Archive for May, 2014

Prodigious Performances Provided In Due Course

Back in “Exceeding the Extraordinary: The Meaning Of Feats” (April 2012), I promised that a future article would discuss the approvals process for feats, prestige classes, etc, in my 3.x Fantasy campaigns…

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Stream Of Consciousness: Image-based narrative

It’s almost impossible to prepare descriptions of everywhere. This article offers a way to shortcut and streamline the process so that you need never get caught short again.

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If Then Else or Maybe: Witchmarsh and Plot Interactivity

A review of the promise of Witchmarsh, a promising new RPG videogame in development, and the lessons & value it holds for tabletop RPGs

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Growing Plot Seeds Into Mighty Oaks

You’ve picked an Adventure Seed – it doesn’t matter where it came from. The first step to transforming that seed into an adventure that is everything you want it to be…

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The Pattern Of Raindrops: A chessboard plotting technique

How to use a chessboard to sandbox parts of an adventure and move beyond simple linear plots.

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The Best: 2008-9

This entry is part 1 of 7 in the series The Best

A list of the hand-picked best posts from Campaign Mastery, 2008-2009

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By Popular Demand: The Ergonomics Of Dwarves

Dwarves make the ideal illustration of how range of motion, aka Kinesiology, can affect the anatomical profile of a race. And that affects everything else…

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Ergonomics and the Non-human

Ergonomics is one of those little things that can greatly add to the verisimilitude of any campaign. This article will show how to get maximum bang for minimum effort.

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