Travis Miller's Blog About Sword & Sorcery Fiction and Classic Fantasy Adventure Gaming
The cleric is a class that is like licorice. Some players love playing clerics. Some players hate playing clerics. Few are indifferent. The cleric is quite versatile and can be key character in a lot of adventures. They have access to resources the other characters can't touch and as they go up in level, become …
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A lot of old school gamers love the fighter for the simplicity and joy of battle. What does my character do? He fights! It can be a great fun to play a reckless, ridiculously named, swashbuckling warrior who gets himself killed in a hilariously ignoble fashion. Sometimes you want your fighter to become a famous …
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In this essay, I'm going to clear up why good rulings are not arbitrary and offer you some suggestions about how to make a good ruling.
What is the point in time and design ethos when "new" D&D becomes fundamentally different from "old" D&D?
I had a great time at the North Texas RPG con. I'm looking forward to going back again.
When the OSR was new, nobody thought anyone born after Gary Gygax was kicked out of TSR would be interested in classic games. That might be changing.
It's bad practice to fudge dice rolls for a number of reasons.
Grumpy Wizard 
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