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<h2 class="pagetitle">Archive for Gaming</h2> <div class="navigation"> <div class="alignleft"><a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/gaming/page/2/" >« Older Entries</a></div> <div class="alignright"></div> </div> <div class="post-3618 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-magic-the-gathering tag-commander tag-commander-ban-list tag-gaming tag-magic tag-magic-the-gathering tag-mtg tag-wizards-of-the-coast"> <h2 id="post-3618"><a href="https://boccobsblog.com/2024/09/25/commander-ban-list-update-sept-24/" rel="bookmark">Commander Ban List Update (Sept. 24′)</a></h2> <small>Posted in <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/category/magic-the-gathering/" rel="category tag">Magic the Gathering</a> with tags <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/commander/" rel="tag">commander</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/commander-ban-list/" rel="tag">Commander Ban List</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/gaming/" rel="tag">Gaming</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/magic/" rel="tag">Magic</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/magic-the-gathering/" rel="tag">Magic the Gathering</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/mtg/" rel="tag">MtG</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/wizards-of-the-coast/" rel="tag">Wizards of the Coast</a> on September 25, 2024 by boccobsblog</small> <div class="entry"> <p>If you play MtG, and Commander format in particular, you will have seen the updates to the banned and restricted list. ICYMI: </p> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-large"><a href="https://boccobsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/image-3.png"><img data-attachment-id="3625" data-permalink="https://boccobsblog.com/2024/09/25/commander-ban-list-update-sept-24/image-6/" data-orig-file="https://boccobsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/image-3.png" data-orig-size="588,345" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="image" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://boccobsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/image-3.png?w=300" data-large-file="https://boccobsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/image-3.png?w=450" width="588" height="345" src="https://boccobsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/image-3.png?w=588" alt="" class="wp-image-3625" srcset="https://boccobsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/image-3.png 588w, https://boccobsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/image-3.png?w=150 150w, https://boccobsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/image-3.png?w=300 300w" sizes="(max-width: 588px) 100vw, 588px" /></a></figure></div> <p>So why were these cards banned? According the committee: </p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Commander Rules Committee Explanation of Bans</h2> <p>The philosophy of Commander prioritizes creativity, and one of the ways we have historically reflected that in the rules and ban list is to encourage a slower pace of game than traditional formats. This gives decks time and space to develop and do different things. We have a goal to make it easier for players who enjoy slower, more social games to have an environment for them to explore.</p> <p>Commander has always had the potential for someone to get out to a fast start and be the first arch-villain in the game, but that advantage has been balanced by having multiple players gunning for them once it happens. In the past few years, notably since <em>Strixhaven: School of Mages</em>, we have seen a pattern of stronger mid-game cards that allow the player who skips past the early game to snowball their advantage straight through to the win. Occasional games like that are fine, but it shouldn’t be common, and we’re taking steps to bring that frequency down a bit by banning three of the most explosive plays in the format.</p> <p><strong>Mana Crypt</strong> – Coming down for no mana on turn one, it’s quite possible to have the explosive start of Mana Crypt into a Signet or Talisman, land, and another Signet, leaving that player untapping five mana on turn two. In games going over twelve turns, the accumulated threat of damage from Mana Crypt provides a reasonable counterbalance for its explosive effect, but when you are snowballing to a turn-six to -eight win, it’s a meaningless drawback.</p> <p><strong>Jeweled Lotus</strong> – Another card that can give you five mana on turn two, Jeweled Lotus does it without even needing a good hand. Though you’re restricted in what you can do with the mana, four- and five-mana Commanders can pack a significant punch nowadays, often drawing cards to make up for the one-shot mana, and defensive abilities such as ward can’t be interacted with that early in the game.</p> <p><strong>Dockside Extortionist</strong> – Dockside isn’t normally quite as explosive in the early game as the other two cards, but it can still go mana-positive on turn two and start generating substantial Treasures after that. It’s been on the border for years, and we’ve shied away from acting in the past because the card has scaled well with the power level of the table, but it’s a frequent contributor to the more egregious snowballing starts.</p> <p>We should also talk about the elephant in the room. We’re not banning Sol Ring and have no desire to. Yes, based on the criteria we’ve talked about here, it would be banned. Sol Ring is the iconic card of the format, and it’s sufficiently tied to the identity of the format that it defies the laws of physics in a way that no other card does. Banning Sol Ring would be fundamentally changing the identity of the format. We aren’t trying to eliminate all explosive starts—it happening every once in a while is exciting—and removing the other three cards geometrically reduces the number of hands capable of substantial above-curve mana generation in the first few turns.</p> <p>There’s another ban here, and it’s explosive, but in a different way. Given that <strong>Nadu, Winged Wisdom</strong> has been ejected from multiple formats at this point, it’s no surprise that we took a close look at it for Commander. Sometimes, hugely problematic cards in other formats (Oko, companions) are fine for Commander, but our observations of Nadu suggest its inherent play pattern is going to cause problems.</p> <p>Part of the problem is the way in which Nadu wins, where it takes a really long time to do non-deterministic sequences that can’t be shortcut and might eventually fizzle out. These aren’t dedicated combo lines that you have to build a deck around; dropping Nadu into a “normal” Simic shell still runs the risk of grinding the game down to a slog of resource accrual. It interacts badly with cards that are staples of casual play, most notably Lightning Greaves , meaning that decks it gets thrown into without abuse intent can still create a situation where the player is monopolizing all the time in the game. That’s not an experience we want to risk, so Nadu gets itself another ban.</p> </blockquote> <p>My question for you is, was the ban necessary? We all knew that Nadu was going to get the axe, the designer has admitted that the card was a mistake, but what about the other cards? Let me know what you think. </p> <div id="atatags-142924921-67db59fa0c2be"></div> <script> __ATA.cmd.push(function() { __ATA.initDynamicSlot({ id: 'atatags-142924921-67db59fa0c2be', location: 120, formFactor: '001', label: { text: 'Advertisements', }, creative: { reportAd: { text: 'Report this ad', }, privacySettings: { text: 'Privacy', } } }); }); </script></div> <p class="postmetadata"> <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/2024/09/25/commander-ban-list-update-sept-24/#respond"> Leave a comment »</a></p> </div> <div class="post-3502 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-dice category-product-review tag-blind-bag-dice tag-dd tag-dice tag-dice-goblin tag-dungeons-and-dragons tag-gaming tag-mermaids-charity tag-mystery-dice-goblin tag-rpg"> <h2 id="post-3502"><a href="https://boccobsblog.com/2023/10/24/mystery-dice-goblins/" rel="bookmark">Mystery Dice Goblins!</a></h2> <small>Posted in <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/category/dice/" rel="category tag">Dice</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/category/product-review/" rel="category tag">Product Review</a> with tags <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/blind-bag-dice/" rel="tag">Blind Bag Dice</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/dd/" rel="tag">D&D</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/dice/" rel="tag">Dice</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/dice-goblin/" rel="tag">Dice Goblin</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/dungeons-and-dragons/" rel="tag">Dungeons and Dragons</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/gaming/" rel="tag">Gaming</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/mermaids-charity/" rel="tag">Mermaids Charity</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/mystery-dice-goblin/" rel="tag">Mystery Dice Goblin</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/rpg/" rel="tag">RPG</a> on October 24, 2023 by boccobsblog</small> <div class="entry"> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-attachment-id="3505" data-permalink="https://boccobsblog.com/2023/10/24/mystery-dice-goblins/img_5294/" data-orig-file="https://boccobsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/img_5294.jpg" data-orig-size="4032,3024" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="img_5294" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://boccobsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/img_5294.