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I Want Magic Weapons to Matter
There’s part of me that wants to put monsters that can only be hit by +1, +2 or even +3 weapons back into the game. And you’re wondering, “Why do you hate your players so much?” “I’m an old school DM....
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I have continued my D&D 2024 campaigns over the past few months. In general, the monsters and new character options work. However, I remain extremely frustrated with the state of the rules....
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5E Adventure Review: A Taste of Trouble
A Taste of Trouble is a short D&D 5E adventure by M.T. Black for level 1-4 characters. The characters explore the cottage of a missing hedge wizard as they try to find her, facing various...
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Greyhawk Campaign update – MM2025!
My level 16 Greyhawk campaign, now in its third year (and 64th session) saw the characters back in their home town of Brusington after an extended foray against stone giants serving Incabulos, the...
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The Reward Economy
There’s an interesting statement in the 2024 Dungeon Master’s Guide. “The Game is Not An Economy”. It goes on: “The rules of the game aren’t intended to model a realistic economy, and players who look...
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Home Bases as Adventuring Hubs
Few of the published Dungeons & Dragons adventures make use of a home base that you return to again and again. This is not, in fact, that surprising. When you think of classic fantasy adventures,...
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The Big Adventure: Home Bases
Looking up at my shelves, I can see a lot of published Dungeons & Dragons adventures. It’s sort of the thing I really enjoy, so I’ve collected many of them – but by no means all. And (sadly), I’ve...
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Wilderness Travel Redux
I’ve been running Empire of the Ghouls for the past few months, and one thing it has a lot of is wilderness travel. Like, a lot. “Road Trip: The Adventure.” And this brings me back to how difficult it...
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Time Management – Metaphor: ReFantazio
I have never played a Persona game. I gather some of the mechanics I describe in this article come from there. (And likely other games I’m unfamiliar with). However, I am now playing Metaphor:...
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Things that surprised me in D&D 2024
We’ve been using the new rules for about three weeks now, ever since the beginning of my Empire of the Ghouls campaign. The physical rulebooks still haven’t arrived in Australia, so I’ve been looking...
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Empire of the Ghouls, part 1
In the city of Zobeck, in the world of Midgard, trouble was brewing. It began, as many might expect, amongst the kobolds. And likely, there were gnomes involved as well. Despite years of supporting...
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Days of Dungeons & Dragons 2024
The new “edition” of Dungeons & Dragons, which I guess I’m calling D&D 2024, has started landing. Except physical editions of the Player’s Handbook in Australia, which are somewhat delayed. As...
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The City of Arches
The new edition of Dungeons & Dragons has dropped – at least the Player’s Handbook has – and so we are all a little distracted by that. I haven’t been blogging much of late. I’ve continued to run...
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The Shattered Obelisk, session 20
Monday, March 18, 2024. In this session. we finished Chapter 7 of The Shattered Obelisk, completing the last two rifts and gaining access to the Far Realm. Which was a place the party definitely...
View ArticleD&D 2024 Preview Season!
It’s late June, and that means it’s time for the Elden Ring expansion, Shadows of the Erdtree! Oh, and the previews for the new revision of the Dungeons & Dragons game! I’ve been quietly sceptical...
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The Shattered Obelisk, session 19
Monday, March 4, 2024. We began this session in the middle of Chapter 7. The heroes were in the mind flayer stronghold of Illithinoch, having dealt with a few cult fanatics and actually peacefully...
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Vecna: Eve of Ruin, session 2
We played our second session of Vecna: Eve of Ruin on Monday, 20th May, 2024. Upon consideration of our party composition at the end of the first session, we chose to replace the Fighter/Warlock with...
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Greyhawk in the new DMG? Yes, please!
Today, I woke up to the news that Greyhawk will be included in the new Dungeon Master’s Guide as the sample world. I think this is awesome. (I also am very, very hopeful it means that Greyhawk opens...
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Vecna: Eve of Ruin, session 1
On Monday, 13th May, 2024, my group of four players stepped into the 50th Anniversary adventure for Dungeons & Dragons, Vecna: Eve of Ruin. With a combination of two brand new and two existing...
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Vecna: Eve of Ruin – First Thoughts
I’ve had a chance to read through some of Vecna: Eve of Ruin, the new campaign adventure from Wizards of the Coast that takes characters from levels 10 through to level 20. My initial impressions are...
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