June 2015 ~ Off the Rails

Breaking the Game II: The Secret Player

This will instantly turn your next adventure into a thing of legend.

It's Not Better to Burn Out!

How to never burn out as a Dungeon Master.

A Pirate's Life

High seas adventure in 5th edition!

Breaking the Game: Slaying Dungeon Masters

Do you know what every Dungeon Master's afraid of?

Heroic Journey II: Rising Action

The next stage of your heroic journey.

Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Multi-Square Megadungeon

6/30/2015 DMing, Dungeon Master, Mega-Dungeon, Squarecrawl

Let’s make a Megadungeon! Add hype here! As I do before any major undertaking, I want to remind myself of the criteria for creating this: 1) Does the content provide an interesting choice giving the players agency? 2) Am I following the rules of dungeoncraft? 3) Does it show the uniqueness of the campaign world?

Wednesday, June 24, 2015

NPC: Agent of Esus

6/24/2015 5e, Fall from Heaven II, Lore, NPC

This is an NPC no player wants to run into alone. It's an assassin you'll never see coming, and if you do you might think you're looking in a mirror.

Here's a passage from the Fall from Heaven Lore Compendium:

Wednesday, June 17, 2015

BfS Tournament this Saturday

6/17/2015 Miscellaneous

Hi folks. First off, I got my Youtube channel up. More videos to come later today. Secondly, this weekend my local gaming club, the Battle for Salvation, is hosting an awesome event. If you like X-Wing or Warhammer 40k Apocalypse games, come on down to our tournament! Entry is $20, and is half off for members. The X-Wing tournament will follow all of the Fantasy Flight Games official rules, judged by UltraBob, and the 40k apoc game will be run by Wargamer Fritz. That's right, it'll be run by the legend himself. Here he is pitching the club:

Monday, June 8, 2015

How to Piss Off Your Dungeon Master

6/08/2015 DMing, Dungeon Master

Sometimes people do things that simply make no sense. As a dungeon master I put in a lot of work into my games to try and create a great experience for my players. After putting so much work into a campaign, and each quest, encounter and NPC, every now and then a player comes along that makes you want to tear your hair out. I've had some experiences at the table lately that have really clarified my thoughts on this matter. If you are a player and you want to completely piss off your dungeon master, here's how to do it.

Friday, June 5, 2015

Trying the Other Side of the Screen II

6/05/2015 World of Darkness

I got bored with the first character concept so I put together this one using both Werewolf: The Apocalypse and Mage: The Ascension.

Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Trying the Other Side of the Screen

6/02/2015 World of Darkness

A friend of mine is running a one shot in the old World of Darkness Werewolf system. I can't remember the last time I was a player, so definitely psyched for a nice change of pace. Here's what I put together: