Hellwinkle J. Moose
I’m spreading the spooky around this year. Here’s the first Diner Punks Spooktober Entry. Read at World Anvil Facebook Twitter Reddit Tumblr Email
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Campaign Design Walk-Through 9: Conflict!
Before we get into the next section of Guardians of Shymeria campaign design, I realized that I’ve been missing an important game-specific trait. Since characters become Guardians as recognition for an act of great heroism, it would probably be nice to know what the characters did to get noticed by the Guardians. So I’m going…
Khezvaros Cartography, Part 11
Note: This is part 11 of a continuing series. Up until now, I’ve been making an old post public each time I posted a new installment for Patreon patrons, but the latest post (Part 14) is the final article about the Khezvaros world map. I’ll release one of the remaining installments out into the wild on…
Rabid Bears
I’m back to Diner Punks after taking a break for a couple days. Still on track to hit 10K. While WorldEmber follows NaNoWriMo’s policy of declaring anyone who hits the word count a winner, there are prizes for the best article in each category (Hex Games is sponsoring the vehicles category this year!). Each judge…
Campaign Design Walk-Through 4: Genre Trappings
According to Merriam-Webster, genre is “a category of artistic, musical, or literary composition characterized by a particular style, form, or content.” Genre trappings are mostly the things in the “content” part of that definition: people, places, and things that help define the genre. While these trappings help us recognize which genre a story belongs to,…
Reverb Gamers 2012, #3
REVERB GAMERS 2012, #3: What kind of gamer are you? Rules Lawyer, Munchkin/Power Gamer, Lurker, Storyteller/Method Actor, or something else? (Search “types of gamer” for more ideas!) How does this affect the kinds of games you play? For example, maybe you prefer crunchy rules-heavy systems to more theatrical rules-light ones. (Courtesy of Atlas Games. Visit…
Champions of Shymeria
When I watched the new She-Ra series, I realized that “Aetheria” was basically the same as “Etheria,” Eternia’s sister planet. A Google also turned up a video game that appears to be current that uses “Aetheria” with the “Ae” spelling. So I decided to change the name, which was a terrible thing because I agonize…
D&D 5E Review Part 6: Character Classes (Part2)
Ok, we’re jumping right into this one. There are a lot of classes left and we don’t have time for niceties. Druids This edition is considerably more specific about what the hell is meant by “preserving the balance.” It’s an improvement for the game, but it ruins my Thanos joke. Every time they refer to…
D&D 5E Review Part 17: Final Overview
Now that I’ve picked through the D&D 5E rules in way too much detail, it’s time for a general look at the good, the bad, and the Drow Rangers who dual-wield scimitars. There are a lot of possible ways to break it all down, but I’m going to go with three categories: Rules (Do they…