I gave an AI (craiyon.com) some prompts with which to create some monsters and maps. It has been a while since I talked about RPGs so I thought I would fix that with a gallery of Dungeons and Dragons art. This “art” was made by an AI with mixed results. …
One of the fun parts of world-building is creating a magic system. This is true for both novels and tabletop role-playing games. Why do we need magic system diagrams? Magic systems are often at their most interesting when it is clear what they cannot do rather than what they can …
Long time readers will know that I am developing the S3 RPG system. It should come as no surprise that I made a video about it. I have further videos planned that will go into depth on various parts of S3. This video is an introduction to S3 RPG.
If you plan to create a tabletop (or computer-based) game, you need to know about curves. You need to understand the power curve and how to use it. Don’t worry. It is quite easy to do. Here, is an example of baseline damage per spell level when the dice are …
What happens when your party are accused of a crime they did not commit? What happens when they do not see the accusation coming – say during some well-earned rest in a tavern? This tavern based encounter can be tuned to the party’s level. Use the form below to make …
Long time readers might be aware of the auto-randomising nature of my TPK encounter and loot posts. What you might not know is that this is powered by a PHP class I wrote that provides a lot of shortcodes. Why shortcodes, I hear you ask. Because blocks were not a …
This TPK prelude is a midnight encounter which should serve as an introduction to other goblin encounters. This is a surprise attack that turns the usually uneventful act of getting a full nights sleep, recovering HP, and gaining back spells into a story driving moment. Where the encounter should …
While going through my notes, I realised that I already had a region name – Tameria. Thus, the map got an update insofar as I have named the landmass itself. Also, I fixed a spelling error. This is not an error but a local spelling variant, honest. Now that the …
This past week, I have been working on a 5e setting. That’s right, my first content for Dungeons and Dragons fifth edition. Longtime readers might know that I am a bit of a Pathfinder fan. Until now, all content I have created for gaming has been for my own system, …
I have a vice which keeps me from writing as much as perhaps I should – my beloved Xbox and my two weekly tabletop game nights. Right now my two main addictions are Terraria, and Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms. That’s on top of my weekly Dungeons and Dragons …