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://boccobsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/img_5294.jpg?w=450" width="1024" height="768" src="https://boccobsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/img_5294.jpg?w=1024" alt="" class="wp-image-3505" srcset="https://boccobsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/img_5294.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https://boccobsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/img_5294.jpg?w=2048 2048w, https://boccobsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/img_5294.jpg?w=150 150w, https://boccobsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/img_5294.jpg?w=300 300w, https://boccobsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/img_5294.jpg?w=768 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></figure> <p>I recently had the pleasure of reviewing some new click clack math rocks from the fine folks at the UK-based, Mystery Dice Goblins. </p> <p><strong>Who are the Mystery Dice Goblins?</strong><br>According to their website: </p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> <p></p> <cite>“Attention, weary travelers and valiant adventurers! Behold, our sacred emporium, where the pursuit of the ultimate D&D Dice reaches its zenith. As guardians of destiny, we cater to a diverse fellowship – human bards, elven rangers, dwarven fighters, half-orc thieves, halfling clerics, and even immortal vampires.”</cite></blockquote> <p><strong>The Dice</strong><br>MDG offers a number of different dice, to include, but not limited to: </p> <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li>Resin and Acrylic Dice</li> <li>Filled Dice (liquid core)</li> <li>Sharp Edged</li> <li>Metal </li> <li>Mystery Bags</li> </ul> <p>In addition to dice, MDG offers several gamer-related products like dice bags, dice trays, enamel pins, patches, jewelry, and more. Lastly, the folks MDG include a very helpful resource section filled with printable monster tokens, editable character sheets, and digital battle maps. They even maintain a gaming <a href="https://mysterydicegoblin.com/blogs/the-mythical-scroll">blog on the site</a>, where you can find tons of interesting articles. </p> <p><strong>The Interview</strong></p> <p>The goblins, Lee & Lucy, were kind enough to sit for an interview and tell me more about their business. </p> <p><strong>1.) Tell me about Mystery Dice Goblins!</strong></p> <p><em>We are Lee & Lucy, founders of Mystery Dice Goblin – we are long time Dungeons and Dragons players and DMs. In 2022, we started our journey, with an aim to provide exquisite customer service, featuring a wide range of affordable dice and accessories. </em></p> <p><strong>2.) What was one thing that surprised you about the dice business?</strong></p> <p><em>We didn’t realize how inclusive and friendly the community really was, you don’t have to look far to find a friend or ally! – But sometimes finding a DM is problematic! </em></p> <p><strong>3.) How many possible sets are there?</strong></p> <p><em>I reckon about as many as a Sorlock has spellslots… </em></p> <p><strong>4.) What sets your dice apart from others on the market?</strong></p> <p><em>It has to be our customer-centric approach, we get told consonantly that we have the best customer service out there… and also the best dice sets, along with our carefully put together gift sets </em></p> <p><strong>5.) What is a non-dice product that you’re excited about/proud of?</strong></p> <p><em>We are about to partner with <a href="https://mermaidsuk.org.uk/">Mermaids charity</a> who support young trans people and their families, we have a range of products coming out, with 50% of the profits going to the charity.</em> (B3: You can donate to Mermaids <a href="https://mermaidsuk.org.uk/donate/">HERE</a>)</p> <p><strong>6.) Where can people buy your products?</strong></p> <p><em>We are currently stocked in Board Game Cafés in the UK (see map on our website) or you can get international shipping on our website, if you want to be a bigger <a href="https://mysterydicegoblin.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dice Goblin</a> than us 😉 </em></p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-attachment-id="3507" data-permalink="https://boccobsblog.com/2023/10/24/mystery-dice-goblins/img_5302/" data-orig-file="https://boccobsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/img_5302.jpg" data-orig-size="4032,2502" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="img_5302" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://boccobsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/img_5302.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://boccobsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/img_5302.jpg?w=450" width="1024" height="635" src="https://boccobsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/img_5302.jpg?w=1024" alt="" class="wp-image-3507" srcset="https://boccobsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/img_5302.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https://boccobsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/img_5302.jpg?w=2048 2048w, https://boccobsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/img_5302.jpg?w=150 150w, https://boccobsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/img_5302.jpg?w=300 300w, https://boccobsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/img_5302.jpg?w=768 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></figure> <p><strong>Conclusion</strong><br>The blind bags are a lot of fun. The dice I received looked great, rolled well, and were easy to read. Furthermore, I was happily surprised at the sheer amount of high-quality products I found on the MDG. <a href="https://mysterydicegoblin.com/">Check them out</a>, and you won’t be disappointed! </p> </div> <p class="postmetadata"> <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/2023/10/24/mystery-dice-goblins/#respond"> Leave a comment »</a></p> </div> <div class="post-1333 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-dungeons-and-dragons category-video-games tag-ddarena-of-war tag-gaming tag-mobile"> <h2 id="post-1333"><a href="https://boccobsblog.com/2013/06/07/dd-arena-of-war/" rel="bookmark">D&D: Arena of War</a></h2> <small>Posted in <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/category/dungeons-and-dragons/" rel="category tag">Dungeons and Dragons</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/category/video-games/" rel="category tag">Video Games</a> with tags <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/ddarena-of-war/" rel="tag">D&D:Arena of War</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/gaming/" rel="tag">Gaming</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/mobile/" rel="tag">mobile</a> on June 7, 2013 by boccobsblog</small> <div class="entry"> <p><a href="https://boccobsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/arenaofwar_illo.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="1334" data-permalink="https://boccobsblog.com/2013/06/07/dd-arena-of-war/arenaofwar_illo/" data-orig-file="https://boccobsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/arenaofwar_illo.jpg" data-orig-size="500,500" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="arenaofwar_illo" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://boccobsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/arenaofwar_illo.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://boccobsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/arenaofwar_illo.jpg?w=450" loading="lazy" class="size-medium wp-image-1334 aligncenter" alt="arenaofwar_illo" src="https://boccobsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/arenaofwar_illo.jpg?w=300" width="300" height="300" srcset="https://boccobsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/arenaofwar_illo.jpg?w=300 300w, https://boccobsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/arenaofwar_illo.jpg?w=150 150w, https://boccobsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/arenaofwar_illo.jpg 500w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a></p> <p>According to Wizards.com:</p> <blockquote><p>You may have just heard about this announcement: DeNA is currently working on a D&D mobile game. Arena of War is a party-based battle game set within the Forgotten Realms—and it has a heavy emphasis on boss battles! Worldwide release is currently scheduled for late July.