Above the summit of Le Bonnet de l’Evêque, dentelated with scaffoldings, rose that second mountain—a mountain on a mountain—which was the Citadel La Ferrière. A lush growth of red fungi was mounting the flanks of the main tower with the terse smoothness of brocade, having already covered the foundations and buttresses, and was spreading polyp […]| Necropraxis
My favorite aspect of Metaphor ReFantazio was the combat - let's talk about it!| Adventure Rules
J’ai enfin lu Le Vieil Homme et la Mer d’Ernest Hemingway. Un petit livre d’à peine 120 pages, mais qui m’a laissée songeuse bien après avoir tourné la dernière page.| Depuis le cadre de ma fenêtre
[Image: Looking out over the center of “Razish,” a simulated city at the Fort Irwin National Training Center; photo by Geoff Manaugh.] I had an opportunity to revisit the Fort Irwin National Training Center this weekend as part of a series of field trips I’ve put together for the Los Angeles-based Berggruen Institute’s Antikythera program. … Continue reading "Every Room A Battlefield"| BLDGBLOG
By using Attacks of Opportunity in your old school or OSR D&D game, you can up the ante in combats – just remember to keep it simple.| YUM/DM
I’ve written before about firefights in TTRPGs – and I’ve been haunted, HAUNTED I say, by this amorphous concept, lingering at the edge of my perception. No more. I think I’…| Dice Goblin
I was rereading Quicker Combat for Boot Hill by Prismatic Wasteland. I’ve had a cluster of unrefined ideas surrounding firefights in RPGs, and this feels like it could add another piece. Pris…| Dice Goblin
D&D 5e has thirteen damage types. This post is concerned with the most fundamental of these damage types - the most primordial ingredients in the great soup of D&D combat. No, not bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing - the elements!| Blog of Forlorn Encystment
Thank y'all so much for y'all's interest in the last one! Will respond when I can, just preparing for a (nice) busy week and weekend :) in a...| traversefantasy.blogspot.com
Following the 70th anniversary of the Normandy Landings, here's something a bit off the beaten path for this vintage blog. You can now get custom-created M-1 helmets refurbished to WW2 standards at the Houndstooth Kid Haberdashery. These are perfect for reenactors or if you are just looking for an attractive display piece.| The Houndstooth Kid
Years ago for paintball I bought a "Tru-Spec" jacket in a civilian variant of woodland MARPAT. Well, for some reason I bought it in a large size (42R-45R) even though I'm a medium (39R). Because of this I never used the jacket and threw it in the closet. | The Houndstooth Kid
I like to, when working on TTRPGs, think of particular scenes, feelings, moments, setpieces I want to emulate. If a system I thought of works well, these moments will occur naturally, putting playe…| Dice Goblin
A bit of a mouthful! I had the thought: why not give each instance of a weapon constant damage, but roll to determine that constant amount? ...| traversefantasy.blogspot.com
Need to write something to stay in the habit. Story's going well, just trying to avoid burnout. There are three separate "problems" I have: ...| traversefantasy.blogspot.com
On why I find D&D combat lacking—and how emphasizing consequences may yield more compelling conflicts.| The Dododecahedron
[Image: Looking out over the center of “Razish,” a simulated city at the Fort Irwin National Training Center; photo by Geoff Manaugh.] I had an opportunity to revisit the Fort Irwin National Traini…| BLDGBLOG
Emmy Allen just put up a great post over at Cavegirl's Game Stuff about wounds/not automatically dying at 0HP, you should read it.On a tangent, last year I found time to start thinking about D&D again, and I found that after such a long time without playing at all it really changes/solidifies what you want| Last Gasp