What’s Up with the Restoration Spells?

We recently had a disastrous session in my Shattered Star campaign. The party had a rather nasty run-in with a pack of four greater shadows. Things went badly, and our heroes had to destroy two of their own who succumbed to the shadows’ strength damage attacks and rose again as undead abominations.

By William McAusland (Outland Arts)

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Are You Suffering From Option Fatigue?

I think we’ve lost our way. Over the last two decades or so there has been a general rush (perhaps even a stampede) toward ever increasing amounts of choice in our games.

By William McAusland (Outland Arts)

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The Rise of Point-Buy and Joys of Min-Maxing

Last week my dear friend and brilliant designer Creighton Broadhurst unleashed a diatribe against the point-buy method of generation of ability scores and min-maxing. I’m here to tell you he is dead wrong. And I believe I can prove it.

Tumbling Dice by Justin D. Russell

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