Recent content by DM Toad

Fire and brimstone for me thanks. The 80s were not kind to me. Religious parents, religious school, and my desire to DnD landed me into a host of 'lectures' with the preachers, teachers, and guidance counselors. Im 30 years old and married and I still hide my DnD books (quite a library now...

here's some ideas I came up with a while ago. I found that just rolling one competing d20 was not all that fun so I tried to come up with various game styles Heres what I did for archery Each archer is required to pass each of the three preliminary ranges. This is to weed out the skilled...

All fairs have games of dexterity and strength. Have your players compete against each other and townspeople NPCs in some games. Archery - Each gets competitor gets 3 arrows. Come up with DCs to hit closer to the bullseye. Foot races. Boulder Throw. Tight Rope walking. Lifting...

Just some rambling ideas. Wrath ties to a whole host of dark emotions like anger, hate, betrayal, guilt, etc... Fun emotions to roleplay with. Here's a few ideas that I had. The plane (dimension?) of wrath is all canyons interconnected with each other. This keeps it in a outdoor setting but...

Well Carebear...I have encountered this situation a number of times over the years. On both sides of the DM screen. There are a few things that I have learned. - New groups need a 'breaking in' period, where group members get accustomed to each other in-game and out-of-game. It takes a few...

A way to award roleplaying XP awards. Good morning, A new member here but a long time DM. In my 'beginning' years as a DM I also took a lot of flak from gamers on 'subjective' XP awards for roleplaying. Here are a few things that I have learned over the years. 1. Roleplaying awards, in my...