http://www.dlhammons.com/2015/12/the-deja-vu-blogfest-2015.html
Now I just need to find something to talk about from this year.
Likely I'll post this on Sunday Feb 20.
Tuesday, December 15, 2015
Déjà vu Blogfest 2015
I am joining the Déjà vu blogfest for 2015.
http://www.dlhammons.com/2015/12/the-deja-vu-blogfest-2015.html
Now I just need to find something to talk about from this year.
Likely I'll post this on Sunday Feb 20.
http://www.dlhammons.com/2015/12/the-deja-vu-blogfest-2015.html
Now I just need to find something to talk about from this year.
Likely I'll post this on Sunday Feb 20.
Jury Duty, Again
I have jury duty again today.
Though to be fair the last time was way back in 2009. Hopefully it will be a one day deal.
Though to be fair the last time was way back in 2009. Hopefully it will be a one day deal.
Monday, December 14, 2015
Featured Post Feature
Blogger just added a "Featured Post" feature.
You can see it to the right just under the Social Media icons.
So each week I try to feature something new. Maybe from the week in question or something else.
It will be interesting to see how it works.
You can see it to the right just under the Social Media icons.
So each week I try to feature something new. Maybe from the week in question or something else.
It will be interesting to see how it works.
Slavers Defeated!
Last night the Order of the Platinum Dragon crushed the gnolls working in Slave Pits of the Undercity and defeated the slavers! The slaves were freed, including some orcs which vowed to help the PCs when and if they could. Detailed maps were discovered and the group is off to stop an even larger threat.
We finished module A1 Slave Pits of the Undercity last night. I ran it under 5th Edition and made a lot of tweaks along the way. While I felt the players had an easy of a time when going through Castle Amber, I made som changes in how monsters were dealt with and felt that last's night session was much more balanced. Plus a lot of great things went on.
I used gnolls instead of orcs. In truth I am tired of orcs and wanted something new. So I used a lot of material from +James Mishler's Hercynian Grimoire #1. I included his Gnoles, werehyenas, and even a gnoll assassin and a gnoll witch. It made for a lot of fun.
Since I am also tying in more to the Out of Abyss adventures I included some gnoll demonic adepts which was great fun. I took the old adage that the campaign is written by the paranoia of the players my oldest son decided that these demonic-gnolls must mean that ultimately demons are in control of the slavers. Sure. Let's go with that!
To really have some fun since there were ghouls in this adventure I added a Thoul enforcer. Now back in the day I always thought thouls were part ghoul, part troll and part gnoll, forgeting all about hobgoblin. So I decided I would honor my 35+ year-old mistake and have a thoul in my game that was decidedly gnoll in heritage. If you never played Basic/Expert D&D then you might not know the thoul. Well here is the man himself, Perdustin over at Thoul's Paradise to educate us on what is a thoul. Mine was a little different than the one in the BECM(I) Rules Cyclopedia.
Thankfully I found this great tool that helps create a D&D5 style monster stat block.
http://thegeniusinc.com/dd-monster-maker-download/
I can build monsters all day!
The characters are on their way to the Slaver's Stockade (A2) but along the way they are going hit our "Christmas Special" and have to deal with Krampus! Hey since I have the software open...
Here is Krampus.
Can't wait to tell you all about it!
I used gnolls instead of orcs. In truth I am tired of orcs and wanted something new. So I used a lot of material from +James Mishler's Hercynian Grimoire #1. I included his Gnoles, werehyenas, and even a gnoll assassin and a gnoll witch. It made for a lot of fun.
Since I am also tying in more to the Out of Abyss adventures I included some gnoll demonic adepts which was great fun. I took the old adage that the campaign is written by the paranoia of the players my oldest son decided that these demonic-gnolls must mean that ultimately demons are in control of the slavers. Sure. Let's go with that!
