tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4329271264001928180Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:09:10 +0000goldmoonlizardfolkchronicleskhasnewsElinda Bannondm rewardsboatFiery Dragondungeon magazinevampireddofire beetlesodauurthrymdyinghesterDnDdcrewardsmysterycelebritydragonadndlicensecastlekechdragon turtlesChris Perkinscastle of the dawnboard gametasselhoffmastermatepolar beardungeons and dragonsGreybearWotCgame sessiontest of high sorceryplatiusonlinedunbarsilvanosthanoicoverssolamniagencongame supplementlive actionmargaret weiswebsheromachinecentipedetechnologyresolutionscomputer graphicspodcastseaKQdragonringtreasurelive-actionBlackwater Keepnew featuresstonehelmhithsecret passageaurakblind guardianarrestcharitytrailerHail to The Geeksliggnatchlost caverns of the underdarkRay WinningerWilliam Dearupdatewolfthanecreature collectionwalrus manbas-ohn korafrpg cardstrollreal lifefan-createdgame playvandarGem of Amaraaction figuredungeon tiles mapperravennaladonnatwittergame spacehylarminaturesdawnbringerbeginnerorcusmagazinelost towercommercialsnonkJeff Grubbartgiantweb-tvsigmunwhite dragongnomish deviceconventionsulaiblue dragonangelfantasydangerous delvestileshouse ruleessentialszombietamordraconianred dragonaristvmad marco balmaufreviewansalonpalinpar-saliangriffindungeonfistandantilusogreaccessoriestychephantom fungusgoblinFlotsam101languageclericdalamardevilariakasdungeon crawlanimatedartinew charactercitysoftwareblack dragonkreykitiaragrimvaarflintdungeons and dragons controversyhoraxsubscribe buttons18th levelreserve pointsskeletonGary Gygaxmyrellablack cloaksmarikdungeons and dragons onlinemarakThe Cruciblecomicstheolincaramonsocialyoutubeunderwater combatlost chroniclesbergintakhisisdruidmagic itemdragonarmiesruinseronkalaman4th editioncrimekingpriestWil Wheatonraistlinbackgroundmorse codedo you want to date my avatarrobberyantarawizards of the coasthalflingDr. Thomas Radeckileague of minotaursaxantheasfeedbakalinew editiondemonmazebear2010ddmgnomesmonestarynew playergreyhawkabyssPaizofree giftmezamereriverwindfeaturesea elfshiphistorybaazsilver dragonharold johnsonmord oddbodytanis1echaos warpalanthasLegacy DnDkenderpirateskrynntoolstrandameresubscribe linksbooksdeathsecond windghoulCaledonsailorguest postglass riderbrakmindbenderborgyshalf-kendersturmtower of high sorceryjuly 15DDMdbplayer4espiderscrubbing bubblesfeh60 Minutesvideohobgoblin barbarianjustariususeful linksbeach toweldungeon delvetrainingsecond generationspyranusgileanannouncementsscenerygolemgray dragonlegodwarfcavesdm screenrivacartoonspell castersBrightstone Keepkendarkalthanancataclysmled zepplingoodman gamesdragon orbsolohappy new year1st editiongarrinoloballipstarter setcharactermaquestaquilliansancristbas-ohn horaklauranapetrifiedDnD Experiencecommentdaihaukplanet3.5etraagsongerestemmusic videoloralon5einspirationnerakadragonlance (weapon)mariclord sothjenquelake of tearsdire batwoodland combatjethan2nd editiontriviakristophanDark Sunulf ironfisttaladastanalktarrhhammertalklord silvercrownstaff of ethysminiaturesJameskapakDun EamonlegendsJones SodaDMBlack ScourgetipsolithnightwishwayrethfansivakutilitesEberrondarialfizbanbrightblade3rd editionForgotten Realmsvyrathasaintcountersbronze dragonfrost giantskill challangefortune cardssilvercrowndnd nextdevil's due publishingskrumcampaignspellsdid you know?underground combatdelaycultistsdvdtroglodyteravenlofthobgoblinjarak-sinnpaladineimprovisehanukDragoneyegiles warwickThe Dungeon Master (novel)advertisementdungeon tilesthe guildxpbanariffhumorcontesttracy hickmanandvariaz-araz-aradviceneidargravydungeoncraftcreatorelfwild elfwhat if?labelswar of soulswistanmovieproductsurban3eshayaIDWmmorpgsneakersPat Pullingcantavianlady flamebozakkarranusrulesveryntrilyxcentaurapplesantos silverbladeBlaquee and Dekkeripadminifigthe teststaff of magiusgnomeelectronic dungeons and dragonsDallas Egbert IIImonasteryblog rollrpgaminotaurforestharpyLegendary EvilsmattelundeadmaraghizDnD Tacticsspelljammerfear of girlssubmissionsamothusghostblogtiger quoyai (spirit)albenwinterwolfDeaf Pedestriansherrolarcane towerscardstrapMy Dungeons and Dragons 3.5 edition game in the Dragonlance setting, as well as some of the tools I use as DM, house rules and anything Dragonlance, or D&D, that's new or noteworthy.http://dlgame.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Eddie G)Blogger182125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4329271264001928180.post-5707550386472272051Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:00:00 +00002012-01-26T09:00:08.942-05:00genconWhile I was working the company booth at an industry convention, I noticed folks walking this way and that (rarely stopping at our booth), all with the various goodie bags they picked up from the other vendors at the show. Between failed attempts at using the force to compel folks to visit our station ("This is the booth you're looking for"), I started thinking about GenCon (and how it couldn't http://dlgame.blogspot.com/2012/01/prepping-for-con-gencon-2012-warmup.