"How So / So What / What's Next?" - Three Steps To A Complete Villain... Plus One More How So?: 'Where are they from / what's their origin?' Is gives your Story's Arc / Arch-Villain. Who is the focus (usually they start out or end up 'bad')? What are the building blocks, axioms, facts, structures […]
Dragons live for ages - just what are they up to when not sleeping? Regardless of age, kind or type of dragon they need a lairs - hopefully with treasure. Putting money into large, hidden spaces is just what they do. That 'home' may be abandoned caves, out of the way castles or great subterranean […]
A Green Dragon Handing Out Headbands Of Intellect... For A Price. TL;DR: A dragon (Green) creates a set of Headbands of Intellect with a catch: the owners of these items must do whatever she asks or lose their (19 int) smarts. Creatures of 'low' intelligence (less than 8 int score) are the easiest targets and […]
Keep Your Friends Close & Your Enemies Closer. In D&D it is assumed that all magic items are owned by the player's characters, that all items are for 'combat & adventuring' and that NPCs have little interest in magic items. After all, there isn't a listing for a +1 Plow nor the Butter Churn Of […]
Build Your Entire Campaign In Three Simple Steps, Guaranteed Many articles &/or online advice suggests you need to do the following in order to become a master Dungeon Master: working knowledge of all three foundational books: DM's Guide, Player's Handbook & Monster Manual clear understanding of ALL rules: Player Character classes, monsters (stats + lore), […]
How Players Can Use Mind Control In Your Game - Without Everyone Losing Their Minds Spells that control minds such as command, charm, suggestion can really change your game. That's good, right? That's what 'magic' was meant for after all. Say someone uses 'Command' - requiring some NPC or PC to 'masturbate'. Say the slime-covered […]
Fantasy For Fun: Swords & Sorcery Comes To Life When one tries out playing a game like Risk® or Monopoly®, one can usually learn the entire system as one puts the bits on the board. Imagine embarking on a game such as Dungeons & Dragons: it seems to require one to ten hard cover books […]
