Once More Unto the Breach!
Friday, May 20, 2022
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Thursday, March 31, 2022
Cold Dread Hand Campaign: Session Zero Reference
So, yeah, got a new campaign going! Feels good to be back in the GM's chair, after pandemic and such have kept me away. But now is the time to begin anew, and I'm eager for a good, long campaign ahead! My players are as well, my group of old friends who I've adventured with both at the table and in the wide world beyond.
But enough of waxing poetically nostalgic! In lieu of a face-to-face session zero, I'm laying out some initial considerations here for player (and public) reference:
- We're using the Castles & Crusades rules.
- Characters are starting at 3rd level.
- We have at least six players, with the chance for one or two others joining in at times.
- As busy adults, it's hard for all of us to get together. But to try and establish some consistency of play (rather than only get together very infrequently, which can kill campaigns), we've agreed to settle on the best date possible for the most people once a month. As long as we have a majority of players (i.e. at least four) able to make it to a session, we still have the session. This will give us at least 12 sessions a year for the campaign (with the hope that we can add in more over the course of the year)
- Sessions will be as long as we can make them, to make the most of our play time.
- Those who are unable to make a session still earn XP for their characters. However, the present players are in charge of how (if at all) they divvy up any coin, treasure, items, etc. gained during play to absent players.
- Save the fudge for the Jersey shore (sorry, colloquial joke)! Seriously, though, there will be no dice fudging. If PCs die, they die. New characters start at the same level as the dead character, but at the minimum XP for that level. The rest of the PCs in the party must decide what to do with the dead character's remains and personal effects.
Monday, February 28, 2022
End-of-Week Art Post (2/28/22): Tieflings for Castles & Crusades?
Friday, January 28, 2022
End-of-Week Art Post (1/28/22): The Legend of Vox Machina
Anyone going to watch The Legend of Vox Machina? I'm going to check it out.
Just off the top of my middle-aged brain, but I don't think I've watched a D&D-based cartoon since...well, the old Dungeons & Dragons cartoon from back in the old days (unless I'm forgetting some other animated offering based on the grand old game). I mean, there's HarmonQuest, Disenchantment, and even Adventure Time...but those were perhaps inspired by D&D and fantasy roleplaying in general. Vox Machina is, I suppose, official "sanctioned" by the owners of D&D at the moment, right?
Anyway, I say we give it a try! Why not, right?