The 5eGrognard
I've been given the opportunity to interview Frank Mentzer and the design team for his upcoming Worlds of Empyrea Kickstarter. So I'm looking for some help to come up with some questions! What do you want to ask of Frank and the design team?
My family traveled to just north of Nashville for the eclipse, in the path of totality. We had great weather, and it was amazing. I honestly find it hard to put into words. We went to a community college campus to view it. We didn't gather in the quad with the crowd, but in a …
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What I've read this week. Top image courtesy of InspiroBot. Adventure Lookup. A search database of published adventures. Searchable by publisher, setting, system/edition, environment, notable items, boss monsters, and common monsters. Includes adventures TSR, WoTC, Paizo, DMs Guild, DriveThruRPG, and other 3rd party sources. Creature Loot D is for Dragons (and a few others) Part 2, …
The imagery of metal music lends itself well to fantasy role playing games. I've taken inspiration from songs, bands, album covers and such and used them at the table. D&D and metal music have always seemed to have a "shared culture". I've often thought about making a D&D world drawn totally from music influences. Yesterday …
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Here's what I read today: That's Gameable! Mysterious Ancient Caves that Could Rewrite History. My Favorite Cartographer Dyson Logos' Yew Lane Estate. Great Discussion on Time Time Gone By, From the Sorcerer's Skull, Trey Causey. Cleric Domain Spider Domain, Middle Finger of Vecna. So, I'm still playing with how I'm going to present this. Yesterday …
What I read today. I really have been wanting to write a post. I actually have a couple of half-finished drafts, but have been lacking the motivation to write. I follow a lot of blogs. A bunch pop up in my feed every day. Those that follow me on social media (Google+, Facebook, Tumblr, or Twitter), …
Full disclosure: I received a preview copy of this product for review. Also, the links I provide below are affiliate links, which help this blog produce it's minimal income. Ice Kingdoms Campaign Setting, PDF Ice Kingdoms Campaign Setting, Dead Tree Also, an apology. I received and read this back in March, and started writing this …
So, I like to collect spells (and magic items, and monsters, and sub-classes, and sub-races, ect., ect., ect.). This gives me some variety on loot to hand out, and opponents for my players to face. It also gives me quite a list of spells to pull from. When I do write up a new spell …
Yes, things have been quiet from me here. Partially is that I've been getting some overtime at work, which these days leaves me drained. The other is that I've started a project. I'm writing an adventure, In the Shadows of White Plume Mountain, which will detail the areas surrounding the fabled feathered mound. As a …
Keith C. strikes again! Keith has made some more amazing inventory sheets. (Here's part one). He gets magical with Bag of Holding and Portable Hole sheets. We also get the first of his Dungeon Masters Sheets, with the NPC Sheet. While made for 5e D&D, these can very easily be used with any fantasy role playing …
