Dungeons & Dragons - A Guide to Strahd Von Zarovich
This guide is meant to provide DMs with an overview of one of D&D's major villains - the vampire Strahd Von Zarovich. I am going to go through each product from each edition that has Strahd in it,...
View ArticleDead Gods - The Battle of the Great Gate
Tonight's game was a bit fetch-questy. That's something I try to avoid, as it feels too much like a video game, but tonight I made an exception. This chapter is heavy on setting material, but almost...
View ArticleTyranny of Dragons - Frozen Castle
You can buy Frozen Castle here. You may or may not have heard about the Dungeon Master's Guild. It is an official D&D site where you can buy 5e adventures. You can make 5e stuff, put it up on...
View ArticleDead Gods - Deepest Pandemonium
Tonight we played through what I think is the most important chapter in all of Dead Gods. This is the session in which the heroes found the Wand of Orcus. I upped the ante a bit by changing the...
View ArticleDungeons & Dragons - A Guide to Vampires
In this guide, I will attempt to give an overview on how vampires can be used in Dungeons & Dragons. I'll go over their stats and abilities in each edition, and then I'll discuss popular vampire...
View ArticleDead Gods - Mysteries of the Stones
Tonight we wrapped up the "side adventure" that is meant to be threaded through the main storyline in Dead Gods. Honestly, they probably should have just published it on its' own. It's pretty good, but...
View ArticleDungeons & Dragons - Dragon Plus Issue 6
You can read Dragon Plus Issue 6 here. Short version of this article: Go read this. It's much better than the previous issues, and it has a free download of a portion of the Curse of Strahd adventure.A...
View ArticleCurse of Strahd - Death House
You can download this adventure for free right here in Dragon Plus Issue 6. Wizards just released a .pdf of Death House, a 1st level adventure that is part of Curse of Strahd - the new adventure that...
View ArticleDead Gods - The Deadbook of the Gods
Last night we played through the last chapter of Dead Gods. Overall, I'd say that Dead Gods is good, but I didn't like some of the early chapters.After this, we're going to go through the other Chris...
View ArticleDungeons & Dragons - A Guide to the Infinite Staircase
This is a guide to the Infinite Staircase, a location that has appeared in a number of D&D products over the years. The point of this is to give DMs an overview of the place as a campaign...
View ArticleDungeons & Dragons - Critical Misses
Recently, Monte Cook posted a very interesting article on critical misses in roleplaying games. It details his current take on how a roll of a natural one should be handled in an RPG. I am going to go...
View ArticleNemesis - In the Hive
A marilithTonight we started "Nemesis", a Planescape adventure by Chris Perkins from Dungeon Magazine #60. The plan is to finish this and then start Curse of Strahd, which is also by Chris Perkins.We...
View ArticleDungeons & Dragons - A Guide to Emirikol the Chaotic
The original art by Dave TrampierIn this guide I am going to try and give a comprehensive overview on Emirikol the Chaotic. This guide attempts to collect all the lore and put it in one place to give...
View ArticleDungeons & Dragons - A Guide to the Ethereal Plane
In this guide I am going to take a crack at providing DMs with an overview of the Ethereal Plane.First I'm going to give the essential information for those running 5th edition D&D games. Then I'm...
View ArticleAdventuring in Eberron: The Bag of Beans
Today I just want to write a little bit about a campaign that I'm playing in. We played last Saturday and it was really good.My Sunday group wasn't able to meet, so we'll finish Nemesis next Sunday. I...
View ArticleDice, Camera, Action: Episode 1 - Curse of Strahd
I decided to write a summary of the first episode of Dice, Camera, Action! It is a new weekly stream on twitch and youtube where mighty Chris Perkins runs Curse of Strahd for a group of players.This is...
View ArticleNemesis - Shrine of Shaktari
We just finished Nemesis and it was a very good session. I changed a few things in the adventure. I junked a lot of the rooms in the yuan-ti dungeon because they felt unnecessary. I de-powered the...
View ArticleDice, Camera, Action: Episode 2 - Curse of Strahd
Welcome to the recap of Episode 2 of Dice, Camera, Action! I'm going to give you a summary of what happened, provide timestamps for what I think are the most interesting parts, and then I'll give my...
View ArticleDungeons & Dragons - A Guide to Curse of Strahd
Welcome to what will hopefully be a useful guide to running Curse of Strahd. My goal here is to provide a resource for all of us DMs to use. I am going to go through the book and try to organize...
View ArticleWell of Worlds - The Mazes
Now that we've finished Nemesis, tonight I decided to run an adventure from Well of Worlds. In this adventure, the heroes go in to one of the Lady of Pain's Mazes. It is an awesome idea, but there...
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