You can find the ever-growing list of “Better Than Nothing” items over on the right. Read ‘em, like ‘em, share ‘em, and comment. Ambrosia It was a quiet, serious, and frequent communion. Every morning, when the dawn broke over the trees or peaks or horizon or walls, Favian Crossley could be found kneeling already---head bowed, a... Continue Reading →
Boys DO Make Passes, A Heckuva Graduation Robe, and a Hard Won Grapple…
You can find the ever-growing list of “Better Than Nothing” items over on the right. Read ‘em, like ‘em, share ‘em, and comment. Valorious Brille "Do it again, Teller", Savien Manyfold's rich and upbeat tenor sang out in contrast to the otherwise dreary and cloud-smothered day. The fat drops of rain that slipped and slopped through... Continue Reading →
Taking Up the Reins, Learning Through Pain, and the Eye of the Storm…
You can find the ever-growing list of “Better Than Nothing” items over on the right. Read ’em, like ’em, share ’em, and comment. The third item's story is imagined from a poem I read on someone's blog---really nice. Abin's Course Watching Ferail hop down from his horse, one leg swinging wider than it needed to and... Continue Reading →
Making Mundane Combat Useful and Storyful
One can't just line up CR's in order of lowest to highest and run every game like a prolonged episode of the Power Rangers where you fight the easy then the medium then the hard then the hardest... you can, I guess, but I'm probably in good company suggesting that you shouldn't. However, what really... Continue Reading →
Now You See It, Ancient Unspeakable Evil Little Thing, and The Noble Orcish Dynasty…
You can find the ever-growing list of “Better Than Nothing” items over on the right. Read ‘em, like ‘em, share ‘em, and comment. The Regulator "Cold rolled steel, sir---a process I assure you few true weapon-smiths in the whole circle of the world could replicate---I admit that what it lacks in ornamentation it more than makes... Continue Reading →
Your Own Druidic Circle, a Nasty Wand, and Sort of Being Ripley…
You can find the ever-growing list of "Better Than Nothing" items over on the right. Read 'em, like 'em, share 'em, and comment. This set inspired by the recent post by our co-writer, Mike. Aegiaen Scepter Cormin missed his sister. He hardly remembered what she looked like, back when they were young. They'd survived the war,... Continue Reading →
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.
An Undead Shield, Save the Children, and a Position of Power…
You can find the ever-growing list of "Better Than Nothing" items over on the right. Read 'em, like 'em, share 'em, and comment. Baneful Paerma The camp was quiet, but the old paladin was not. "You can come out. I know it's time... I've been waiting." The moon was new and the forest dark, had there... Continue Reading →
Worship Gone Wild: Nature Clerics & Reverent Druids
THIS IS PART OF A COLLECTION OF THOUGHTS ON FLESHING OUT THE USE OF GODS AND DIVINE POWER IN GAMES, SO YOU CAN PROVIDE MORE FLAVOR AND HOOKS FOR COMMON OR DEVOUT WORSHIPPERS. Druids revere and protect nature. Clerics worship and are the servants of the gods. You think this would be a simple distinction,... Continue Reading →
Unwords, Forever Changing, and Where Legends Come From…
You can find the ever-growing list of "Better Than Nothing" items over on the right. Read 'em, like 'em, share 'em, and comment. Voca Caparison Mad Hanz stared at the goblet---finewiss crystal cupped at the base by a twisting silver stem. The cup was worth more than the entirety of Hanz's earthly possessions. Even serving him... Continue Reading →
Many-Sided Dice 