I’ve been running Empire of the Ghouls for the past few months, and one thing it has a lot of is wilderness travel. Like, a lot. “Road Trip: The Adventure.” And this brings me back to how difficult it is to run engaging wilderness travel in Dungeons & Dragons. This is a problem that goes back to the early days of the game. In The … Continue reading Wilderness Travel Redux
I have never played a Persona game. I gather some of the mechanics I describe in this article come from there. (And likely other games I’m unfamiliar with). However, I am now playing Metaphor: ReFantazio. 20 hours in. Very much enjoying it. It’s a JRPG set in a fantasy world, where the assassination of the king sets off a quest to stop his assassin becoming … Continue reading Time Management – Metaphor: ReFantazio
We’ve been using the new rules for about three weeks now, ever since the beginning of my Empire of the Ghouls campaign. The physical rulebooks still haven’t arrived in Australia, so I’ve been looking up rules in various compendiums (Roll20, Beyond20) as they become relevant. Which means that I certainly haven’t read them all yet! But there are things that come up in play, and … Continue reading Things that surprised me in D&D 2024
In the city of Zobeck, in the world of Midgard, trouble was brewing. It began, as many might expect, amongst the kobolds. And likely, there were gnomes involved as well. Despite years of supporting Kobold Press in their Kickstarters, I am quite unfamiliar with the world of Midgard, my players even more so. Following the underwhelming ending of Vecna: Eve of Ruin, I felt I … Continue reading Empire of the Ghouls, part 1
The new “edition” of Dungeons & Dragons, which I guess I’m calling D&D 2024, has started landing. Except physical editions of the Player’s Handbook in Australia, which are somewhat delayed. As it’s been a long time since I’ve been in a gaming store, I’m not sure how long they’re delayed. Reports vary. (October 11?) But as a digital denizen these days, running D&D on Roll20 … Continue reading Days of Dungeons & Dragons 2024
The new edition of Dungeons & Dragons has dropped – at least the Player’s Handbook has – and so we are all a little distracted by that. I haven’t been blogging much of late. I’ve continued to run my 5E Greyhawk campaign every second Friday, and my Vecna: Eve of Ruin campaign ended last Monday. Next week, we’ll use the 2024 D&D rules to go … Continue reading The City of Arches
Monday, March 18, 2024. In this session. we finished Chapter 7 of The Shattered Obelisk, completing the last two rifts and gaining access to the Far Realm. Which was a place the party definitely wanted to spend the least amount of time in as possible. But, if they wanted to stop the mind flayers plan, they’d have to reach it first. Two rifts needed exploring … Continue reading The Shattered Obelisk, session 20
Monday, March 4, 2024. We began this session in the middle of Chapter 7. The heroes were in the mind flayer stronghold of Illithinoch, having dealt with a few cult fanatics and actually peacefully interacting with other inhabitants. Their next explorations took them to an old, deserted lecture hall and beyond – into a large room with a diseased Elder Brain. Syzoth did not react … Continue reading The Shattered Obelisk, session 19
We played our second session of Vecna: Eve of Ruin on Monday, 20th May, 2024. Upon consideration of our party composition at the end of the first session, we chose to replace the Fighter/Warlock with a Life Cleric, as the party was missing a primary healer – something of a problem when events don’t always permit short rests. The party were investigating the disappearance of … Continue reading Vecna: Eve of Ruin, session 2
Today, I woke up to the news that Greyhawk will be included in the new Dungeon Master’s Guide as the sample world. I think this is awesome. (I also am very, very hopeful it means that Greyhawk opens up for the DMs Guild). The original release of Greyhawk was very bare bones. This was intentional. It was a springboard that DMs could set their existing … Continue reading Greyhawk in the new DMG? Yes, please!
