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The Waterdeep Job
Looks like it’s heist heist week here at Mike’s D&D blog. On Monday I posted about how in heist movies, there is usually an expert team assembled each with his or her own unique characteristics...
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How to gracefully fail a search check
I don’t know about you, but sometimes the most mundane events in my life lead me to odd roleplaying ideas. For example, when I saw the office manager emptying out the shredder this week, I thought that...
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Illuminated Ruminations
I was recently watching a show that mentioned the Treasures of the British Library. Some of my favorite works in their collection are the illuminated texts. Books come up pretty frequently in my...
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Ferris Dragonborn’s Day Off
I thought that I had heard just about every kind of source for a D&D Adventure, but then I read Ameron’s (of Dungeon Mastering) post about doing an adventure in the style of an 80′s Teen Comedy....
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Restaurant Recommendations [Twenty Questions]
What is your character’s favorite place to eat? What about when she’s in Sharn? Waterdeep? Sigil? What kind of food does he or she like? Elven? Dwarven? Northern Halfling? Seafood? Underdark mushroom...
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Bard, Cleric, Fighter, Battlemind
I love the show Leverage; I love it almost as much as I love talking about it on my D&D blog. The show’s writers (or maybe marketers) are really into the character’s clearly defined roles. In the...
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The 3rd Amendment and Your Character
The 3rd Amendment to the US Constitution states: No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by...
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5 Cards to a Deeper Character
I heard an idea a long time ago and I’m wondering if anyone has every tried something similar. Take 5 random images, magic cards, quotes, book titles, etc and use those as inspiration for a...
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Deepest, Darkest Fears
Sarah Darkmagic just got back from Gen Con with a crate of swag. When your DM gets new material, it is an occasion of concern for any player. This event combined dangerously with a simple innocuous...
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5 Things I Learned From Pandemic
Pandemic the board game has become quite the go-to for my group when we just don’t feel like doing D&D. It’s an awesome game, and one of the few games where it’s fun when you loose as well as...
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