How Do You Like Your Stat Blocks?
I’ve been giving some thought lately to just how stat blocks should best be handled. Now, I’m the sort of DM who always plays with a copy of the Monster Manual (or should I say Bestiary) close at hand, so Read More
RIP Andy Griffith
Andy Griffith died today at the age of 86. While I’m certain he’ll be best remembered for “The Andy Griffith Show” and “Matlock”, I’ll always remember him for the 1979 TV movie and series “Salvage 1”.
More On the 15 Minute Workday
One of the issues that I don’t recall ever seeing Gygax discuss is the so-called fifteen minute work day in D&D. That is, the tendency of players to do only as much exploration, combat, etc. as they can without depleting Read More
Some DnD Next Backgrounds
Just playing around with some new backgrounds for DnD Next. Obviously this isn’t in any way official or anything; just me dabbling. Backgrounds can apply to any class, while themes are class-specific. Maybe I’ll whip up some themes later. Background: Read More
Some More Observations From Our DnD Next Playtest
Today we wrapped up the third and (for the moment, at least) final session of playing the DnD Next playtest edition. My thoughts from our first session are here. Some cool things: Cantrips. Having the cantrips be at-will seems to Read More
5th Edition Traveller Kickstarter Wrapping Up
I confess I hadn’t heard about this until now, but as of this writing you have 37 hours to get in on the kickstarter campaign for Traveller 5th Edition. FTFA: T5 has technology beyond TL 15, clones, robots, computers, artificial Read More
