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Horror Roleplaying Part 4: Zombies!
Zombies are one of the all-time great horror sub-genres, and they fit extremely well into almost any setting. There are many different flavours of Zombie, however, and you shouldn’t just automatically choose the most obvious. Continue reading
Posted in Beastiary, Cthulhu, Games, History, Horror, Role Playing Games, Zombie Apocalypse
Tagged GMing, Horror, Roleplaying, rpg, zombies
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Making the Most of Magic
How to make the most of magic in your fantasy role-playing game. Advice for spellcasters, dungeon masters and writers. Continue reading
Posted in Beastiary, Game Design, Game Resources, Games, History, Role Playing Games
Tagged 3.5, 4E, Cthulhu, d&d, D&D4e, dnd, Dungeons and Dragons, GMing, magic, role-playing, rpg
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Horror Roleplaying Part 3: The Vampire
The genre of horror is, indeed, a broad one: from vampires to atomic horror, Cthulhu Mythos to slashers and serial killers. In fact, it would be fair to point out that these each constitute sub-genres in their own right, and each needs their own special consideration. I shall endeavour to point out some of the particulars of the most common types – claiming to have an exhaustive list would lead to inevitable ridicule. Continue reading
Posted in Beastiary, Game Design, Game Resources, Games, Horror, Role Playing Games
Tagged GMing, Horror, Role Playing Games, Roleplaying, rpg, vampires
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4E Monster Manual 2 In-Depth Review and Analysis
I was a bit apprehensive going into this review, because, whilst the 4E splat books have been pretty darn good so far, some of the 3.0 and 3.5 Monster Manuals were… um… not that great. Fortunately, as you will see, … Continue reading
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Tagged 4E, 4th Edition, Analysis, d&d, featured, In-Depth, MM, MM2, Monster Manual 2, review
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Upcoming articles; Monster of the Week Index
As some of you may have noticed, Monster of the Week has lapsed. In order to keep things fresh and interesting, I have decided to discontinue it for the moment, and focus on providing a greater variety of articles. Some … Continue reading
Posted in Beastiary, Computer Games, Game Resources, Role Playing Games
Tagged 3.5, 4E, aboleth, Bestiary, d&d, ettin, goblin, human, lycanthrope, monster, monster manual, vampire, werewolf, werewolves, wraith, zombie
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Monster of the Week: Basilisks
Basilisks are, like many D&D creatures, a solid mythological creature. Check the Wikipedia entry, it’s quite good. What’s particularly interesting is, apparently, a Cockatrice is a variant of a Basilisk, with more bird than lizard. Anyway, the important thing is, … Continue reading
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Tagged 3.5, 4E, basilisk, Bestiary, d&d, d&d traps, Dungeons and Dragons, monster, Monster of the Week, Trap
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Monster of the Week: Aboleth
Aboleths are large and intelligent marine creatures not to be confused with an Axolotl, another strange fishy creature also starting with ‘A’. However, rather than having legs, an Aboleth has psionic powers and another nasty stuff. They look something like … Continue reading
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Tagged 3.5, 4E, aboleth, Bestiary, d&d, dnd, Dungeons and Dragons, evil, fish, monster
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Monster of the Week: Goblins
Goblins are like the eternal minion. Fireball fodder. Unlike Zombies, they can think for themselves, so are perfect for enlisting in huge quantities for random armies. Ever since The Hobbit they’ve been associated with being standard foes, and are thus … Continue reading
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Tagged 3.5, 4E, Bestiary, d&d, dnd, Dungeons and Dragons, goblin, goblins, monster, Monster of the Week
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Monster of the Week: Wraiths
Wraiths are incorporeal undead, pretty standard in just about any fantasy setting. Their very nature makes them very difficult to injure at all. For a DM, they are a handy monster as both a random encounter, and forcing the players … Continue reading
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Tagged 3.5, 4E, Bestiary, d&d, dnd, Dungeons and Dragons, monster, Monster of the Week, wraith
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Monster of the Week: Medusa
I was going to write an article about Cockatrices, having been killed by one in NetHack (a Rogue-like game, more on NetHack later this week). However, I found 4E D&D doesn’t have them… yet. It’s possible they’ll be in the … Continue reading
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Tagged 3.5, 4E, Bestiary, d&d, dnd, Dungeons and Dragons, medusa, medusas, monster
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