The best way to shake up a party is for them to encounter a monster they don’t recognize. This is especially effective on players who have that smugness that can only come from an encyclopedic knowledge of the monster manual. When something totally new comes into sight, they find themselves in the uncomfortable, but exciting, [...]
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A Finger-Licking Good Bucket of Links
There has been some top class blogging this week with analysis, review and comment on 4e, retro-gaming, WotC and more. All of which can be found in this week’s bucket.
Top Ten D&D Monsters from The Dwarf & The Basilisk
The Core Mechanic continues it excellent coverage of Hasbro and WotC with D&D Insider: Where are we?
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Returns of the Deep Ones
Need inspiration for your next game of Cthulhu or just want to see something that pokes a response from the primitive part of your brain? Then take a look at this short video.
According to Pink Tentacle :
…bioluminescent deep-sea siphonophore — an eerily fantastic creature that appears to be a single, large organism, but which is [...]
4 Tips for getting the most from Fantasy Creatures
As a GM, the fantasy creatures you add to your gaming sessions are your characters and for this reason probably the most important aspect of the game as well as the one that can give you the most pleasure. In practice and as a player, I’ve seen even the best GM’s floundering with their creations [...]
Origami D&D Monsters
Struggling to find the miniature you need? Left your boxs of figures at home? Don’t worry, just grab a sheet of paper and fold yourself some monsters. The Bulette above comes from a collection of origami D&D monsters that are even to scale for 28mm miniatures.
