I like metrics, ways to track things and to know where you stand with regard to where you want to be. So, I made a bingo card for my DMs goals. At the outset, it looked like this. As a matter of fact, before COVID it was about 50% complete. But now, thanks to online… Continue reading DM’s Bingo Card Complete
One of my COVID hobbies was getting into resin casting. Of course, I made dice (so many dice) and this, by far is my favorite one. Glowing D20 Its glow in the dark, in the classic green, and when it gets nice and well charged (e.g. - hold in front of a light bulb for… Continue reading The Phantom 20
The summer game that I am running has a very modest podcast. The goal, in this multi-party summer extravaganza is to help facilitate inter-party communication and keep people updated (for those who wish to work on the meta puzzle aspect of the game.) I won't lie, and say that the production values are great (with… Continue reading The Upside of Podcasting Your D&D Games
If you have ever run your party through The Curse of Strahd module then you know how things are "supposed" to end. Recently, I have been setting up for a gothic horror game, and while I do not plan to run it I perused the book as inspiration. And that has sent me into a flurry… Continue reading The Curse of Strahd: Rethinking Irena
Good old Camp Inawindyslay*. Summer fun, a large ample lake with its own dock, an archery range, private trails and cabins for all of the kids. I should have been an idyllic summer for all involved. The hero's got set in and waited for the kids to arrive.They met the kids one by one, and… Continue reading The Tale of Camp Inawindyslay
The old campaign has wrapped up, it is time for a new world to be born. My players voted for horror, and I recently got my hands on a copy of Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft, so I have been working on my world. Today, I posted the teaser: Broadcast Transcript of The Open Radio… Continue reading Ravenloft Game Teaser
Download Poison Ivy, a build I was excited to start. I gave this a lot of thought, and I figure out what I wanted her to be, a druid, bard, ranger. If you're wondering why... nature spells, the ability to manipulate each other and terrain benefits for the woodlands. The levels here are fairly low… Continue reading NPC Build: Poison Ivy
Download I'm a massive nerd if you have not guessed by now. And Batman was one of the first gateway drugs into that world, but it was never the massive hypocrite skulking the city streets, but the rogue's gallery. They are ones worth reading (and watching and picking up a controller) for. So today, I… Continue reading NPC Build: Scarecrow
My players make interesting choices. Often I love them for it. Its a fun surprise to see what they come up with. But, sometimes, I am simply, truly, amazingly baffled by their in game decisions. Recently, they used some powerful and risky spell craft to "fix" a problem* I confronted them with. And the immediate… Continue reading The Day My Party Didn’t Punch The Moon (and possibly a daemon) with A Giant Robot
I reset this site most because I realized that I was telling our story incorrectly. And that is, at its heart, what any good D&D game is: a shared story. A world that we all make together. I want to do that justice. So from here we wish a fond farewell to the DMs diary… Continue reading Tales of Michorial: Where it All Began
