Role playing game software and accessories
Hopefully it isn’t too late to look back at 2009. At Inkwell Ideas, the specialty is to give others tools and ideas useful for RPGs. Although December was a little slow (working on the largest Inkwell Ideas project, Hexographer, as …
When I was putting together my potion description charts I had a fun (for game masters anyway) idea. Many of these potions could be locked away for years or even hundreds of years… so could these potions expire over time? …
Fun With Potions: Random Charts for Expired Potions Read more »
Adding some extra descriptions to your game can help make things interesting for your players. For example, when PCs discover a potion, initially it isn’t a Potion of Healing or Potion of Invisibility. It is a potion that is a …
Part one of the succinct overview of Pathfinder listed the differences to races and classes based on the Pathfinder conversion guide in about 500 words. Part two attempts to highlight everything else also in about 500 words. Skills are simplified. …
Succinct Overview of OGL Fantasy 3.5 to Pathfinder Changes: Part 2 Read more »
The Pathfinder Roleplaying Game debuted a little over a week ago, and a conversion guide was released simultaneously. I’m still waiting on my copy of the game, but the conversion guide is an excellent summary of the differences between OGL …
Succinct Overview of OGL Fantasy 3.5 to Pathfinder Changes: Part 1 Races and Classes Read more »
I’ve gotten several words of encouragement and a bunch of additional, worthwhile questions. However, I’m still finalizing the survey and I expect to launch it next week. If you have ideas for new questions and potential answers or want to …
RPG Blog Readership Survey Development Continues Read more »
I’m planning on putting together a survey for RPG-related blog readers. I want it to be useful to all RPG blog writers and readers, not just me. (The results will be posted/shared with anyone interested.) I know WotC did a …
Soliciting Questions for a General RPG Blog Readership Survey Read more »
This year’s RPG Superstar contest from Paizo Publishing has been over for a few months, but there has been some discussion ever since. If you haven’t followed it, the contest was divided into several phases: An open contest where anyone …
Game Design Tips from the Paizo RPG Superstar Contest Read more »
Most role-playing games have some form of experience points that allow characters to gain strength and abilities over time. But sometimes experience point awards don’t factor in all the aspects of RPGs that most people want to encourage. Several years …
Experience Points Should Reward All Gaming Styles Read more »
Often, when a party gets to back into a reasonable sized town, they want to look for a wizard’s shop (or similar) to see if there are any magic items they can trade or purchase. Determining the shop’s inventory can …
Announcing the Magic Item Shop Random Inventory Generator Read more »