Results for: smash up
Marvelous Phile: What is FASERIP the Marvel RPG?
Hey, guys, Professor Bill of Comic Book University (where tuition is always free) and I’m bringing you the sixth article of the Marvelous Phile, an homage to the excerpt in Dragon Magazine back in the ’80s. Game mechanic – FASERIP What is this FASERIP thing...
Out of the Box D&D Encounters, Series 2, #16 – “Stomp”
Out of the Box Introduction There are two approaches to scaling encounters for players when using lower CR monsters. The first is to just add more of the same. The second is to change how they are used, or use them in a way in...
Unusual RPG Character Builds Tell a Story All Their Own
Years ago, in my great grandfather’s time, the emperor sent out citizens to colonize the wild lands and expand the Empire. This is how we came to live north of the wall. There we found and settled lands that were more fertile than any the...
Out of the Box D&D Encounters, Series 2, #10 – “Fish Bowl”
Introduction Terrain is everything to an fifth edition Dungeons & Dragons encounter. It determines the intent and feel. It determines what monsters can be used or what spells might work. It sets the stage. But what if the terrain were to change…say almost instantly? What...
Writing violence in fiction: How much?
Fiction and violence Nearly all fiction writers are going to have violence of one form or another sooner or later in one of their short stories or novels. Fiction is about conflict, and violence is one of the most common forms of conflict. Even romance...
E19 YR1- What Happens After The GamePlay| Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition Wrap Video Podcast
Episode 19 of Nerdarchy the podcast Year One. Here we actually do a wrap video after our 1st 5th edition Dungeons and Dragons Game. It’s the normal crew plus our buddy Mark who is playing in the game with us. https://soundcloud.com/david-friant-458990853/e19-yr1-what-happens-after-the-gameplay-dungeons-and-dragons-5th-edition-wrap-video What Happens After The...
E17 YR 1- Nerdarchy Get’s Down Right Combative With D&D 5E Combat| Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition Podcast
Time for another episode of Nerdarchy the Podcast Year One. This time we delve into 5e Dungeons and Dragons combat. Our opinions may of changed and evolved since we did this video. It is snapshot in time of where we were with D&D 5E at...
E14- YR 1 Freak Vs. Geek (Beholder Vs Lich)| Dungeons and Dragons Monsters Podcast
Episode 14 brings us to a fun little experiment where we pit Dungeons and Dragons monsters against each other. In this case we have a beholder square off against a lich in Screw Attack Death Battle sort of scenario. https://soundcloud.com/david-friant-458990853/e14-yr-1-freak-vs-geek-beholder-vs-lich-dungeons-and-dragons-monsters Monster Vs. Monster with the...
E9- Yr 1 The Basics Of Building And Running Interesting Encounters Game Master Tips Podcast
Year 1 of Nerdarchy the podcast continues with episode number 9. This time we go through encounter design for fantasy style RPGs like Pathfinder and Dungeons and Dragons. We are about half way through Year 1 at this point perhaps a little less. Our YouTube...
E5- YR 1 Building Your Tabletop Role-Playing Game Campaign Game Master Tips Podcast
Nerdarchy the Podcast continues. From our Year One of Nerdarchy videos going up on YouTube and now being converted to a podcast. We continues delve into another game master tips. This before we really began talking about 5th edition Dungeons and Dragons. Nerdrchy gaming discussions...
New DM Handbook: My Bag of Holding
D&D Beyond has been on my mind as much as I can afford, as any English major in his senior year can. I recently had a conversation with Scott Garibay about it, too. I can’t afford to do a lot, because I have so much...
New DM Handbook: Pirate’s Cove (My Tutorial Quest)
A couple of months ago, I laid out an article about the usefulness of a tutorial quest for new players. I’ve since referenced it a number of times in other articles, but I haven’t talked about the results, which I promised to do after finishing...
“Three Eyes Are Better” – Out of the Box D&D Encounters #40
In conjunction with previous encounters, this will also expand on the concept of making D&D monster encounters less “vanilla.” As seen in “Phoeba’s Bet,” this will be another foray into granting class levels to a normally predictable monster. The monster in question this time is...
Free fiction from Ty Johnston
As some of you might know, after 20 years as a newspaper journalist, nowadays I make my living as a fiction writer, mostly in fantasy and horror though I occasionally dip into other genres. Over the last decade or so some of my short stories have...
“Gone But Not Forgotten”- Out of the D&D Encounters Box #4
Introduction: Not every encounter is a stop-gap intended to act as filler or a way to make an other wise long journey more memorable. Sometimes an encounter can alter the entire plan that the players have…simply because of a choice. We’ve seen this dynamic over...
