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August 2015 ~ Off the Rails
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Breaking the Game II: The Secret Player. This will instantly turn your next adventure into a thing of legend. It's Not Better to Burn Out! How to never burn out as a Dungeon Master. High seas adventure in 5th edition! Breaking the Game: Slaying Dungeon Masters. Do you know what every Dungeon Master's afraid of? Heroic Journey II: Rising Action. The next stage of your heroic journey. Sunday, August 30, 2015. Fall from Heaven II. I think it should, that’s why I use Civilization IV for my world maps. 8220;T...
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Breaking the Game II: The Secret Player ~ Off the Rails
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Thursday, April 23, 2015. Breaking the Game II: The Secret Player. This is a really fun way to trick the rest of the party (while still maintaining player agency), and will instantly turn your next adventure into a thing of legend. Start by getting in touch with one of your players and ask them verbatim, “I got something cool planned for next adventure and want to know if you’re up for a role-playing challenge? After the quest I took the player aside and asked him if he was up for being a secret player&#...
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Breaking the Game: A Player's Guide to Slaying Dungeon Master's ~ Off the Rails
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Monday, April 13, 2015. Breaking the Game: A Players Guide to Slaying Dungeon Masters. You know what every Dungeon Master is afraid of? The conundrum most DMs fall into is finding the sweet spot for the challenge of an encounter. If an encounter is too hard a TPK is something a Dungeon Master can’t come back from without seriously ruining his credibility. Think about it, what player is going to want that DM to run their game if they know going in there’s no chance of survival? What if your Dungeon Master...
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Advanced D&D 5e: Skills ~ Off the Rails
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Sunday, August 9, 2015. Advanced D&D 5e: Skills. Currently the skill system only distinguishes between trained and untrained skills. You always get to add the appropriate ability score modifier. The only distinction is whether you’re adding the proficiency bonus. What if there were a third category? Enter stage right: Untalented skills. At skills you already weren’t using. Plus, don’t you think it’s a little odd that every Orc with a decent Intimidate skill is also better suited to ...Danger here is type...
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June 2015 ~ Off the Rails
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Breaking the Game II: The Secret Player. This will instantly turn your next adventure into a thing of legend. It's Not Better to Burn Out! How to never burn out as a Dungeon Master. High seas adventure in 5th edition! Breaking the Game: Slaying Dungeon Masters. Do you know what every Dungeon Master's afraid of? Heroic Journey II: Rising Action. The next stage of your heroic journey. Tuesday, June 30, 2015. Let’s make a Megadungeon! 2) Am I following the rules of dungeoncraft? Wednesday, June 24, 2015.
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It's NOT Better to Burn Out! ~ Off the Rails
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Saturday, April 18, 2015. Its NOT Better to Burn Out! What is it I do to not maintain but. I have aspirations of becoming a novelist, so naturally I’ve done some research on how to make it happen. The BEST book I ever read on the subject was a short paperback by Nancy Lamb called. The Art and Craft of Storytelling. The countryside around the city became hell terrain. The players were nearby and I thought, “How cool would this be for my players to have to journey through a hell city? Either. Have some...
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The Middle Muddle ~ Off the Rails
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Monday, August 3, 2015. Instead, they found a giant maze called the. The players were getting frustrated, so I dropped in an npc to nudge them in the right direction. The heroes came up with a plan and found the wizard. He was an apprentice executing another villain’s plan, whom they pumped for info and swiftly killed. You might be thinking, why not give them a better encounter? So what did they do next? I’m thinking, cool! Get this Free PDF! Creating the Ultimate Bard. How do you optimize a build? Somet...
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State of the Blog ~ Off the Rails
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Thursday, May 14, 2015. State of the Blog. Hi folks. Recently, blogging had to move to the backburner for the past week due to an unexpected family tragedy, after which I came down with a nasty cold. Now that a particularly bad week is finally behind me I can get back to blogging. Let’s start with a couple of updates. In addition, I’ll vlog about some other fun stuff with my gaming buddies, including discussions on gameplay and tactics in a variety of tabletop games ranging from 40k to board gaming...
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May 2015 ~ Off the Rails
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Breaking the Game II: The Secret Player. This will instantly turn your next adventure into a thing of legend. It's Not Better to Burn Out! How to never burn out as a Dungeon Master. High seas adventure in 5th edition! Breaking the Game: Slaying Dungeon Masters. Do you know what every Dungeon Master's afraid of? Heroic Journey II: Rising Action. The next stage of your heroic journey. Friday, May 29, 2015. Creating the Ultimate Bard. How do you optimize a build? Find the Path is a 6th level spell. May ...
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July 2015 ~ Off the Rails
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Breaking the Game II: The Secret Player. This will instantly turn your next adventure into a thing of legend. It's Not Better to Burn Out! How to never burn out as a Dungeon Master. High seas adventure in 5th edition! Breaking the Game: Slaying Dungeon Masters. Do you know what every Dungeon Master's afraid of? Heroic Journey II: Rising Action. The next stage of your heroic journey. Monday, July 27, 2015. Barbarian Archetype: The Reaver. Monday, July 20, 2015. Reader Mail Bag: July. Friday, July 17, 2015.
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