I've seen a good few people part ways with D&D recently, and I completely get it. There's some real issues with the way it's being run and how things are being handled by the company that own it, but I haven;t managed to walk away yet. I've tried out a good few other games over … Continue reading RPGaDay 2020 prompt 17 – Comfort
Category: writing
RPGaDay 2020 prompt 16 – Dramatic
I don't have much of what I would call 'a flare for the dramatic'. I'm not amazing at the dramatic reveal, and I prefer foreshadowing events over surprise twists. I don't know if that's something to do with me or how I read plots or anything. The first M. Night Shyamalan film I saw, The … Continue reading RPGaDay 2020 prompt 16 – Dramatic
RPGaDay 2020 prompt 15 – Frame
OK, I'm going to take a moment to give you a quick rundown of my current Saurial/Planescape idea. It's only been a short while, but it's changed some. I may have added in some Spelljamming... Whoops! So, the current framing idea/elevator pitch looks like this: The PCs are wandering the Great Bazaar in Sigil. They … Continue reading RPGaDay 2020 prompt 15 – Frame
RPGaDay 2020 prompt 14 – Banner
As part of the session zero for the Song of Ice and Fire RPG, the players are tasked with building a noble family to be the centre of the game - they can be attendants, young nobles, venerable maesters, and so on.The catch is, they are any of the big noble families we pay much … Continue reading RPGaDay 2020 prompt 14 – Banner
RPGaDay 2020 prompt 13 – Rest
So, do we talk about the D&D rest mechanics, or taking a break from tabletop gaming? Or how other games handle rests? I guess I'll talk a bit about how I handle rests.I've been mostly inspired by various homebrews that change how things work, add in extra levels and things.Here's what I do currently: - … Continue reading RPGaDay 2020 prompt 13 – Rest
RPGaDay 2020 prompt 12 – Message
I'm always conflicted about how to handle messages between players in a game. At a table, great, pass a slip of paper. If you're OK with phones, send something by text.If you want to cobble together a group message thing for between sessions, cool. Can throw two groups together to include the GM in one, … Continue reading RPGaDay 2020 prompt 12 – Message
RPGaDay 2020 prompt 11 – Stack
I present to you a stack of various RPGs from my shelves! And some dice too! I tried to grab a mixed bag, pulling from various places. So, we have: Hillfolk - sadly unplayed but backed immediately in Kickstarter. I loved the idea, and especially the ideas for the alternate settings presented at the end … Continue reading RPGaDay 2020 prompt 11 – Stack
RPGaDay 2020 prompt 10 – Want
Ah yes, the want list. So, in an ideal world, where money and storage are no issue, here's a short list of some of the products I'd love to have on my shelves but sadly don't: - D&D Planescape boxed set (or all of them really)D&D Al Qadim boxed setD&D Lankmar boxed setD&D 2e all … Continue reading RPGaDay 2020 prompt 10 – Want
RPGaDay 2020 prompt 9 – Light
I'd love to talk a bit about rule-light rules systems today, but I realised that I really haven't played that many. The closest I could say I've come to is FATE, but even then I've played very crunchy versions (Dresden Files and my Sands of FATE games included). So instead, I'm going to talk about … Continue reading RPGaDay 2020 prompt 9 – Light
RPGaDay 2020 prompt 8 – Shade
I've always been intrigued by the idea of Augmented Reality as viewed through a set of shades. Way back in the before, in the ancient times, the idea of mirrorshades was just to hide one's eyes from view, but gradually shades and spex innovated.We had Google Glass for a little while. When's the last time … Continue reading RPGaDay 2020 prompt 8 – Shade
RPGaDay 2020 prompt 7 – Couple
I wasn't sure what to talk about for this prompt, but I had a couple of ideas!(I'll wait for your delighted guffawing to subside...) I'm currently working on a couple of new things. First, I'm trying to pull together some ideas for a Planescape adventure involving Saurials.Saurials are basically Dino-people who had been used as … Continue reading RPGaDay 2020 prompt 7 – Couple
RPGaDay 2020 prompt 6 – Forest
A lot of my homebrew settings feature forests in a prominent role. I'm not entirely sure why that is - maybe it's a western fantasy trope that's stuck in my head? (Murkwood?) Cambria is similar in some ways to Dark Sun, but very different in others. It's a planet-wide (ish) cityscape that's fallen into disrepair … Continue reading RPGaDay 2020 prompt 6 – Forest
RPGaDay 2020 prompt 5 – Tribute
Sometimes I feel like I try too hard to pay tribute to the 'big' campaign worlds with what I'm writing. Faerûn or Eberron or Greyhawk. It shouldn't bee too difficult to write out an entire world with all kinds of stuff going on right? Other people have done it before, right?! Yeah, silly really.I rarely … Continue reading RPGaDay 2020 prompt 5 – Tribute
RPGaDay 2020 prompt 4 – Vision
So, it seems like everyone has darkvision? It's a complaint I've seen people bring up a lot. At this stage, off the top of my head, Humans and Halflings don't have it, but most people do. So... how do we beat the complaint? There's options, certainly.Do I want to make the game harder? Maybe. I'm … Continue reading RPGaDay 2020 prompt 4 – Vision
RPGaDay 2020 prompt 3 – Thread
I finally got around to setting up an account for The Piazza webforum. As a resource, I can't recommend it enough. It's full of some great boards covering all kinds of topics and settings, with some great threads to read through (and no actually comment on). That's all I have for this post! Haha!
RPGaDay 2020 prompt 2 – Change
Times change, things change, rules change. It's weird that we'd have to spell that out. So, I'm going to ignore the pretty obvious 'changes in D&D' topic for now, since I've covered it recently. I'm going to use this prompt to look at different ideas I've had and how they might affect changes to stuff … Continue reading RPGaDay 2020 prompt 2 – Change
Another month of RPGaDay in August
O know, I know, I only finished up RPGaDay 2019 this month, but I actually caught it early enough that I can jump on during the month this time! So, starting tomorrow, I'll be back to one post a day for the month of August. Hopefully I'll manage to keep that going!
Some stuff I like
So, once again inspired by a couple of different posts on Dungeons and Possums (yes, I'm just stealing liberally at this point - but congrats on the new hosting switch!), I'm going to lay out a couple of things I like that inspire me in my games. First of all: History I hated history when … Continue reading Some stuff I like
Ability Modifiers from Class and Background
There's been a lot of talk about this all over the place for a while now.Here are my current ideas of how I'd like to make the removal of racial ability modifiers work. I'm replacing 'race' here with 'ilk'. Even if you don't agree with the idea, please understand that the word 'race' carries all … Continue reading Ability Modifiers from Class and Background
Draft One Page Campaign Opener – Twixt Flower and Thorn
The invaders were lucky, in some respects. Their dire portal opened to a meadow in which they could decamp and move large materials easily. They had brought slave labour in the form of podlings - those changelings they had found in their own realm and destroyed with their dark arcanery. Had they but arrived in … Continue reading Draft One Page Campaign Opener – Twixt Flower and Thorn
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