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We've had characters own slaves twice in my games. In my last campaign set in Tyr, one player was playing a templar who owned slaves. It...

The larger Dark Sun community has kind of just moved on without WotC. Athas.org are releasing one great product after another - and...

Art is supposed to create an emotional reaction or feeling. Sometimes that's uncomfortable. Most often it's not. I love art. I'm an...

Art is supposed to make you uncomfortable. If you want something to make you comfortable, that's called ergonomics.

Moldvay B/X: Isle of Dread BECMI: The Grand Duchy of Karameikos Gazetteer 1e: Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting "Grey Box" 2e: Dark Sun...

A little know fact about the weapon vs. armor chart, the DMG says it is optional for a DM to use it or not. Discarding its use is not a...

There are a couple 1e mechanics I prefer over the 2e ones. While I really love 2e specialty priests I prefer 1e clerics and druids...

It's a couple years old now (or more) but this is the best exegesis I've ever seen on what the OSR is...

I'll always have fond memories of Grakths Crag [sic], as it is the second published D&D adventure I ever played, back when everything...

This is the Rogue class I made, haven't tested it and it does use some homebrewisms as well (listed below). Classes know all of their...

Does anyone use much of the stuff from the High Level DM Option book? I never gave it much thought but on a revisit found there was...

We got lost and came in from the top. Our first encounter was the Minotaur.

4e - definitely bloodied. Such an easy concept to add to any other edition. And so much fun to implement. "It's doing what now?!"

I'm going to start with 2e and look at adding innovations to the 1e base - largely because I think there are too many that 1e added to...

My list would be: 1E - Base; 1E PHB/DMG + UA, with Wilderness and Dungeoneer's Survival Guides NWP's 2E - Kits 3E - Ascending AC 4E -...