Tag: RPG tools

    • Maps, Names, and Mild Panic: My Weekly DM Tools

      Greetings from the edge, Overworked and undercaffeinated, a DM’s lot is mostly spent trying to stop a group of their friends from spectacularly destroying themselves by proxy on a weekly basis. Despite what our players might think, we don’t spend our spare time lurking in deserted castles, cackling maniacally and waxing our goatees while plotting…

    • The Dungeon That Keeps Time (And Why Yours Should Too)

      ,

      Greetings from the edge, I love dungeons. They are, after all, at least 50% of the game. They are neat, self-contained little slices of your world that can be as flavourful, strange, or dripping with lore as the grandest city or most lavish court. At their very best, they become complex ecosystems, complete with hierarchies,…

    • Roll the Bones: d20 Tables for Building Better Starting Settlements

      Greetings from the edge, Got a new article live, and I thought it would be a good idea to expand on it here. The piece is all about how your starting town is the welcome wagon for your entire campaign. First impressions matter. If the village is memorable, the world feels memorable. If it’s bland……