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September 8, 2006

Remember, remember the Realms this September…

I know almost nothing about the Forgotten Realms, the more-or-less default setting for D&D. I was always a Greyhawk kid, I guess. I never had any of the 2e FR products (books, modules, boxed sets) despite having a decent amount of other D&D things from that era. Until I played through Icewind Dale II a couple years ago, my largest...

August 29, 2006

let me give you some background here…

So, I am playing in an Exalted game that meets every other week or so. It started up relatively recently. I don’t really have the time for it, but I wanted to play in the game. So far, I’ve been having fun. I have one strange problem with the game. The GM wants me to submit a character history. I...

August 11, 2006

Theory

Okay. Yesterday, RPGpundit declared (among other things): D&D is the model of what most people define as an RPG, and therefore also the model for a successfully-designed RPG. It can be improved upon or changed, but any theory that suggests that D&D in any of its versions was an example of a “bad” RPG is by definition in violation of...

August 11, 2006

Another picture

Here is a picture of a Reaver Daiklave that I made. Originally, I made a cardboard daiklave on a whim for Nick (pictured holding this one – he runs the long-running Exalted game I play in) because he was going to go to a costume party. In part, I made it because I was curious to find out just how...

August 9, 2006

Impromptu D&D party

The discovery of gummi eyeballs at the dollar store prompted my roommate to make a beholder cake: Of course, at my house, we believe that anything doing is worth doing in excess. So originated the rust monster: and the baby grell: …and, of course, no party would be complete without the Gelatinous Cubes: (I also made a red and green...

August 8, 2006

Sleep is for the dead

Last night, we played Don’t Rest Your Head, an indie game I picked up after reading a number of glowing reviews. While the game isn’t perfect, we had a lot of fun. Don’t Rest Your Head is like a cross between Neverwhere and Dark City… or if The Phantom Tollbooth had been made with the sensibilities of Jacob’s Ladder. Characters...

July 28, 2006

d20 Magic System Musings…

Spellcasting in d20 bugs me for a number of reasons: Spell knowledge is all-or-nothing. If you know a spell, you can cast it without error. If you don’t know a spell, you just can’t cast it. There is no looking up spells you don’t know in ancient grimoires. Moreover, you can’t be in the process of learning a spell and...

July 26, 2006

Crazy 88

Last night’s D&D game… The opponents: 95 8th level Githyanki4 19th level Githyanki2 half-fiend red dragons (juvenile, I think) ——— It took us 2.5 rounds. None of the PCs were seriously injured. Yes, the game is unrepentantly high-powered, but I still don’t know what to think.

July 10, 2006

Check it out

My first paid publishing gig has been released. I have an article in the June issue of the Silven Trumpeter. I’m toying with the idea of writing another article for them, but I’m not sure what I want to write about. Do I do a follow-up to the current article (which is about adding moral complexity to roleplaying) or do...

June 12, 2006

Inspiration and ramblings

Over the weekend, I read The War of the Flowers by Tad Williams. As a good changeling story, it is immediately going on the Neitherworld inspiration list. I’ve read a good chunk of the stull Williams has written at this point, and I’d generally recommend it as inspirational reading for gaming. Much of the action in The War of the...

Neitherworld Stories

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