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Hello EN World! I've been tinkering with homebrew RPGs for nearly a decade, but this one emerged spontaneously in the last year out of the fires of COVID. I wanted to share it for anyone who might be interested in playing, looking for RPG ideas, or whatever other reason! Quick history of the...

Hello everyone, I'm planning on starting a Blades in the Dark campaign and looking for players. Basics: Playing on Roll20, probably once or twice a month on Sundays, noon-4pm or so. Vaguely "Western Marches" style: big pool of players all part of the same gang who jump in to do a Heist, don't...

Last week I ran my usual June martial arts summer camp. We were scheduled to go play in the park one morning, but got rained out. Fortunately, I'd set a contingency should this happen: a "megagame." I made a YouTube summary of it, but for those who would rather read: I pitched it to the...

My original version of this post was too long, so here's the tl;dr version: I read/listen to GM advice sites and YouTube channels for inspiration but I've run out and YouTube seems to have stopped giving me new leads. Anyone have any? Here's what I've already used up: The Alexandrian, AngryGM...

I wrapped up an EPIC RPG campaign earlier this year and, while it was cut far shorter than I initially intended, it still completed a pretty cool narrative arc. At the start of each session, I decided to read a pre-written "Previously on..." like you see in ongoing TV series to get everyone...

I saw a thread about interesting traps and thought it might be interesting to compile some traps that have actually been used in reality for those wanting to "keep it real" in their games. A bit of internet research turned up the following. Some actual real-life uses of traps: Ancient China...

So, I have some URL in my signature and attempted to change it, but it said "URL code not allowed". Is that because I'm no longer a Silver Subscriber or is URL just not allowed in signatures anymore and my current one only works because it's "grandfathered in"?

So, I wasn't expecting to be able to playtest DnDN, but had a buddy in town unexpectedly that made this last-minute late-night playtest possible. I ran it for about 3 hours and it went something like this: Players(1st wave) Twinkle Cheese-Thief (aka Cheese Maestro or Cheese) - Halfling Rogue 1...

Given that D&D is a class based system - probably one of its most defining traits having played many other RPGs - and D&DN will obviously retain this trait, it might be useful to discuss what it is that makes each class shine, it's niche, it's raison d'etre. It's that short description that...

The full title for this thread is: "Eclipse Phase: I Shuffled Off this Mortal Coil and All I Got Was This Lousy Case" I reviewed Eclipse Phase here. Having just finished the second session, I've decided I'd rather do a Story Hour than the AAR I promised. Took a while to come up with the title...

In looking for a new scifi RPG, I stumbled upon Eclipse Phase, a fairly new system developed by Posthuman Studios. I skimmed the website, my interest quickly peaking, then searched for more information elsewhere on the internet to see if it was worth getting. To my surprise, I quickly found...

In looking for a new scifi RPG, I stumbled upon Eclipse Phase, a fairly new system developed by Posthuman Studios. I skimmed the website, my interest quickly peaking, then searched for more information elsewhere on the internet to see if it was worth getting. To my surprise, I quickly found the...

We haven't been using item rarity, but it's been a rough consensus thing, no actual rule decision/proposal for it that I can find. Here's what I propose: A. Ignore item rarity changes entirely. (All our DMs/judges are already doing this) B. Remove item daily limits with the limitation that any...

The Kolloseaum: Team Go Hard or Go Home As you arrive at the harbor, your eyes are drawn to what has to be the largest ship ever built anchored off shore. It is too large even enter the harbor, its many decks towering several stories above the sea below. The cheers of the crowds onboard can...

The Kolloseaum: Team Gil's Conscience As you arrive at the harbor, your eyes are drawn to what has to be the largest ship ever built anchored off shore. It is too large even enter the harbor, its many decks towering several stories above the sea below. The cheers of the crowds onboard can be...

The Kolloseaum Arena Adventures The arena will be a straight-up series of combats against horrific monsters, other teams of NPC gladiators (and maybe some PVP if consenting individuals so desire). Here's the rules: Teams Team size: 1 - 10 Maximum PC level disparity: 4 levels. I.E. 1-5 is ok...

I asked in general discussion what the consensus was on how many boons characters could have and there was no reply. I propose each character have 1 "boon slot" that they can receive/buy boons for. Too many boons hurts the character item limit balance. For example, there's a boon that exactly...

Don't know if people already found this, but a Wisconsin life-sentenced convict had his D&D materials seized on the grounds that: "Prison officials said they had banned the game at the recommendation of the prison’s specialist on gangs, who said it could lead to gang behavior and fantasies...

Forewarning: If you have no desire to read a Dark Sun story hour and/or have no desire to read a story hour by me, you will find this thread irrelevant. I started up the new Dark Sun story hour in my sig, but before I commit to it (I have no idea how long it's going to end up being), I thought...

Preface to the Journal of Praetor of Kar Jerrek It occurred to me that those who look back upon the rise of Kar Jerrek would benefit from a record of how exactly he rose and came to power. This is my private journal, from which such a record would be inspired but not directly produced...