Halloween Giveaway! (AKA Buying Your Affection)
Hey, it’s Halloween! The Dread Gazebo’s favorite holiday! In the spirit of celebrating the thinnest veil between the living and the dead, I bring to […]
Dungeons and Dragons (D&D)
How To Lose Friends And Alienate Players
The Beginning of the End So the last you all heard from me, my game was falling apart because of this post. I was aware […]
Momanatrix’s Musings: Don’t Tell Me I Can’t Be A Fairy, Damnit!
So the other day my husband was bitching about the new races that are coming out in the Heroes of the Feywild book. He was going on about how “back in the day” there were only a few races and nowadays there are all kinds of different creatures you can be. I find this funny coming from a guy who wasn’t really around “back in the day” as far as D&D goes.
Kill Em’ All and Let Strahd Sort Them Out
I think it’s time for a bit of purging by fire, or in the case of my campaign: vampiric slaughter. When I first started my game things were relatively simple and everyone was happy with their character. Sessions were met with anticipation and enthusiasm, plot points were pondered and everyone had a strong character concept. This isn’t the case anymore, and it’s becoming very un-fun for my two most important players: my wife, and myself.
Those OTHER Dwarven Utility Powers
Well I’d hoped to bring these cool Dwarven Utility powers to you through other means than my blog, alas there are times in life when a cast iron stomach comes in handy and so this seems to be the only way any of you will ever see them. I do hope you like/use them and I also hope they stand up in cool factor against Rob Schwalb’s newly published ones via DDI! You’ll find 4e stat block images of each power after the rich text at the bottom of this post, enjoy!
The Science of Selling Yourself Short
I find that I’m constantly comparing myself to other DMs. This is an aspect of my personality that I’ve never quite been able to avoid, my whole life I’ve walked around comparing my life to that of my friends, and now I’m even comparing myself to other gamers I read about online? I read about, see videos of or have actually had the experience of playing with them and I somehow always walk away feeling like a chump that can’t run his game worth a shit.