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I got an email from MythMakers that the first sourcebook is in the home stretch:

I realize that it's been a week since my last post. Normally I'd have finished this Let's Read much earlier, but a variety of IRL issues cropped up that diverted my time. But the good news is that since I'm already in the home stretch, we'll be done with Elder Elders today! Chapter 8: Sertrous...

Reading a lot of these entries is a real blast from the past. Always interesting to see the development of new games and systems over time. And seeing how older ones evolve, too. I am intrigued in what form Old-School Essentials will take, given its major selling point is being...

Chapter 5: the Leviathan It wouldn't be a cosmic horror sourcebook without an unfathomably huge sea creature sleeping in the darkest depths, and who better than the classic Leviathan? This monster is much like the sea serpent of the Abrahamic faiths, created from raw chaos spawned as the...

Drive-Thru RPG Store Page DM's Guild Store Page Note: Back in December, I held an informal poll across multiple forums to gauge reader interest for my next review. The book with the most consistent requests was Elder Evils, followed up by Iron Heroes and the Legend of Zelda D20. For those who...

The "racism equals prejudice plus power" argument doesn't really hold much water today because then you have to bite the bullet on some really weird stuff, like arguing that Kanye West wasn't racist when he said that slavery was a choice for the enslaved and that Hitler was awesome. Or that it's...

Here's a link to the stream I looked at the transcript and attempted to search for certain terms via CTRL + F, and didn't see any mention of Bledsaw, Judges' Guild, racism, or similar topics. I haven't had time to watch it in full. There is someone in the comments section below who has three...

This must be preserved for future generations. You should post this homebrew elsewhere, if possible.

I disagree, in that the term's "correctness" isn't objective if the people it's being used to describe wholesale reject it. In a discussion regarding racist portrayals and terms, I believe that it's important to highlight the viewpoints of those who will be most affected. In this case, the use...

There was a recent report by the United Nations that touched upon this subject, referred to in the report as "forest peoples of Central Africa." Generally speaking they weren't fond of the term "pygmy," preferring instead to be referred to by their specific ethnicity. Your linked Wikipedia...

I admit when I first saw this thread, I misread it as a Star Wars/Marvel crossover, and am both bummed out and relieved at the same time this is not the case.

Wizard.

This is definitely my type of jam! Backed already.

Comprising 85 pages, the 14 Appendices are significant enough to take up around a quarter of the book. They mostly cover subjects that couldn't easily fit in the aforementioned chapters, ranging from a pronunciation guide, inspirational material, and even a hex map of Ireland with 3 variations...

With the huge emphasis on community ties in both mechanics and flavor, it's quite appropriate that Heroes of Tara would add more structural support to the Social pillar of 5th Edition. What follows are 9 new mini-games for just such occasions, ranging from competitive sports like Hurley to...

Chapter 2, Rules for Player Characters: Economy and Barter System Given that the setting of Heroes of Tara is very explicitly pre-medieval and is relatively isolated from international trade networks, a rework of money and equipment was necessary for increased historical authenticity. As...

Well, it is set around the same general time period, so there could be some crossover elements. That being said, I think that Beowulf: Age of Heroes has a more compatible cosmology to combine with Adventurer's Guide to the Bible. Beowulf's setting uses a mixture of pagan and Christian folklore...

Rules for Player Characters: Backgrounds, Geasa, Feats, and Skills Covering everything else relevant to PCs that isn't equipment or spells, these chapters are devoted to the auxiliary aspects of character creation. Heroes of Tara has its own Backgrounds, with 9 in total covering a variety of...

Polygon recently had an interview with Ed Greenwood about the project. In it, Greenwood talks about how the series seeks to examine the Dalelands via a "personal eye view" rather than the big-picture perspective common to other Forgotten Realms books. Other regions beyond the Dalelands are in...

Rules for Player Characters: Classes Much like how Heroes of Tara uses its own Tribes in places of typical fantasy races and species, so too does it use its own classes. There are far fewer, with 3 base and 1 optional: the Fennid, a a member of a ranger-esque society known as the Fianna who...