When your players find their next treasure hoard, don’t just tell them what they found—show them! With bingo chips, spray paint, and a few other items, you can make actual coins to hand out in your campaign. Board game makers have known for more than a century that having game money enhances the fun. Roleplaying […]
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“Master Kiro?” Gavin’s voice echoed throughout the cavern that Master Kiro used as his workshop. The kobold had invited him to see a new creation, and although Gavin valued innovation, he dreaded the journey. He always felt like an adventurer, just one step away from disaster, whenever he entered Kiro’s workshop. Gavin carefully made his
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When is the last time one of your characters bothered to own a horse in a D&D game? How long has it been since anyone soared over the mountains on the back of a roc or traversed the underworld on a lizard or giant worm? Has anyone ever even seen a chariot?
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If ever there was a Monsters of Sin installment that should have been delayed from a Monday release to a Tuesday release, well this is the one. Maybe a little later in the day, because, you know. Yes, this sixth book in the Monsters of Sin series is devoted to Sloth, the willingness to let
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Harsh master of a motley band of desert cutthroats and reavers, Kalikheth is brought low only by his overweening pride and constant cowardice. The drake prefers to create an atmosphere of equal parts fear and greed, and he rewards toadying as much as prowess among the outcast dragonkin and minotaurs that follow him. Kalikheth claims
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When the alchemist class was introduced to Pathfinder in the Advanced Player’s Guide, it captured the imagination of many players. Able to adapt to nearly any situation, the alchemist could fill practically any role in a party due to the arcane potions, mutagens, and the versatile items he can create and use—and, of course, the
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Some people hate to fail. Others relish complicating their lives. Below, you’ll find options for mitigating failure for those who want the chance to recover somewhat and options for those who want to make their lives as difficult as possible. These two options for using stunts in your game aren’t meant to be used in
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Some days, it just feels like the stars have aligned and everything is falling into place. That was the Friday of Gen Con 2012—and I don’t mean the fact that the panels went well, or that a seat opened up at the Ars Magica game, although that contributed. I mean that I sat down to
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With the tip of his boot, Gavin prodded the body lying on the kitchen floor. No response. Wedging his foot under the body, he turned it on its back. Zaron’s vacant eyes met his, and Gavin noted the look of mild surprise fixed on the mage’s face. He guessed that magically retreating hadn’t paid off
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Everybody starts somewhere. A person’s first experience with tabletop roleplaying will stay with him or her forever. That’s equally true whether it was good or bad. If the player didn’t like it, that player will never come back. If the player enjoyed the experience, the RPG club gains a new member and that person picks
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The ship’s crew members turn to the railing as it explodes into splinters. Within a wave of water and foam, a massive sharklike creature lands on the deck and bites off a shocked sailor’s arm. It laughs cruelly as it claws its way forward on four scaly feet, with its long tail lashing behind. Its
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You can view earlier versions of Karesh in part 1, part 2, and part 3. In this final incarnation of Karesh, he is an elite controller and now leads several other groups for the greater glory of his goddess Tiamut.
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As recently stated in Dork Tower, Cthulhu is the bacon of gaming. And you can’t have Cthulhu without tentacles. To help you create interactive tentacle minis of your own, I will show you how you can make them for mere pennies. What you will need: Scissors Tape Pipe cleaners ($2.19 / 100 @ Office Depot,
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The lock posed no challenge to his skills. After Gavin opened the door, he saw that the place was filthy and infested with vermin. He took a few steps in, dropped the items he had scavenged from all over town on the floor, and closed the door behind him. The sledgehammer, the rusted length of
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Adventure hooks are the grease that keeps a fantasy roleplaying game campaign moving forward without snagging up between adventures. When hooks work properly, one adventure meshes into another like the cogs in a fine transmission. Players transition from the third adventure to the fourth adventure like Steve McQueen upshifting from 3rd gear to 4th.
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For the past several days, I’ve been searching for words to describe my first Gen Con experience. I’ve been a writer for well over a decade now, and words have utterly failed me. One now does come to mind, however: WOW!!!! That’s succinct, I know. Yet it accurately encompasses the extent of this massive event
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