I am running a game of Castles & Crusades in my Eleven Pillars setting and needed to flesh out the perception of mages/wizards among the populace – this post is the beginning of that effort. How does one become a recognized and respected caster? In this setting there are only two recognized wizard academies, but […]
Castles & Crusades: A Detailed Review
I am about to start a new campaign, and I will be running Castles & Crusades again. Several friends have asked me to write a review and discuss why I love the system so much. To do so I will present a brief history of the game, describe the system as presented in the core […]
Meta-Gaming the Skill Check
One relatively common question from new DMs/GMs goes something like this: “How often should players be rolling a perception check?” or, put another way, “How many times do you allow PCs to search for something?” or, put yet another way, “If one player rolls low on their perception check, should you allow every other player to roll perception […]
The Case For Mystara in 5e D&D
I was a guest on the Round Table podcast last night and we speculated about future published settings for D&D 5e. There are various and sundry reasons for and against every setting we discussed, but I don’t want to go into those today. What I want to do today is make a quick case in […]