Monster of the Week #3

  A friend sent me this formidable monster – the Braxat. After looking into this, it appears to have been another 3rd edition monster that was updated to 5th – the people responsible for this and a whole host of these types of upgrades is on their Tumblr page. I’ve had one of their other … Read more

Downtime – Why its Worth It

  Downtime in your games is a great way to allow for great RP moments, shopping or planning the next egg of an adventure. I recently have had a group go through a whole string of challenging encounters, puzzles and other activities within the Underdark. After escaping there, successfully saving groups of inhabitants, and getting … Read more

Monster of the Week #2

D&D Another D&D monster this week… One that caught me off guard and was irresistible to add to my game over the weekend. The Abyssal Chicken  This week’s monster is something that was found completely by accident….. An Abyssal Chicken. While they are far from super dangerous, I couldn’t help but squeeze them into a … Read more

Keeping D&D Combat Engaging

Intro D&D is known for having huge battles and epic showdowns. These can be in the form of 1v1 sessions between 2 PC’s or an NPC and a PC, or as epic battles of an adventuring party against the odds (whatever they may be). And with great power comes great rules guidance. Combat is easily … Read more

Balancing Encounters in D&D

This game covers a scenario our group I had that had a very weighted and difficult fight. We are level 7, 7 and 8 (lvl 8 player was levelled at the end of a game while the rest didn’t), so collectively we are getting pretty strong. The concept of the encounter was very interesting, with … Read more

Monster of the Week #1

D&D Introducing Monster of the Week – where I’ll pull out any cool monsters I’ve found in D&D or any other systems I have been using recently. Come back to see what other unique creatures we may come across! The monster of this week is a unique 3rd edition creature that I stumbled upon. I … Read more

Welcome to the blog!

Hi everyone! Welcome to the blog. Here you will find information and discussions about TTRPGs – particularly around horror. I’ll be writing about the games I run, have played, and what made these games succeed or fail. There may also be my advice on how to run games well (among other things like my mistakes … Read more