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Trollsmyth: Addendum to my Review of 5e's MM

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Monday, September 22, 2014. Addendum to my Review of 5e's MM. There are a few bits of coolness in 5e’s MM I forgot to mention yesterday. First are lairs. Many monsters has a special “lair actions.” These special actions don’t count towards the usual limit of actions a monster has and happen on initiative count 20 (though after any tying initiatives). Most are just extra attacks:. These are both cool ideas and, frankly, I wouldn’t object to extending them to more monsters than got them. Those of...Might e...

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Trollsmyth: Mearls at GAMA

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Monday, March 16, 2015. Mike Mearls gave a talk on RPG design at the GAMA trade show on Tuesday afternoon. Much of it was based on the playtest for 5e, so keep that in mind as I delve into the meat of his discussion. He started by discussing the perception that RPGs are in decline. This was something of a shock to me and with the retailers I mentioned this to. While RPGs are not the tent pole products FF miniatures games or M:tG are, they don’t seem to be in decline to us. Nor to Mearls. But players don&...

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Trollsmyth: Thoughts After My First GAMA Trade Show

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Friday, March 20, 2015. Thoughts After My First GAMA Trade Show. Nobody in this industry has any idea how to do this. Rather, I'm talking about how hard it is to even define what the professionals try to talk about. On the obvious end, questions bedevil attempts to quantify the industry. Is Cool Mini or Not's Zombicide a boardgame or a miniatures game? Should Monopoly be counted as a “hobby game? 8221; What about Star Wars reskins of Monopoly? Unless they're lining up to buy A Red and Pleasant Land, peop...

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Levolds lustige Lebensweisheiten und anderer Blödsinn. Der Hasskappen-Blog – für ein Vermummungs-Gebot! Hier befinden sich keine Links, die auch in der Sidebar auftauchen. In erster Linie sammle ich hier Links, die zu Spielhilfen o.ä. führen, keine Foren o.ä. Wenn ihr auch hilfreiche, lustige oder sonstwie Links kennt, die hier rein sollen, mailt mir. Falls ein Link nicht funktioniert: bitte auch mailen. Bilder, Karten, Portraits u.ä.:. Wer auf der Suche nach Portraits für Charaktere ist: BG2-Portraits.

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Trollsmyth: February 2015

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Wednesday, February 25, 2015. When WotC took over,the succubus’ repertoire got broadened. She became the ultimate spy, an expert in such skills as bluffing, intimidation, impersonation, and investigation. Toss in her magical powers and she could become the true power behind the throne, a sort of Grima Wormtongue with more sex appeal. So, what did WotC do with the succubus in 5e? Frankly, I’m not sure. And why is he so cranky? Which can only be used on a single person at a time. To put it bluntly, I&#8217...

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Trollsmyth: March 2015

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Tuesday, March 24, 2015. Feast of the Unicorn. So, Blue Rose. I suspect it will make its Kickstarter target. This isn't Green Ronin's first rodeo, after all. Is an RPG modeled on what the designers termed “romantic fantasy.” We're talking about authors like Anne McCaffrey, Ursula K. Le Guin, Barbara Hambly, Anne Bishop, Jacqueline Carey, and many more similar authors. I'd also include Wendy and Richard Pini and the Foglio's for “Girl Genius” among them. The genre for you. Keep in mind, these are not the ...

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Trollsmyth: Hex Mapping Part 20: The Politics of Hex Crawling

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Tuesday, March 06, 2012. Hex Mapping Part 20: The Politics of Hex Crawling. So, the PCs are all eager to head into the wilderness. You've got it mapped out. You have your random tables. At hand, and you're ready to rock-and-roll. Sure, they can pillage and plunder their way across the landscape, but that only works so long as they encounter groups that are relatively easy to defeat in battle. And that's not what I'm talking about here. A variation on Zak's Connections Between NPCs Diagram from Vornheim.

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Trollsmyth: Retro-stupid Refuel - Mad Max: Fury Road Review

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Thursday, May 28, 2015. Retro-stupid Refuel - Mad Max: Fury Road Review. So leave your pretentious at home, bring your 12-year-old self that thrills to car-crashes and revenge-fueled power fantasies, and come get your retro-stupid. What makes you think it happened between Mad Max and Road Warrior? That was not the impression I got- though I completely agree it is a bit difficult to place and with any placement, youd have to wink at some things. This comment has been removed by the author. Sorry about the...

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Trollsmyth: July 2015

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Wednesday, July 15, 2015. Tales of the Grotesque and Dungeonesque has tackled the question, “What makes a monster interesting? The answer provided is the old standby of solutions to the been-there-done-that doldrums: reskinning. The problem with reskinning is that it's just kicking the can down the road. You've made a boring monster more interesting for a single encounter. What about the next time? And the time after that? For “mythic” monsters, one of the things I very much appreciate about ...Subscribe...