Rumours are a bit like wandering monsters. In the Good Old Days every adventure had both a rumour table and a wandering monster table. Now, they both seem to be few and far between.
Why Your Campaign Needs More Rumours
Author: Creighton
Creighton is the publisher at Raging Swan Press and the designer of the award winning adventure Madness at Gardmore Abbey. He has designed many critically acclaimed modules such as Retribution and Shadowed Keep on the Borderlands and worked with Wizards of the Coast, Paizo, Expeditious Retreat Press, Rite Publishing and Kobold Press.
Shattered Star #55: A Parting of the Ways
At the end of last session, we left our heroes seemingly victorious on the beach have defeated the possessed villager and their skum overlords.
Gygax On…Henchmen & Hirelings
I’ve always had a soft spot for henchmen, but never been happy with the Leadership feat in 3e (and Pathfinder). I have fond memories of 1st edition D&D when you could have up to 15 henchmen (if you could afford to keep them and were charismatic enough).
Is Pathfinder too Adventure-centric?
I think it’s safe to say that over the last four decades D&D has gone through changes great and small. As each different edition has been created and refined, it’s designers have stamped their own individual mark on the game. While 1st Edition AD&D and Pathfinder both flow from the same wellspring, they are markedly different games.
Borderland of Adventure #68: An Ending…
At the end of last session, we left our heroes in dire straits. Trapped in Tessarael’s tomb by the undying one herself the party were low on resources. As they waited for their enemy to descend the stairs, they frantically used what healing magic remained to them. Sounds of more spellcasting (and cackling) drifted down the stairs from above as Tessarael also prepared for the final battle.
