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With the OGL dust up, I started thinking about new systems, which snowballed to new settings. Before I knew it, I'm scouring my bookshelves for inspiration and BAM! Steven King is just sitting there looking at me and tapping his feet. My first thought was Call of Cthulhu for various short...

Simple question, but I expect dissertations in the comments.

About a hundred years ago, the magazine Dragon #309(?) ran an article revolving around an invasion of Githyanki on existing campaigns. Its always looked like a great concept, and the author did most of the strategic planning, but I never got around to using it. That will soon change. Between...

Living in a modern 1st world country, I have some difficulty conceptualizing a truly chaotic society. That's not to say it is impossible, but I find that my Orcs, Gnolls, Bugbears, etc tend to feel too similar. How do you make them feel different? What sources do you pull inspiration from? What...

There is an ongoing thread about alignment where I repeatedly saw comments along the lines of, "I can't recall any evil or chaotic cultures," and that frigging bugged me. Off the top of my head I can name several. So, I'd like to see what real world cultures, or subcultures, we can come up with...

Another thread got me thinking about this, but its something that has bothered me about the majority of RPGs I've played since the 80s. When you introduce your character how do you describe them? Is it "human fighter" or "grizzled war vet?" Does that "grizzled war vet" need to be a fighter...

Lame ass problem: I promised my players a sword & sandals campaign. Something like Conan but set in ancient Athas (Dark Sun post Rajaat's murder but before the Wars of cleansing have ended.) Its a mash up that checks a lot of boxes for us. BUT I AM BLANKING ON PLOT! I can think of dozens of...

In another thread we spent some time discussing the merits and flaws of the Barbarian's Frenzy ability from 5e. I don't want to rehash that whole conversation, but it did strike me as odd that the Frenzy feature has a significant benefit, and a scaling penalty depending on number of times it is...

Since day 1 of 5e, and probably RPGs in general, someone always seems to bring up a "fix" for their favorite class. The problem i have is that no 5e class really needs it. Is there a disparity between the best and worst? Of course, and that is OK. Its natural. In a list of things there will...