Magic Item – Arcane Gauntlet
Arcane Gauntlets are small devices of leather and copper fitted to the wearer’s primary hand and feature a small, thin gem imbued with pure arcane energies affixed to the palm. As a standard action the wearer of an Arcane Gauntlet may release its energies up to four times in a single encounter safely, and up […]
Fantasy Grounds 5e – First Impressions.
Yesterday Smiteworks, makers of the premiere Virtual Tabletop (VTT) application Fantasy Grounds (FG) announced that they had acquired the licence to carry WOTC’s Dungeons and Dragons line on the platform. This is an amazing when for the gaming community. While other VTTs are freely accessible to all,none give the experience or user-friendliness that is offered […]
Creatures of Eira – Hodekin (S&W and Next)
Hodekin The smell of offal and rotting meat filled the air as El dropped into the cavern from poacher shift. Dirty linen tents lay in disorganized mass around a large fire pit. El slipped and suppressed a gag as she stepped in something’s waste. If not for the offal she would have died, as it […]
5 minute Adventures for Next (WIP) and Swords & Wizardry Core Halls of the Dwarf King
A new 5-minute adventure for the month of May. Yes the map is on a post-it note and the Next section is incomplete. That will be fixed early on the morrow, for now though, please enjoy and as always, feedback is greatly welcomed and will help me make better adventures in the future! Five Minute […]
Next – Messing around with the Backgrounds
As has become apparent in recent days I am a fan of Dungeons & dragons Next (5e) and hope that WotC opens the system up as they once did with 3.5 and the OGL. I must agree with some podcasts out there that, yes, the OGL is wonderfully vague enough that Next can be easily […]
Quick Note – The Five Good Things to Come From 4e
Okay before the torches are lit, the effigies built and the pitch forks sharpened hear me out. I promise I will not resist afterwards, but I ask that at the moment those kegs of boiling tar and bags of feathers are kept on the sidelines. Yes fourth edition id a lot of things to sour […]
Quick Note – Dreams of the Red Wizards released
The next D&D Next adventure, Dreams of the Red Wizards, has been released. It is the 18th season of the Dungeons & Dragons Encounter line and the second to be mass-market released. I plan on picking this up on pay day but am a little worried about the inclusion of the “Event Coordinator” from Dracolich. […]
Quick Note – Makes me wish I was older
I love the Dungeon walkthrough maps that Wizards puts out from time to time. They make me wonder at the crazy antics of the late 70s and early 80s when I either didn’t exist or was potty-training. The newest one “The Steading of the Hill Giant Chief’s Steeding” is full of laughs as I have […]
5-Minute Adventure: Shrine of Thiseir for Swords & Wizardy and Next
While the following is a new 5-minute adventure it is a departure from a normal 5-minute adventure in two ways. The first is obvious as it is listed in the title of the post and that is tha tI developed the adventure to be usable in both Swords & Wizardry Core (4th printing) and the […]
Quick Note – More of a GPS than a Rail Road
Reading over Scourge of the Sword Coast and I’m a bit impressed with it so far. From things I had heard about the meta-event the adventures involved in the Sundering have been rather a rather tight rail road. I’m not really seeing that in this adventure so far. Yes the adventure does operate on a […]