Stratton’s Journal
I was sifting through some old files and ran across this gem. A friend of mine wrote it many years ago during a 2nd edition game another friend was running. I haven't changed anything other than to add...
View ArticleBrainstorming Over AD&D v2.0 Rules
This is another "gem" that I discovered recently while going through old files on my computer. I wrote this shortly after v2.0 came out. There were some things I liked and other things I didn't about...
View ArticleMy Favorite NPC
I was wandering around the WotC forums yesterday and ran across a thread discussing whether or not NPCs in a party were a detriment to the players’ enjoyment of the game. NPCs as Party Members Often a...
View ArticleDumb Things We’ve Done
A friend of mine introduced me to Dungeons & Dragons when I was in high school. He and his older brother had learned it from two other guys that I never met. That group had played a few times and...
View ArticleRestoring Traditional Spell Names
This is the sixth, of a number of articles, that describe how to adopt an alternative magic system. As each article assumes that you are familiar with what has come before it, you may wish to start...
View ArticleTraditional Magic Item Names
In a previous article, I listed spells whose names had been altered (showing both the traditional names and the new names). I later received an email asking if I could do the same for magic items that...
View ArticleOur Early Games
I was introduced to D&D by a high school friend named Kevin and his older brother Steve. They called me up one Saturday morning and asked if I wanted to come out for a game. There were going to be...
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