Opportunity Actions: Races of Athas – Shadar-Kai and Warforged

Looking through some Dark Sun materials this week, I was surprised to hear people say, “So, which races will you allow?” I pitched this idea over at Wizards, and they told me that someone was already working on it. Everyone’s free to wait until that article publishes, or read it here, sooner. WOTC’s loss is everyone’s […]

Opportunity Actions: Dexter Theory and Character Building

This week, our guy psychopez put up a post about Han Solo Theory and Campaign Design. I’m not going to get too far into it, but he outlines the idea of having an everyman that players can relate to being important to buy-in. Great write-up. I’m going to introduce a new theory that players and […]

The Sleeping Giant

I just got back from a long weekend on Isle Royale. It was tough to be so far from phone, internet, or any kind of communication. It did leave me with a lot of time to think and come up with ideas for new locations, monsters, hazards, and adventures. Just about any area of the […]

What’s in a name?

I hate coming up with NPC names; I have trouble doing it without the names sounding forced, which tends to break the mood. When I try, I come with names like Jandor Ravenwing and Eldar Strombridge or some such. Names like this serve their purpose, but I feel pretty cheesy saying them. When I trying […]