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Opportunity Actions: Races of Athas – Shifters and Wilden
Ok. I hope I’ve been making a decent impact with these posts. My theme, such that it is for this post, is geographical in nature. These two races are inextricably connected to the lands where they originate, and I thought that important to their identities as I adapt them to Dark Sun. The Challenges Shifters [...]
Opportunity Actions: Races of Athas – Gnomes and Shardminds
This post is purely about the challenge. My previous posts have had their own individual challenges, and in fact it’s easy to say this entire exercise has its foundation in overcoming obstacles. The fact here is that most of those other races were easier to justify. That being said, I’m excited to look the impossible [...]
Opportunity Actions: Races of Athas – Half-Orcs and Revenants
If you’ve made it this far, thanks. You’ve enjoyed my last two posts about Shadar-Kai and Warforged and Deva and Drow. If this is the first post you’re reading, welcome! Give those other two a try as well. If you like this one, the other two will entertain you as well. This post, as the [...]
Meta-Gaming the House Blend
I was sitting here this morning, drinking a cup of coffee and editing a page of campaign information on Obsidian Portal, when I realized that this particular page might make a good post for the blog. A quick check of the schedule tells me that today is open to posting, so I thought I would [...]
The Recycle Bin – Essentials: Shell Creatures
Last time I gave a bunch of rules for Shell Creatures, which had a bunch of mechanics to mirror the Stagger system of Final Fantasy 13. It was a bit complicated, which in my defense was because I was trying to mimic something from a Final Fantasy game. A few comments and a playtest or [...]
Here be treasure! But not for ye!
I dislike treasure. But I love loot. What do I mean? Simple. When I play games, whether D&D or video games, I love to “power up.” I love the feeling of glee that comes from picking up a new shiny sword, or a suit of armor that is both light and sturdy. Give me a [...]
The Recycle Bin – Shell Creatures
I’m not a very original person. Creative, possibly, but not original. I took to heart what my 12th grade English teacher Virginia Olga Wortinski told me all those years ago, “Little ones, there are no new ideas. Everything’s already been thought of by people smarter and better than you.” Vow, as she asked we called [...]
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