For the next issue of Appendix D, working on the sorcerer, tables to get PCs up to 10th-level, higher-level monsters to go with the new level cap, maybe some more magic items, and some houserules in the vein of 3rd Edition’s Unearthed Arcana in case you want to tweak parts of the game (or maybe because […]
Cast Humal (level 11 wrathful cambion wizard) Corzale (level 11 dwarf war cleric/druid) Sumia (level 11 elf rogue/ranger/wizard) Session Highlights After their conversation with Icosiel’s spirit was concluded (and they were certain he wasn’t going to give them any more magic loot or boons), the party wandered about the tomb’s twisted tunnels for a time […]
Before I get into this day, I’m going to lightning-round tackle the previous three: Day 19 (best writing): Unsure. Depends on what you mean. I’ve seen 400+ page books that fail to sufficiently explain the game, and I’ve seen 10ish page “games” that I either have no desire to play or are at best good […]
If the edition doesn’t matter then it’s definitely Dungeons & Dragons. If for some reason you care about the edition, I’m pretty sure that would be 3rd Edition. Yeah, I started with the Easy-to-Master black box (not sure what edition that would be), but most gamers I knew played 2nd Edition so I quickly moved on […]
Cast Helga (level 1 dwarf fighter) Lydia (level 1 human bard) Taverick (level 1 human cleric) Session Highlights We were supposed to do Adam’s A Sundered World-But-With-Black Book campaign, but stuff happened, he wanted me to run something, and I figured this adventure could use more playtesting with more people/different characters, anyway. As before the party […]
I thought this was going to be a tricky one, because a long time ago, while we were still playing 4th Edition Dungeons & Dragons, there was a period where I bought a bunch of games just to see what was up. The list included but was not limited to: CthulhuTech, Legends of Anglerre, Call of Cthulhu […]
Right now that would obviously be Dungeons & Delvers: Black Book, because I specifically designed it to do everything I wanted it to do (which is what I assume is the goal of most game designers), but who knows there might be things that crop up in the future that I’ll want to add/change/remove. Otherwise there aren’t […]
As with what games are good for two-hour sessions and for about 10 sessions in total, I think a lot of RPGs work well enough for open-ended campaign play. Off the top of my head any of the D&Ds (and by association Black Book), Dungeon World, WEG Star Wars (though I think the d20 versions would […]
Here’s a variant way of earning XP in the Dungeons & Delvers: Black Book that is based on an optional rule from 2nd Edition Dungeons & Dragons, in which classes could earn bonus XP by doing certain things. Note that unlike in 2nd Edition these are instead of gaining XP for killing/defeating/overcoming/sneaking past monsters. Some classes […]
The Short Answer:Back when I ran the original A Sundered World campaign, I barely did any planning at all: I mostly made up shit as we went in response to what the players did. The players said it was the best campaign they ever played in, so from then on I ran games doing as little […]
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