</p> <p>Look for further news and information about this title on their <a href="http://play.mobage.com/dd/" target="_blank">site</a>.</p></blockquote> <p>The game will be free and supported on both Apple products (Iphone and Ipad) and Android devices.</p> <p>Should be cool.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> </div> <p class="postmetadata"> <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/2013/06/07/dd-arena-of-war/#comments">2 Comments »</a></p> </div> <div class="post-421 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-gaming-news tag-gamers-for-humanity tag-gaming tag-habitat-for-humanity"> <h2 id="post-421"><a href="https://boccobsblog.com/2011/05/02/gamers-for-humanity-needs-your-old-games/" rel="bookmark">Gamers for Humanity Needs Your Old Games!</a></h2> <small>Posted in <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/category/gaming-news/" rel="category tag">Gaming News</a> with tags <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/gamers-for-humanity/" rel="tag">Gamers for Humanity</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/gaming/" rel="tag">Gaming</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/habitat-for-humanity/" rel="tag">Habitat for Humanity</a> on May 2, 2011 by boccobsblog</small> <div class="entry"> <p>At last year’s Gen Con I had the pleasure of talking with volunteers from Gamers for Humanity. GfH is a non-profit that works alongside Habitat for Humanity to build affordable housing for people in need. According to their website:</p> <blockquote><p>Gamers For Humanity works to achieve the goals above in a variety of ways, primarily by offering our assistance and effort to other established and respected charities, the benefit of many of which is immediately evident:</p> <ul> <li>working with <a href="http://www.pnola.org/">The Phoenix of New Orleans</a>, <a href="http://www.habitat.org/">Habitat For Humanity</a>, and similar organizations to provide affordable and safe housing to people in need.</li> <li>collecting games, toys, and books for children and adults who cannot afford them or have not had the opportunity to play.</li> <li>collecting food, toiletries, and household items for donation to food banks or families in need.</li> </ul> </blockquote> <p>So what can we do to help them out? GfH are collecting new and used games which they provide, free of cost, to the families that can’t afford them. I know we all have a stock pile of old games that we no longer play. If you do, send them to GfH and put them to good use. They also accept cash donations on the <a href="http://www.gamersforhumanity.org/donations" target="_blank">website</a>.</p> <p>This is a worthwhile organization, please check out their website. <a href="http://www.gamersforhumanity.org/index.php" target="_blank">Gamersforhumanity.org </a></p> </div> <p class="postmetadata"> <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/2011/05/02/gamers-for-humanity-needs-your-old-games/#respond"> Leave a comment »</a></p> </div> <div class="post-395 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-dd-3-5 category-dd-3-5-e-content category-dd-3-5e-dm-content category-dd-4e-content category-dd-5e-2 category-dd-fifth-edition category-dd-next category-dungeons-and-dragons category-pathfinder tag-3-5e tag-add tag-dd tag-dd-quest-ideas tag-dd-quests tag-dd5e tag-d20 tag-dnd-adventure-ideas tag-dnd5e tag-dungeons-and-dragons tag-gaming tag-patherfinder-quests tag-pathfinder"> <h2 id="post-395"><a href="https://boccobsblog.com/2011/04/18/101-dd-quest-ideas/" rel="bookmark">101 D&D Quest Ideas</a></h2> <small>Posted in <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/category/dd-3-5/" rel="category tag">D&D 3.5</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/category/dd-3-5-e-content/" rel="category tag">D&D 3.5 e Content</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/category/dd-3-5e-dm-content/" rel="category tag">D&D 3.5e DM Content</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/category/dd-4e-content/" rel="category tag">D&D 4e Content</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/category/dd-5e-2/" rel="category tag">D&D 5e</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/category/dd-fifth-edition/" rel="category tag">D&D Fifth Edition</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/category/dd-next/" rel="category tag">D&D Next</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/category/dungeons-and-dragons/" rel="category tag">Dungeons and Dragons</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/category/pathfinder/" rel="category tag">Pathfinder</a> with tags <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/3-5e/" rel="tag">3.5e</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/add/" rel="tag">AD&D</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/dd/" rel="tag">D&D</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/dd-quest-ideas/" rel="tag">D&D Quest Ideas</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/dd-quests/" rel="tag">D&D Quests</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/dd5e/" rel="tag">D&D5e</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/d20/" rel="tag">D20</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/dnd-adventure-ideas/" rel="tag">dnd adventure ideas</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/dnd5e/" rel="tag">DnD5e</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/dungeons-and-dragons/" rel="tag">Dungeons and Dragons</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/gaming/" rel="tag">Gaming</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/patherfinder-quests/" rel="tag">Patherfinder quests</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/pathfinder/" rel="tag">Pathfinder</a> on April 18, 2011 by boccobsblog</small> <div class="entry"> <ol> <li>News spreads that a dragon was slain while away from his cave, a search for its unguarded hoard is underway</li> <li>A thief has stolen a powerful item from a lich and then joins the party for protection</li> <li>A wizard/collector wants a live troll to study</li> <li>Rat catchers are going missing under the city and a plague is spreading in their absence</li> <li>A local caster has summoned a creature that they cannot contain and it is destroying the area</li> <li>A charismatic charlatan claims (and has proof) to be the cousin/brother/son of one of the PCs</li> <li>A wandering merchant trades a pc for their magic item for a fake he claims is more powerful</li> <li>Shipments from a nearby mine have stopped when the PCs investigate they find the miners crazed and covered with red welts apparently from exposure to a new element they uncovered</li> <li>A white dragon is driving monsters from the north into the southern lands</li> <li>A planar rift has formed and outsiders are seeping through</li> <li>A powerful noble/wizard is hosting a masquerade ball where the guests are polymorphed into monster as their costume, but an actual monster attends to kill the noble/wizard</li> <li>A sorcerer has died of old age, strange things are creeping out of his tower as his spells, and dweomers break down</li> <li>A map has been found that leads to parts of an artifact that once reassembled, will summon a fiendish kraken</li> <li>The dead are rising as zombies one hour after their death</li> <li>Slavers are capturing peasants and merchants on the highway and selling them to mindflayers</li> <li>A shop/traveling merchant sells pets/familiars that are actually polymorphed people</li> <li>The PC’s are sent to find a hermit that lives on the “moving island”, a zircon/dragon turtle</li> <li>A traveling circus/faire comes to town and completely vanishes in the morning with several children</li> <li>An Ur priest cult is killing all the divine casters in the area</li> <li>Water drawn from a certain well is animating into water elementals/mephits</li> <li>An evil druid has taken up residence in the sewers and is waging a guerilla war on civilization</li> <li>Anyone who reads a cursed book, brought into town by an adventuring party, dies after reading it</li> <li>A killer is leaving rare flowers in the mouths of his victims</li> <li>A member of a planar cartographical society offers the PCs membership into the elite group if they can complete a scavenger hunt that leads them across several planes in one day</li> <li>A mysterious helmed/hooded/masked figure has forged an impressive army by bringing tribes of kobolds, goblins, orcs, and hobgoblins under one banner. The leader is actually a cleric disheartened by the lack of faith and respect of his flock and means to increase belief and prayer for his deity by leading an army of wolves against his flock<a href="https://amzn.to/2DfB5Tl" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Have you see D&D vs Rick & Morty?