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This came up in the game session last night and my Google Fu has not turned up a meaningful answer. So I'm tossing it out here for discussion. Would hold person work on a vampire (or more specifically, a vampire spawn)? The text of the spell specifies a humanoid, so I took that to mean...

A very interesting analysis here: http://blogofholding.com/?p=6760 The article recommends, if going the "XP for GP" route, that you double the monetary awards for creatures at the top of their tier, but to ignore tier 4 treasure. I'm looking into adapting this for my own campaign. -The...

During Saturday night's Starter Set game, I had a dickens of a time trying to explain to the rogue player what exactly he was rolling when attempting to use his thieves' tools. He kept looking for Disable Device or Open Locks/Disable Traps etc., and the wording of the Expertise blurb on his...

It’s going to be a few months before the DMG hits shelves, so until then the only real guidelines we have for experience points are the monster XP values provided in the Basic Rules. However, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking lately about how XP was awarded in earlier editions (and in other...

I may be projecting, but I’m fairly sure I see some Savage Worlds influence in 5E, particularly around inspiration (which acts something like SW bennies) and around the organization of the Lost Mine of Phandelver adventure in the Starter Set, which has an uncanny resemblance to a smallish Plot...

Working up a summoner class, as a Sorcerous Origin, and interested in feedback. It's on my website, here: http://gneech.com/rpg/summoner-subclass-for-dd-5e-first-pass/ ...whattya think, sirs? -The Gneech :cool:

So, I have a group of passive players. Like, really passive players. Like it's reached the point where I said "Here are three jobs up on the board at the adventurer's guild. Pick one for next week please." And they all just stared at me. It's not unlike trying to run a game for Bartleby the...

First session report, here. Overall opinion? So far, so good. Not that different at first level from 3.x/Pathfinder, but definitely quick and enjoyable. -The Gneech :cool:

Overland hex map, black and white illos ... somebody was trying to reclaim the "old school" feel here, I suspect! I'm a little baffled at the choice of battle maps, tho ... two large, rectangular rooms with minimal features. Still, looks like a fun (and mostly edition-neutral) little...

UPDATE: New link to an updated version at gneech.com, including a separate, larger and printable version. What Was I Saying...? - "Page 42" for Pathfinder ...feedback welcome! -The Gneech :cool:

A while back I built an "XP Budget" model of encounter building in Saga Edition to a) take advantage of one of 4E's stronger concepts, and b) plug what I felt to be a major hole in the Saga Edition ruleset. Well, some time has passed, and particularly with the new Battlestation Rules in Galaxy...

Well, we all know that Dungeon Tiles/Galaxy Tiles are awesome. Many of us know that Paizo's Flip-Mats and Gamemastery tiles are slightly less awesome due to being thinner cardstock, but still quite good. I have recently managed to score some tiles from Christopher West's personal site, even...

As you may know, I've sorta given up on the pursuit of Saga Edition as a vehicle for a sword-and-sorcery game, mainly because 4E does the job well enough if you are careful about what you allow in. However, I haven't given up SE for other stuff, not the least of which includes, y'know, my...

As I've mentioned elsewhere, I'm working on a Saga Edition conversion of older D&D, primarily taking stuff from 3E but looking at other versions as well. The classes are mostly finished -- what's slowing me down is the spells. Let's face it ... D&D has a lot of spells. :confused: So in order...

Bugs Squashed! (I hope...) 9/25/08 Okay, the document now has two sets of values, one for Saga Edition and one for D&D/d20. Take a look and let me know what you think! Bugs Found! 9/24/08 Some important discrepancies have been found and are being discussed on the official Star Wars Saga...

You may remember a while back I did a sword-and-sorcery kitbash of Star Wars Saga Edition; well, I've done it again for pulp-era mystery/horror and called it Uncanny Midnight Tales. I'm quite pleased with it, and hope you will be too. Feedback is welcome and desired! So please check it out. :)...

Hokay, so, if I wanted to run a rough preview this weekend (since everyone keeps talking about how great the game plays), what exactly do I actually need? The resources I see on the board here are: PHB Lite Raiders of Oakhurst Raiders of Oakhurst Reloaded Is there anything else I need? I...

My sword-and-sorcery conversion of SWSE is ready for perusal here: http://www.gneech.com/swordandsorcery/index.html Granted, it seems a little anti-climactic after the big 4E announcement, but still! Anybody out there who wants to take a look at it, try to break it, tell me what they like or...

TINY & TERRIFIED: The Kaiju Bystander Roleplaying Game Play random scientists, reporters, military men, random people on the street, or the children of any of all these, going through a variety of pointless intrigues or sub-plots until 2/3 of the way through the game session, at which point...

I can't find any reviews of the new Lankhmar hardcover anywhere. :confused: Does anybody have this? Is it any good? -The Gneech :cool: