Of the Darkness and Evil Regular Blogging, I Hope! Harken to the blogger’s refrain, “I know it’s been a while, but I’ll be posting more frequently now.” Yeah, we’ll see! So where have I been? Well, I jumped on an opportunity to run the Legends of Greyhawk preview at MagicCon in Chicago in February. That …
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GameholeCon Recap
If you’re just here for the free adventure, scroll to the bottom! GameholeCon has a particular significance in my convention-going life. It wasn’t the first con I ever went to, that was GenCon/Origins in 1989, but it was the first con I went to after that long break. It’s local enough that we can drive, …
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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Greater and Lesser Ankhegs
Big Bugs! I'll skip the obvious Sir Mix-A-Lot joke, but I do like these underutilized monstrous insects. They can pop out of the ground to nab unsuspecting PCs and then crush them in their acid-dripping mandibles. Good times! They have an uncommon weakness in their soft bellies, expressed by having a lower AC when prone. …
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 …
Proving Grounds of Folkvangr 
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