The Gaming Den

Third edition D&D was released the same year A Storm of Swords (ASOIAF book #3) was published. So we've been living in a post Game of Thrones world for three editions of D&D and change. I can't in good faith pretend that Mearls isn't deliberately capitalizing on the popularity of the TV show...

This is rather typical of Kev, who goes on several such tirades throughout this book. They all have a very similar structure, which goes something like this: 1. Describe either a valid complaint with the rules making no sense, or certain players playing the game by the rules, but 'wrong' according ...

Still, it doesn't sound like I'd rather play Numenera than 3e, Arcana Unearthed/Evolved or an entirely different game. But if it was Numenera or sticking my dick in a beehive (Pathfinder?), I'd try Numenera first at least. Yeah, I feel the same. If you asked me which one I'd rather run , though, th...

You realise of course, that having a descriptor is something Nano can do as well? At which point a Nano has cool powers from two sources. Of course. If you take "carries a quiver" you've got no one to blame but yourself. But a Glaive with a bangin' descriptior and a Nano with a bogus desc...

I ran a Numenera campaign for about a year after it came out. Instead of the included setting, I ran it with more of a weird west tone, which basically amounted to marginally higher standards of living and southern accents for NPCs, and re-skinning ranged weapons as six-shooters and rifles. Observat...

Alright. I've spent more time than I care to admit on anydice, trying to observe the spread of dice pools of various size/TN/dice-sides, and come to the conclusion that d20 is really the devil I know after all. It'll be easier to get my usual crowd to try something that looks familiar, anyway. So I ...

Long-time lurker, first-time poster here. So, I'm working on some homebrew material, and right now I'm grappling with mechanics. Mostly, I'm considering whether I can bend an existing system to suit my needs, or if I want to hack something together from scratch just for the mathematical rush. I'm lo...