As a lover of crunch (rules and numbers), Randal is always tinkering with rules options. His love of magic users has led him to always fuss with the mechanics of magic and magic items. Years of GMing on the fly have given him endless ideas and content from which to draw on for adventures (ideas, plots, NPCs). When not working, gaming, or playing with his kids, Randal is likely working on improving Sage (his Discord bot for immersive play-by-post gaming that you can see in action on Know Direction's Discord in the Know Direction Societous PFS channels) over at https://www.patreon.com/halfmugtavernsage!
Over the years, the majority of my gaming experience has been as a GM. I have had to come up with so many answers to random questions and situations that I have lost count and can’t even recall all...
The doors swung open, much quicker than the wizards had intended, and slammed into the walls. The twins looked at each other with surprise and awe … surprise that the giant stone doors were almost weightless and awe at...
Nope, not that kind of satellite … I am talking about remote campuses! Randal here, back to try to bring this discussion full circle by discussing the role of Caldera Magical Academy outside of the Caldera. This entire topic...
“What, you’ve can’t swim?” asks the instructor. “Well, soon enough you will be able to cast at least one spell under water before you need to come up for air!” the instructor beams. “But … but …” the student...
“And what about you?” asks the clerk. “Fire Suppression and Forge Maintenance” answers the young ysoki sheepishly. “Ahh, FSFM is what made me the man I am today!” the clerk exclaims proudly as he hands over a sack of...
tap, tap, tap. “Is this thing on?” Oh, hello, I didn’t see you sitting there! I am Randal, and I would like to welcome you back to Groundbreaking! It has been quite awhile since my last post, and I...
Randal here, back again to take a look at where we are with Groundbreaking. We last left off talking about the context for how I wanted to lay the foundation for magical education “systems” in the region. I wrote...
Welcome back to the continuation of the Advanced Player’s Guide special review blog! If you missed the beginning, you can find it here! We finished the archetypes yesterday, moving us to the lightning round … feats, spells, and more! I don’t want to...
Welcome back to the continuation of the Advanced Player’s Guide special review blog! If you missed the beginning, you can find it here! We looked at more archetypes yesterday, from dual-weapon wielder to the medic. Let’s see if we can finish...
Welcome back to the continuation of the Advanced Player’s Guide special review blog! If you missed the beginning, you can find it here! We started in on the archetypes yesterday and today we are going to keep digging in to see what...