Just a quick few words on fudging dice and stats in RPGs. This topic will probably come up more and more with the release of 5e D&D because the system is pretty loose and we won’t see a Monster Manual or DMG for a few months… A PC died in my 2e D&D session a […]
Initial Thoughts on the D&D 5e Basic PDF
I have been running the D&D 5e playtest for about a year and a half. I have lots of thoughts, but I am keeping them mostly to the contents of the just released basic pdf (noted on the cover as version 0.1). Sorry for the wall of text, but the product has no art, so […]
Ghosts of Dragonspear Castle: precursor to next starter adventure?
WHAT IS IT? Ghosts of Dragonspear Castle is a 281 page preview of the next edition of Dungeons & Dragons that includes four linked adventures and a work-in-progress version of the rules. It is meant to present the game as it was in the later stages of development – that is, it is the state […]
Simple Fill-in pdf DnDNext Character Sheet
I have to say that, while I like the specially designed character sheet that was distributed with the most recent DnDNext playtest packet (August 2013), it isn’t very utilitarian. That is… I am finding it hard to use to good effect. So, I made my own. I made a simple one. It is a form-fillable […]