Role playing game software and accessories
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 …
If you’re not familiar with Hexographer, it is a software tool that allows users to quickly create wilderness hex maps in the style of late 80’s and early 90’s TSR products. (See the sample to the side here.) It also …
More New Features for Hexographer, The Hex Map Software Read more »
This tool is perfect for creating a coat of arms for your character, NPCs, countries or other organizations in your game. (I hope it is anyway.) The software now has a much nicer and smoother default shield shape, a more …
Linked below is a list of 12 torture devices. After reading the descriptions, I’m speechless. How many times do some or all or the PCs get captured? After taking a look at the list a GM will have some good …
12 of the Most Horrifying Torture Devices in History Read more »
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 survey is now closed. Thank you to everyone who took the survey and thank you to everyone who posted about it! Below you’ll find the final results of the RPG Blog Readership Survey. I don’t want to editorialize about …
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 »
Just for fun I thought I would come up with names for new/alternative role-playing games in the style of the “Dungeons and Dragons” name. I think names that also use alliteration and are two words joined by “and” just sound …
The blog survey continues (http://www.kwiksurveys.com/online-survey.php?surveyID=NLJOJ_6cc605e2), although with GenCon last weekend it slowed down a little. The survey has now had 205 responses. Again, if you think this information is useful, please post about it on your blog or favorite message …