Switching Robin's worked, but barely. Locksley was better than Huntington, but Sean Connery's kid was perfectly acceptable. It also allowed for different stories (because Robert of Huntington was a noble and an unknown, there was this amazing dialogue between him and the Sheriff, who treated...
The Dig – Part 2 - Ecology of the Scoop - Weather and Flora
“Keep your filters on & your boots off the ooze.” — Stumpy MacGee The Scoop: where tar breathes, trees sing, & weather wants you dead.
Ecology, hazards, & weird flora of Fort Mac’s...
Sometimes the internet does provide. A retrospective on SnarfQuest appeared on my feed, and I started stewing. Now you can play it in your own games.
As always, opened to any and all feedback.
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Zeetvah (Snarf’s People)
“Though often underestimated due to their...
My pirates are prairie pirates. 8-)
I took Bruce Alberta, where the famed Boreal buccaneers were hired to feud with the local Medusa cattle baron. They set up base in the railyard and used the train as a pirate ship, complete with a cattle car converted to launch gliders.
It ended with...
What if Faerûn's most dangerous priest wasn't finished with you?
Fzoul Chembryl, Twice-Chosen of Bane, returns to spread tyranny in 5e.
https://breadthofpopsanity.blogspot.com/2025/09/fzoul-chembryl-twice-chosen-of-bane.html
I've been stewing on this for a while. I was hoping to do an "In...
Hunter's Mark should be an ability, not a spell.
It's basically target lock (which I always imagine looks like Reboot's Enzo Matrix's ability).
And it should be followed up by the Rangers' "Death Blossom" (which should be a spell).
The Dig: a living wound where earth, fire & ooze fuse into one. Once tar sands, now a kingdom of sludge, smoke & survival. Home, hell, & fortune all at once. The Dig – Part 1 - The Scars of Progress
yeah
I still prefer my 3e Deepwoods sniper/4e ranger / 5e rogue/scout, but I'm having a blast trying to figure out how to do a ranger with spells that appeal to me, and it comes down to more arcane, less druidic.
then again, I prefer my bards learned (int based) for their spellcasting so take...
I got one that's controversial
Magic Missile.
it simulates a "patriot arrow" at low levels.
it doesn't require a save
plus can hurt creatures immune to standard weapons.
And, it is balanced by range (longbow fires further), and limited uses.
It's basically the "must-hit spell"
reskin it as...