Four Magic Armor Ideas Better Than Boring Pluses
While commenting on this post from Dan about a look at Gygax's notes for Castle Greyhawk, I mentioned that magical armors and shields get...
Four Magic Weapon Ideas Better Than Boring Pluses
Finding magical gear should always be a cool moment in a TTRPG, and yet, it seems to often be relegated to something that just adds a...
Workout Recap - Week of January 5, 2020
A new month and a new year means it's once again time to do 100 burpees as fast as I can. Aside from that, the new year has gotten off...
Basic Guidelines for Running City-Based Adventures/Campaigns
One of the side points in this blog post by Paul Siegel was that adventuring in a city environment tends to make it difficult to let the...
Workout Recap - Week of December 29, 2019
I cut my thumb during some food prep this week. No serious damage, fortunately, so I can't say that it had any significant impact on my...
First Experiences with Running "Beyond the Wall and Other Adventures"
I just watched this video from the Wandering DMs (Dan Collins and Paul Siegel) about their experiences with playing/running games at...
Workout Recap - Week of December 22, 2019
I got things back into a more typical routine for this week. Unfortunately, it seems like I tried to push myself more than I should've,...
Thoughts on Doing Non-Attack/Save Resolutions (Ability Checks vs. Abstract Skill Checks)
Rolling around the Internet recently led me to this post by James Young (owner of Ten Foot Polemic) on how he uses skill checks in his...
Workout Recap - Week of December 15, 2019
Circumstances early in this week led me to favoring pass/fail workouts on the first few days, so I decided to just make that a thing for...
Vegan Chocolate Heresy
One of my early recipe posts was for Orange Chocolate Heresy cake. With my recent excursions into vegan cooking, I did some...
