Ideas for Loge’s Warlock Patron

So I've been mulling this over recently, I never really settled on a patron for Loge. I figured he had no idea he was a warlock yet, made a pact he didn't remember to get out of the City of Brass or something, or was somehow tricked into it for the same reason. But then … Continue reading Ideas for Loge’s Warlock Patron

Loge in Automata

So, we spent the "night" recuperating in the Githzerai monastery. Loge had a dream about a white-furred fox running across a still warm lava field. Probably nothing to worry about there... We agreed to escort our Githzerai expert back to Sigil, along with a bodyguard. They were going to work out their own deal with … Continue reading Loge in Automata

Another New Idea – Hollow World

Ok, another one. That's a pretty bad title, and this is definitely going to be straying into the area of Mahasarpa and other old alternate settings for D&D. So I was thinking again about the idea of alternate Asian-inspired settings and thought of one inside a hollow world, with a sort of Monkey-esque feel to … Continue reading Another New Idea – Hollow World

New Idea – Twixt Flower and Thorn

OK, so here's another D&D idea I've got brewing - yes, there's always too many. I suppose this links up a bit with my Beyond the Pale idea, but whatever. So this game would centre around the Feywild, but be more about the creatures native to it, and the various different courts of the Seelie … Continue reading New Idea – Twixt Flower and Thorn

Loge barely survives Limbo

Ok, so I'm actually writing this a lot later than I normally would, so it's entirely possible that my details are wrong. So, a blue Slaad had just attacked the party and managed to skewer us all pretty handily. Then he called out and summoned a couple of red Slaadi... great! The fight was a … Continue reading Loge barely survives Limbo

New Idea – The Other Guys

So I was reading the Dungeon Master's Guide whilst writing an adventure and I stumbled on the hireling rules again, and then I had a thought about how AD&D used to play, where once players reached a certain level, they started to attract followers. And then I thought 'wouldn't it be interesting if the action … Continue reading New Idea – The Other Guys

Come Hell or High Water – Bouyan II

So where were we? The Tiefling Cleric and the Gnome Fighter left the shops and headed to the pub, meeting up with the rest of the party. The Tabaxi Fighter was trying to cheat people at a game of Liar's Dice and failing, the Human Ranger and the Kobold Warlock were busy drinking, and then … Continue reading Come Hell or High Water – Bouyan II

Loge lost in Limbo

So, on with the adventure! After a series of traumatic rounds of combat (Loge almost died very quickly, despite setting the boar on fire twice), we managed to beat the thing, and carry on our way to the Githzerai monastery. Part of the way there, a Dao slave ship (they're earth-aligned Djinn, and Loge grew … Continue reading Loge lost in Limbo

Does the Old Crown work in D&D 5e?

Well, I've rounded out 250 posts already. Yay! In celebration, let's go back to the start, and consider some ideas for converting my years-long-rpg-baby the Old Crown setting to 5e D&D. This is a question I've been mulling over for a few years. The Old Crown began as a D&D setting, and sort of evolved … Continue reading Does the Old Crown work in D&D 5e?

Come Hell or High Water – Bouyan I

Well, things got off to a shaky start as we had to move play location, and the new place was a little noisy and slow to start. I got the gang leveled up, and added a couple of new players. The full party (and I really don't have enough space for anyone new!) is: Tiefling … Continue reading Come Hell or High Water – Bouyan I

What I want to play as next – D&D 5E

A completely unhelpful list of D&D characters I want to play - A Firbolg Druid - not thought much about this one yet, but since I saw Firbolgs, it's what I wanted to do with one A Cleric of a pantheon - pick a pantheon of gods and try and shoehorn in a way to … Continue reading What I want to play as next – D&D 5E

Come Hell or High Water – the fall of Ys

So, session one of my new game. How did that go? Well, we ended up with a pretty mixed party. I thought having the only PHB races available as Human, Gnome and Tiefling would give us a pretty mixed bag - but instead I have a party of five and one of each! A Human … Continue reading Come Hell or High Water – the fall of Ys

In which Loge goes shopping

So, level 3. Time to hit the Grand Bazaar! The party was already in the Market Ward, so it seemed silly to leave before shopping around a bit. But they wanted to go do some other stuff. No problem, I can meet them at the edge of the Hive! During the wander around, Loge bought … Continue reading In which Loge goes shopping

Come Hell or High Water

Well, a shortage of DMs means I've agreed to stick my oar in - time to run a game of the Endless Sea and see where it goes. So far, I know I'm running a session 0 / 1, so going to do some character creation and run the escape from Ys as it sinks … Continue reading Come Hell or High Water

Further Adventures of Loge and the Antmen part 2

Ok, second session down. Here's what happened - At the end of the last game, most people had fled leaving myself and the druid, and the druid was down. We redrew the map on the board edge and it turned out people hadn't quite fled off the new one yet, so maybe there was some … Continue reading Further Adventures of Loge and the Antmen part 2

Further Adventures of Loge and the Antmen part 1

This will be a two parter since I've played one more game as I write these words, but will have played two before the end of the week. So, the first game since the last post about Loge was mostly focused on combat - resolving the Formians heading up the tunnel towards us and then … Continue reading Further Adventures of Loge and the Antmen part 1

Another new idea – Attack of the Netherverse

Or Invasion of the Netherverse, or from the Netherverse, or something along those lines. This is my take on the Shadowhunters / Dark•Matter setting (also seen in Alternity), so it's a bit Buffy the Vampire Slayer, a bit X Files, and probably a lot of Cthulhoid monsters - so maybe a bit Hellboy/BPRD too. So there's … Continue reading Another new idea – Attack of the Netherverse

Loge and the Ants’ Nest

So when last I left Loge, he was sat atop the entrance chimney to a Formian nest/city on the Plane of Arcadia. The Lilend of the Infinite Staircase had asked the group to investigate some sort of curse on the Formians, which had made the workers lazy. Well, we'd just found a witness to the … Continue reading Loge and the Ants’ Nest

Finally playing Planescape

I finally found a game of Planescape. And, quite honestly, it is awesome! Now, I might still just be a clueless berk when it comes to Sigil and the Outlands, but I'm hoping to bash my way through some portals and become a real cutter. Yay, Sigilian slang!   So, I'm playing a genasi called … Continue reading Finally playing Planescape

Accidentally other settings

So, it feels like a good few of the D&D settings I've worked on recently are variations of other settings that I haven't played. Yeah, fun right? Cambria - post-apocalyptic cityscape rewilded by a dense forest. Arcane magic is illegal, instead, there's psionics. Which is a bit like Dark Sun, in a forest instead of … Continue reading Accidentally other settings