Avoiding Death (Part 2)
In Avoiding Death, Part 1 we covered these five recommendations for how to avoid needless character death. Don’t chase monsters…
Skill Challenge: The Missing Ingredient
This skill challenge can be run in both urban and rural settings. They are similar, but in some circumstances make…
Skill Focus: Perception
In previous editions of D&D Perception was broken out into separate skills for spot and listen. In 4e, Perception is…
Is A Blog Right For Your Game?
The advent of technology has had a large impact on the RPG community. I can still remember several years ago…
Campaign Design: Next Steps
You have decided to design your own Campaign World and you have the necessary resources in place. Now you’re wondering…
Adjudicating and House Rules
DM – The bugbear sneaks up behind Ethan the Rogue and strangles him with a garrote. You’re immobilized until you…
Skill Challenge: Information Gamble
Yesterday on At Will Gamefiend wrote about Branching in skill challenges. This is a way to add to the complexity of…
Skill Training
Let’s face it some skills have more in-game applications than others. On any given night at my gaming table Perception…
Skill Challenge: Ditch the Tail
This skill challenge can be run in both urban and rural settings. They are similar but in some circumstances make use…
Top 5 Fantasy Characters
photo credit: freeparking There are a lot of great characters in fantasy literature. From powerful mages to dashing knights, fantasy…