To really have some fun since there were ghouls in this adventure I added a Thoul enforcer. Now back in the day I always thought thouls were part ghoul, part troll and part gnoll, forgeting all about hobgoblin. So I decided I would honor my 35+ year-old mistake and have a thoul in my game that was decidedly gnoll in heritage. If you never played Basic/Expert D&D then you might not know the thoul. Well here is the man himself, Perdustin over at Thoul's Paradise to educate us on what is a thoul. Mine was a little different than the one in the BECM(I) Rules Cyclopedia.
Thankfully I found this great tool that helps create a D&D5 style monster stat block.
http://thegeniusinc.com/dd-monster-maker-download/
The characters are on their way to the Slaver's Stockade (A2) but along the way they are going hit our "Christmas Special" and have to deal with Krampus! Hey since I have the software open...
Here is Krampus.
Can't wait to tell you all about it!
Saturday, December 12, 2015
Zatannurday: Team Ups
So in celebrations of these notable team-ups here is Zee teaming up with some other heroes.
An unlikely duo by Clopette-Jolly on DeviantArt
Justice League Cosplay - 2 by Millster-Ink on DeviantArt
Black Canary and Zatanna by ShawnAtkinson on DeviantArt
Player Select: Scarlet Witch VS Zatanna by Garoooooh on DeviantArt
Zatanna and Hawkgirl by Lily-pily on DeviantArt
Nightwing and Zatanna by Pryce14 on DeviantArt
We're here to save you! (Supergirl and Zatanna) by Blue-colibri on DeviantArt
DC and Marvel Friend in cosplay by Ophi89 on DeviantArt
artemis and zatanna (3 by metalwolf77777 on DeviantArt
Zatanna vs Raven by AlexiaDeath10 on DeviantArt
Abunai 2015 - Zatanna and John Constantine 2 by RedMoon-Tiger on DeviantArt
Witches, Zatanna and Raven by BlueWolfWazzu on DeviantArt
Kaboom! by ShutterSpade on DeviantArt
DC girls commission by jefterleite on DeviantArt
Zatanna and Batman by Sorathepanda on DeviantArt
Sentinels of Magic by Batced on DeviantArt
Friday, December 11, 2015
Friday Night Videos: Celebrating 3000 posts
That's a lot of text really.
So let's celebrate this milestone with some videos about hit the mark, getting there or 3000 in general.
Let's start with the best known, if only, 3000 in the music business. That would be Andre 3000 of Outkast. Here is "Hey Yeah" with a multitude of 3000s from their epic two album release The Love Below.
Can you imagine me training for this? Running up steps, punching keyboards hanging from the ceiling? Tangling with other games and blogs? No. Ok maybe not. But let's be honest "Eye of The Tiger" from Survivor is an awesome fight song.
All month, I have counting down to this. You know what that means, right?
In truth not only can I not complain, but I get to do something I enjoy AND others seem to enjoy it too. So as long people want to keep reading what I have to say I'll try to keep saying it. Like Joe Walsh says, "Life's Been Good to Me (So Far)".
Kickstart Your Weekend: Calidar "Beyond the Skies"
+Bruce Heard is back with another Kickstarter for his wildly successful Calidar campaign system.
Calidar "Beyond the Skies"
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ambreville/calidar-beyond-the-skies
This looks every bit as fun as the first Calidar book (reviewed here).
This book "feels" more like a campaign guide too, along the lines of the Forgotten Realms books with gods and things for mortals to do. by contrast the first Calidar book was more Gazetteer like.
The art looks fantastic, but don't take my word for it, pop on over and see.
I also appreciate the handy graphic too to know what it is I am getting for the money I spend.
Now to figure what level to pledge at!
Calidar "Beyond the Skies"
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ambreville/calidar-beyond-the-skies
This looks every bit as fun as the first Calidar book (reviewed here).
This book "feels" more like a campaign guide too, along the lines of the Forgotten Realms books with gods and things for mortals to do. by contrast the first Calidar book was more Gazetteer like.
The art looks fantastic, but don't take my word for it, pop on over and see.
I also appreciate the handy graphic too to know what it is I am getting for the money I spend.
Now to figure what level to pledge at!
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