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eddie G)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DragonlanceGameBlog/~4/sAaOZ0BK4Fs" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4329271264001928180.post-5722232667334219241Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:00:00 +00002012-01-23T09:00:06.754-05:00The Cruciblecharacterbackground As a follow up to my previous post, "Let Your Campaign Talk to You", I've been thinking about new ways to approach developing character backgrounds, and looking at various techniques from literature and television. Rather than what I suspect is the standard approach, that of drafting the background and incidental details all at once, and typically before even the first game session has taken http://dlgame.blogspot.com/2012/01/listen-to-your-characters.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eddie G)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DragonlanceGameBlog/~4/S5ZW6U-N1J4" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4329271264001928180.post-266891190448033443Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:00:00 +00002012-01-11T23:07:50.413-05:00greyhawk4esocialonline5ednd nextnew editionIn case you missed it, WoTC confirmed Monday one of it's worst kept secrets, that they are hard at work on a new edition of Dungeons and Dragons. Read about it here from CNN, or here from Forbes. The announcement was also carried by the New York Times and EN World. This new edition, cleverly referred to at the moment as just "D&D Next", seems to have a very daunting mandate, to re-unite the http://dlgame.blogspot.com/2012/01/good-complexity-initial-thoughts-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eddie G)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DragonlanceGameBlog/~4/ALxbN98GR7I" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4329271264001928180.post-8015028687011849447Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:00:00 +00002012-01-05T09:00:00.515-05:00DMcampaignMy typical progression for a campaign may be little unusual. In the beginning, when the PCs are newly minted 1st level characters that have just been created by their players, I run adventures that don't tie too closely into any character's background. The reason for this is two fold. At lower levels, simply put, characters may not survive. I never go out of my way to kill a character, but to http://dlgame.blogspot.com/2012/01/let-your-campaign-talk-to-you.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eddie G)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DragonlanceGameBlog/~4/ncOCLGzucek" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4329271264001928180.post-7825535047823703459Thu, 29 Dec 2011 14:00:00 +00002011-12-29T09:00:07.665-05:00During one of my recent wandering on the tubes, I came across a site called The Monster Engine where the artist started off with the children's drawings and then add light and shadow, depth and shading, all the while retaining all the physics-defying, physiology-stretching, lack of reality from the original drawing. The results are highly disturbing, and from a D&D point of view, look like http://dlgame.blogspot.com/2011/12/monster-engine.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eddie G)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DragonlanceGameBlog/~4/_hCW4HiG1x0" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4329271264001928180.post-1991160907072624646Thu, 22 Dec 2011 14:00:00 +00002011-12-22T09:00:06.547-05:00wolfthanecomicsstonehelmmaricsilvercrownuurthrymlord silvercrownansalontheolinrivaThis story begins a few days after the last issue. Once again, we start with a nice little paragraph from Astinus recapping previous events and setting the stage for this issue. The wolf-clan dwarves are disposing the bodies of the dead neidar (hill dwarves) in a ritual fashion. Wolfthane stops the clan shaman's ritual short, not caring about his "mumbo-jumbo" and fearing the shaman's horn http://dlgame.blogspot.com/2011/12/dragonlance-comics-issue-31-sword-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eddie G)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DragonlanceGameBlog/~4/yyGfHJGFtu0" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4329271264001928180.post-286175560425452733Thu, 15 Dec 2011 14:00:00 +00002011-12-15T09:00:07.174-05:00While many people think of Dragonlance as the creation of Tracy Hickman and Margaret Weis, there were a lot of other people involved. Remember, Dragonlance originally started out as a campaign setting and module series before the idea of writing accompanying novels was added to the mix. One of the people who was involved in the early creation process of the setting was TSR employee Jeff Grubb. http://dlgame.blogspot.com/2011/12/did-you-know-jeff-grubbs-dragonlance.