As I recently launched a Tales from the Yawning Portal campaign, I thought I'd evaluate the Sunless Citadel encounters according to the difficulty guidelines in the Dungeon Masters Guide page 82. My encounter difficulty analysis for Lost Mine of Phandelver did basically the same thing. In this case, I work from the assumption that the group … Continue reading Encounter Difficulty in the Sunless Citadel
I only know one way to love things: throw myself into completely, maybe even obsessively. That has an obvious dark side to it: at some point, I often tire of the thing and cast it aside, at least temporarily, once I've finished devouring it intellectually. I crave that sense of newness, of exploration. (Earlier in life, I feared … Continue reading I only know one way to love things.
As a way of easing myself back into playing D&D "publicly" (i.e. not just for my kids or solo), I set up a couple of mini-campaigns on Roll20 to run according to Adventurers League rules. This way, I would have an easy time finding players and also an excuse for doing so in an episodic, … Continue reading Review: Harried in Hillsfar
I'm not entirely sure playing an RPG in a convention-like environment or at a gaming store is as good as we might hold it up to be sometimes. A couple of weeks ago, I went out to a comic store in my city that's known for having lots of players. Wednesday night Adventurers League easily … Continue reading FLGSuck
Technoskald's Forge 