Welcome to Colin McComb’s Now, the Twist. A dangerous journey that will force him to take a long, hard look at game design. Join him, won’t you… in his ongoing struggle to pass Go. [previously] ___ Before we get started today, I’d like to note that when I talk about game design, I want you to […]
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Trap themes are templates that can be applied to one or more existing traps to give them a distinct shared flavor. Each theme presented introduces new powers that can be applied to a trap—adding one does not affect a trap’s XP value, but consider upgrading a trap to an elite or solo if two or
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Come, join The Lost City patronage project! Note: This preview precedes choosing the specific setting for The Lost City. Consequently, few specifics show up here, awaiting a more concrete theme with specific scenery and detailed descriptions of their former masters. Many details will change throughout the design process. You’ll see more sections when we add
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Or 30 things to find on an adventurer’s corpse. ___ Holding his guttering torch out into the unlit dungeon chamber, Tarquilos thought he caught a whiff of something putrid in the air. “Do you smell that Wendell? Something has definitely died in here.” Wendell poked his head from around his friend’s brawny shoulders, the aroma
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The Lost City is a go! We’ve met the commission, and it’s time to choose a setting. If you’re not already in on the conversation, become a patron today. Then you can contribute and vote! I’ve recently put up a setting poll, and we can soon get started on pitches and bring you more exciting
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New magic items for Pathfinder Roleplaying Game that you take directly from your foes’ corpses. ___ As the cheetah studied its prey—an oblivious antelope grazing no more than 50 ft. away—it paid no attention to its own stalker, the young orc warrior Grim-Eye. Only after bringing the frightened animal down did the winded cat realize
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As a writer, a GM, and player, I need tools to help me get to the game table faster while making play smoother and easier. Hero Lab is one of those tools. For this review, I used my workhorse machine—a Pentium dual-core, 2.20 GHz, 4 GB RAM, Windows 7 on an Asus K60IJ notebook. We
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The Labor Day edition of the Kobold Courier went out yesterday, with news from a cartography contest to a free RPG, plus the latest on the Open Design commissions, new columnists, and more. There’s even a picture of the elusive web editor, Scott Gable, in his natural habitat. Want your own copy of this free
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Like Todd Gdula’s Real Steel series? Are you a patron of our project Streets of Zobeck for Pathfinder Roleplaying Game? Well, then you’ll love this: We’ll award this very shiv from Real Steel, newly forged by Todd Gdula, to one lucky patron. How can you win? After selecting all six adventures for the upcoming Streets of Zobeck anthology,
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I received a request for a sneak peek of one of the 30 feats from Advanced Feats: Secrets of the Alchemist, and I’m more than happy to oblige with Sundering Bomb. Sundering Bomb You can use bombs to destroy your opponent’s equipment. Prerequisite: Bomb class feature, Point Blank Shot, Precise Shot. Benefit: You can use one of
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First off, please excuse the eye patch. I don’t remember what happened last night, but I seem to have had a bit of an accident… and my head is absolutely throbbing. Too much partying I guess, am I right? (I always seem to have the worst luck at these events.) Anyway, I’m super excited to be the one
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Today’s your last day to vote! The crown is up for grabs, and you actually get to choose your new overlord! Who else offers that? Right now, there’s a good possibility that eye patches will come back in style real fast, but it’s not over yet. With several hours remaining, who knows what could happen.
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Master Pett’s Your Whispering Homunculus presents only the finest in British gaming. Indeed, you likely are not to find a more comprehensive assortment of miscellany around. (So much more than just another bloke in a dress.) [At the Horse Fair, Part 1] ___ This sample annual fair takes place on a large meadow and draws
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The shiv is a nefarious blade that is a favored tool of those who do night work. That a shiv is a knife is indisputable. Exactly what type of knife that word describes is sometimes the subject of debate. The word itself derives from the Romani word chiv, which translates roughly to any sharp or
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You and your companions are trapped underground in a lightless hell with miles of lethal traps and hungry monsters between you and the surface. Betrayed… lost… your situation seems hopeless. But each of you has unique abilities: ways with the blade, the spell, and the fist that set you apart from other adventurers. Those abilities
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Welcome to Colin McComb’s Now, the Twist. A dangerous journey that will force him to take a long, hard look at game design. Join him, won’t you… in his ongoing struggle to pass Go. ___ Ah, the dreaded introductory post. Let’s make this fast and painless, and then we’ll get to the meat (no points
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