May 17
Hello all, Recently I wrote an post called No Roll Before It’s time wherein I covered what I think should be the proper flow of action between Players and DM’s. 1. DM’s give information 2. Players ask questions or declare actions 3. DM asks for a roll or check if required. 4. Repeat. In that post …
May 13
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:06:05 — 60.5MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSSHello all, Here is Episode 18 of Dungeon Talk; our General advice/discussion podcast. We had Niko and Rob joining us tonight. We have moved back to recording my house again and there’s a little background noise to …
Apr 29
Savage Worlds: Deadlands-Reloaded. Initial impressions Recently during a Dungeon Talk, Evan expressed the desire to try a different genre of Role-playing games. So far, he had only played D&D, though he had played 4e, 3.5 and currently the DnDNext play test packets. I’m pretty much a Fantasy game purist, I likes to kill me some …
Apr 24
When we break DnD down to its most basic components, it’s all about a comparison of numbers. Every piece of data on a character sheet exists to not only define the PC, but to show how he or she can be compared against another character or monster. Obviously, this is most clearly seen in situations …
Apr 16
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 41:40 — 38.1MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSSHello all, Well as promised a while ago, here is Episode # 1 of our new Podcast: Show & Tell. Essentially this is our take of the How Did This Get Made Podcast (of which, I am a …
Apr 13
Hello all, Michael here with what I hope is a first post of many focused, for a change, on the Player. The majority of the posts we have here and our podcasts are aimed at helping new DM’s become better or at least give them something to think about and/or steal for their own games. …
Apr 10
Every player of DnD can relate a story of a perfectly planned combat action or skill check that has failed simply due to a bad roll of the dice. As GMs, you obviously experience this much more frequently as you have to roll for every monster, NPC, and opponent you put into the game. In …
Apr 07
HelIo all, I am very excited to announce that David Flor known as @Brianclouds on Twitter has allowed us to add his D&D 4e adventure A Night in Seyvoth Manor to our Curriculum. David has several other adventures and map packs available at DrivethruRPG and/or though his own website. Please feel free to download this …
Apr 04
Hello all, When Evan and I first started this site we had hoped that in addition to our Podcast shows, we would become an on-line repository for free adventures. We have pages under the CURICULUM heading for D&D adventures for all versions. We also have a page for non D&D Adventures. This part of the …
Apr 03
Ok, so you’ve decided to work a recurring enemy into your campaign. You’ve crated a great story to bring your players into contact with the enemy and you’ve prepared the combat encounters and dungeons for the future battles. But, with the endless resources and options available to you for character creation, where exactly do you …
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