If you’re familiar with the Wizards’ website you know that they maintain a consolidated list of resources to make it easier to find that class, race or reference. The issue is that it’s online which makes it difficult to use when you’re not connected to the Internet. I’ve always thought this resource would be nice…
In some of my past posts I’ve mentioned the use of portable applications to manage things such things as your character sheet or, if you run a character that wields spells, your spell list or book and while these work well for me I know that others would prefer to use online applications. The topic…
Issue #355 of Role-playing Tips Weekly is now available online – 11 Monstrous Tips The latest edition of Role-playing Tips Weekly rounds out the final set of tips from last July’s contest for monster tips – lots of good tips in this group. There’s also a good reader tip about starting your campaigns with action…
The latest updated for the D&D FAQ has been posted to the Wizards site. This update includes new material for the Beguiler, Dragon Shaman, and Knight classes; and some clarifications on some weapon, magic item and miscellaneous rules. You can grab a copy here. May your dice roll well.
It’s something that I’ve seen frequently, all the opponents that the PCs face are creatures. Why is that? Why do many GMs insist on bringing out the monster book for a given role-playing system, select the creature of the week and then set things up to make sure you encounter this particular foe? First off…
Issue #354 of Role-playing Tips Weekly is now available online – How To Work With Crummy Character Backgrounds 12 Options For Solving “X killed Y.” In this issue David R, a gues writer, shares with us a dozen ideas on how to overcome the “X killed Y” character background challenge. I think all of the…