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eddie G)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DragonlanceGameBlog/~4/oMeEPzH5Uc0" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4329271264001928180.post-815448268181249252Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:00:00 +00002011-12-08T09:00:04.539-05:00This is the second of the two part series on planning tools for the Dwarven Forge Room sets. Last time I release a PDF of simple illustrations for the Room Set. This time I'm following up with another PDF of the Rooms and Passages set. Note, I also updated the PDF of the original Rooms set. If you've downloaded that one when I first posted about it, you may want to check out the new version. http://dlgame.blogspot.com/2011/12/dwarven-forge-free-planning-tools-part.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eddie G)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DragonlanceGameBlog/~4/nrUxZrXSyow" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4329271264001928180.post-4039377013194069496Thu, 01 Dec 2011 14:00:00 +00002011-12-01T09:00:14.288-05:00comics I was recently surprised when I learned that prior to the TSR/DC Dragonlance comics series that ran in the 80's, there was a pitch for a Dragonlance comic that was made back in the earliest days of the setting. Stephen Sullivan, and author (including several books in the Dragonlance New Adventures series) worked with noted comic artist Tim Truman. While nothing every came to be from their http://dlgame.blogspot.com/2011/12/first-dragonlance-comic.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eddie G)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DragonlanceGameBlog/~4/jBpNPt7RYPo" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4329271264001928180.post-5761598201431819743Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:00:00 +00002011-11-23T09:00:04.445-05:00wizards of the coastsubmissions4th edition Hopefully by now you are all well aware of Wizard's Open Window policy on submissions for the online publications. Just as hopefully, you've been working hard on your best ideas to send in (I know I've been kicking around two or three for the last month). Now if you haven't heard about the open window, check out the posting on their website about it here. It has all the info you need, http://dlgame.blogspot.com/2011/11/wizards-open-window-about-to-close.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eddie G)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DragonlanceGameBlog/~4/RY7M8Mff3Zw" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4329271264001928180.post-1318023961757734974Thu, 17 Nov 2011 14:00:00 +00002011-11-17T09:00:11.472-05:00gray dragondragontriviaA little know official Dragonlance monster, the gray dragon, first appeared in issue #146 of Dragon Magazine (cover date June 1989). Appearing as part of the magazine's dragon theme issue, it was one of several new dragon types described in an article titled "The Dragon's Bestiary". The article offers a few other new dragon types, but none of them are specifically stated as coming from Krynn. http://dlgame.blogspot.com/2011/11/did-you-know-gray-dragons.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eddie G)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DragonlanceGameBlog/~4/sf6nNN_HuhM" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4329271264001928180.post-4118935673578753369Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:00:00 +00002011-11-10T09:00:16.203-05:00humorThere's a lot of great D&D humor on the Internets, but one of my recent favorites is also one of the best. The videos are short, most under 5 min, and most take the form of the Dungeon Bastard responding to read emails. The production values and video quality are top notch, and with such a simple setup, it gets right into the D&D humor right away. If you haven't checked out the Dungeon Bastard,http://dlgame.blogspot.com/2011/11/dungeon-bastard.