Ho Ho Holy sh#t – he’s a big one To tie off the festive season and heading into the New Year, I thought we’d look at CR20 SANTA (stat block here). I’ve ran him multiple times this season and last season, and the players had a blast coming up against him and his problematic reindeer. … Read more
I was recently asked to create a max level game for my players. A one-shot at level 20 so my friends can try out max-level D&D and gain all of their class abilities to see how cool their abilities are. I’ve never ran a game at this level before, so it definitely feels daunting, but … Read more
This week we look at Pathfinder 2e’s formidable Greater Barghest. As a horror TTRPG player, I don’t have a significant amount of experience with fantasy RPG’s that aren’t D&D. I’ve played the grisly Mörk Borg, and an introductory game of Pathfinder 2e – that’s about it. I do however have the Bestiary and a selection … Read more
This week we look over to an old favourite of mine – Monster Hunter! GM Binder have a great Monster Hunter Bestiary for 5e which has a huge amount of content that you will recognise as a Monster Hunter fan. After returning to play Monster Hunter World (after not playing it for around 2 years), … Read more
This week we are sticking to the theme of witches! The Monster of the Week is A Night Hag. Many of you who have played D&D, Pathfinder or any fantasy RPG have likely came across this exact (or very similar) creature. Nighthags in D&D a slightly harder than their counterpart hags, and are by nature, … Read more
Fear, tension and stress in your games… How do you do it? A lot can be learned from the media we consume, like film, tv and games. How you manage fear and stress in your games can be a great tool to bolster the buy-in your players have in your games. Fear, tension and stress … Read more
Lethality in games Some games are harder than others. The difference between Call of Cthulhu and any level above 1 in D&D is quite the difference. D&D has up to 3 failed saving throws before someone dies, but one failed CON check in Cthulhu, or damage more than your max in one go, is … Read more
We were playing D&D last weekend with a new set of players with level 1 characters. To give them the traditional role-playing expeirnec, we opted for…. you guessed it… a dungeon! Within the dungeon I wanted to give them a flavour of the different abilities and creatures they could experience. So we ended up with … Read more
How much do you bend encounters (combat or conflict) after it has been designed (or read in a published game)? Specifically I am wondering about a creatures stats or abilities – do you ever reduce HP, alter or reduce skills of your NPCs or any other change that could give players an edge or weakness … Read more
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
