THE BOWELS OF THE EARTH, PART II
“Go to the Bowels of the Earth on the night of the full moon. The Dark Sun will rise. Hinder the Three Crowns.”
Posts Tagged ‘Dungeons and Dragons’
Game Science Dice Update
I received a comment recently on an older post by Louis Zocchi, creator of Game Science dice. Dear Mike, Gamestation no longer has Gamescience dice to sell. I have taken most of my molds back because Aaron of Gamestation told me he had made Gamescience so famous, that he didn’t need to pay me any […]
Tavern Dungeon Decor Kickstarter
Johnny Lauck (owner of Mega Miniatures and creator of the Discount Hobby chain of hobby stores) has started a Tavern Dungeon Decor miniatures kickstarter. I have ordered miniatures from Mega Miniatures myself in the past and have been extremely pleased with the quality of his miniatures and of the service I received. (See an earlier […]
Campaign Cartographer 3+ Is Coming Soon!
ProFantasy has been working hard for quite some time on their newest version of the world’s best mapping software: Campaign Cartographer 3+ (CC3+). Technically, it is still in beta testing. Realistically though, it is done and ready to roll. Existing users were offered an Early Adopter version (with a free upgrade to the final release) […]
THE BOWELS OF THE EARTH, PART I
“Go to the Bowels of the Earth on the night of the full moon. The Dark Sun will rise. Hinder the Three Crowns.”
Let’s Try This Again
Here we are, many weeks later, and I still haven’t written anything. My last post ended saying that the drama was over. I wish! My spider bite healed just fine but my back pain became significantly worse and things went downhill from there. The short version is that I believe I now have a handle […]
28mm Dungeon Terrain: Upcoming Kickstarter
The blog has been quiet lately as we’ve been quite busy. Allison has been subbing a lot, and when she hasn’t been subbing she’s either been working on a rather large 15mm Dark Ages project or helping me to finish up some projects. I’ve been churning aw…
Gale Force Nine: New Dungeons and Dragons Collector Miniatures Released
Gale Force Nine has recently added these new miniatures to their Dungeons and Dragons range.Welcome to Wargame News and Terrain, a wargame hobby blog dedicated to supply you with your daily wargame news, straight from the source. We also have an extens…
Shipwrecked!
The players start the game on board a Roman corbita, making their way across the Sea of Atlante to Ys, the chief city in the Duchy of Gwaelodd. The ship is slow and heavy with cargo destined for the markets of Hybras; a ripe target for the Irish coastal raiders that hunt these waters. When […]
Matt Speaks RPG 5 The Role of Character 4 Bastard Races
In this episode Matt speaks on the topic of “bastards”. In role-playing this isn’t necessarily a bad thing. It doesn’t mean you’re an illegitimate child or a bad person, instead it means you ae an individual who doesn’t fit in because of race or some other factor. T his conversation includes half elves, […]
Matt speaks Role-playing Games 4: The Role of Character Races
In this episode Matt talks about the intricacies of race. He goes over what he feels is missing from playing a full character. For example He discusses what it might be like to be a dwarf, an elf and a couple others. I will have the written portion up in a day […]
MUNDANE AND DEEP CRYSTAL
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Bad Timing
Two weeks ago, I posted that I was back after yet another lengthy hiatus. In that post, I mentioned that I had been having back problems for quite some time. A couple of days later, not only did my back troubles flare up but I discovered a new oddity. At the highest point I could […]
HOW I CHANGED “HOARD OF THE DRAGON QUEEN”
I used Hoard of the Dragon Queen as a sourcebook not a module.
SEVEN THINGS YOU DON’T WANT IN YOUR STOCKING
Seven magical items that would ruin your Christmas morning.
VACUOUS GRIMOIRE
VACUOUS GRIMOIRE [Cursed Item] A book of this sort looks like a normal one on some mildly interesting topic. Any character who opens the work and reads so much as a single word therein must make two DC 15 Will saves. The first is to determine if the re…
THE MOANING DIAMOND
The Moaning Diamond: The Moaning Diamond appears to be an uncut diamond the size of a human fist. At all times, it gives forth a baleful moaning sound, as if in pain. Despite the noise, the Moaning Diamond is not evil. The wielder of the stone can, thr…
ORBS OF DRAGONKIND
The Orbs of Dragonkind: Each of these fabled orbs contains the essence and personality of an ancient dragon of a different variety (one for each of the major ten different chromatic and metallic dragons). The bearer of an Orb can dominate dragons of it…
THE SUN SHIELD
The Shield of the Sun This +5 large shield, emblazoned with the symbol of the sun, allows the wielder to cast spells as if she were a 20th-level paladin with a Wisdom score of 20. The spells gained are cumulative with any existing spells per day that t…