Neitherworld Stories

August 8, 2008

Campaign blogs

I’ve seen a few GMs with campaign blogs around, but I don’t ever recall seeing a multi-author campaign blog involving all the players – where they can post background snippets about their PCs and what is going on in-between sessions. Such a thing seems like a good idea, though. Is this something that is around that I just haven’t seen?...

August 5, 2008

Stunt Modes

I like the stunting mechanic in Exalted. The way the rules are written, almost every action that a PC takes that is described by that PC’s player in terms other than game mechanics is a stunt. Most people don’t play the game this way, but let’s ignore that fact for a moment. I’ll get back to it. So, yeah. Saying,...

August 1, 2008

Housecats vs. Wizards: Test Case I

You know how in certain editions of D&D a housecat could pretty easily take a wizard? Well, we had a bit of a test of that the other night. Jenn (housemate) seems to have acquired a cat. It has been living in her room since July 4th. I have a cat. Angela also has a cat. Angela’s cat, Tempest, is...

July 27, 2008

The World of Mall

I’m not sure what I will do with this: Inspired by malls everywhere.

July 25, 2008

4e: Is it D&D? Does it matter?

After the game on Wednesday, Jeff said something to the effect of, “I can’t shake the feeling that I’m just not playing D&D” when playing 4e. He reiterated this on his blog. My response was that I think that the difference between 4e and 3.5 is smaller than the difference between 3.5 and any pre-3.0 edition. The thing is, 3.0...

July 24, 2008

Nobilis report

The Nobilis game is still going really well. I say this after a session on Tuesday in which there was, essentially, a TPK. It was, however, a planned TPK. Jason, who is running the game, told each of us from the beginning to create two PCs – one who would start off in the position of a power and the...

July 24, 2008

4e: another playtest report

Last night was session 2 of Keep on the Shadowfell, and it featured an assault on the kobold lair. I toned things down to account for the fact that we only had three PCs (Morgan Ironclaw, dragonblood paladin; Bloodaxe Axebeard, dwarf cleric; and Owen, human wizard). They followed the Wyrmpriest who’d escaped from the ambush. I adjusted the battle map...

July 23, 2008

UPS – what it is looking like right now in my head

This is, essentially, a continuation of my last post. Currently, I’m thinking that the system will be skills-based. Melee Combat and Ranged Combat will be on the primary skills list (along with various other things that look like typical D&D-esque skills). In addition to the primary skills (which will be set in stone) there will be secondary skills. These will...

July 23, 2008

4e and the UPS

Well before 4e was released, I was musing about what I wanted to see and began sketching out what I dubbed the Unified Power System. Now that 4e is out and I have played around with it a bit, the appeal of the UPS is really taking hold. It forms a framework for most of those bits I’m dissatisfied with...

July 21, 2008

Update-thing

Work has been insane. Last week, I was in Nashville at a conference being held in a giant arcology. I was hoping to get some gaming stuff done in the evenings, but there was just too much to do. So much for WoAdWriMo. This week will be session 2 of our 4e playtest. I’m coming down off of the new-toy...