</a></li> <li>The owner of a failing inn claims to have the entrance to a mysterious dungeon in his cellar hoping that the ruse will draw business from adventurers</li> <li>A pack of displacer beasts/displacer beast lord is preying on farm animals and farmers alike</li> <li>Two rival gangs are actually devils and demons fighting a Blood War battle on the city streets</li> <li>The daughter/apprentice of a caster that polymorphed himself into a golden cup and placed himself in the hoard of a green dragon in an attempt to learn more about dragons, but it has been weeks and he has not come home contacts the PCs</li> <li>Reports that a gold dragon is ravaging the countryside turn out to be true. The dragon, sick with a rare disease, has gone mad and must be stopped</li> <li>Grave robbers working for a necromancer are running out of graves and start looking for easy prey</li> <li>A “red” dragon demanding tributes from a village is actually an especially greedy copper dragon</li> <li>A killer is released from prison and the father of one of his victims stages a similar murder in the hopes of framing him</li> <li>A traveling “holy man” is selling relics that disappear in the morning</li> <li>The new judge is in fact a devil hoping to harvest souls for not guilty verdicts</li> <li>A logging camped is being haunted by the ghost of a treant/forest haunt and his dryad followers</li> <li>A band of fey has been stealing wine from a rural tavern</li> <li>A good and helpful aranea has been captured and tried for murder while the true culprit is a drider that resides close by</li> <li>A college that teaches science over magic opens and arcane casters start going missing</li> <li>Drug-related deaths lead the PCs to an evil alchemist</li> <li>The PCs are hired to retrieve a meteor, but find it is being worshipped by a tribe of goblins/orcs/lizardmen etc.</li> <li>Several women in the area are pregnant under strange circumstances, an incubus is to blame</li> <li>An artifact is needed to avert a major catastrophe; its last known owner was Levistus the arch devil trapped within a glacier</li> <li>The PCs must find a rare herb only known to grow within Gith monasteries</li> <li>The PCs visit a strange village where all the people are simulacrums, an ancient wizards mark is seen everywhere</li> <li>The PCs are sent to a distant land to find an NPC that it turns out has been dead for 20 years</li> <li>The PCs must help a conflicted Erinyes to the Cradle of Creation (phb2) to be reborn into a non-evil body</li> <li>A map leading to the legendary Shield of Praetor has been found, it states that the shield is in the cave of a dracolich. The map was sent by the dracolich’s minions in the hopes of freeing their master who is sealed magically into his cave</li> <li>A local orphanage is actually run by a demonic cultist that sacrifices the weak children and raises the strong ones to be followers</li> <li>A powerful artifact that will allow teleportation through the layers of the abyss/hells has been uncovered and a race to claim it has begun. The PCs must beat the groups of devils and demons that see the artifact as a powerful tool to end the Blood War <p style="text-align:center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2x9MQY3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Grab a copy of Waterdeep: Dragon Heist</a></p> </li> <li>An overmatched Marut seeks assistance with a powerful lich/vampire/mummy</li> <li>Rumors of “The most powerful sword” lead the PCs to an evil, intelligent, dancing sword that can animate other weapons to fight for it</li> <li>The PCs are sent to a battlefield to retrieve a family heirloom from a missing soldier where a necromancer and his corpse collector golem are raising the fallen as undead</li> <li>A cult of Tiamat have discovered a spell that ages living creatures and they are trying to use it on dragon eggs to raise powerful allies</li> <li>The PCs are sent to deal with a raiding ogre that turns out to be a gnome illusionist</li> <li>The PCs are looking for an arrow used to slay a dragon a hundred years earlier, but when they pull the arrow from the dragon’s skeleton, it animates and attacks</li> <li>The PCs need the help/information of a treant that will only add them if they agree to be shrunk down to clear out an infestation of insects that invaded his roots</li> <li>The PCs are invited to a Three Dragon Ante tourney, either as guards, VIPs, or to play</li> <li>A lawful good lich (Monsters of Faerun) seeks the PCs to protect him from a zealous paladin on a quest to rid the world of undead</li> <li>Thieves have plundered a tomb and until his golden burial mask is returned, a ghost/ghast/specter will continue to kill innocent people</li> <li>A group of fire giants has taken up residence in an inactive volcano, their activity threatens to awaken the volcano and cause widespread devastation</li> <li>A grandmotherly, if slightly senile, NPC asks the players to rid her attic of rats. The rats are in fact a group of thieves trying to open a magical doorway left by the wizard that previously owned the home</li> <li>A monster seen roaming close to town is actually a cursed person and not evil</li> <li>The PCs find a genie in a bottle, but the genie agrees to help/grant wishes/serve only after the players travel to the City of Brass and save someone the genie cares about</li> <li>The PCs find a wounded angel that is being hunted by powerful outsiders</li> <li>A newly discovered dungeon is actually a complex trap to harvest souls/magic/life energy</li> <li>The PCs must break an innocent man from a complex magical prison</li> <li>Murders attributed to a small girl are being done by her doll, a slaymate (libris motris)</li> <li>An ancient beholder has gone mad and his destroying the Underdark, driving monsters to the surface</li> <li>A gnome settlement has been overrun by Drow displacing hundreds of citizens</li> <li>A mad wizard has been selling potions that have poisonous/odd effects</li> <li>Mind flayers are draining people of their quintessence in hopes of using the substance to return to the far realm from which aberrations came</li> <li>A spelljammer has crashed in a remote forest/jungle and the inhabitants seek materials to repair their helm</li> <li>A foreign diplomat seeks the party’s monk to protect him on a mission to a country/city where magic and weapons are not allowed</li> <li>The tarrasque is wreaking havoc on the countryside and the party (lvl 10ish) must slow it down until the champions (20th) can arrive, but the tarrasque is actually a simulacrum (cr 10) sent by an outsider/caster/etc. and not the real thing</li> <li>Cultist seek a tablet that depicts a ritual that will summon a Fist of Spite (BoVD)</li> <li>The party must save an NPC from the stomach demiplane of Dalmosh (MM5)</li> <li>The guild master of the cooper’s guild wants to discredit the owner of a local winery with whom he has had an argument by poisoning his barrels</li> <li>A local sage/astronomer is convinced that a massive meteor is going to strike the kingdom/city/town</li> <li>The normally-inert gargoyles atop the temple/castle/mansion have animated and started attacking people who approach the building</li> <li>A group of bulettes is keeping anyone from entering or leaving the city/town/inn</li> <li>A doppelganger/changeling serial killer claims the identity of their most recent victim for one week before killing again</li> <li>A gnome settlement has been overrun by fiendish duergar led by a demon</li> <li>PCs seek out a powerful dwarven, smith who traded his soul to Asmodeus for unearthly crafting abilities. Before the smith will help the PCs, they must reclaim his soul from the arch devil</li> <li>The players find/are sent to a city that reflects the entire multiverse scaled down with a neutral inn in the center run by a power caster</li> <li>The PCs search for a legendary library that when found, has no books only the corpses of long-dead sages and librarian clerics that use speak with dead to obtain the knowledge</li> <li>The PCs need a party member/NPC raised from the dead but the only cleric powerful enough to do so has recently been turned by a vampire he was hunting</li> <li>The PCs find/buy/are given a strange bag of holding that has a small pocket dimension inside it where a frightened caster hides. He/she created the bag to hide in and saw that it ended up in the PCs hands to keep it safe</li> <li>The PCs seek an answer/information from a forgotten bard. When they find him, he is a ghost and he will only help them if they give him peace by finishing his final poem/song/movement</li> <li>A chaotic good horselord (CAd) has led all the horses in the region/city/town away into the hills to freedom</li> <li>The huntsman of a local lord/mayor has kidnapped the NPC’s daughter, and only a highly trained tracker can follow the trail and find the girl</li> <li>An aged and grizzled warrior is going town to town offering his magic sword/shield/armor to any fighter that can best him in honorable combat</li> <li>After returning from a diplomatic journey, the noble/diplomat/prince/queen is acting strangely. The