Recently in a game session, our characters encountered a room with a magical energy pattern drawn on the floor.  As anyone who is familiar with Roger Zelazny’s Amber books knows, sure enough once a character stepped on the pattern he …

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A new PC joining the party is a fairly common occurrence.  Maybe a new player is joining the group or perhaps a character has died and that character’s player wants a new character.  Often, there is a question of what …

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Paizo is the company that published Dragon and Dungeon magazines during their last few years.  They wisely branched out before their contracts with Wizards of the Coast were not renewed.  In particular, they created “Game Mastery” and “Pathfinder” imprints among …

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I’m ready to put make the link to the Coat of Arms Creator publicly available.  In this message I’ll list some caveats, give out the link, ask for feedback and give you an idea of what’s next. Caveats I’m calling …

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Note: the Coat of Arms Design program is now available. Read more about it at this link. As mentioned in my prior post, I’m nearing the first public release of my Coat of Arms Design software.  I’m still planning on …

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Note: the Coat of Arms Design program is now available. Read more about it at this link. For the past few months, I’ve been hard at work on a Coat of Arms web-based computer program. (In addition to writing articles …

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LarryElmore.com can easily fit both the “site of the day” and “rpg inspiration” features of this column.  Anyone who has looked at the covers of game books, fantasy adventures, or even computer game covers is familiar with his work.  He …

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The Terracotta army dates back to 210 BC when the first Qin Emperor ruled.  There are over 8,000 soldiers, 130 chariots, 520 horses and 150 cavalry horses in the army. The soldiers stand six feet to six feet five inches …

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Dungeon Mastering is a very active and dynamic website/blog about roleplaying games.  The weekly feature “Monday Morning Speedlinking” keeps you up to date on game current events.  The site also has advice specifically targeted to game masters (excuse me, dungeon …

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The Complete Mage book introduced the concept of reserve feats and it detailed many of these reserve feats. Reserve feats are feats that give extra magical powers to spellcasters as long as those spellcasters keep a related spell of a …

Designing Reserve Feats Read more »