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Tired Old Material
Tired Old Material The bane of D&D and related webcomics is Order of the Stick. It’s insanely popular, with an ardent fanbase, and particularly long lived, spanning the duration of an entire...
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Pathfinder Review: Monster Codex
Pathfinder Review: Monster Codex The latest book for the Pathfinder Roleplaying game is the Monster Codex, the sixth monster book for that game. Sixth! The Monster Codex goes into greater detail on...
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Pathfinder Review: Occult Adventures Playtest Paizo is doing their annual play testing for their next GenCon hardcover book. This time the book is Occult Adventures. It sounds awesome, being the...
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Ear of the Beholder
Ear of the Beholder It’s a magical word that kills you. How does that not affect an area? That’s like a gaze attack that only attacks one person.
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My Old Friend Mister McGreg
My Old Friend Mister McGreg When there’s a dragon attacking overhead, you have to triage, make quick decisions, and heal in a hurry. Accidents happen.
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Hookers and Blow
Hookers and Blow It keeps coming up in discussion of 5th Edition: magic item stores are no longer assumed and players no longer have to spend a set amount of gold on treasure. So what do characters...
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Deception at the Pig & Oliphant
Deception at the Pig & Oliphant There’s a story there. Why does the tavern not serve gnomes and halflings? Why are the pair so desperate to go in? Why does the gnome look so pissed off. No idea! I...
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Bad Game Night
Bad Game Night F.A.T.A.L. is the acronym for either Fantasy Adventure to Adult Lechery or From Another Time, Another Place. It’s arguably the worst roleplay game of all time. I’ve heard a few people...
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Tongue Twister
Tongue Twister This is something I’ve been saying for years. Not sure why I haven’t done it as a comic years ago…
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Dearly Departed
Dearly Departed Alternate inscription: James the Daring Born: May 4th 978 Died: June 2nd 997; August 15th 997; December 1st 997; January 12th 998 Ran out of luck on the same day he ran out of 5000 gp...
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The Best Defence
The Best Defence The term “plot armour” refers to someone who cannot be killed because they are essential to the narrative. They’re the main character. In a roleplaying game, this is a character that...
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Everyone Gets One
Everyone Gets One When making non-player characters, it’s good to give them all a memorable feature. Since players cannot actually recognise them by sight, there needs to be a cue that conjures the...
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The Line Must Be Drawn
The Line Must Be Drawn I’m astonished with the increasing popularity of cosplay. It seems to be growing in numbers each year. I always think cosplay sounds kinda fun, but lack any and all skill at...
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D&D 5 Review: Dungeon Master’s Guide
D&D 5 Review: Dungeon Master’s Guide The Dungeon Master’s Guide is the third and final book of the core rules of 5th Edition Dungeons & Dragons. With its release, the core rules are at long...
View ArticleGlancing Blows and Wound Points
Glancing Blow An option for games where accuracy and regular damage is desired. This is useful for campaigns with a heroic tone, where the PCs should be more effective. It’s also useful when regularly...
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Monster of the Month: Soul Devourer
Monster of the Month: Soul Devourer A phantasmal creature of the ethereal plane, soul devourers are not undead creature but their predator. It roams the mist-like world of dead, preying on the spirits...
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Feeling Flirty
Feeling Flirty Like most of the western world, I’m currently playing DragonAge: Inquisition. I like a lot of it, dislike bits of it, and have put a good 40 hours into the game and still feel like...
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Gaming Library
Gaming Library An unfortunate scenario that far too many gamers are familiar with, especially in recent years. Of course, the point of having the books is to use them; if you can only use a single...
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Uncertain Motivations
Uncertain Motivations Generally when you see a monster it’s already attacking. On the rare instances when you see a monster before it attacks, there’s a minor moral quandary: do you strike first or do...
View ArticleAttunement Requirements & Minor Properties
Attunement Requirements & Minor Properties Here are a couple new tables for generating interesting random magic items. Attunement Requirements Not all magic items easily bond with their user. Some...
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