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Wanted to do something interesting for some of my bad guys, and I thought about borrowing Cyberpunk-style armor for a D&D bad guy. Mechanically, armor in Cyberpunk doesn't make you harder to hit, it makes you harder to hurt. Armor's Stopping Power (SP) reduces the damage you take. When damage...

Hey folks, earlier this year, I posted a review of Raiders of the Serpent Sea to Giant in the Playground forums. Sadly, it got nuked into unreadability by the moderators over there (not their fault, I was posting copies of maps and art and they were concerned with getting sued). So I figured I'd...

Hey y'all, what products are you interested in seeing me review next year? I'm not doing anything on the 2024 rules refresh (mechanics ain't my jam), and I'd prefer to focus on 3rd party products. I like shining a spotlight on creators who could use some more love and don't have WotC's marketing...

So, my family put up our Christmas tree today because we are absolutely those people. But I was thinking of how to stock an Advent calendar with adventures (I can't have candy). So I figured I'd go to the brain trust here! I need 24 adventures, $4.99 PDF or below, for pretty much any system...

Hey guys, I'm planning on running some campaigns that require the PCs to explore various areas to gain a sense of control of the situation. What I need to know is: are there map tools I can share with my players that I can reveal the fog of war at a strategic / operational level? So I can...

Alright, y'all! Sparky's back with a brand-new groove, which looks strikingly similar to several other grooves I've done recently. I promised everyone that I'd take a look at the Grim Hollow Player's Guide from Ghostfire Gaming. So I rolled up my sleeves, parted with some cash, and snagged a...

First up, if you're playing in my "Augustus Giovanni Must Die" campaign, GO AWAY. No really. Kick rocks.

Howdy y'all! Sparky McDibben here coming at you with a new (small) series on adventures we can use in our 5E games. I tend to prefer player-driven campaigns, where the world is reacting to the PCs choices, over adventure-path style modules*. One thing I tend to use is OSR products, simply...

One thing I haven't seen is whether the new Planescape boxed set gives any ability for DMs to build their own adventures in the multiverse. I'm talking random tables, dense adventure seeds with defined actors (not, "This weird thing is going on!"), interesting game structures, etc. Does it let...

Throne of Glass is a YA novel by Sarah J Maas, in which a teenaged assassin is offered commutation if she will serve as the crown's personal killer. The only catch? She's got to exceed everyone else in the running for the job. So there I was, one rainy day in the Barnes & Ignoble, and I'm...

Justin Alexander with some spicy takes: https://thealexandrian.net/wordpress/49967/roleplaying-games/random-dd-tip-inverting-challenge

Yeah, I know I said I was going to start tomorrow evening but I'm bored now, guys, so SUCK IT UP. I skipped out on Dungeons of Drakkenheim during its Kickstarter because I had already backed Weird Wastelands and frankly I didn't have room in my wallet for both. Joke's on me, 'cuz Drakkenheim...

Hey y'all! Just figured out you could do polls on here, so I figured I'd be fancy and post one up.

Well, folks, it's your old pal, Sparky! I had to take a while off from reviews, mostly due to three clowns and a municipal judge. But never fear! I have RETURNED!!!* So on my last review for Weird Wastelands, distinguished colleague and poster on these fine forums Libertad mentioned that they...

Was recently on the tenfootpole.org comments and kept seeing "NAP" thrown around as a term. Anybody know what means?

Hey folks, So a little while ago, I put up another thread and invited folks to tell me why they think wizards are boring (if, in fact, they do so). There were some great responses, and I really enjoyed the back and forth of the various takes folks put up. There were a lot of sincere points made...

Got someone playing a drow. She's having some romantic difficulties, and is going to go talk to her mom (high priestess of Lolth) about how to talk to men. Please give me your funniest ideas on how I can run this conversation. *Note: Using enchantment to obtain consent from someone in this...

So full stop, my favorite class in the world is wizard. I absolutely love including them in my worlds, I like dropping them in as NPCs, and I love what they can do to and for players. But recently, I've heard from some folks who think wizards are boring. So if you think wizards are boring...

Howdy y'all! I recently downloaded To Dethrone a Dictator by Evil Genius Games from DriveThruRPG. It's an adventure meant for their Everyday Heroes system, which I found quite interesting and refreshing (system review here). The adventure is 59 pages long, and available as Pay What You Want...

Hey, just played Pandemic for the first time in a decade, and it's mechanics for triggering outbreaks and intensification struck me as great inspiration for D&D. So great, frankly, that there is no way somebody hasn't already tried this. Has anyone seen.any attempts to use those mechanics as...