The Great Modron March - Camp Followers
We are rocketing towards the end of this adventure, which is a 2nd edition book that I am converting to 5e.. I'm eyeballing what comes next and I'm torn. I'd like to run the Chris Perkins planescape...
View ArticleDungeons & Dragons - The Difficulties of Being a Dungeon Master
In today's article, I am going to use art by Todd Lockwood, who seems to really like painting dragons. In this image above, we can see a red dragon backing up a who's who of D&D: Mordenkainen...
View ArticleThe Great Modron March - Return to Limbo
Tonight we played through a homebrewed session of The Great Modron March, a classic planescape adventure. Last week, the heroes had found out about a slaad lord named Renbuu, who can change the colors...
View ArticleDungeons & Dragons - A Guide to The Lady of Pain
In this article, I am going to attempt to present the collected lore of a popular NPC from Dungeons & Dragons - The Lady of Pain. This is a bit tricky, as the Lady is meant to be an abstract thing...
View ArticleDungeons & Dragons - The Great List of Food & Drinks
This page is intended to be a resource for dungeon masters who are looking for information on what type of food and drink the adventurers of their campaign might come across in a fantasy setting. I...
View ArticleThe Great Modron March - Sidetracked
Paellistra and CryvistinTonight we plowed through another chapter of The Great Modron March, which contiues to be thoroughly enjoyable. This one actually features a trip to the legendary Forgotten...
View ArticleThe Great Modron March - The Flower Infernal
I created a youtube video where we summarize the first session of this campaign. It is full of crude cartoons and a lot of bad language, so it is not safe for work. Check it out here. I am planning on...
View ArticleDungeon Master Horror Stories
I jumped back on to reddit a few weeks ago and asked dungeon masters to send me horror stories. I wanted to hear about people's experiences in games gone wrong. I figured it would make for a fun blog...
View ArticleDungeons & Dragons - A Guide to the Beholder
In this article, I am going to attempt to take all of the relevant lore about beholders, and put them in one place for your convenience. This should allow us to have a good base understanding of what a...
View ArticleThe Great Modron March - Death to the Tacharim
We recorded episode 2 of the Great Modron March youtube cartoon thing. If nothing else, skip to 5:30 and check out Wesley Powderbottom. Jessie is hilarious.As I prepared this session, I realized that...
View ArticleDungeons & Dragons - A Guide to Poison
In this article, I am going to discuss using poison in Dungeons & Dragons. I am going to focus on the 5th edition rules, but will include looks at earlier editions. I have also dug up quite a bit...
View ArticleDungeons & Dragons - How to Start a Campaign
I've run many campaigns over the last 3 decades. Some went really well. Some were fiascos. I've learned a lot and I want to share the insight I've gleaned from my experiences. I am going to cover what...
View ArticleDungeons & Dragons - A Guide to The Rod of Seven Parts
I added a donate button on the right. I have been making plans to expand Power Score. Thanks for visiting the site! Today we're going to take a look at one of the major artifacts in all of Dungeons...
View ArticleDungeons & Dragons - Narrative Combat
Mike Shea of Sly Flourish is working on a D&D rules system for "Narrative Combat". What he means by that is a simpler, swifter system for resolving encounters in Dungeons & Dragons. It's an...
View ArticleThe Great Modron March - The Last Leg
We finished up The Great Modron March tonight. It was pretty awesome.The Party(Jessie) Bidam - Platinum Dragonborn Fighter(George) Theran - Drow Wizard   The Modron Crucible I was worried we wouldn't...
View ArticleDungeons & Dragons - A Guide to Demogorgon
Demogorgon in Out of the AbyssIf you've seen the cover of the upcoming adventure, Out of the Abyss, you know that it features Demogorgon on the cover. As dungeon masters, our work is never done. What...
View ArticleThe Great Modron March - Modron Madness
We played through another chapter of The Great Modron March last night. The heroes are now 3rd level. This might pose a problem in the latter chapters, as I think they are made for characters of...
View ArticlePrinces of the Apocalypse - Temple of Howling Hatred
I spent a few hours preparing for today's session. We're finally in the temple of elemental evil, and I wanted to make sure I had the whole place ready. We're doing the air temple, aka the Temple of...
View ArticlePrinces of the Apocalypse - Aerisi Kalinoth
This past Sunday, I ran a special extra session of Princes of the Apocalypse at the game store. I want to make sure we get this book done by mid-September, when Out of the Abyss comes out. Also, my...
View ArticleDungeons & Dragons - Why I Quit the Adventurer's League
I run games of Dungeons & Dragons in a game store. Currently we're playing through Princes of the Apocalypse. I write about it every week in this blog.I am using art by Jason Thompson in this...
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