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Love that map. I was really put off by the aesthetic of the 3e and 4e versions. I hope we can get something on that line (more detailed, of course) in the future. Then again, I still use Karen Wynn Fonstad's atlas whenever playing in FR.

I like it! Thanks for the heads up. I'll keep an eye out for this stuff.

Recently finished: The Fortress of the Pearl, by Michael Moorcock Currently Reading: The Dresden Files RPG: Our World, Evil Hat Games, and History of the Popes, by Juan María Laboa Gallegos

"You are all sitting on a railroad..." I completely agree. In fact, that sort of start is my favourite way to begin a campaign. I see it more as an in media res resource than any kind of railroading.

Hah! I hadn't noticed that.

I tend to base my interpretations of good and evil in D&D on a rough version of the "Object, Intention, Circumstance" method from the Catholic Catechism. It basically goes as follows: 1.- The object is your goal, what you want to achieve. "I want to hurt that man", "I want to help that man"...

That's always a possibility, true. But I think the pros of keeping everyone playing outweigh the potential cons. It depends heavily on the types of players, though.

A few weeks ago I found Boss Monster by accident at a videogame store, and last week I finally got to try it out. BM is a non-collectible card game for 2 to 4 players by Brotherwise Games, themed after classic side-scrolling games like Castlevania and retro-RPGs, in which you play the role of a...

There is a canonical basis for questioning the nature of a deity, set by Planescape, first by manifesting the conflict presented by the fact multiple entities claimed divine rule over the exact same things (I remember there being at least two different gods of pools, like four of sleep, and over...

Manual of the Planes! It's often my favourite supplement of every edition, and with the return to a Great Wheelish model, I'd love to see a reinstalment. Maybe they could throw it in while doing a planar-based storyline. Deities & Demigods I'd be happy to see as well, though in a line similar...

It seems that, for now, he has drizzappeared; he must be elfwhere.

His aim went beyond just a sense of personal achievement; he spoke of nerdom as a sort of valve that helps them regulate exposure to social circumstances without getting overwhelmed, giving them a chance to explore what they are otherwise missing. Since people with social pathologies tend to...

A very interesting read. I've always been of the impression that the end of nerdom would relate to its banalization, rather than strictly to massification. One of the things that makes nerdom simultaneously so appealing and unappealing is how extreme it can get; it can motivate someone enough...

A sad thing. I participated in both Kickstarters with a pretty decent amount of money (also got a buddy in for the second), so I had a lot of hopes for this game. Though I was a bit underwhelmed when the first playable versions came out, I'm a very patient man and thought to check back in a...

On the rare occasion I get to sit on the other side of the DM's screen, I always take the mapper role; I love trying to figure out a dungeon by carefully putting it on paper, and comparing them to what the DM had drawn once the game ends. I also love drawing maps in general, so it's a win-win...

Never been one to run pre-made modules (last time I did was in the late 90's with Chronicles of the Dragonlance), but what I've read so far has me really tempted to try out Out of the Abyss. Some of those NPCs sound fantastic.

What if the PCs get to the damsel and realise they've got it all backwards, and they are the ones being rescued? Maybe the cultists have purposely drawn the party into the temple, hurling themselves at the PCs and having them face all sorts of dangers as a test (perhaps they're seeking a worthy...

Athar: Typical clueless, worshipping anything that can put on a show with enough sparkles. Signer: Were you talking to me? Athar: No. Signer: Silly friend, you surely must be talking to me. I'm all there is to talk about, after all.

I understand what you say. But what I'm trying to aim at is that all those are displays of supernatural power -which is abundant in most D&D settings, and abundant in the rules themselves-; whether or not said power has a divine origin is the question. And even though people asking that question...