RPG Blog
M’s impressions and musings from the 200 Word RPG Challenge
Read MoreMost D&D uses traps in a thoughtless and boring way.
Why do we even have traps? What purpose do they serve in games and other media?
How can we apply that and improve our trap use in roleplaying games?
Read MoreA free 200 word RPG by M. Shout your warcry and deceive your master! Just try not to spill anyone’s drink.
Read MoreTrinkets so useful to player characters that you may already unwittingly own them.
Read MoreWhat does a Barbarian player want? Advice for 5E D&D, but easily universalized to any system with smashy rowdy boys and girls.
Read More"You appear to have stumbled into a giant's home. Huge furniture towers above you. What do you do?"
Read MoreFate Points, Destiny Points, Et al.
Read MoreAs a player, I find it very difficult to choose which spells to take when I level up. Here's a simple method that leads to well-rounded, interesting characters.
Read MoreOr, you know, do, if you want to run a bad game. Advice is tied directly to 5E, but easily universalized.
Read MoreReflections on the nature of the Dungeon Master and how even non-performers like me can learn from the performing arts.
Read MoreA 5E statblock for an arachnophidian that's gotten too big for its britches.
Read MoreAn archetype for rogues in 5th Edition D&D, because not all rogues are clever tricksters.
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