The Pink Dice Chronicles

Seikung was not the warm welcome they had expected. The city, as they had heard, was under quarantine. Othinn, however, was lucky to find Commander Yan Xi, an old acquaitance of his in command of the Wu Jen in charge of maintaining the force bubble that cut of Seikung from the rest of the world. The stories were bad. A wave of bad luck had spread over the city. These weren't stubbed toes and rotten vegetables. The city had fallen into chaos and people were dying. The Imperial Wu Jen and Imperial guard were brought in to quarantine the city. Even a few of them, too near the city, were affected by the bad luck magics. Whistler was too motivated, after having made the trek from Tulpa to stop now. There was word his wife was here. Well, maybe his wife, but surely her body, taken from him by some fiendish creature. The party had, under direction of Commander Yan Xi, been given the orders to enter the city and investigate. Amelia, being from the city, lead them through. The results...

I am done with twitter; maybe I am done with the gaming community. The twitter gaming community seems to condone the "Dear Men / White Men / White People" messages being put out in the community. I am a middle-aged overweight cis white male, and according to these people that makes me the problem. I have been called out, as part of this larger group by people preaching hate. My actions are not considered. There was immediate backlash when I tried to call this out as unfair. I am truly deeply hurt. I think less of myself. I think less of my contributions to the community. When I needed a positive message or just a helping hand, there were none, not from strangers, not from people I admire. My daughter came and hugged me when she saw I was leaving twitter. It made me cry. She knows how much I put into this. I don't like to quit, not as an example to her. I just can't be healthy in this environment, this community anymore. I can't be an ally and a voice for divers...

Welcome to D&D! You are entering a new world of roleplaying and gaming unlike the video games and tabletop board games you've played in the past. If you have never played a tabletop roleplaying game before, or even if you just haven't played D&D before, this list of tips is for you. I'm not covering mechanics here -- the rulebook and DM will do that. These are the things the rulebook won't cover. 1. Communicate with your DM. Your DM should be giving you information before the game ever starts about what rules to use to build your character. Generally, all you really need is the Player's Handbook (PHB), although other source may be allowed. Talk to your DM about what they expect you to have completed and when they want it done. A good DM will often have a "Session 0" to go over this kind of thing and make sure everyone is on the same page. Often session 0 is where characters are built, together. It is good to work with your DM to establish bounda...

Having been a player and GM of role playing games for over 35 years, I have played every edition of D&D and a lot of editions of other systems and games. D&D 5th Edition is something different, and it breaks a lot of the expectations that were established in other editions. It also continues the history of many of the core concepts. I have gathered together here 10 tips for experience DMs from older editions that are approaching this new system. 1. Play it by the rules as written first. This is probably the most important advice I can give to a new-to-5E DM. Play the system without any optional rules per the rules as written before adding in optional rules and before making changes. This is how it was designed to be played. Understanding this RAW perspective will ensure that you understand changes and options before you add them in. If you modifiy the system without first understanding it, you will likely break it. 2. Embrace the streamlined nature and reduced detail. 5th...

"Stand in Front of Me" (sung to the tune of Stand By Me) When the night has come And the land is dark And the moon is the only light we'll see No, I won't be afraid Oh, I won't be afraid Just as long as you stand Stand in front of me So Hireling, Hireling Stand in front of me, oh, stand in front of me Oh, stand, stand in front of me Stand in front of me If A vampire should swoop in Or a skeleton should attack Or a goblin should swing his short sword I won't cry, I won't cry No, I won't shed a tear Just as long as you stand Stand in front of me And Hireling, Hireling Stand in front of me, oh, stand in front of me Oh, stand now, stand in front of me Stand in front of me Hireling, Hireling Stand in front of me, oh, stand in front of me Oh, stand now, stand in front of me Stand in front of me Whenever I'm in danger, won't you stand in front of me? Oh, stand in front of me Won't you stand now? Oh, stand, stand...

For my own reference, I have put together the following table for skills that can be used to identify information about specific creature types: TYPE SKILL Aberration Arcana, History Beast Nature, Survival Celestial Arcana, Religion Construct Arcana, Tinker Dragon History, Arcana Elemental Arcana, History Fey Arcana, History Fiend Arcana, Religion Giant Nature, Survival Humanoid History, Religion Monstrosity History, Survival Ooze History, Arcana Plant Nature, Survival Undead Religion, Arcana

Feats are an optional rule in 5E. Playing with them can drastically alter the balance of the game. Stacking multiple feats can even generate borderline broken, overpowered characters. To avoid the issues with feats, but keep them in the game, I came up with the following feat classification for 5E that limits characters to feats based on the type. This keeps multiple feats from stacking to maximize only one aspect of a character to the point of being broken.  This includes the feats I had in play at the time it was written. 5E feats are being added all the time, so new categories (maybe racial feats?) and feats may need to be added. Drop me a line if you find this useful in your game. FEATS Feats have been divided into 3 categories given below. Each character may take feats through normal RAW, but may take no more than one feat from each category.  Feats marked with * appear in more than one category and count for every category in which they are listed. For exa...