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eddie G)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DragonlanceGameBlog/~4/Ok0kuOJO9qI" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4329271264001928180.post-78093227983639291Thu, 03 Nov 2011 13:00:00 +00002011-11-03T09:00:22.063-04:00wolfthanestonehelmmaricandvarigrimvaaransalonlord silvercrowntheolinrivasolamniacomicssancristneidarsilvercrownuurthrymjethanmarikhylarAfter last month's slight departure to the realm of Spelljammer, we return to the regular ongoing Dragonlance comic. This issue finds us back in time, just after the War of the Lance, when Riva was still on Ansalon and not yet a knight of Solamnia. The story opens with a splash page and text (from Astinus, no less) that sets the time frame for the story. This is a pretty good idea since for the http://dlgame.blogspot.com/2011/11/dragonlance-comics-issue-30-sword-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eddie G)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DragonlanceGameBlog/~4/EJ31bKTEbno" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4329271264001928180.post-4853081361288749857Thu, 27 Oct 2011 13:00:00 +00002011-10-27T09:00:10.338-04:00DDMdbtoolsrpg cardsminiaturescardsDMddmRecently, while prepping for an upcoming D&D session, I was re-reading the module (I always review the 3 or 4 encounters I think the party will get through during an upcoming session) and I noticed two things: the seemingly underpowered opponents the module was calling for, and the repetitiveness of the encounters. The previous session, my players ended up having 2 of the three battles that http://dlgame.blogspot.com/2011/10/dm-tools-ddm-rpg-cards-and-ddmdb.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eddie G)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DragonlanceGameBlog/~4/EP9gRTiq97k" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4329271264001928180.post-595416817561425031Thu, 20 Oct 2011 13:00:00 +00002011-11-20T01:28:35.386-05:00 As the new proud owner of a Dwarven Forge - Room Set, I was very eager to use it in my game at the first opportunity. But I had no easy way of planning what rooms I could layout with my one set. I could, of course, pull the actual pieces out and arrange them on my dining room table, but I'd like something a little easier. I've also seen references to some PC programs that would help with the http://dlgame.blogspot.com/2011/10/dwarven-forge-free-planning-tools.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eddie G)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DragonlanceGameBlog/~4/u1CVoOUaiho" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4329271264001928180.post-1457084182616334736Thu, 13 Oct 2011 13:00:00 +00002011-10-13T16:17:40.175-04:00comicsgiles warwickktarrhbakalispelljammerriva Exile on Taladas We take a slight break from the regular Dragonlance comic reviews to take a look at this interesting little gem I recently uncovered. While I was an avid reader of the Dragonlance comics, I also dabbled in some of the other TSR/DC comics of the day. I read the Advanced Dungeons and Dragons comic for at least the first year, and the Forgotten Realms comic through it's http://dlgame.blogspot.com/2011/10/spelljammer-comics-issue-10.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eddie G)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DragonlanceGameBlog/~4/4fBf8PQ18_c" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4329271264001928180.post-151532974193933715Thu, 06 Oct 2011 13:00:00 +00002011-10-06T09:00:09.189-04:00 This has nothing to do with Dragonlance or Dungeons and Dragons, and yet every word I write, every digital image a create, every post, tweet, or status update usually involves one of the many devices he brought about that has helped usher in the world we all live in.http://dlgame.blogspot.com/2011/10/steve-jobs-1955-2011.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eddie G)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DragonlanceGameBlog/~4/A_8zEnb3irM" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4329271264001928180.post-139779878897685165Thu, 29 Sep 2011 13:00:00 +00002011-10-02T06:14:02.447-04:00guest post4eIf you haven't already heard, the Wombat's Gaming Den of Iniquity blog is in the middle of running a blog festival called "Winter is Coming". The idea is that several different folks wrote up anything game related (from adventures, classes, creatures, etc), for any gaming system, with the common theme of winter. So, grab your favorite warm beverage and check out the submissions here, or click onhttp://dlgame.blogspot.com/2011/09/winter-is-comingwinter-is-here.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eddie G)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DragonlanceGameBlog/~4/AyYOfSxsb4w" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4329271264001928180.post-4496604851785865240Thu, 22 Sep 2011 13:00:00 +00002011-09-22T09:00:04.899-04:00comicsNot since the heyday of the DC Comics/TSR agreement back in the 80s, has there been so much new Dungeons and Dragons comic material, plenty of which you might want to consider taking a look at. First, IDW has a license to do trade reprints of those old DC/TSR comics. Currently available are volume one of the Dungeons and Dragons comic and the Dungeons and Dragons: Forgotten Realms comic, which http://dlgame.blogspot.com/2011/09/comics-update.