The Magic of Mayhem: Why Low-Powered Items Make D&D More Fun Than Ever
Low-power and silly items add a delightful hilarity to role-playing games like Dungeons & Dragons. They’re the odd little relics that don’t necessarily help you slay dragons or banish demons but can make your table burst into laughter—and that’s magic in itself. I’ve both created...
Wisdom: Seeing Beyond the Surface
In Dungeons & Dragons, Wisdom is the stat that represents your character’s perception, insight, and understanding of the world on a more instinctual level. While Intelligence is about logic and facts, Wisdom is more about common sense, intuition, and emotional awareness. Characters with high Wisdom...
Carlos Hambino: The Calculating Businessman of the Zoo Mafia
In Zoo Mafia, powered by the Powered by the Apocalypse engine (with hacked custom rules), not all mob bosses embrace the same chaos and destruction. Carlos Hambino, the warthog mob [caption id="attachment_89890" align="alignright" width="182"] Go Wild, Do Crime, and Don't let the Humans Catch You.[/caption] boss, represents...
The Wild Ones: Using Unaligned Fey in Your D&D Game
In Dungeons & Dragons, the Feywild is known for its enchanting beauty, vibrant colors, and the powerful courts that rule over its domains: the Seelie and Unseelie Courts. These courts are often depicted as rigidly divided, with the Seelie embodying light, beauty, and law, while...
Intelligence: The Mind Behind the Magic
In Dungeons & Dragons, Intelligence governs how well your character understands the world around them, handles problem-solving, and recalls knowledge. Whether you’re playing a wizard [caption id="attachment_83553" align="alignright" width="300"] Wary and confused, a reborn emerges after the infamous Apparatus of Mordent malfunctions. Mordent is a Domain...
Out of the Box Encounter: “Hunted in the Woods” (Inspired by The Predator)
Imagine your party trekking through dense woods, perhaps on a routine mission or in search of a lost item. The forest is quiet—too quiet. Something is watching them. Before they even realize it, they're being hunted by an intelligent, invisible foe. Welcome to “Hunted in...
Exploring the Zoo Mafia RPG Stats: A Breakdown for Players and GMs
Zoo Mafia, an exciting new RPG fueled by the Powered by the Apocalypse (PbtA) engine, brings a fresh, animal-themed twist to the tabletop role-playing scene. Designed with a unique combination of narrative flexibility and streamlined mechanics, the game uses six key stats to define how...
Hunters of the Undead – New Subclasses for Paladins and Clerics
Hello adventurers! Today, I’m diving deep into one of my all-time favorite concepts for a prestige classes from 3rd Edition’s Defenders of the Faith: the Hunter of the Dead. Back in the day, this class specialized in taking down the undead with brutal efficiency, and...
Constitution: Tough as Nails, or Fragile as Glass?
In Dungeons & Dragons, Constitution is the stat that determines how much punishment your character can take before they fall. It governs your hit points, stamina, and overall endurance. But Constitution isn’t just about how many hits you can survive; it also shapes how your...
Owl Capone: The Ruthless Efficiency of the Zoo Mafia’s Queenpin
In Zoo Mafia, powered by the Powered by the Apocalypse engine with custom rules, efficiency is the name of the game when it comes to Owl Capone, the cunning and ruthless queenpin of the zoo’s criminal underworld, she is very different from Machine Gun Otto....
Out of the Box Encounters: Ghost and the Darkness
To continue my series in October and bringing in some more Out of the Box adventures inspired by some awesome movies let me present another for you. I have been thinking about these lions for a long time and I finally made this happen. I...
Dexterity: The Grace and Fumble of Movement
When it comes to Dexterity in Role Playing Games, most players think of it as the stat that defines how well you dodge traps, fire arrows, or sneak past enemies in the shadows. But there’s a lot more to Dexterity than just numbers on a...
Out of the Box Encounters: Xenomorph Nest
Introduction What’s better than a classic dungeon crawl? How about adding a terrifying alien twist! For any DM looking to mix sci-fi horror into their D&D game, the iconic Xenomorph from Alien and its ongoing movie series is the perfect nightmare creature to throw at your players...
Machine Gun Otto: The Relentless Enforcer of Chaos
In Zoo Mafia, a Powered by the Apocalypse-inspired RPG, there’s no mob boss quite as unpredictable and dangerous as Machine Gun Otto. Known for his utter disregard for collateral damage, [caption id="attachment_89890" align="alignright" width="182"] Go Wild, Do Crime, and Don't let the Humans Catch You.[/caption] Otto’s approach...
Strength Score: Highs and lows. What does it mean?
In the world of Dungeons & Dragons, a character’s Strength score is often seen as the measure of their raw physical power, dictating how hard they can hit in combat or how much weight they can [caption id="attachment_28794" align="alignright" width="300"] Abomination goes toe-to-toe with Hulk so...
