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.
Continue reading The Concept of CR-Appropriate Challenges is Too Ingrained in Our Minds
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.
Continue reading Four Things Modern Dungeons Don’t Seem to Have Enough of Anymore
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.
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!
Continue reading 1 Overlooked High-Level Classic TSR Module You Should Run
I’ve posted a lot about dungeon design and I’ve even posted some of my own first megadungeon maps. I realised today, though, that I’ve never shared my favourite dungeon map.