PCs are asked to look into it only to find that the NPC is a doppelganger/changeling/simulacrum/charmed/possessed</li> <li>A pair of ethereal filchers are stealing all the curative magic in the area/city/town</li> <li>The answer/riddle/name/code that the PCs require is etched onto the helm of a massive golem that paces a deadly dungeon</li> <li>Monthly full moon attacks are blamed on a good lycan, and are actually being carried out by a pack of Moon Rats (MM2)</li> <li>Summoned Thoqqua threaten to compromise the structural integrity of the city/town/inn/dungeon/ as they melt tunnels through the ground below</li> <li>Centaur knights (phb2) are running any humanoid from their forest</li> <li>The PCs are sought by the patrons of a desert land where a despotic temple of cleric charges impossibly high rates for fresh water to people not of their faith</li> <li>A temple has hired a large number of bards for a festival where music is to be played from sun up until sundown, the only problem is that no one recalls the obscure holiday because it is a ruse to mask the sound of tomb robbers breaking into sealed vaults below the church</li> <li>A xenophobic elvish lord has begun to arrest non-elves after his daughter eloped with a human</li> </ol> <div class="jetpack_subscription_widget"><h2 class="widgettitle"><label for="subscribe-field">Subscribe to Blog via Email</label></h2> <div class="wp-block-jetpack-subscriptions__container"> <form action="https://subscribe.wordpress.com" method="post" accept-charset="utf-8" data-blog="14292492" data-post_access_level="everybody" id="subscribe-blog" > <p>Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.</p> <p id="subscribe-email"> <label id="subscribe-field-label" for="subscribe-field" class="screen-reader-text" > Email Address: </label> <input type="email" name="email" style="width: 95%; padding: 1px 10px" placeholder="Email Address" value="" id="subscribe-field" required /> 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1024px" /></a><figcaption>Available on DriveThruRPG</figcaption></figure> <p></p> </div> <p class="postmetadata"> <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/2011/04/18/101-dd-quest-ideas/#comments">47 Comments »</a></p> </div> <div class="post-336 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-dd-3-5e-dm-content tag-3-5e tag-add tag-dd tag-d20 tag-dnd tag-dungeons-and-dragons tag-gaming tag-magic-items tag-wizards-of-the-coast"> <h2 id="post-336"><a href="https://boccobsblog.com/2011/03/21/memorable-magic-weapons/" rel="bookmark">Memorable Magic Weapons</a></h2> <small>Posted in <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/category/dd-3-5e-dm-content/" rel="category tag">D&D 3.5e DM Content</a> with tags <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/3-5e/" rel="tag">3.5e</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/add/" rel="tag">AD&D</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/dd/" rel="tag">D&D</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/d20/" rel="tag">D20</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/dnd/" rel="tag">DnD</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/dungeons-and-dragons/" rel="tag">Dungeons and Dragons</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/gaming/" rel="tag">Gaming</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/magic-items/" rel="tag">Magic items</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/wizards-of-the-coast/" rel="tag">Wizards of the Coast</a> on March 21, 2011 by boccobsblog</small> <div class="entry"> <p><a href="https://boccobsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/h-2-0806-sting.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="377" data-permalink="https://boccobsblog.com/2011/03/21/memorable-magic-weapons/h-2-0806-sting/" data-orig-file="https://boccobsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/h-2-0806-sting.jpg" data-orig-size="400,300" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="Bilbo with Sting" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://boccobsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/h-2-0806-sting.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://boccobsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/h-2-0806-sting.jpg?w=400" loading="lazy" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-377" title="Bilbo with Sting" src="https://boccobsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/h-2-0806-sting.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="225" srcset="https://boccobsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/h-2-0806-sting.jpg?w=300 300w, https://boccobsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/h-2-0806-sting.jpg?w=150 150w, https://boccobsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/h-2-0806-sting.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a></p> <p><strong><em>Player: What’s in the chest?</em></strong></p> <p><strong><em>DM: You find a +1 staff.</em></strong></p> <p><strong><em>Player *yawns* ok, next room…</em></strong></p> <p>In this week’s article we will detail, step by step, how to create memorable magic weapons that players will want to keep throughout the campaign.</p> <p>For this article I owe a debt to Charles Rodgers, whose Dragon Magazine #180 article, “<em>Not Another Magic Sword</em>”, from 1992 has always stuck with me.</p> <p><strong>Select weapon</strong></p> <p>This may seem like a no brainer, but often DM’s will dream up some epic weapon to place in their campaign and never give pause to what weapons their players actually use. It is anticlimactic when your fighter triumphs after a series of grueling quests to find the sword of legend to be a longsword when he’s spent all his feats to specialize in the greatsword.</p> <p><strong>Select material</strong></p> <p>What is the weapon made of? Is there a material that fits the weapon’s theme or history better than regular wood or steel? The idea is to create a weapon so unique and interesting that your player will wield it throughout the campaign.</p> <p>Possible Materials:</p> <ul> <li>Baatorian Green Steel (A&EG p13)</li> <li>Gehennan Morghuth-Iron (A&EG p14)</li> <li>Starmetal (CArc p141)</li> <li>Pandemonic Silver (CWar p136)</li> <li>Thinaun(CWar p136)</li> <li>Dwarvencraft Quality (RoS p159)</li> <li>Blue Ice (Frost p80)</li> <li>Aurorum (BoED p38)</li> <li>Frystalline (BoED p38)</li> <li>Serren (BoED p38)</li> <li>Solarian True-Steel (BoED p38)</li> <li>Adamantine (DMG p283)</li> <li>Darkwood (DMG p283)</li> <li>Iron, Cold (DMG p284)</li> <li>Silver, Alchemical (DMG p284)</li> <li>Mithril (DMG p284)</li> </ul> <p><strong>Powers</strong></p> <p>One thing I have learned as a DM, what I think is cool, isn’t always what the players think is cool. When you custom-make a weapon, have the player in mind. Ask yourself what would fit with the player’s concept. For example: if the weapon has the bane property, is it for a creature that the ranger has as a favored enemy?</p> <p><em>Note:</em> if you’ve exhausted the powers in your DMG be sure to check out the magic Item Compendium or DMG2 for new options.</p> <p><strong>Flavor</strong></p> <p>What can you add to the weapon to make it unique while not drastically changing its cost or power level? Flavor is anything that adds to the coolness factor of a weapon without any serious in-game benefits. These elements are what will make the weapon memorable. Examples:</p> <ul> <li>screams when it delivers a death-blow or critical hit</li> <li>smells of brimstone or another distinct scent</li> <li>vibrates or hums when polished</li> <li>whispers something in a forgotten tongue when unsheathed</li> <li>moves during the night, nothing drastic, but the weapon is in a different place than the pc placed it before going to sleep (though still close to the PC).</li> </ul> <p>Note: see signature traits in DMGII p229 for more ideas.</p> <p><strong>Description</strong></p> <p>What does the sword look like? Can you find a picture that matches your idea of the weapon? If you have any artistic ability, draw the weapon on a piece of sketchbook paper. This is where the Rodgers article really shined; he detailed each piece of the sword making sure to talk about the rare materials used. He drew a mental picture of the blade, hand-guard, handle, pommel, etc.</p> <p><strong>History</strong></p> <p>Adding a history to a weapon will deepen its role-play value while not increasing it power level. In addition, if you make the weapon a bit of mystery, it will provide further quest possibilities, and allow character with bardic, or traditional knowledge skills to flex some RP muscle and use a skill often times overlooked.</p> <p><strong>Name</strong></p> <p>This one could be up to the PC, but if you have a player that shies away from role-play, you may want to name the weapon for them. Possibilities:</p> <ul> <li>Carved into a wooden weapon</li> <li>Runes on the blade</li> <li>A sage, cleric, or arcanist recognizes the weapon and knows its name (think Elrond in <em>The Hobbit</em> when he recognizes the <em>Foe Hammer</em> and the <em>Goblin Cleaver</em>)</li> <li>Perhaps the weapon whispers its name the first time the PC picks it up.