Recent content by Thomas Bowman

Londoners that make their way into Waterdeep are 1st level fighters with maximum hit points scores modified by their constitution scores, or they are 1st level Rogues, this should simulate the realities of medieval London., or else they are commoners.

First a Map And here is an article describing London in 1390 http://www.medievalists.net/2016/10/1390-ad-london-in-the-late-middle-ages/ Now a map of Waterdeep Now lets suppose the sewers connected, a long forgotten gate opens up and connects the underground of London to Waterdeep. Some...

In the middle ages, jails were only temporary holding facilities until some other punishment was devised, punishments included things like, a fine, enslavement, removal of body parts, torture, and execution. People were only jailed long term when a ransom was expected, and that usually happened...

I'm working on a mix and match campaign, the premise is that Toril appears in our Solar System on the opposite side of the Sun from Earth, along with Toril also appears its Moon Selune and the Tears of Selune in the Moon's L4 and L5 positions as well as a sphere of space around the planet...

The main reason is just getting into orbit from an Earthlike planet's surface uses a tremendous amount of fuel, and the spaceship needs to accelerate at a rate greater than the pull of gravity to get above the atmosphere. A ship has to fight gravity on its way up and the fuel it uses to fight...

One obvious reason not to land a spaceship is that it contains something very dangerous to people living on the ground. Star Trek spaceships are fueled by antimatter for example. So you want to put your players in charge of a huge ship that can't land? One reason might be that a starship's FTL...

There were a few that came with Dragonlance modules.

What if you went over each monster entry in the Monster Manual, and you changed every Lawful Alignment into a chaotic alignment, every good alignment into an evil alignment, every evil alignment into a good alignment and every chaotic alignment into a lawful alignment? In general terms if you...

Here's an interesting encounter, one goblin with a slingshot guarding a mountain of gold pieces.

That is a part of Russia is it not? The leader of Russia is named Vladimir, what a coincidence, that was Dracula's first name as well!

I like the old days when they didn't do super modules that cost $50.

Could you set Western on Mars? Mars looks a lot like some very dry places out west Some changes would have to be made to make the setting plausible yet still a Western.

Kara Tur, Maztica, Al Quadam. Sorry I don't know how to spell the last, you know that Arabian setting on Toril.

This is a science fiction idea, which may soon become reality with the advancement of Artificial intelligence. Imagine that it is the year 2035 and there is a computer sitting in a laboratory. Strong artificial intelligence has been a reality for over a decade, and now finally we have a computer...

I like to have fantasy and science fiction come together like oil and water, that is they don't blend like Starfinder. If you have magic based technology, the whole thing is fantasy. There is an adjective I like to use when describing such a setting, I call it "scientifical". Its a made up word...