of rebels got complicated, have ended up on the island of Verdan. Verdan is famous for being home to the Monks of the Ascension, a science-cult that believes that their founder […] Read more
I wish I had taken a picture of the map I made for last week’s combat. The party had ended the previous session with a major fight looming, a fight which we spent most of last week playing out. The turns moved quickly and the fighting was brutal; the reason it took so long was […] Read more
Spells invented by the students at the University Arcana, for use by other students. Anyone who went to the University most likely has access to these spells, which are traditionally passed around in the infamous “Hidden Grimoires,” spellbooks that have had their covers replaced with that of boring or outdated alchemical texts. Student Spell […] Read more
Stream-of-consciousness run-through of Saturday’s D&D session: If the players discover something interesting, they will try to connect it to everything else that happens. Awesome moment: barbarian/cleric Marcus Bighammer and necromancer/cleric Sh’vass mud wrestling in the middle of a mass grave, with the dwarven monk Atlas Brulio using some of his fire elixir to breathe flame […] Read more
Following up on my D&D firearm rules, here’s some guns, and stuff to go with ’em. I’ve already covered your basic pistol and musket, as well as a few more unique items; having decided that those options are not nearly enough, I give you these. Dragon Pistol: A pistol/blunderbuss combo. Fires whatever you shove down […] Read more
If you play 5e, I have a new and updated version of these rules for fifth edition available for free here, and a $9.98 PDF of expanded 5e options available for sale here. There are firearms in the world I run games in. This post contains a brief description of how they work, assuming D&D 3.5 […] Read more
There is a song they sing in the south of the Empire, where the whispers of the Lead Prophet’s revolution drift on the breeze like the ashes of the cities that joined in his cause… Skip reading this post if you don’t enjoy attempts at poetry. Martyrs’ Parade (or, The Prophet and the […] Read more
The players in my RIT campaign have an estate now, given to them by the Princeps of the Grey City as a reward for saving Castle Rahas from Jebwyer Fanda and the Servant of the Chained One. Apparently Lord Farhaad had written the Princeps a letter putting the party’s names forward as potential holders of […] Read more
