Encumbrance. Surely, no single phrase (except possibly, “I initiate a grapple”) illicits so much terror and confusion among gamers.
Tag: Pathfinder Advice
What’s in an Adventurer’s Get Home Bag?
I’ve blogged quite a lot recently about encumbrance. One of the first comments on my Fallacy of the Adventurer’s Backpack post referenced a Get Home Bag. I was fascinated by the concept and did some research. A Get Home Bag is a bag of stuff you keep near to your person that holds the bare essentials required to get you home.
Shattered Star #48: Into The Jaws of Death
At the end of last session, our heroes returned in triumph to Ountsy now in possession of three of the seven shards needed to combat the rising threat of the death knight Monduiz Dephaar.
What’s in an Adventurer’s EDC?
Urban adventures are an essential part of many campaigns. However, more than once in my campaigns I’ve had adventurers—or indeed entire parties—insist they are clanking around town with all their equipment, weapons and armour (just in case). Variously this can include full plate armour, lances (strapped to your back naturally) and more.
Shattered Star #47: Death and Glory
At the end of last session, we left the party in the seven-columned room having activated a teleportation device which had filled an alcove with golden mist.