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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Looking Back: The Barovian Book of the Dead
I have looming writing deadlines, yay! It follows that this is an ideal time to kick off a blog series that I’ve wanted to do for quite a while. I’m going to go through the adventures I’ve written and put down what I remember of them and the experience of writing them. Then I’ll read …
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Fight the System, Fight Back
I sometimes see people ask questions online like, “How do I make an adventure that fits the story I want to tell?” This is usually followed by a more technical question about the structural challenges they’re facing, or a more subtle question about how to convince their players to follow the path they’re envisioning. While …
Greater and Lesser Ogres
I really have a soft spot for these bog standard monsters. Goblins, gnolls, ogres, I love them all. You know what you’re getting with an ogre, a big bruiser. The standard ogre weighs in at CR 2, and this is where our problems start: by the DMG math, it should only be CR 1. Sigh. …
Greater and Lesser Gnolls
Ah, gnolls. I love these hyena-faced beastmenfolk (folk just sounds too cozy here for some creatures that are going to eat your face). They seem to be underutilized in 5e despite the expansion bestiaries including loads of variants. There's even an undead one! The poor gnoll withering is the weakest of the bunch, coming in …
Proving Grounds of Folkvangr 
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