Category Archives: Role Playing
Grading the Planes from Blog of Holding
Paul over at Blog of Holding has a really interesting series of posts where he has graded the 4e cosmetology and the great wheel of earlier editions. They were really thought provoking, and I thought most of his grades were … Continue reading →
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RPG Blog Carnival: What Do You Love? What Do You Hate?
I have just recently discovered the blog carnival, and have been enjoying reading through the archives. This topic is perfect, what with the D&D Next announcement and all the response it has had in the community. I definitely go back … Continue reading →
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Great Random Table
From Jason at 1d12, a table of weird pools. I think my favorite is 2. The Black Soup of Life: coughs up random embryonic magical beasts. It reminds me of an experience I had once as a player. We were … Continue reading →
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Review – Zogorion: Lord of the Hippogriffs
Quick Summary Zogorion: Lord of the Hippogriffs is written by Jason Sholtis and is a short but sweet mini-adventure in folio zine format. You might know Jason Sholtis from his blog Dungeon Dozen where he publishes a new random d12 … Continue reading →
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Mathematics in Roleplaying: Random Chances to Play a Class
James Nosack at The Mule Abides talks about how randomly rolled abilities affect the chances of getting to play a certain class. I’ve got nothing to add to what he has done. I basically just drooled looking at all his statistical … Continue reading →
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Bellona: A Broken City Rebuilding
So, I have this new idea for an ongoing sandbox game after playing an adventure in Wheloon in 4E, the prison city. As we continued to adventure in the city, a throw away component of the game was gaining control of … Continue reading →
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A Thousand Suns looks great!
James Maliszewski has some posts of his print on demand book, and they look fabulous! It’s a great reminder how far print on demand has come, and how the quality can rival traditional publishing. If I ever get around to putting … Continue reading →
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Aventureaweek.com: A Pathfinder Adventure a Week
For $99, you can have a new adventure every week for your pathfinder gaming pleasure. Reminds me a bit of what dungeon magazine used to be. But that’s not why I post, but rather this quote from the newsposts I … Continue reading →
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Update to “West Marches” Resources
Thanks to Keith, here’s an update to my “West Marches” Resources. A West Marches Style Game: Keith Davies has gone through and created a very cool sounding West Marches game, detailing the rules and using Microscope by Ben Robbins to jointly create the … Continue reading →
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Adventurer Conqueror King is out
I’m pretty psyched about Adventurer Conqueror King, which seems like it might fit the bill of a D&D type game with rules for governing and henchmen. I’ve been kicking around an idea that would require that, and I’m interested to … Continue reading →
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