What do Critical Role, Joe Mangeneillo, Restless Moons brewing, and downtown Cartersville, Georgia have in common? Cool tees and D&D. I recently took a road trip from New York state to Georgia to visit family in Cartersville, a small town outside of Atlanta. The first night of this trip found me exploring downtown Harrisonburg Virginia …
By Keaton Watson Highpass is a shit town. Trust me, I know. For starters, all anyone ever really does there is work the mines, and let me tell you, that is borin’. And dangerous. But mostly just borin’. Secondly, people don’t look kindly upon mixed-heritage folk, even the children. And since I’m a pretty obvious …
By Keaton Watson Intro The Tale of Gregorian Taleweaver was the backstory for a character in one of our campaigns. The adventures in these campaigns often serve as a run through playtest for DM ideas and they provide a chance to evaluate adventure balance and playability. The player’s reaction to the adventure often dictates if …
Fletch explains his thoughts on the elusive question: what is D&D? It is hard to give a short answer to this question, but those new to Dungeons and Dragons and other roleplaying games should find this commentary helpful. Please ignore the cat… So get ready to dive into the how’s and what’s of d&d for …
Game Prep The players are still learning about the grand design of the holy wars that are planned for this campaign and I want to give the players pieces of this campaign tapestry a little at a time. The Mother Source Fragments are central and will drive many of the quests. An upcoming Carl quest …
Preceding Session The heroes completed the last mission given to them by their contact Carl, which is the third so far. I designed Carl to be an ambiguous figure. They cannot tell if he is a man or woman (he’s a man, but no one has outright asked him yet), good or evil, or if …
