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Oct 05
Alignment : Part 3
Hello students. Welcome back to my series on alignment. In this article, we will talk about the mechanical development of alignment in a few editions of Dungeons and Dragons. As I’ve said many times on the podcast, I learned to play RPGs with 3.5 D&D, so I’m going to start there. Then we’ll travel forward …
Sep 28
World Building 3 : Sillen Vale
Hello students, Crunch here with an article from Faculty Member Ryan Porta. In this article, he introduces us to the city of Sillen Vale, describes what makes it unique, and provides some plot hooks to use. The intention of this article is not only to demonstrate how to generate home-brew content, but also to give …
Sep 27
Show and Tell 32 : Salt in Wounds Kickstarter
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:06:20 — 53.1MB)Subscribe: Google Podcasts | RSS | www.therpgacademy.com/podcastsHello and welcome to Show & Tell, the podcasts from The Rpg Academy where we bring on guests to talk about something new and cool that we want them to show us and tell us all about! (Get it?) …
Sep 23
Wrought Iron : The Articles : Episode 16
Hello students. Crunch here with your look behind the GM screen for Wrought Iron episode 16. This is going to be a shorter article as the content of this episode is fairly straightforward and roleplay-focused. I must admit, I am really surprised that we haven’t heard more reactions to what happened in episode 15. That …
Sep 21
Review of Storm King’s Thunder
Hello students and AcadeManiacs. This week, faculty member Ryan Porta writes a review of a new published adventure. We did receive a review copy of this module and it will be part of the raffle pool at AcadeCon this year. If you just can’t wait and want to but it now, visit Amazon through our …
Sep 14
Alignment : Part 2
Last week, we started talking about Alignment, a tricky subject that is a core aspect of Dungeons and Dragons. I introduced the concept and shared an opinion of Jacob from Edgeland Games. This week, I will respond to a few of Jacob’s points. To start, let’s talk about monsters and their alignment. How does alignment …