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Tools of the Trade I've been using a lot of accessories for writing and adventure design lately, among my many tools, a few of my favorites have been the Fourthcore…
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The Gauntlet is D5C Reincarnated for Clarity
The Gauntlet" is the new banner in which "D5C" is flying under. The name brings a bit more clarity to the confusion surrounding "What is D5C?" questions on twitter and me having to point them toward a blog post explaining it. Enjoy the new stuff!
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Dreadful Deeds: Chapter 3 “Dungeon Edition”
So it’s been a busy week for the community so far, we have our newfound character builder, a virtual tabletop announced and lots of talk about the Monster Vault. Another cool prop by SlyFlourish and Living Traps over at the Save vs Death blog were some personal highlights for me.
I managed to eek out two more Left 4 Dead zombies for my Pixels & Polyhedrals series (now all complete with video examples), and I’ve got just one left then it’s on to final revisions and release into the community via .monster files! I also got to take part in the DM Roundtable podcast which was awesome and I hope to do again sometime!d
This week’s #D5C is dedicated to dungeons, because I love them and because I know you do too! I love the responses I’m getting from people and I hope the series is helping us feed off of each others ideas as well as maybe earn a few people some new followers for their genius ideas! Enjoy!
DM’s – what game / story (or meta) elements make your players the most nervous at the game table?
@TheWeem – The unknown. Ex: Showing them something seemingly more powerful than them that uses mechanics outside the “rules” box
@BlindGeekUK – the NPC’s knowing all about them.
@TheShaggyDM – Pulling out a big, mean-looking mini, plonking it on the table, and saying “all you have to do…is get through this.”
@ExaltedDarkness – as far as game elements, I think math is the hardest for my PCs, lol. Combat modifiers get pretty tricky…
@Neldar – Dragons, 3D terrain, zombie dragons, sand, overwhelming helplessness
@DigitalDraco – I find sound effects and frenetic (or otherwise appropriate) battle music are particularly useful!
@TheAngryDM – I have a d20 that I have for 15 years that has become famous at my table for crits. My players fear it like nothing else
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Introducing DM’s Dreadful Deeds
A lot of you were wondering what D5C is exactly, see this post and jump to the second half for the lowdown. For those of you that do, thank you…
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The 4th edition hot button
I was introduced to D&D by a friend early in high school who at the time played 2nd Edition AD&D (this book still adorns my shelves as we speak) and I wasn’t really sure what the hell was going on at first. Sit at a table and pretend to be someone else? Do I dress up and change my voice? I heard about all these crazy adventures that had taken place, powerful magic items and all the cool stuff they did and in my mind all I could think was “Awesome, but I wonder what all this looks like” and in my minds eye it was some sort of elaborate video game/VR simulation. I found myself daydreaming about these scenarios I’d been told about, or overheard them talking about “So I took the oil from my lantern and poured it all over the dungeon floor and lit it ablaze with my torch just as the orcs burst through the door and Andy’s character got clobbered” wow, what the hell were these guys doing after school and why hadn’t I gotten in on it sooner?