I love pirates and swashbuckling. I spent a large chunk of last year finishing up on 7th Sea campaign and starting another one. Since I’m a fan of 5th edition D&D, and swashbuckling, I was an easy mark for the Seas of Vodari Kickstarter. If you didn’t catch it while it was on Kickstarter, Seas of Vodari is a setting
Read moreOkay, I promise, I’m almost done with my whole ponderings on alignment, but the reason it’s a compelling subject isn’t because it is something terrible that should have never been explored. It’s a problem because it’s a tool for definition that was applied for the wrong aspects of the game. It is the metaphysical equivalent of basing alignment on atomic
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First off, the concept of dark elves probably comes at least partially from Norse mythology, and the term drow probably derives from the Scottish term trow–but actual details about dark elves or trow from these sources are thin, and in both of these sources, elves, dwarves, and trolls are all things that could kind of be the same thing. Essentially,
Read moreThe most recent Down with D&D Episode, Episode #111, discussed monsters as player characters. Chris and Shawn do their usual good job of addressing the topic, but its pretty huge, and I think they may have even identified a sub-topic within the main topic of their discussion. What’s The Point?Part of the discussion revolved around why you would play a
Read moreI’ve often thought that the default D&D adventurer’s attitude most definitely came from Conan and Fafhrd and Mouser. I mean, that’s not revolutionary, it’s just that the “we want to be rich, maybe famous, and we might save the world while we’re at it” default of earlier editions got clouded a bit with 2nd edition’s push that PCs are heroes,
Read moreTomb of Annihilation Thoughts Given that the Tomb of Annihilation vibe is leaning heavily on “Indiana Jones plus undead plus dinosaurs,” I think it’s finally starting to sink in that, at least for the foreseeable future, there aren’t D&D campaign worlds, there is D&D, and that currently leans heavily on Forgotten Realms lore and proper names, but also borrows heavily
Read moreI got into roleplaying games through Dungeons and Dragons. I love a wide range of roleplaying games, but I never fully get away from Dungeons and Dragons. Sometimes I need a break from it, but those breaks seem to last a shorter amount of time than I assume they will. Other things that I love–Beowulf. I love Beowulf. The hero
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