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eddie G)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DragonlanceGameBlog/~4/3A_2wJ2XHlU" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4329271264001928180.post-964468558672229183Thu, 15 Sep 2011 13:00:00 +00002011-09-15T09:00:13.439-04:00griffinmaraghizkreyarishoraxhesterantararivacomicstanalktarrhskrumsulai A Sort of Homecoming This issue starts off with Riva and her friends still on board the ship of Captain Antara. They are (once again) in the middle of a shard storm and trying to get into a harbor cave, but the magic password Captain Antara knew no longer seems to work. To avoid slamming into the heavy doors at the mouth of the cave, the tiger elves Sulia and Maraghiz work their magic to pry http://dlgame.blogspot.com/2011/09/dragonlance-comics-issue-29-untitled.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eddie G)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DragonlanceGameBlog/~4/QUfcgM1A6WU" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4329271264001928180.post-4661777596517911298Thu, 08 Sep 2011 13:00:00 +00002011-09-08T09:00:10.367-04:00DMimproviseadvice"I'm going off the rails on a crazy train" - Ozzy Osbourne As I get ready to prep for tonight's game session, I'm reminded of how much time I try to spend getting ready, and how much of that prep comes into play during an actual session. More often than not, I read, re-read, and plan out the various encounters I expect the party to get through in a given session (I'm familiar with the whole http://dlgame.blogspot.com/2011/09/off-rails.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eddie G)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DragonlanceGameBlog/~4/3IHKVpnOCVg" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4329271264001928180.post-6202127068191461663Thu, 01 Sep 2011 13:00:00 +00002011-09-01T09:00:05.192-04:00game sessionFlotsamBlackwater KeepSeveral days after returning to Blackwater Keep, when Marzena was feeling better, the party got to talk with the wizard about the Black Scourge and the bone shards still embedded in their bodies. Marzena told them what little she knew. It seems there were various mentions of this elder dragon, a piece here, a paragraph there, in various documents and journals she'd come across. Interestingly, http://dlgame.blogspot.com/2011/09/meeting-with-dragon-sages.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eddie G)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DragonlanceGameBlog/~4/4TYQOyoFLsk" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4329271264001928180.post-330763719871420597Tue, 30 Aug 2011 13:00:00 +00002011-08-30T09:00:01.703-04:00scrubbing bubbleshumororcus Little known Daily Power of Orcus, Demon Price. Once per day he can summon scrubbing bubbles that follow his commands. Remember, they work hard so Orcus doesn't have to! http://dlgame.blogspot.com/2011/08/humor-orcuss-little-known-ability.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eddie G)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DragonlanceGameBlog/~4/o0Xf5EqtkCk" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4329271264001928180.post-7897962928394900232Thu, 25 Aug 2011 13:00:00 +00002011-08-25T09:00:17.647-04:00treasurerewardsgravyxpDMcampaignIt seems inevitable in my games that when the PCs finish up the meat of an adventure--when the princess has been rescued, or the one ring destroyed--they start acting like a piece of cornbread at the end of a meal, sopping up the last bits of gravy from the adventure. In almost every game, there seems to be rooms the PCs skipped, or failed Search checks that leave them thinking they've missed http://dlgame.blogspot.com/2011/08/adventure-gravy-and-cornbread-gamers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eddie G)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DragonlanceGameBlog/~4/wNf3IJhOasw" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4329271264001928180.post-1912956127250062428Thu, 18 Aug 2011 13:00:00 +00002011-08-18T09:00:10.026-04:004econventionKQminaturesgenconThis year, for the second year in a row, I got to attend the Mac Daddy of gaming conventions, Gen Con. If you're not familiar with this legendary convention, you certainly owe it to yourself to do some research, and then, hopefully, plan to attend next year's gathering. This year, due to some real life issues, I wasn't able to head out early for the con. It's typical for folks to start arriving http://dlgame.blogspot.com/2011/08/gen-con-aftermath-35-days-of-gaming.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eddie G)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DragonlanceGameBlog/~4/ySi9GUtKzGQ" height="1" width="1"/>