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 …

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Sticking with the recent theme of castles and showing that they can vary in many ways, today’s inspirational place of the day is the Citadel of Karim Khan, located in present day Iran. The structure features large circular towers with …

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While there are other web-based d20 SRD web sites with their own strengths, I love the design of The Hypertext d20 SRD website. It is very clean, I like the background (any similarity to the background of Inkwell Ideas is …

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In order to compare how different castles can be, today’s inspirational place of the day will be Neuschwanstein Castle.  The most recent other inspirational place of the day was Blarney Castle. While Blarney Castle is beautiful and noteworthy in its …

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Johnn Four has been putting out an almost weekly newsletter called Roleplaying Tips that has made it to over 400 issues. As he states, “I created RoleplayingTips.Com to help improve my own game mastering and roleplaying skills by sharing my …

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Castles are a fundamental part of a fantasy world, but they can vary in many ways. When you need to describe a castle it helps to look at a few real castles for ideas. For example, the picture to the …

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Mix the “Lord of the Rings” movies, RPG clichés, and a webcomic and you will get DM of the Rings. Nothing more needs to be said… anyone who enjoys role-playing games will find this to be a hilarious way to …

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