Last week, I heroically went on an adventure in the wild borderlands that lie close to home on the borderlands…
The Fallacy of the Adventurer’s Backpack
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The Concept of CR-Appropriate Challenges is Too Ingrained in Our Minds
I’m beginning to have deep misgivings about the slavish adherence to CR-appropriate challenges in adventures. Of course, I’m not actually against CR-appropriate challenges; far from it. However, I’m beginning to think that any decent adventure should feature at least a few fiendishly tough and blindingly easy encounters.
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Four Things Modern Dungeons Don’t Seem to Have Enough of Anymore
In my Shattered Star campaign, we are about three-quarters of the way through the second adventure—Curse of the Lady’s Light. With the exception of a couple of deaths and some close shaves, things seem to be generally going to plan.
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5 iOS Apps that Help Me Run My Campaign
I’ve previously blogged about the tools I use to run Raging Swan Press, but I recently realised I’ve never really talked about the software I use to help run my Borderland of Adventure and Shattered Star campaigns.
1 Overlooked High-Level Classic TSR Module You Should Run
Last year, I blogged about four overlooked classic TSR modules I thought you should run as soon as you can. While reorganising Raging Swan Press’s Global HQ, I made a serendipitous discovery that immediately forced me to write this—a somewhat related—blog post!
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