Legend of Drizzt Audiobook

2014-09-302014-10-01 ~ Kyle Maxwell ~ Leave a comment

I listened to the Legend of Drizzt audiobook over the last week or so. I should note here both my hatred for the character of Drizzt and the fact that Salvatore never uses one word when three or even four will do. That said, the offer of the audiobook for free tempted me. Also, Ice T did some of … Continue reading Legend of Drizzt Audiobook

Encounter Difficulty in Lost Mine of Phandelver

2014-09-272014-09-27 ~ Kyle Maxwell ~ 4 Comments

I recently read some useful discussion on /r/dndnext about the difficulty of encounters in the Hoard of the Dragon Queen published adventure. So I thought I'd analyze the Lost Mine of Phandelver from the Starter Set and perhaps try to understand the problems from that angle. While I've been running both campaigns to various levels of progress, and playing in HotDQ … Continue reading Encounter Difficulty in Lost Mine of Phandelver

Running a solo campaign

2014-09-272014-10-30 ~ Kyle Maxwell ~ 1 Comment

In addition to running campaigns on Roll20, I also run a game at home with my daughter (10 years old as I write this). We've been making our way through the 5th Edition Starter Set adventure, Lost Mine of Phandelver. Of course, running with only one player-character requires a few changes to the normal approach to … Continue reading Running a solo campaign