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In the Player’s Guide, the new mountebank class is done, and work continues apace on the spell descriptions. The outline of the now-retitled “Game Masters Toolkit” has grown exponentially; I’m including sections on the differences between Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance Read More
A couple of months ago, I posted a few thoughts about dragons, certainly the most iconic monster of the game (and with a name like Dungeons & Dragons, you can hardly blame it). As is my wont, I’ve been ruminating Read More
The “classic three” division that began with AD&D– Player’s Guide, Game Master’s Guide, Monster Book– has been taken as a sort of gospel by a number of other games (although certainly not all). I’ve explored this somewhat in an earlier Read More
Ugh. Just ugh. I’ve had cause, as part of the design of Emprise!™, to go through the 1981 Fiend Folio in some detail. Sure, it’s been a constant companion on my desk for months now, as I use it liberally Read More
I’ve been doing a lot of work on Emprise!™, specifically on the Players Manual, and one thing is become more and more clear to me as I continue the work. This is going to be flying in the face of Read More
I’ve been spending a lot of time lately thinking about rulebooks and how they are– and should be– organized. Naturally, the AD&D 1E rulebooks are the prototype for a great many RPGs; divided, in their pristine state, into one book Read More
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