Tag Archive for tag: dnd
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Tag Archive for tag: dnd
I’ve gotten a big burned out on roleplaying in general the last week or so, so I’m taking a short hiatus. I should have something new written by the weekend. UPDATE 2005.12.20: okay, so the weekend has come and gone and no post. I’m still suffering from a touch of burnout but also from last-minute [...]
There’s an interesting thread on RPG.net right now about D&D’s magic system. I go back and forth, loving and hating D&D’s magic system, personally. We’ve toyed with the idea of spell points (a la Unearthed Arcana) and other alternative magic systems, but for now are sticking with the core system. The thread covers a lot [...]
So yesterday it hit me, the wave of “uh oh” that’s been building for the last week or two. I’ve been spending a lot of my brain cycles that are dedicated to RPGs thinking of ways to drift D&D in a narrativist direction. I realized today that I’ve been spending too much time worrying about [...]
There’s a great thread on The Forge right now about setting stakes for conflicts in RPGs. Getting a good handle on setting stakes for conflicts in roleplaying can help any group get the conflict and excitement levels of their games cranked up a few notches so that things really sing. D&D players (and I lump [...]
I am unabashed in my enthusiasm for the Eberron campaign setting for D&D. I think it’s the best thing to hit D&D in a long time. In addition to the seven or eight sourcebooks for the setting, Wizards puts a lot of interesting stuff on their website for Eberron, too. I use the following sources [...]
