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Magic Rarity and Public Opinion

On March 18, 2026March 18, 2026 By adempzIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

Continuing with the prompts from d4 Caltrops’s d100 Table of Topics to Blog About, today’s is, 02 - Are Spellcasters Rare? Common? How do "Normal" People feel about them? I’m going to be splitting these sort of world building responses into two categories. One will reflect my Sunday 5e home game, and the other will …

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Picking Back Up

On March 11, 2026March 11, 2026 By adempzIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

I had a busy winter writing-wise and now my blog is full of bugs. I currently find myself between freelance projects, so it’s time to sweep the place out and keep the words coming. I also have to rebuild my daughter’s YZ85’s engine before the riding season starts, and I have my own design projects …

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The Heart of Creation is Criticism

On December 15, 2025 By adempzIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

There was a discussion on the Mastering Dungeons Discord overnight about TTRPG editors and the different types that are involved in the production of big budget books. I have some pretty hot thoughts on the topic, so I figured I’d jot some of them down before getting to work on my own writing. The Void. …

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Wizard Carriage

On October 25, 2025 By adempzIn Design WorkLeave a comment

There’s a contest on DndBeyond promoting the new Stranger Things box set, “What’s in the Bag of Holding? A Welcome to the Hellfire Club Homebrew Item Contest.” The gist is, make a thematic magic item with a description of 50 words or less, and publish it to DnDBeyond with the tag ‘BagOfHolding2025.” I took a …

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Appendix Ehhnn

On October 14, 2025October 12, 2025 By adempzIn Uncategorized2 Comments

I’m late to the party for the Appendix N blogwagon, but that’s fine. A fair criticism can be levied at modern Dungeons & Dragons that it has become self-referential. It no longer pulls from myth or folklore, instead it has created its own worlds, and in fact, has come to inform the fantasy genre as …

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