The release of Starfinder motivated me to take another look at Spelljammer. Starfinder is set hundreds of years into Golarion’s future — or at least one possible future for Golarion. …
Category: Gamemastering
Balancing Wizards, Easily
Inexperienced GMs worrying about balancing higher-level wizards is a recurring theme in fantasy gaming discussions. Whether this is necessary or useful is a topic of endless debate, as are the …
Megadungeon List
This list was created by Nat of Megadungeons.com. As Nat has taken Megadungeons.com offline, I hope he doesn’t mind me making this available here. I have made a few updates …
Crossover Campaigns
Almost all fantasy campaigns begin with natives of the fantasy world operating in their own world. An alternative that is seldom explored in RPGs is having characters from our world …
Expanded Uses of Permanency
The SRD entry for Permanency states “The GM may allow other spells to be made permanent”, and yet this is an area of the game which few game masters or …
Magic Items for Community Building
At some point, your characters may decide that they have had enough of hunting down monsters, killing them, and taking their stuff — at least for awhile. Back in 2nd …
Where To Find Free Adventure Modules for RPGs
If you have been running RPG gaming sessions for a few years, and your players have been playing for a few years, the odds are that you have some degree …
Wealth by Level (WBL) Is One of the Worst Ideas in Role Playing
All bad precedents begin with justifiable measures. – Julius Caesar Wealth By Level (WBL) is one of the worst ideas in role playing. The idea behind the WBL system is …