I mentioned this Kickstarter drive last week. The good news is that it’s funded and it’s heading towards its stretch goals for more monsters. The other good news is that the project has expanded from just monster art to also offer affordable printed stand-up minis for use in your games. Monster Stock Art Kickstarter Drive […]
The alpha version of the first solo adventure for Heroes Against Darkness, The Sundered Tower, is now up on the rules page (which I probably should rename to the Downloads page). The solo adventure has pregen characters, a gamebook section, five combat encounters (each with their own maps) and a bunch of ability tests. It’s […]
Here’s an interesting off-site article that compares the various death and dying mechanics in a bunch of d20 derived systems: Untimately: The Varieties of Fatal Experience. For the record, Heroes Against Darkness has these pretty straightforward death and dying rules:• Unconscious at 0 HP• Dying from -1 HP• No single attack can take a character […]
It’s been a quiet week here on the blog, not because I’ve been slack, but because I’ve been working on the solo adventure for Heroes Against Darkness. The adventure itself is adapted from a location that I used with my players at the start of our current campaign. The players were washed up on an […]
I’ve updated the downloadable Heroes Against Darkness Alpha rules to v0.200. The major changes are:• Switched page format to US Letter (reluctantly)• Removed the damage section from monsters (was redundant and didn’t reflect their different attacks)• Fixed some minor issues in the example character creation maths• Clarified that the relevant Attack Bonus is added to […]
The previous reports from DDXP have been big on the generalities but the players have been barred from talking about specific mechanics, until now: Considering the D&D Next Playtest in Light of the WotC Seminars. “Stat wise, my character sheet featured the big six ability scores, as well as HP and AC. Saving throws and […]
I’ve just finished putting together one of the pregen characters for the Heroes Against Darkness Solo Adventure, so I thought I’d post it here for you guys to check out ahead of time. The pregen contains a simplified version of the full character sheet (without all of the Ability Mod + ½ Level sections), a […]
Another two reports from the guys over at Critical Hits of their experiences playing D&D 5th Edition: DDXP 2012 Recap: Running the New D&D and Playing Games.Initial Impressions of the New D&D. This comment has me slightly worried, because I don’t like slow healing:“That same Paladin had previously charged a room full of stirges, and […]
Just a quick heads-up to all you guys out there who are working on your own fantasy role-playing systems. There’s a kickstarter funding drive up right now to create a set of 100 (or so) monster portraits that are ideal for people with their own systems who need art for the Bestiaries: Monster Stock Art […]