I’m Probably Overthinking This (Cinemechanix Skills)
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Fratboy of the Week: The Ringleader
The ringleader is the fraternity brother that everyone else looks to for direction and leadership, despite the fact that he rarely holds any official position of authority in the frat. Whether the members are deciding who to accept as pledges or what the theme of Friday’s party will be, the ringleader often has considerable…
Travel Encounters
Books and movies often use time spent traveling to help establish the characters and relationships between them, but it’s sometimes hard to model this in a game, especially if your players aren’t used to un-prompted role-playing. Sometimes, giving them something that looks a little more like a traditional RPG “encounter” can help. Roll on…
Dumb Table: Campaign-Changing Events (Inspired by GWAR)
Note: Starting next week, the regular blog day is going to be Thursday. But for now, here’s a dumb table. Has your campaign gotten sucky and boring? One way to break out of a game rut is to throw out the status quo so the players are forced into new and unexpected situations. Here’s a…
Backgrounds
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They’re Cops
Just roll on the tables to come up with the characters and plot of your own buddy cop one-shot. Facebook Twitter Reddit Tumblr Email
Sehr Bahor
Here’s another World Building Summer Camp entry. This time the prompt is “a seat of power (of any kind!).” Read on World Anvil Facebook Twitter Reddit Tumblr Email
WB101 Part 5: The Big Picture
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New C10KD Art by Juan Navarro
Almost two years ago, I sent Juan (who’s done art for Qerth, Fort High, Tales from the Lusty Minotaur, and other Hex products) a pitch for a troll illustration to use on the City of Ten Thousand Daggers page. We both got distracted by other stuff and kind of forgot about it until I was…
The Rules: Sword & Sorcery
Lately, several members of the Hex staff have been discovering or re-discovering classic pulp sci-fi and fantasy. I picked up a big ass book of Conan stories a few months ago and have been slowly making my way through it; a few of the others have read or re-read the John Carter of Mars books…