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Elven Tower Cartography's revised maps
Elven Tower Cartography's revised maps

We’ve just upgraded The Darkness Beneath Dalentown for DeScriptors RPG

03/11/2020 / / 0 Comments

Just uploaded the files to DriveThruRPG and itch.io for The Darkness Beneath Dalentown for DeScriptors RPG! All the gorgeous maps — internally and in the map pack — created by Elven Tower Cartography are now featured throughout. These stunning maps depict the Dalentown settlement, its main sewer lines, and all four dungeon levels featured in the adventure.

We originally commissioned them for the 5th edition version of the adventure. Now, they appear in all versions:

  • 5th edition
  • OSR (BX and 1E compatible)
  • and DeScriptors RPG

These beautiful maps are only possible thanks to your support!

Pick up DD-01 The Darkness Beneath Dalentown for your game system of choice in our Shop, and look out for the sequel coming soon!

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Dungeons & Dragons Simple Question and Answer Experience Point XP System

02/03/2020 / / 1 Comment

Updated from an original article published Nov 19, 2018.

An easy way to stress the three pillars of play (combat, exploration, interaction) in Dungeons & Dragons is to award experience points in a different manner. Older editions awarded them based on gold piece values of treasure procured (or secured in town after selling off loot), and other games have tables you can reference that provide XP values for different tasks performed, goals achieved, and so on. Unearthed Arcana addressed this with the Three-Pillar Experience system, a set of variant rules that intersects with the Challenge rating system and the different tiers of play: first tier (levels 1–4), second tier (levels 5–10), third tier (levels 11–16), and fourth tier (levels 17–20).

Here’s a simple system that uses a series of questions and answers to award experience. Based on the questions you use — the lists presented below, or something of your own devising — you can easily tweak the system to stress different types of conduct during play, and thus stress the pillars of play in different ways.

Read on!

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Rolled & Told #2 October 2018
Rolled & Told #2 October 2018

Rolled & Told #2 October 2018 Review

01/30/2020 / / 0 Comments

Rolled & Told is a comic book-format successor to DUNGEON Magazine, publishing complete adventures, encounters, and advice articles monthly by Lion Forge and (as of Issue #2) spearheaded by E.L. Thomas and Christina “Steenz” Stewart. They lead a custom-built team of diverse authors and artists every issue. Issue #2 may have come out in October 2018, but I’m reviewing now because it’s also still available in Rolled & Told Volume 1, a hardcover compiling issues #0 through #6, plus additional material. You can find maps and even more at the Rolled & Told website.

Let’s take a look at each adventure and article below.

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Forging Bonds artwork from the Fire Emblem Heroes mobile game
Forging Bonds artwork from the Fire Emblem Heroes mobile game

Random Party Bonds for Dungeons & Dragons

01/29/2020 / / 2 Comments

Updated from an article originally published Nov 20, 2018.

Player characters receive bonds from their chosen Background, descriptive traits that tie them to the campaign setting via some sort of relationship to people, places, or things. An alternative method of using bonds is to more directly create ties between the individual player characters themselves, creating relationships that help them forge a team identity and a reason for sticking together through whatever adversity they face in their adventures together. Here are some additional ideas for bonds.

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DD-01 The Darkness Beneath Dalentown for 5th Edition
DD-01 The Darkness Beneath Dalentown for 5th Edition

The Oozes are Unleashed for 5th Edition Today

12/11/2019 / / 0 Comments

It’s heeeeeeeeeere! DD-01 The Darkness Beneath Dalentown for 5th Edition is finally out! Completely rebuilt and featuring new art and maps!

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