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Back in the early 2000s when I was writing my storyhour here at EN World, one of the locations was the city of Eversink: a highly political swamp city that was oozing with adventure. Well, maybe not "oozing." Because that's gross. But the city was always sinking into the swamp, slowly, meaning...

Hey, I wrote another game! We're kicking off playtesting for a swords & sorcery GUMSHOE game by Emily Dresner (Dungeonomics author Multiplexer) and myself, and I wanted to to give interested folks a heads up. Details on what the game consists of and what's different about it can be found in the...

My good friend is having a rules conflict, and I don't remember enough 3.5 to answer it: D&D (3.5) question. Using squares where one diagonal square represents 5' and 2 diagonal squares represents 15': Character A is two diagonal squares away from character B (an opponent). Character B is...

I'm currently writing a new Fafhrd-and-the-Gray-Mouser-style sword and sorcery game for Pelgrane Press, and in doing so I've written up my core tenets of "this is what I want sword and sorcery to be." I'm really curious, though. When you think back to Conan, Elric, etc... what defines swords and...

Hi everyone! Going to Gen Con! Tomorrow is the last day of GM signup, and I'd love to wrangle more GMs for the seven different TimeWatch games we have running for Pelgrane Press. The book will *finally* be out, excitement will be high, and I may wrangle nifty giveaways for GMs. Sign up if you...

I'll be DMing at one of my favorite local gaming conventions. Anonycon (www.anonycon.com) is in Stamford CT on Dec. 4-6th, easy driving from anywhere in the northeast US. This is one of the best small cons; run by good friends (and excellent gamers!), with top-notch games, a reasonable price...

There was a great undead 3e monster that was effectively an ambulatory graveyard -- gravestones sticking out of it, barfing out skeletons, that sort of thing. Anyone remember which monster that was, and (more importantly) know of a 5e conversion of it? Thanks!

Monsters, not PC races: if I want something that's effectively a humanoid carrion-eating buzzard, what's the closest monster (from this or previous editions) to adapt? I'm considering aarakockra and harpies, but I'm sure I'm missing something obvious. Thanks for any ideas!

I've seen people mentioning that they have excess gold in 5e, largely because magic items aren't generally available to purchase. So the question is, where are you going to spend all that cash? - purchase a flock of sheep to herd through the dungeon ahead of you. They'll set off traps, and...

As a thought experiment, how fast can we get a monk to go? Wood elf: base 35 feet. Monk 18+: +30 feet. Transmuter's stone: +10 feet. Mobile feat: + 10 feet Wizard 1: expeditious retreat (dash when cast, and as a bonus action) Hasted: speed is doubled, gains an additional action (not a bonus...

I'll likely move this into the House Rules forum once I actually have something concrete. In the mean time, a thought exercise... I'm considering a house rule that says that you don't heal automatically and completely during a long rest. In fact, you don't heal at all. Instead, you get all of...

I really hope both my 4e groups choose to convert to 5e… …because it turns out my subscription to online 4e tools auto-renews in a week. Dang it. Maybe they'll decide quickly!

The marilith is a nifty monster who gets six reactions each round, one for each arm. She can use those to parry, increasing her AC 17 by +1d6 each time someone attacks her with a melee weapon. Add on advantage for any magic save, and half damage from most elemental damage, and she's a tough...

I'd love a reality check. If I have a fighter 5 (getting an extra attack) / warlock 10 with the pact of the blade and the thirsting blade eldritch invocation (attack twice instead of once with your pact weapon), does the warlock attack twice or three times with the pact weapon? I've now talked...

We have a wilden in our epic-level 4e party, and I'd like to convert her to 5e. Here's my first stab at the race. Gone is the daily shift between aspects; instead, wilden are split between tough and agile aspects. I'm stealing gratuitously from other races, particularly elves. The original...

Last night we converted one of my 21st lvl epic 4e campaigns to 5e. I converted the 4e wild magic sorcerer directly to a 5e wild magic sorcerer, as you'd probably expect. Annnnd... it didn't feel right. The PC in 4e was far more martial, using daggers to slash people in combat while his spells...

GAME TIMES Slot 1: Thursday 7pm-11pm Slot 2: Friday 9am-1pm Slot 3: Friday 2pm-6pm Slot 4: Friday 7:30pm-11:30pm Slot 5: Saturday 9am-1pm Slot 6: Saturday 2pm-6pm Slot 7: Saturday 7:30pm-11:30pm Slot 8: Sunday 9am-1pm Slot 9: Sunday 2pm-6pm Slot 10: Sunday 7:30pm-11:30pm There are also lots of...

All information is current for the next NC Game Day, coming Thur May 1st - Sunday May 4th, 2014. GM Submissions ) are OPEN. Player signups will take place on Friday, April 18th, starting at 7:00 PM. Unless told otherwise by a GM, no signups time stamped earlier than that will be valid...

Dang. There is a non-zero chance that these books are going to be in full color. We've hit 48 other stretch goals, and color is the last one left. I can't decide whether to watch the next 6 hours like a hawk, or go for a walk in the woods with no electronics. ...Nah. I'd end up tackling...

My time travel RPG TimeWatch got featured in iO9 this morning! It's a good interview, too. How often does that happen? http://io9.com/in-the-timewatch-rpg-paradoxes-are-part-of-the-fun-1523120387 Kickstarter details are here. We're unlocked something like 32 stretch goals and are in the last 3...