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January 8, 2007

Run Club, Episode I

Yesterday was the first installation of the C-U Run Club. It had mixed results. Socially, it was a success. Game-wise, not so much. Dave ran Iron Gauntlets, a fantasy rpg that he’d never run, but was planning on running at Winter War, an upcoming local con. After yesterday, he changed his mind. Strictly speaking, I don’t think that Iron Gauntlets...

January 4, 2007

Putting things down on paper… or in words…

Some time ago, I wrote about the possible use of inconstant geography in gaming. I don’t want to rehash that here, but it has been rumbling around in my head since then, and I recently added a new twist that I think solves some of the issues in the right sort of setting. Imagine a world where the path between...

January 4, 2007

Not a Resolution

I have noticed that the percentage of this blog’s content that is D&D/D20-based seems to be much higher than it was initially. I don’t think I’m going to cut back on that stuff, but I should probably try to write about other things as well.

January 1, 2007

Open Game License

All Open Game Content on Neitherworld Stories will be clearly marked as such and linked to this license. OPEN GAME LICENSE Version 1.0a The following text is the property of Wizards of the Coast, Inc. and is Copyright 2000 Wizards of the Coast, Inc (“Wizards”). All Rights Reserved. Definitions: “Contributors” means the copyright and/or trademark owners who have contributed Open...

December 28, 2006

Order of the Stick

Last night, I played the Order of the Stick Adventure Game. The game is based on the Order of the Stick webcomic, one of the few webcomics I read regularly. The game’s production values are high, which was nice to see. It comes with a set of Quick-Start rules in comic form. The Quick-Start comic rules are several pages in...

December 26, 2006

House rules for a campaign

For some reason, I’ve been thinking a lot about my Sigil Hardboiled campaign idea lately. Will I run it? Maybe, some day. I haven’t had much luck running games of late. Anyway, I was thinking about the house rules I’d use if I did run it, and thought that the thought-process I went through might be interesting. First, I go...

December 15, 2006

Strange campaign idea

Character creation guidelines: One of your parents was a member of Famous Adventuring Party X, that defeated Great Menace A. Famous Adventuring Party X, along with your parent, disappeared when you were very young. You were left in the care of your other parent. When you got old enough you received a letter held in trust for you from your...

December 15, 2006

Where did I put that beast…?

Okay, if you attack a Displacer Beast and you hit it, you roll a miss chance. Why is it that if you miss you don’t roll a hit chance?

December 14, 2006

Shareable on-line character sheet

A month ago, I was ruminating about the possibility of using Google Docs & Spreadsheets to keep an updated character sheet on the web in a way that you can share it with your GM. You can look at the sheet I’ve been working on here. Another neat thing about this: there is a discussion feature. I haven’t played with...

December 5, 2006

d20 Class Creation Rule 3

Rule 3: Don’t Delay Gratification This rule is implicit in Rule 1, but it deserves explicit mention. A class shouldn’t be designed such that members of that class are underpowered at low-levels and have to ‘pay their dues’ in order to access the actually-cool abilities later. Delayed gratification isn’t any fun during the delay, and in many games it isn’t...