It’s another quiet day on the old farm. Birds are chirping, sun is shining, and the kiddos are out playing in the field. Yup, it’s easy to get used to this kind of life. Unfortunately, adventurers aren’t really the...
So last time I went on for a bit about planetary rotations and stellar orbits and what not. And that’s all well and good but the odd movements of celestial bodies does not a compelling science-fiction setting make. Remember, players need a reason...
In Keyword Design, Ryan Costello uses a single word as inspiration for a mundane item, a magic item, a feat, a spell, and a class option. Today’s word is “encapsulate” as suggested by Peter. Greetings! I’m not Ryan Costello,...
Welcome to Code/Switch, where today we’re going to celebrate the birthday of The United States of America. It was on July 4th, 1176 that the United States adopted the Declaration of Independence to free the 13 colonies from the...
Eureka! I’ve done it! I’ve designed a build for a Hellknight that I —think— can capitalize on the prestige class’s strengths while also being fun to play! The catch? You need to be a creature with the shapechanger subtype...
Sometimes the real world is more frightening than anything a fantasy world can offer. This is no less true when it comes to monsters. When you think about it, a lot of the animals in our world would be...
I frequently write about how to tell good stories with the other people at your gaming table, I do that because my preferred style of gaming involves character and story development, which I learned during my years of LARPing...
Today, we talk about the legitimacy of player’s phobias in game, why they should be respected, and how to do it.
When our regular game night fizzles because someone can’t make it to play or we’re just looking for a change of pace we often turn to board games for the evening. A couple weeks ago two of our players...
I like to take reader requests when I can, and a few weeks ago I got a request from reader Zozh for a Hellknight build. In my head, I was like, “Oh jeez! How am I going to do...