Gygax's Seven Principals of the DM's Function
There has been some online complaints made by dungeon
masters who feel that they had already played their best game. This thought is
one that I do not find acceptable; in fact, by entertaining thoughts like that
we are allowing ourselves to become complacent. If this happens, than it is
probably time to sit on the other side of the screen for a while. The DM has
many many functions, and it is his duty to never stop working on improving his
ability to become better; true mastery, I feel, is unattainable. If we lose the
ability to critique our work, we cannot grow. We must be critical of ourselves,
but what is it exactly that we actually do? According to the games co-creator,
Gary Gygax, he identified seven principal functions which we are responsiblefor; while it is very easy to become good at each, a true level of mastery is
not actually possible, we can always improve our skills.

Tuesday, November 29, 2016 | Labels: Miscellany, rants | 1 Comments
2121 Tome of Magic review
*EDIT: The Tome of Magic introduces the Wild Mage as a playable character, the concept of Wild Magic was introduced in Forgotten Realms Adventures
Wednesday, November 23, 2016 | Labels: priest spells, Reviews, Treasure, wizard spells | 2 Comments
Gothic Earth Episode 3, The Playthings of the Devil
SPOILER WARNING: If you are playing or plan to play Bleak House, don't read this. This is my tables play-notes for events which took place during last game session.
Wednesday, November 16, 2016 | Labels: Ripper's Gaming Sessions | 0 Comments
1060 Ruins of Undermountain review
* Google+ user Mike Wilson told me that Ruins of Undermountain is no longer the largest dungeon ever printed, that honor goes to "The World's Largest Dungeon" which he doesn't recommend buying, but it is technically larger! Thanks Mike, and you do have a point about Bigger isn't always better.
Also, our good friend Jens D. of The Disoriented Ranger fame suggests that we check out this awesome blog post at DM David called Megadungeons in Print and On The Web. DM David quickly reviews other Megadungeons out there, and offers an excellent read!
Tuesday, November 15, 2016 | Labels: Reviews | 4 Comments
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