You can find the ever-growing list of "Better Than Nothing" items over on the right. Read 'em, like 'em, share 'em, and comment. Muria's Jessamine Kwen Chi knelt over Twidward's body, holding his hand as the dwarf slowly succumbed to his injuries. He was dying. Whatever foulness the creature tainted him with would kill him. There... Continue Reading →
Not a Good Day to Die, Pitch Perfect, and the Sacrifice of Life…
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 Martyr of Inx His body told the story of a man the world had not yet stopped trying to murder. Long gashes, short puckered grey scars, scabbed over cuts all crissed and... Continue Reading →
Safety At a Price, A Good Death, and When You Play the Game of Thrones…
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 Dome of the Lost Pria lunged and the skitterling gurgled its last at the end of her sword. Behind her, the rest of her comrades were bloodied and weary--the whole night had... Continue Reading →
A Dark Sight, Rewinding Fate, and True Names
You can find the ever-growing list of "Better Than Nothing" items over on the right. Read 'em, like 'em, share 'em, and comment. Lifedust The battle raged around Tiberius. The smoke from the fire, the screams like a low tide crashing over and over against distant rocks--everything about a battle was chaos and yet he knew... Continue Reading →
Next to Godliness, A Night’s Rest, and The Right Tool
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 Short Supply of Lavishness Brand hummed a tuneless old melody that he couldn't have hoped to have placed or recalled where he'd picked it up--the sort of song that was lost to... Continue Reading →
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 they might be able to leverage their RP for Inspiration with the DM. So, I wanted to help the Backgrounds system get a bit of a facelift. In my game,... Continue Reading →
A Long Game, Eyes and Things, and Reality Warping
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 Price of Morning One foot. Two. One foot. Two. Sabyah walked. One foot. Two. Gleal was dead. One foot. So was Brother Service of the Radiant Order--and a good one he was.... Continue Reading →
Magic Items “That Are Better Than Nothing” Reaches 50 Total!
I'm pretty happy that we've managed to crank out 50 sorta, occasionally, maybe useful items (with a few that are very useful, but one can't imagine a party keeping and using very often at all--so little difference there). Much thanks to folks over at /r/dndnext for the attention and incubation. Now, onto 100. We've had... Continue Reading →
Goblins, the Great Bastards
This is part of a series exploring some advice on how to use certain monsters in your games--a resource for flavor and occasional combat tips. Where are they? I like to think of goblins as being the fantasy equivalent (where possible) of the old slum and street gangs of England and the United States in... Continue Reading →
Disarming, Ancient Scrap Tattoos, and Ahab Wishes
"Better Than Nothing" Items are low or risky magic items that we homebrew here at Many Sided Dice for your campaign. You can find the table of contents over on the right. Read 'em, like 'em, share 'em, and comment. Hoarding Gloves The sword cleaved through Vogh Maute's gorget and clanged against the sandstone floor,... Continue Reading →
Many-Sided Dice 