</li> <li>Maybe the former wielder tells the PC prior to death. This provides an interesting role-playing angle if the PC gets the weapon after slaying an enemy (as they normally do). Perhaps the dying orc king takes the barbarian pc’s hand and wraps it around the hilt of his magic great ax and whispers the name in orcish or broken common as a gesture that the player is worthy of wielding it. While this idea really only works for honorable villains, it is still a cool option.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Increasing Power Over Time</strong></p> <p>I feel that it adds something significant to a PC’s experience if they keep the same weapon over time. Of course, this idea won’t apply to all players, and you as the DM will be able to judge that for yourself, but as a whole, having a weapon that grows in power with the pc helps to enrich the storytelling process. Not to mention, you’ve put all this work into creating an awesome item, you don’t want your player to sell it off when he reaches the next level. This idea is common among fantasy literature, heroes don’t trade in their signature weapon, so why should your players?</p> <p>Possible routes for increasing power:</p> <ul> <li>Legacy Weapon (Weapons of Legacy)</li> <li>Legendary Weapon (Unearthed Arcana p162)</li> <li>Item Familiar (Unearthed Arcana p170 )</li> <li>Bonded Item (DMGII p231 )</li> <li>Ancestral Relic (Book of Exalted Deeds p39)</li> <li>Forgo treasure on an adventure and have the player’s deity or a potent caster empower the weapon</li> </ul> <p><strong><em>Player: What’s in the chest?</em></strong></p> <p><strong><em>DM: You find an ornately fashioned, darkwood staff roughly five feet long. The shaft has images of orcs fleeing a flaming village. The head of the staff is carved in the likeness of a ruby-eyed red dragon that snarls and breathes a gout of illusory flame as you remove it from the chest. Draconic runes just below the dragon carving spell out what you assume to be a name.</em></strong></p> <p><strong><em>Player: Nice!</em></strong></p> </div> <p class="postmetadata"> <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/2011/03/21/memorable-magic-weapons/#comments">9 Comments »</a></p> </div> <div class="post-288 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-gaming-news category-uncategorized tag-board-games tag-boardgamegeek-com tag-boardgamegeek-con tag-gaming tag-gaming-convention tag-quakecon tag-video-games"> <h2 id="post-288"><a href="https://boccobsblog.com/2011/03/14/board-game-geek-con/" rel="bookmark">Board Game Geek.Con Vs. QuakeCon</a></h2> <small>Posted in <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/category/gaming-news/" rel="category tag">Gaming News</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/category/uncategorized/" rel="category tag">Uncategorized</a> with tags <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/board-games/" rel="tag">board games</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/boardgamegeek-com/" rel="tag">boardgamegeek.com</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/boardgamegeek-con/" rel="tag">Boardgamegeek.con</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/gaming/" rel="tag">Gaming</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/gaming-convention/" rel="tag">Gaming Convention</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/quakecon/" rel="tag">Quakecon</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/video-games/" rel="tag">Video Games</a> on March 14, 2011 by boccobsblog</small> <div class="entry"> <p>As I sit idly and wait for Gen Con I thought I’d pass along this <a href="http://www.whatmmorpg.com/articles/bggcon-vs-quakecon.php" target="_blank">link</a>, sent to us by a reader and fellow gaming enthusiast.</p> <p>In the article, Chris draws parallels between BoardGameGeek.com’s convention- Board Game Geek. Con and Quake Con.</p> <p>Enjoy</p> </div> <p class="postmetadata"> <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/2011/03/14/board-game-geek-con/#respond"> Leave a comment »</a></p> </div> <div class="post-311 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-dd-3-5e-dm-content category-dd-4e-content category-dd-5e-2 category-dd-fifth-edition category-dd-next category-dungeons-and-dragons category-pathfinder tag-3-5e tag-add tag-crafts tag-dd tag-dd-props tag-d20 tag-dungeons-and-dragons tag-gaming tag-gurps tag-larp tag-lovecraft tag-pathfinder tag-props tag-rpg tag-savage-worlds tag-wizards-of-the-coast tag-world-of-darkness"> <h2 id="post-311"><a href="https://boccobsblog.com/2011/03/07/dd-props/" rel="bookmark">D&D Props</a></h2> <small>Posted in <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/category/dd-3-5e-dm-content/" rel="category tag">D&D 3.5e DM Content</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/category/dd-4e-content/" rel="category tag">D&D 4e Content</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/category/dd-5e-2/" rel="category tag">D&D 5e</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/category/dd-fifth-edition/" rel="category tag">D&D Fifth Edition</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/category/dd-next/" rel="category tag">D&D Next</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/category/dungeons-and-dragons/" rel="category tag">Dungeons and Dragons</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/category/pathfinder/" rel="category tag">Pathfinder</a> with tags <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/3-5e/" rel="tag">3.5e</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/add/" rel="tag">AD&D</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/crafts/" rel="tag">Crafts</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/dd/" rel="tag">D&D</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/dd-props/" rel="tag">D&D Props</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/d20/" rel="tag">D20</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/dungeons-and-dragons/" rel="tag">Dungeons and Dragons</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/gaming/" rel="tag">Gaming</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/gurps/" rel="tag">GURPS</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/larp/" rel="tag">Larp</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/lovecraft/" rel="tag">Lovecraft</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/pathfinder/" rel="tag">Pathfinder</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/props/" rel="tag">Props</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/rpg/" rel="tag">RPG</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/savage-worlds/" rel="tag">Savage Worlds</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/wizards-of-the-coast/" rel="tag">Wizards of the Coast</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/world-of-darkness/" rel="tag">World of Darkness</a> on March 7, 2011 by boccobsblog</small> <div class="entry"> <p><div data-shortcode="caption" id="attachment_3106" style="width: 1034px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3106" data-attachment-id="3106" data-permalink="https://boccobsblog.com/2011/03/07/dd-props/dd-prop/" data-orig-file="https://boccobsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dd-prop.jpg" data-orig-size="1024,683" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="D&amp;D Prop" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://boccobsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dd-prop.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://boccobsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dd-prop.jpg?w=450" loading="lazy" class=" size-full wp-image-3106 aligncenter" src="https://boccobsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dd-prop.jpg" alt="D&amp;D Prop" width="1024" height="683" srcset="https://boccobsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dd-prop.jpg 1024w, https://boccobsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dd-prop.jpg?w=150&h=100 150w, https://boccobsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dd-prop.jpg?w=300&h=200 300w, https://boccobsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dd-prop.jpg?w=768&h=512 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><p id="caption-attachment-3106" class="wp-caption-text">Warner Bros. Props Department</p></div></p> <p>Here is a list of possible props for use with your D&D, Savage Worlds, Pathfinder, World of Darkness or any fantasy setting.