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Monthly Archives: November 2007

Micro-Crunch: I knew Mike Mearls was a Crunch Overlord!

As you may know, Martin Rayla of Treasure Table is taking a well deserved month off from writing his daily blog. He’s now slaving away doing NaNoWriMo, writing about whatever it is DMs write about (I suspect Ninjas and Pirates, but that’s just me).
During that time he’s reposting some of his best stuff [...]

DM Chronicles, Session 6: Perfectly Paced Action Crunch! (Part 1)

Previously in Phil’s game:
The heroes struck a deal with the Keepers of the Veil to investigate where the plant-like humanoids, created by the drug Green Welcome, were headed in Ptolus’ Necropolis. Said plant-like beings, called Children of Sehan, were tracked to an ancient funeral mound and engaged. Two were slain, diffcultly, one remains, [...]

A fey’s journal: Under Ptolus’ Necropolis (estimated time: noon)

Image Source: Art from Song of Serenity (Magic the Gathering, Exodus, Wizards of the Coast), Copyright 2005 Tony DiTerlizzi (Check his site!), used with the artists’ permission.
Here is Yan’s latest player log detailing last Friday’s tomb crawling. Enjoy!
I take a few minutes to write this as we are discussing our next course of action.
Since [...]

Adventure Prep: My Recent Time Management Shortcuts

Now that I made a point about the value of our player’s free time, I must confess that I don’t have that more free time than them. Ronin and Ve4grm have made good argument that the DM’s fun factor must also be taken into account and does not want to waste his/her own free [...]

The special challenge of DMing for adult gamers

There is quite an interesting discussion going on over the Okay…your Turn RPG forums (a very classy, mostly D&D/Iron Heroes/Arcana Evolved/ Ptolus gaming forum) about the Dungeon Masters having become the Dungeon Servants.
This discussion brought me additional insights about a subject that has been brewing in my mind for some time now. [...]

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