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A collection of 9 posts

Gustav Dore's "Sleeping Beauty".

Character Stables: Hiatuses

Encourage stables by allowing inactive characters to pause some types of upkeep.

Panel from Rich Burlew's "Order of the Stick": 3rd edition paladin tries to detect evil is foiled by a sheet of lead.

Detect Evil Is Not Detect Alignment

Detect evil or good does not detect an alignment, it detects a strong force.

Drawing of two parties conversing in a wood, from DMG 48.

Reaction Rolls Aren’t All About You

Whether you call it luck, life, or "the intricacies of the universe," reaction rolls aren't all about the checking character.

The covert art from Robert E. Howard's "The Valley of the Worm."

The DM Is Also a Player

I don't want to be a god, I want to find out what the gods do.

A photograph of a dungeon door, partially open to outdoors. A portrait is in the darkness to its left. By Lois Romer.

Dead Simple Door Spikes

A clean, gamist system for spiking doors in AD&D.

The art of a bearded guy inspecting a gemstone, from DMG p. 25.

Aids Horses in All Ways

A look at turquoises in AD&D's glorious "Reputed Magical Properties of Gems" table.

A picture of the art on DMG 16. Characters prepare for an expedition.

3rd Edition: Thoughts and 3.5 House Rules

3rd edition is a good game, and the popular homebrew focuses on the wrong things. Three and a half house rules for 3.5 can improve your campaign.

A cover shot of my copy of Unearthed Arcana.

Annotating AD&D, and Thoughts on Retroclones

Some thoughts while reading and annotating the AD&D rules.

A shot of the Elf race page from my copy of OSEA, including most of the elf art and a cheeky inclusion of the related rules.

Elves Are Not Humans

An argument against calling demihumans "humans in funny masks."