( Sydney convention woes )

   Last night gargoyal and I were discussing old campaigns, and I talked about what might have happened in our Unknown Armies game if it hadn’t halted when it did.
   ( Some backstory to the campaign )

   The setting presented in the Ghostwalk sourcebook has a medium level of detail, including geography, communities, culture, the arts... but no actual map. It was left out of the book by an oversight. Eventually the map was released on the Wizards of the Coast website as part of a free PDF download, but frankly it was a bit crap, and I’d already ( Read more... )

   As I was editing the D20 System Reference Document (taking out references to Greyhawk and replacing them with the Ghostwalk campaign setting), I had the opportunity to include some additional material. An example of this is the minotaur. Jyan loves minotaurs, and is likely to ask to play a minotaur at least once during any fantasy campaign. This ( Read more... )

   Having no other projects to occupy me lately, I’ve been working on my own customised D&D Player’s Handbook. This is a mammoth undertaking that started modestly, as most of my mammoth undertakings do. Originally I just planned to type up the new feats and prestige classes from the Ghostwalk Campaign Option, because there are significant bits of ( Read more... )

   ( Magic Items as Treasure )

   ( Would it surprise anyone to know that some of the thought of a sorcerer walking around with some of these creatures made me laugh and laugh? )

   ( The core story and how it influences the actual play style )

   ( Random ability scores in character creation )

   1969. The whole gang had gathered together at the Finch household. The kids had gone swimming in the backyard pool and had some lunch. They were then left to entertain themselves while the adults went downstairs to the den to talk about letter campaigns and write some cheques. Althogh they had been given permission to listen to the record player ( Read more... )