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Lately I’ve been playing two video games: Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, and Mass Effect: Andromeda. This isn’t a review of either game, as this blog isn’t the place for that. Suffice it to say that I think they are both good games, albeit each with its own flaws. However, there are valuable […]

The Woaven The woaven are an aberration of a nature, a race in which it is normal to have two entirely unique forms linked by a single soul. One of their bodies normally resides in the Dreamtime (see Races of Osse: The Ekidan for a description of the Dreamtime) , a realm to which they

In the Fifth Edition books, you can really see a push to be more inclusive. Heroes of every ethnicity stand proud or duke it out with terrible beasts on the pages of the Player’s Handbook and Dungeon Master’s Guide. The Player’s Handbook even explicitly acknowledges non-binary genders. Meanwhile, it’s been a while since official artwork

My current Fifth Edition campaign is called Adventures in Osse, a rather unimaginative but to the point title. As I’ve mentioned before the campaigns of my tabletop group take place in a version of Toril (the world of the Forgotten Realms) that has been altered by the events and consequences of multiple past campaigns. Now,

Shaken I created this condition pretty much by accident when working on the Prognosticators Militant, a new monastic order for monks.I liked the effect a great deal and think it has the potential to be a condition with a wider place in the game.  Shaken represents a state of startlement and possibly anxiousness that prevents

13th Age, by Rob Heinsoo and Jonathan Tweet (two very experienced D&D game designers) is an excellent d20 based fantasy rpg. If you haven’t ever played it, I highly recommend it. In some respects, it is the successor to D&D 4th Edition but detractors of that system shouldn’t be put off from trying it. Only

In our version of the realms, Asmodeus claimed the porfolio of sin by force, becoming a god. Rather unfortunately for him, in his rare lapse of attention spared for the mortal world, events were unfolding which would undo the archdevil’s grand plan in the very moment of his victory. On the face of Toril the

These five items are perfect for any campaign where dragons play a large role, or to give to any character with an interest in the draconic races. They’ll work great in any game featuring dragonbound, too! Dragon Claw Weapon (gauntlet), rare (requires attunement) This gauntlet of scale mail ends in wicked claws that look like

The second in a series of articles highlighting Spilled Ale Studios’ own setting which is currently in development, this post looks at how One For All handles classes and character powers. See also: Part 1: The World and its People Classes At its core, One For All is powered by the rules in 5e’s SRD. But there have

Another big player in my tabletop campaign is the Demon Lord Pazuzu. The campaign’s main villains are the Aeree-Quor, members of one of the Forgotten Realms’ creator races. The Aeree-Quor turned away from their gods to worship Pazuzu in exchange for dark powers. In my campaign the Aeree-Quor fled south when the empires of the