Matt Jackson created these very cool looking wooden rune tokens.  Basically cut a thick branch into discs, then use a woodburner to draw runes on them.  Here is his link with full details. I vaguely remember burning designs on wood …

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In case you missed it: The Kickstarter to enable the completion, printing, and release of a brand new edition of this classic* comedy role-playing game ends in 10 days! *(Classic status not confirmed) It has been over 20 years since …

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Early this year Inkwell Ideas did a Kickstarter to create creature info card decks as well as a couple of mini-adventure cards decks.  (With the help of many artists and writers Andrew Shields, David Winterbottom and editor Chad Mercer.) The …

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Are you looking for some other treasures to include in your games?  Something more interesting than another 15 silver pieces? Something different from another +1 weapon? Try the chart below of 20 unusual treasures with several variations for most. They …

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As I was creating the Creature and Encounter Card Decks (coming soon!) I created a slew of new maps using Dungeonographer (and some others with Hexographer too.)  7 of the new Dungeonographer maps were tavern or inn floorplans.  As I …

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This is a cool project I had nothing to do with…  100 Petty Gods for use in your campaign.  They can’t all be gods of war, healing, or even weather.  This PDF has a slew of fun gods to add …

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March 4th has evolved in the RPG world into a GM’s Day thank you/celebration. As part of that, we’re offering a 30% off sale on anything and everything made by Inkwell Ideas. Just use the code “March4” in your shopping …

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This post pairs together with yesterday’s 25 Ways to Say “You Hit It” post. As mentioned there, these are hopefully good lists to include in a GM’s notebook/screen to better describe an attack.  Critical hits & fails as well as …

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When I worked at the student newspaper in college, one sign/reminder on the wall was titled “Other ways to say ‘he said.’”  So in that spirit I thought it would be helpful to brainstorm a list of other ways for …

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About a week ago I put together 3 tables to generate book titles when the party is going through a library or wizard’s study.  Here’s a 4th.  (Simple roll a d4 for which chart to use per book.)  As before, …

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