4e Character Sheet
After too much time spent poring through forums for D&D 4e character sheets, I wound up with this one, which worked out great in play. The form-fillable version, by some new Adobe magic, allows you...
View ArticleWeekend Entertainment Pursuits, Part III
I also played some D&D 4e. Tom runs a nifty game, plus it’s always fun playing with new peeps. Rock on, teenage love triangle, rock on. I’m trying to decide if my Felix is crushing on Geoff. It...
View ArticleMegadungeons
I begin to have a sneaking suspicion that my tabletop gaming inclinations are back. In full force. The old school D&D guys (you know, the people playing first edition AD&D or blue box D&D...
View ArticleMegadungeon Mapping
If I’m going to draw maps, I want them to be old school maps. Black lines, graph paper, no shadows, no textures. You can pretend this is because I am unartistic if you like; you will be correct in...
View Article4e GMing Tools
As per request, quick summaries of the tools I’m using to GM D&D 4e: First cool tool: the GameMastery Combat Pad Initiative Tracker. It’s a wet/dry erase board with a steel core and a bunch of...
View ArticleUpdated 4e Tool Notes
Referring back to this post… The DM’s screen fits on the card table with the battlemaps, so that’s all good. Alea Tools magnetic markers work like a charm if you remember to use them, and your players...
View ArticleDungeons and Index Cards
I tried using a stack of index cards instead of an initiative tracker last session, and it worked out pretty well. I put most of the monster stats on each card, plus checkboxes for hit points. I think...
View ArticleScrivener and RPG Writing
I recently got a new text processing program called Scrivener. It’s oriented towards the writing process; you don’t use it to format text and produce final output. You use it to outline, shuffle, and...
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