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I'm not much for podcasts, but I do follow too many blogs for my own good. I'll start with mine, 5egrognard.blogspot.com where I started off just converting old AD&D Dragon Magazine crunch to 5th edition rules, but have added play reports and have been doing some world building. Now I'll just...

I was starting to put the dark elves of Eska together next, but the story behind the Kinslayer War took center stage instead. Without shame I stole most of the inspiration from two message board threads, even copy and pasting (and then editing) whole paragraphs. I will note that in the world...

I really like these new rules. Not my usual genre, and nothing I'd use anytime soon, but I would like to see more.

I'm wanting to get the different races of Eska done first, before moving on to classes. My next in line was going to be dwarves, but they weren't coming together the way I wanted to. Since the three subraces of elves formed the dominant power before the Kinslayer Wars, I'm going to finish them...

My last group did this. Three players, each rolled 2 stats, 4d6 drop lowest, and that was the array they used.

Here's the version that I'm using in one of my games. http://tribality.com/2015/01/07/5th-edition-class-builds-the-alchemist-artificer-metamorph-poisoner/

I really like this idea. I love world building, but could give that all up for such a simple premise.

I didn't start doing play reports until Three Faces of Evil, but here they are, including some of the monster conversions I did for it. http://5egrognard.blogspot.com/search/label/Age%20of%20Worms

The wand of mirrors originally appeared in Dragon Magazine #102 in an article "Nine Wands of Wonder" by Ed Greenwood. I changed the name from wand of magical mirrors, and edited down the language. I always feel that these 1st Edition AD&D items were too wordy. Wand of Mirrors Rare magical...

Thanks, lots of great responses! Reading through made me realize that my main issue is with the "cleric as healbot". In one game I'm running, one player is playing a 5e life cleric, so he has been hitting that trope pretty well, though he much prefers to wade into melee. I'm going to be...

The final item that I will be doing out of Dragon Magazine #99's Treasure Trove II is the Hammer of Penetration by John Uustal. Updated up the 1e AD&D speech and and based the structural damage capabilities on the earth elemental's "siege monster" ability. Hammer of Penetration Rare...

Thanks. I like items like this that are more than just combat abilities and open up paths for the players to be creative.

I'm toying around with the idea of getting rid of clerics. Most groups I've run it seems like someone "gets stuck" playing a cleric "because we need a healer". I've even offered (as the DM) to let the group go cleric-less and would offset it with extra healing potions and such, but I haven't...

I've mostly run Greyhawk, but I mix in some homebrew now and again.

I like it. Starting to play with it for my own world.

Rock Gnome The rock gnomes of Eska mechanically are like the gnomes in the 5e Player’s Handbook. Physically, their skin has taken on a rough, pebbly stone-like texture. This provides no protection, though. The rock gnomes sought to escape the wars that ravaged Eska and drove them from...

Next item from Dragon Magazine #99's Treasure Trove II is the Bow of Doubling, originally by Stephen Martin. The only change I made was the effects of the first arrow hitting In the original the second arrow would automatically hit instead I gave it Advantage. Bow of Doubling Rare magical...

LOL! Didn't even catch that reference. Of course, I'm only hit and miss with watching Koora. Maybe I should remember to do a simple Google search before naming something.

Gray Elf The gray elf, or mith’edhel, were the ruling class before the wars threw Eska into chaos. Their arrogance is what others notice first about them. They have pale skin and fair hair, and are taller than other elves. Most gray elves have amber eyes, but violet eyes are rare but not...

The Stone of Mysterious Sounds is another creation from Dragon Magazine #99's Treasure Trove II. It is originally by Nick Kopsinis. It was a pretty easy conversion. It had a minimum strength to make it stick when thrown, and required a "to hit" roll, but I just simplified it to a single...