Deconstructing Clerics
Now that my first swing at doing a religion-specific subclass of cleric, rather than just doing a tweak or two to the existing cleric class, as was the norm for a long time (see my notes on the Greyhawk Adventures Read More
Showing, rather than telling
One of the great differences between the “silver age” of AD&D 1st edition, and more modern editions, is the preference for showing in the earlier products, vs. telling in the newer ones. “Showing” means that details are given in the Read More
Irons in the Fire
So, I know my product schedule is somewhat… mercurial. I work on something, and it just doesn’t gel, and then I get a burst of inspiration and push the thing over the finish line in short order. Sometimes things just Read More
A Belated Happy Birthday
I’m a day late, but a warm Happy Birthday to Cassandra Peterson, aka Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, who turned 63 years gorgeous yesterday. I remember catching her show while in college in the mid-1980’s in Boston on Saturday nights, Read More
Generic clerics
There is something of a dichotomy in the way the Dungeons & Dragons (and its descendants and emulators) approach religion. On the one hand, there are clerics, which as a class tend to transcend religious boundaries and be used for Read More
Why am I a publisher?
The discussion over at EnWorld about the OSR dying (yet again) did get me to indulge in a bit of self-reflection as to why I turned from a hobbyist blogger into a professional publisher. I can assure you, it wasn’t Read More
