As the last part in my On Fighters & Fighting series, have an Unarmed Fighting Style Generator and some thoughts on Hit Points in combat!
Category: Backgrounds and Ideas
Liner Notes: The Role of Bards In A Setting
Medieval fantasy settings have bards. It’s something that many players or Dungeon Masters might not even note anymore, especially as the class has been a staple of Dungeons & Dragons for so long now. It’s been my experience, in fact, that the class really only comes up – in regards to how it fits the game – when the subject is “How do the various classes balance against eachother?”
Like any other class, however, there is a ton of potential there for character backgrounds and conflict to be found if you just go digging around enough.
Casting Conflict: Fighting It Out Over Arcane Traditions
The default assumption of many fantasy game settings is that the magical study wizards devote themselves to is rewarded by the slow – but constant
Made Me Who I Am Today: Mentors and Life-Paths
How to turn 5th Edition’s backgrounds into a way to create a life-path for your character’s history in the form of important Mentor’s they’ve had.
Flaws to Punch that Inspiration
This is a small expansion of the Inspiration system, utilizing the existing “Flaws” category–but adding some flavor and contingency so players can better grasp when
