This week we look to Curse of Strahd’s Baba Lysaga. My players were investigating other leads when they stumbled upon the Ruins of Berez, a long abandoned town that has seen significant battle and lays in ominous ruin. Dwelling within this ruin is Baba Lysaga, a twisted witch who believes herself to be the true … 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
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
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
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
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
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
Over the last couple of days, I prepared and ran a short recap game for The Curse of Strahd for some players who I know very. It’s been several weeks since our last Strahd game, and even though some couldn’t make it, the rest of us decided to make up some lost time by doing a … Read more
