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below are the "big 4" elfgame classes (wizard, fighter, thief, cleric), reimagined to be what if their players started watching a big dramatic live-play show right around the time they hit level 2 as with all of my class writing, this assumes slot-based inventory, max 4d6 HP, max 4 levels, and no multiclassing, and tries not to assume much else WIZARD WHOSE PLAYER IS GETTING INTO CRITICAL ROLE…
I recently started going to a bar that does karaoke nights every week, and I went to my first and currently only one ever in my entire life. There were decidedly two types of people at this event. People who came with a group, who by and large couldn't sing well, but whose friends cheered and sang along and brought the energy of the room up; and people who came alone, who by and large were…
When I write classes, I usually do it in Notepad on my desktop. When I write games , it's typically in notebooks that I buy from the drugstore across the street (they have the best ones -- lined on one side, grids on the other, hard covers -- beautiful!). Here's the first thing I scribbled down about Dress-Up Dolls. The game began life as a Discord conversation. Louis was discussing thoughts for…
(Click the fish.) This was such a fun and rewarding project. I really hope to participate in more collaborative work in the future -- after the podcast and this, I feel like I'm on something of a roll. Check it out already!! Literally what are you waiting for??? It's free!!!!
!AntiTime! was just recently floating an idea for a rule: Corpses and gore do not impede a Fighter's movement. This is neat, I think we'll all agree, but let's think about the presentation. We're implying the existence of a Punitive Rule, a rule that waggles its finger and says "now hold on, kiddo, let's not get too excited..." Further, we're putting a rule in the Fighter class that explains how…
This post is not about games. I've been on feminizing hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for almost a year, and my name has been Grace for almost three. I'm going to be 33 this year. image from "I Saw the TV Glow" My entire life up until very recently has been more or less defined by an unplaceable sense of alienation. A sense of not fitting in, of having something fundamentally off about me that I…
the further you depart from narrative baseline, the more cognitive load it takes to visualize and understand the world - mindstorm press possible orcs include a tortured and corrupted elf, a fungus with a cockney accent,[...] - whimsical mountain you don't need goblin. you have monkey monkey is can be goblin size (child size) or orc size, or even big size like bugged bear. give monkey a knife:…
ELFS are also known as Northlanders, Eastmen, Southerlings, Westoids, or Folk. They value strength, though some of them don't do this. Elfs are known to be dextrous, but this is sometimes a misunderstanding. Constitution is not highly valued among elfs, except in the cases where it is. Intelligence is a virtue in elf society, but in some elf societies it is considered a vice. The wisest elfs are…
Here are some dogshit magic bags that will mess up your game even worse than the Bag of Holding. These will ruin your primary gameplay loops like you've never imagined. Bag of Orcs: Contains an endless supply of orcs that count as living, hostile enemy creatures. Napsack: Turn this bag inside-out to transform it into a 40-person tent that has a comfortable temperature inside regardless of weather,…
BARBARIAN start with: your choice of melee weapon; chalice of motor oil (1 ration); loincloth (AC as chain) A: Rage; Illiteracy B: Charge; Danger Sense C: Battlefield Wisdom D: What Is Best In Life RAGE: Your body stores Lightning . You wake up with a minimum [templates] Lightning if you rested well, and you gain 1 when you destroy a magic item. Spend it to immediately make a melee attack against…