As I told you last week, I decided to write an awful fantasy novel for National Novel Writing Month. So far I’ve written right around the 1667 words per day needed to finish in 30 days and I feel good about finishing on time. My original plan was to build the world as I went, but…
Last week I talked about the specialization rules for Edges that I’m hoping to start playtesting soon. Just as a reminder, there are 3 levels of Edges: The Edge itself, which gives you a number of die bonuses equal to the rating and cost 5 points; A Tag, which gives you an extra die bonus…
Just posted the Scrap Monkey, the first “character class” for Diner Punks, to the World Anvil site. I made a new render of Reggie for this one since I’ve now got a much larger selection of assets to choose from, but the basic character design is the same. I’ll probably eventually redo the render of…
Often known as the ladies’ man (or, in the case of female characters, femme fatale or vixen), the rake uses his charm, good looks, and sexuality to get what he wants, especially from members of the opposite sex. Some rakes trade sexual services for favors, gifts, or information outright. The most competent, however, can…
I wanted to make sure to get something posted for the first day of World Ember, so I did two short articles. Facebook Twitter Reddit Tumblr Email
Over the years, Hex Games has published somewhere in the vicinity of fifty game books, and I’ve been involved in the editing process of most of them at some stage. As a result, I’ve noticed that there are certain mistakes that show up over and over again, especially from first-time writers. Some of these problems…
About a month ago, someone on Reddit asked for tips on using dream logic in games. He or she planned on introducing a trickster villain whose presence twisted reality into a dream-like state. I posted some suggestions and thought “that would make a good blog subject,” then promptly forgot about it. Now I’ve remembered that…
There’s a school of thought in certain books, comics, movies, and RPGs that giving a character one random obsession makes them well-rounded. While this is not remotely true, it’s at least a step in the right direction, and can sometimes even lead to something approaching three-dimensionality. Here’s a random table to get you started on…
If you want to hear Steve ramble on about Hobomancer for an hour, you can do it here. http://gameschool.tsrpn.com/2015/09/21/game-school-5-hobomancer/ Facebook Twitter Reddit Tumblr Email
Editor’s Note: This article was originally written back in the earliest days of the Death Cookie (1999-ish), when the D&D alignment system’s potential for unintentionally coming across as racist allegory had been less thoroughly examined. The AD&D game (as well as a few others–especially those of the fantasy genre) has some very frightening subtext. The…