</p> <p><strong>Beggar’s cup </strong>– put a few coins in to make noise, extend the cup to a player (form them to place a coin in), and tilt it so they can see a message folded up inside</p> <p><strong>Scrolls </strong>– Spells printed on parchment and sealed with wax and a seal or a ribbon</p> <p><strong>Sand timer/ hour-glass </strong>– I have always wanted to place a massive hourglass on the timer and announce that the players have one hour to exit the dungeon</p> <p><strong>Coins </strong>– Chocolate coins, foreign coins, or if you really want to shine: <a href="https://amzn.to/2UKFF2j">Campaign Coins</a></p> <p><strong>Lock Picks </strong>– Maybe the players didn’t know the NPC was a rogue in disguise until they search his room</p> <p><strong>Jewelry </strong>– I found awesome junk rings and brooches at the Good Will store for next to nothing (unless you count the weird looks from the lady at the counter or the hours of mocking from my wife)</p> <p><strong>Rocks or Geodes </strong>– Tumbled rocks can be purchased at a craft store for cheap. Maybe the work as keys or a spell focus</p> <p><strong>Compass </strong>– Maybe it points to treasure, or the last owner’s killer</p> <p><strong>Weapons </strong>– Every geek has a sword or a mace from the flea market or the Ren faire. Just don’t get all hopped up on Mountain Dew and start swinging it at folks</p> <p><strong>Sealed Letters </strong>– Card shops and specialty store carry fancy envelopes and stationary fit to write an invite to Castle Ravenloft on. Maybe find someone who can knows calligraphy to write the letter for you</p> <p><strong>Leather pouches </strong>– place several small coins, picks, props, notes, red herrings, in there and let the players figure it all out</p> <p><strong>Game board </strong>– I think we’ve all used a chess puzzle at one point or another</p> <p><strong>Cards </strong>– Skip a combat encounter and play a few hands of Three Dragon Ante with your players in their favorite tavern and give them xp for role-playing. Maybe use poker chips or campaign coins</p> <p><strong>Tarot cards </strong>– Read your players fortune and drop hints about upcoming adventures or let the cards write the next adventure for you</p> <p><strong>Runes </strong>– Take flat rocks and paint strange symbols on them. Make custom runes from clay, Sculpey, or Fimo. Place a codex in the dungeon to decode them</p> <p><strong>Keys </strong>– Buy some old skeleton at a junk shop or antique store. Use a fine tip Sharpie or a knife point to make cryptic markings on them</p> <p><strong>Books </strong>– Take an old book from the used bookstore or antique shop and hollow it out, or underline certain words that make a different message</p> <p><strong>Spell book, journal,</strong> – Take a blank book and fill it with dark symbols, runes, sketches, bits of information, lies, misdirection, distress, burn, waterlog the text to make it look ancient. Check out sites on <a href="http://www.miskatonic.net/pickman/mythos/">Mythos Tomes</a> to get ideas and inspiration</p> <p><strong>Puzzle Lock </strong>– One year at Gen Con, I went through a True Dungeon Session and we had to pick a lock, rather than rolling dice, the DM had an actual puzzle lock that we had to figure out. There are several degrees of locks available on the web, some are quite challenging</p> <p><strong>Old bottles </strong>– add water, a drop of food color, a cork and you got a potion.</p> <p><strong>Wooden Puzzle</strong>– I found some wooden puzzles at Mejiers for five dollars. My players kept finding small wooden pieces, and finally a strangely shaped lock. (note: you may want to build in a secondary path or make the locked room not essential to the adventure so things don’t grind to a halt if the players can’t figure out the puzzle.)</p> <p><strong>Puzzle Box</strong>– Hide maps, secrets, deeds, etc. in a false bottom</p> <p><strong>Wand/ Staff </strong>– Take a stick from your yard, sand off the bark with coarse grit sandpaper, then smooth with a fine grit. Add a “crystal” to the tip by gluing on a piece of rock salt or quartz. If you really want to get detailed, you could add runes with a knife or a wood burning tool</p> <p><strong>Figurine </strong>– A small glass or wooden animal could serve as a figurine of wondrous power.</p> <p><strong>Globe</strong> – Find an old globe at a yard sale, junk shop or Craigslist and repaint it with your game world map.</p> <p><strong>Gems</strong> – Take plastic or glass ‘gems’ from a craft store like Michael’s or Hobby Lobby and use them as gems, or Ioun stones</p> <p>Hit those junk, antique, and resale shops, as well as the Ren faire and find a prop for your game. If you’re willing to sculpt a story around the object, anything can serve as a great prop.</p> <p> </p> </div> <p class="postmetadata"> <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/2011/03/07/dd-props/#comments">5 Comments »</a></p> </div> <div class="post-304 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-dd-3-5e-dm-content category-dd-4e-content category-dd-5e-2 category-dd-fifth-edition category-dd-next category-dungeons-and-dragons tag-3-5e tag-add tag-dd tag-d20 tag-dm-content tag-dungeons-and-dragons tag-gaming tag-gaming-handouts tag-gurps tag-handouts tag-pathfinder tag-rpg tag-savage-worlds tag-world-of-darkness"> <h2 id="post-304"><a href="https://boccobsblog.com/2011/02/28/how-teaching-helps-me-be-a-better-dm/" rel="bookmark">How Teaching Helps Me Be A Better DM</a></h2> <small>Posted in <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/category/dd-3-5e-dm-content/" rel="category tag">D&D 3.5e DM Content</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/category/dd-4e-content/" rel="category tag">D&D 4e Content</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/category/dd-5e-2/" rel="category tag">D&D 5e</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/category/dd-fifth-edition/" rel="category tag">D&D Fifth Edition</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/category/dd-next/" rel="category tag">D&D Next</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/category/dungeons-and-dragons/" rel="category tag">Dungeons and Dragons</a> with tags <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/3-5e/" rel="tag">3.5e</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/add/" rel="tag">AD&D</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/dd/" rel="tag">D&D</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/d20/" rel="tag">D20</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/dm-content/" rel="tag">DM Content</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/dungeons-and-dragons/" rel="tag">Dungeons and Dragons</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/gaming/" rel="tag">Gaming</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/gaming-handouts/" rel="tag">gaming handouts</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/gurps/" rel="tag">GURPS</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/handouts/" rel="tag">Handouts</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/pathfinder/" rel="tag">Pathfinder</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/rpg/" rel="tag">RPG</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/savage-worlds/" rel="tag">Savage Worlds</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/world-of-darkness/" rel="tag">World of Darkness</a> on February 28, 2011 by boccobsblog</small> <div class="entry"> <p>When I’m not writing blog posts or running games, I work as an English instructor at my local community college. The longer I teach, the more I see my teacher-side creeping into my game table, and I think this is actually a good thing. Several of the strategies I use in the classroom have actually provided more enjoyment and an all-around better game (at least in my opinion).</p> <p><strong>Give your players homework</strong></p> <p>I find giving my players some small task to do during downtime creates a richer role-playing experience and helps to foster better-developed characters. I always offer some reward as an incentive, usually in the way of XP, but you could offer gold, items, or possibly agree to indulge the play in a side quest or goal.</p> <p>Examples:</p> <ul> <li>Write a summary of the night’s adventure</li> <li>Write a back story for their character</li> <li>Detail the contents of their backpack (a braid of his wife’s hair, the flint his father carried, etc). This one really helps create back story and depth.</li> <li>Map the dungeon or countryside</li> <li>Create a code by which the character lives (I’ve found the easiest way is to make a list of things the player will never do, harm a child, steal from the poor, etc. It helps to define their alignment for them.)</li> <li>Detail a fear or phobia the character has and why</li> <li>Write a brief summary of what your character’s goals are</li> <li>Create a family tree</li> <li>Ask bards to write a poem or a story</li> </ul> <p><strong>Give handouts</strong></p> <p>As a teacher I like my students to have something tangible they can look at after class and think about we’ve worked on. The same holds true for the game table; as a PC and a DM I enjoy these handouts immensely, especially maps. This may seem weird (but I’m sure I’m not alone on this), but I enjoy looking at maps of the game world and trying to imagine what secrets reside on those hexes, what adventures are waiting for me.</p> <p>Note: I think handouts differ from props slightly. We’ll cover props in a different article. Where did I put my foam sword…?