I am running a D&D 5e campaign and in session 1 my players ran into "The Jester". It was an inspiring encounter that the players will write about themselves over at RPG Geek.I got down and spent a few hours doing a portrait of the Jester.
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Constructing an Open Table Campaign for D&D 5e: An update
Back to Part 3 We are up to session 12, we have two dungeon masters running regularly (Andras is running the Trivale domain next door to Polemar), we have two new dungeon masters in training, we had 16 players at the last session and 6 others with characters who didn't happen to show up that …
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Constructing an Open Table Campaign for D&D 5e part 3
Back to Part 2 Spoiler Alert: If you are a player in the open table games you should not read this if you do not wish to spoil any sense of suspense, or to lesson the enjoyment of revelation during exploration. You have been warned. The big day for the first public flight of this …
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Constructing an Open Table Campaign for D&D 5e part 2
Spoiler Alert: If you are a player in the open table games you should not read this if you do not wish to spoil any sense of suspense, or to lesson the enjoyment of revelation during exploration. You have been warned. Following on from Part 1 the next step was to work out some specifics …
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Constructing an Open Table Campaign for D&D 5e part 1
Spoiler Alert: If you are a player in the open table games you should not read this if you do not wish to spoil any sense of suspense, or to lesson the enjoyment of revelation during exploration. You have been warned. This year I am creating a campaign for Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition that …
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Kitchen Sink: Crystal Marbles of Pax
This is an article about some non-cannon D&D magic in response to Justin Alexander's Kitchen Sinking article. The Chrystal Marbles of Pax were a magic item I invented for one of my D&D campaigns a long time ago. Although they are fairly innocuous they became a favoured possession to my players for quite some time. …
D&D5 RPG : Raw Experience and Treasure Sets
This is an excerpt from a pdf you will find on my Patreon account. This is a set of mechanics to add some significance to treasure and to require some down time to assimilate raw experience before it can be used to gain levels. The detailed reasoning and rules are in the attached pdf. The …
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On Lycanthropes : Take II
This is an excerpt from a pdf you will find on my Patreon account. In the 5th edition Dungeons and Dragons Monster Manual, on page 206, you will find a section on Lycanthropes: Werebears, Wereboars, Wererats, Weretigers and Werewolves. It has a section on being infected with the curse, a saving throw to prevent becoming …