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It is with sadness that I report that yesterday the tabletop gaming industry lost one of its giants: Stewart Wieck, who co-founded White Wolf Game Studio and co-created the World of Darkness, and who more recently helmed Nocturnal Publishing. His brother, Steve Wieck (owner of DTRPG) announced...

True. I'd not realized he was a board member at CCP. I've always enjoyed their flagship MMO (EVE Online).

No, it is not a myth. Not. At. All. The Realms really is a kitchen sink setting. It's certainly gone through phases where elements from other worlds have been deemphasized, but the concept of the Realms being connected to other worlds predates its publication as an official D&D setting. Not...

During 2nd Edition, the rule at TSR was "If it's in D&D, it's in the Realms." And of course every setting was linked to the Realms, and the Realms featured lots of game information and lore about how elements from other worlds influenced it and were present. ...but let's not get ahead of...

Yup. The Forgotten realms But/Sell/Trade group on Facebook is a busy place

Dangers of the King's Forest: Tenday Mold 1. Tenday Mold is a little bit of everything: mold, rot and fungus. 2. Should your character ask about it, he or she is likely to be informed that the dead god Moander bequeathed Tenday Mold unto Cormyr as a parting gift; something meant to trouble...

It's tough when this sort of thing happens. Even tougher is what you have to do next: find the opportunities hidden amongst the detritus of the unanticipated setback dealt to you by a group of players. Which is why every GM should experience this at least once. It's one of the biggest...

A Friendly Warning Dear Reader, As Springtime progresses into Summer here in the States, I will be culling entries from this thread in order to place them into my Cormyr sourcebook. Thus, if there is anything here you find useful or if you like returning to specific entries in order to read...

Still working on my Cormyr sourcebook on the DMs Guild. Between my work schedule and family life, the pace of work on my sourcebook has slowed to a crawl. The good news is that I've managed to contact a couple of artists who've agreed to allow me to license their artwork for use in my...

This is great information. Thank you OB1.

No worries. By any chance have you changed any of the spell mechanics in the D&D games you play to make evocation spells more powerful with higher level spell slots? If yes, what kind of changes did you make?

Good point about wands. I had not thought to consider their use as well.

I am trying to estimate how many times a PC Wizard will cast Magic Missile from levels 1 to 10. If you were to estimate a number for this task, what would it be? Thankee in advance.

The Company of the Angry Chamber Pot To this day, whatever power animated a communal brass chamber pot that sat at one end of a long hallway running the length of the upper floor of the Black Banner Inn—before the chamber pot went careening through the air, bashing into heads and ricocheting...

Let's Start With A Hole In Some Dirt 1. So...something akin to a halfling's den set into a low hill, but this is more of a long oval of dirt with a hole in one side that's small enough to require a human to crawl in on hands and knees to get inside.  2. It's well within the King's Forest, off...

Encounter Idea Inspired by the Artwork of Ryan Alexander Lee Firstly, check out this wonderful piece of art by Ryan Alexander Lee: http://ryan-alexander-lee.deviantart.com/art/Until-I-Say-350311505 Isn't it just amazing? The first thing I saw in Lee's pieces was the axe. Secondly, I saw the...

Ideas For New Arcane and Divine Spells What follows are some ideas for arcane spells. Some of these could be divine spells as well. 1. "Spell Mime" - This spell creates an illusionary humanoid figure. That figure mimes the somatic gestures, as well as the movements required to handle material...

Jallask "The Old Crow" Downtlurk Jallask Downtlurk is a tall man with shoulder-length black hair that frames a craggy face in which two beady eyes keep watch over a long, downward pointed nose. Jallask's every word and gesture communicates that he already knows what you're thinking, what your...

Of Kelemvor and the Raven Queen 1. By the year 1491 DR (approximately the current game year in the Forgotten Realms), one may find in certain temples of Kelemvor that the deity is being depicted not strictly as male, but also female. Such places include the Vault of Restful Dead (in Cormyr)...