</p> <p>Examples:</p> <ul> <li>Maps (hand-drawn is fine by me)</li> <li>Fiction from the game world (Pepper these in with the treasure, they will add depth, explain back-story or world history without bogging down the session. The Elder Scrolls series of video games does this seamlessly.)</li> <li>Letters (use a font that resembles hand writing, and don’t be afraid to spill something on it or burn the edges, it’s a bit junior high, but so what it adds flavor. Download a rune font or elvish script.)</li> <li>NPC Portraits (use the archive <a href="http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/arch/pc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>, print them out on card stock or photo paper— 4.25×5.5 so you can fit four to a page.)</li> <li>Menus (What’s for dinner at the local tavern?)</li> <li>Treasure Maps (Use these a unique treasure that sets you up for a side quest, don’t level scale either, a treasure hunt should be rough, and have a huge payout)</li> <li>Wanted Posters (makes for great side quests, again don’t level scale, let the gold piece value of the reward and the list of crimes give the players an indication of the difficulty)</li> <li>Scrolls (print of the spell’s effect, maybe print it on parchment-style paper. Seal it with wax if you want to go from handout to prop. This idea also serves to save time during combat. Your player doesn’t have to stop and look up the spell in question. Find obscure spells or spells your player won’t normally take)</li> <li>Newspaper (ok this may seem silly, but in the right setting, Sigil, Sharn, etc it might make perfect sense.)</li> </ul> <p><strong>Make time to plan your class</strong></p> <p>Students (and players) can tell when you’ve thrown a game together at the last second. It really hurts the game experience because it puts your players closer to reality, while the purpose of role-playing is to immerse yourself in a secondary world and lose yourself for a few hours. One thing that I find that helps with campaign planning is to keep a log of all the happening in the night’s adventure. Keep a list of people and places that players interact with. You will be amazed at how many adventure hooks the players will create for you. (The guy they picked a fight with at the tavern, the person whose pocket they picked, the loved ones of the monster or npc they killed. Etc) While occasionally it is fun to play a session on the fly, more often than not you’ll want a series of possibilities open, and unless you run a pre-planned world, you’ll need to sit down and prep. (Note: We ran an article a while back that provided prep-time reducing handouts for the DM, a list of NPC names by race, and a list of treasures by encounter level. Both can be found <a href="https://boccobsblog.wordpress.com/2010/07/30/two-handouts-that-should-make-your-life-easier/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.)</p> <p><strong>Give course evaluations</strong></p> <p>Evaluations, when given in a thoughtful, honest manner, can make you a better teacher. If my students didn’t care for a certain text or film, I generally choose something different the next time I teach the course. The great thing about teaching at the college level is that every sixteen weeks I get to try things differently.</p> <p>The same approach holds true at the table. Ask your players for honest feedback. Ask your players what they like and write to that. I have some players for example, that could really do without combat, while I can’t remove all they action from the game, and I always try to put some level of mental challenge or puzzle in for that player when they’re present. Sometimes DMs write for themselves rather than for their players. Don’t be afraid to ask your players what they like and dislike about your game. It may be awkward at first, but it will lead to a more enjoyable experience.</p> <p>-Andy</p> </div> <p class="postmetadata"> <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/2011/02/28/how-teaching-helps-me-be-a-better-dm/#comments">10 Comments »</a></p> </div> <div class="post-283 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-dd-3-5-e-content category-dd-4e-content category-product-review tag-3-5e tag-add tag-dd tag-dd-tokens tag-d20 tag-dungeons-and-dragons tag-gaming tag-gurps tag-miniature tag-pathfinder tag-rpg tag-savage-worlds tag-shadowrun tag-tokens tag-world-of-darkness"> <h2 id="post-283"><a href="https://boccobsblog.com/2011/02/01/goodbye-minis-hello-tokens/" rel="bookmark">Goodbye Minis, Hello Tokens</a></h2> <small>Posted in <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/category/dd-3-5-e-content/" rel="category tag">D&D 3.5 e Content</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/category/dd-4e-content/" rel="category tag">D&D 4e Content</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/category/product-review/" rel="category tag">Product Review</a> with tags <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/3-5e/" rel="tag">3.5e</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/add/" rel="tag">AD&D</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/dd/" rel="tag">D&D</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/dd-tokens/" rel="tag">D&D Tokens</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/d20/" rel="tag">D20</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/dungeons-and-dragons/" rel="tag">Dungeons and Dragons</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/gaming/" rel="tag">Gaming</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/gurps/" rel="tag">GURPS</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/miniature/" rel="tag">Miniature</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/pathfinder/" rel="tag">Pathfinder</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/rpg/" rel="tag">RPG</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/savage-worlds/" rel="tag">Savage Worlds</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/shadowrun/" rel="tag">Shadowrun</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/tokens/" rel="tag">Tokens</a>, <a href="https://boccobsblog.com/tag/world-of-darkness/" rel="tag">World of Darkness</a> on February 1, 2011 by boccobsblog</small> <div class="entry"> <p>Wizard’s has stopped production on their miniatures line. To help fill this gap, they have begun producing more 2D tokens.</p> <p>We ran an article several months ago showing how you could easily make these tokens at home, but several players have expressed that they haven’t the time to make their own so, that said, here is a list of Wizard’s products that contain good D&D tokens.</p> <p><a href="http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=products/dndcore/863490000" target="_blank">Dungeons and Dragons Adventure Game (2000)</a></p> <p>This was a 3.0 edition basic game for people new to the hobby. It contains several sheets of one-sided, gray-scale tokens. Some of the tokens are of strange sizes because the sizing was different in 3.0 (large tall, large long, etc.), but this only affects a few tokens. This set is getting hard to find, but can still be bought on Amazon or E-bay for about 5 dollars. While not flimsy, these tokens are made out of much thinner material than the 4e tokens, but they are your cheapest option.</p> <p><a href="http://wizards.com/dnd/Product.aspx?x=dnd/products/dndacc/217120000" target="_blank">D&D Role-Playing Game Starter Set (2008) </a></p> <p>This is essentially the fourth edition equivalent of the above-mentioned product. It came with a few sheets of dungeon tiles and several sheets of two-sided, full color tokens made out of the same material as Dungeon Tiles. The down side to this product is that it didn’t remain in production for very long and prices online are expensive with new sets selling for 50 dollars on Amazon.</p> <p><a href="http://wizards.com/dnd/Product.aspx?x=dnd/products/dndacc/244660000" target="_blank">The Red Box (2010) </a></p> <p>The “Red Box” contains two sheets of token similar (but not exactly the same) as those contained in the fourth ed. Starter set from 2008. The Red Box sells for about twenty dollars and can be found online, Wal-Mart, and Target (although hopefully you’ll support your local game store if you have one)</p> <p><a href="http://wizards.com/dnd/Product.aspx?x=dnd/products/dndacc/244640000" target="_blank">Dungeon Master’s Kit (2010)</a></p> <p>This box set contains another 3 sheets of die-cut tokens made from the Dungeon Tile material. Two sheets contain monsters and one sheet is PC’s of various races and classes. At forty dollars, this is the most expensive option, because the tokens are just a small part of the product.</p> <p><a href="http://wizards.com/dnd/Product.aspx?x=dnd/products/dndacc/244650000" target="_blank">Monster Vault (2010)</a></p> <p>This 4e product is a treasure trove of monster tokens containing 10 full sheets of iconic D&D monsters. Again, these tokens are die-cut and made from the same material as Dungeon Tiles. 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