Love Life
Love. Defying death. You probably know the drill. In generic game mechanics: Draw two intertwined hearts on your character sheet. On one side, you put your character’s name. On the […]
RPG articles – generic
With the Hive – thoughts on hive minds, collective intelligences, shared consciousness and other gestalt entities
The hive. Sounds sinister, doesn’t it? Even with the plethora of games embracing ideas – or rather aesthetics – of humanity outgrowing its physical boundaries and even its very physicality, […]
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[German] Die Drachenhöhle – ein Drache aus dem Archiv
Dragons of June 8/8: Dusting off a 19 years old German adventure about a dragon, a thief and a rude awakening.
[German] Hortaktien – Drachen im Kapitalismus
Dragons of June 7/x: This discussion of the economics behind draconic stocks and shares is only available in German.
Cloud Dragons – a fantasy myth about dragons
Dragons of June 5/x: “But why doesn’t every cloud hatch into a dragon?” “Does every cloud look like a dragon?” “No.” “You see, and that is why they do not […]
Goblin’s Best Friend – a glimpse of the fantasy future
When considering the close relation so often attributed to wolves and goblins, I cannot help but ask myself: Shouldn’t goblins at some point evolve to be seen as the preeminent […]
The Balance of Life and Death and Magic – initial thoughts on a magic system
“Casters are overpowered!” That’s a commonly heard criticism – or observation – regarding D&D and some of its derivates and relatives. I do not want to spend too much time […]
Alignment change in 5, 4, 3, … – a very brief thought about alignments
First, she registers as a beacon of hope on the Detect Good spell and is let through the door. Then, she slaughters the church full of orphans. There has to […]
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[German] Von hier nach dort – gewöhnliche Menschen in fremden Welten
The German version of the article might be more verbose but it all comes down to the question “what is the reason that we do not see the trope of […]
[German] Zehn Dinge zum Zehnten: 10 kriminelle Organisationen für Fantasysettings Teil 2
This German article describes 10 additional criminal organisations for fantasy settings.