Encounter Level 2 (550xp) Once the PCs and the villagers had driven off the orcs in Winter’s Reach – Attack on Tralvaile they learn that the daughter of the village’s leader (Chief Caladar Man’Morth in my game) has been captured by the invaders and taken away. Baldwin and Faustine both express concern over this, it …
Encounter Level 3 (600xp) This is the first encounter of my current home DnD game. The campaign assumes that the PCs have lived in the same small frontier village (Tralvaile) for at least a couple of years and thus have come to know each other. Their abilities make the valued members of the community, be …
Encounter Level 11 (2400xp) “You are wasting time pursuing Baldwin,” the voice that utters these words is deep and carries a weight beyond its low volume. “Yes my Lord,” Answers the half-orc sorcerer Jargesh who kneels before the unknown speaker. “These others, the children of Tralvaile and their allies, they are causing your plans to …
Today I was working on the NPCs for a couple of my campaigns, both of which are based on published adventures (Village of Hommlet by TSR & WotC, and Legacy of Fire from Paizo) by making a simple list of the NPCs that the characters of each campaign had met, or could readily meet. This …
Since the previews for the DnD Essentials product line started with the Cleric Preview there has been a hot topic, is it still 4E or is it 4.5E with a different lable? I’ll be up front, I see enough stuff to have my doubts that it is not 4.5E with a different lable. Now before …
Ryoko Owari (Journey’s End City) is more commonly known as the City of Lies and it is from this classic Legend of the Five Rings boxed set that much of the information for this campaign will be drawn. Opening the boxed set reveals: A Map of the city (of course) – black and white approximately …
I’m not sure about you, but I have a lot of problems with getting a villain to have a life of more than 1 encounter. (I also have players that get cranky about bad guys that get away.) This blog is basically inspired by two things I’ve recently come across specifically for the purpose of …
“aquelajames Now boarding giant eagles to defend the city against giants attacking from an earthberg! It’s on!! #dnd” “aquelajames The giants disposed of, we venture into the earthberg, where more giants await! #dnd” Now those two tweets sound like the expression of a cool and fun game, but they made me wonder are the players …
First let me be upfront I am houseruling the change to Magic Missile out of my home game. You can read the story of why here: A Magic Missile By Any Other Name… Second let me say I don’t have any problems with the change for my 1 wizard who has the spell. So while this …
BECMI – Basic Expert Champions Masters Immortals for those who don’t know. In 1984 I learnt about role playing games, the first game I ever played was Traveler but the game that made me a gamer came under the Christmas tree that year in a red box. That red box fundamentally changed my life without …