This week I’d like to take a look at one of the most-used wizard spells in any edition of the game – fireball. Along with lightning bolt and teleport it is one of the icons of D&D magic.
Fire Ball (original D&D 1974)
A missile which springs from the finger of the Magic-User. It explodes with a [...]
Pardon the grandiose title for this week’s post. Actually, this is about my favorite casual gaming application, a little thingy on Yahoo called “JT’s Blocks”. Just who is this JT guy, anyway?
I’ve been thinking a lot about Motivation. Character Motivation. Not why we do it, but why they do it. I realized recently that one of the most important things for a successful campaign is to have characters with compatible motivations.
This week MetalJim continues to discuss ways to inject a little “cinematic flair” into your roleplaying games…
Rhelik tackles the daddy of all evil… CHAOTIC-EVIL.
(Random’s Note: I’ll be stepping aside this week to allow my old friend itsman to expound on a radical take on the traditional roleplaying game. )
The Mechanics-Opaque Gamemastering Technique
by itsman
No, not your political campaign theme music. As in, music to set the mood for an evening of sweet role-playing goodness…
Rhelik takes a look at LAwful-Evil in the third of his four part review of the latest expansion to the Dungeons & Dragons Miniature game.
Rhelik takes a look at Chaotic-Good in the second of his four part review of the latest expansion to the Dungeons & Dragons Miniature game.
Once upon a time the base classes of Dungeons and Dragons were a necessary evil. I spent a great amount of time trying hard to make one character different from another of the same class. Now at long last I’ve found a way to make it a bearable system.
I warned you guys this was coming when I made my first set of NFL predictions at the start of the season.
Rhelik takes a look at Lawful-Good in the first of his four part review of the latest expansion to the Dungeons & Dragons Miniature game.
While KarasDjun is exploring the evolution of spells through D&D’s history, I look to the future of spell design. There is a new type of spell out there. I take a look at the Lorecall spells; an innovative collection of spells which blend magic with skills.