logo Immediately after my first session, my friend handed me the Dungeon Master's Guide and said, "your turn." 25 years later, I am still running game...
Games are about what you have rules for. This is something I believed for years, usually coupled with an argument that D&D isn't a roleplaying game since nearly all of its rules are about killing monsters and getting treasure and there are very minimal mechanics for roleplaying. After a year of playtesting Omens & Odyssey's, I don't think this is true. Let me explain. The initial version of Omens…
Illuminated by torchlight, the party descends into the tomb, the smell of death heavy in the air. They crawl the winding halls, taking care to scan the floor, the wall, and the ceiling for traps and ambushes. A heavy wooden door blocks their path. The Warrior kicks it open and the Necromancer shouts, "You're too late!" The sound of metal and bone scraping against stone fills the chamber as…