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  • Are You Afraid of the Dark?

    Darkvision, Infravision, and Light in the Dungeon I’ve been playing D&D since the 80s. And I gotta confess. I never really liked how Darkvision (or Infravision, or Ultravision… etc) worked, either rules as written, or as played. Rules as written (5th ed, 2024), Darkvision allows your character to see in darkness as if it were…

  • Half-Orcs, Half-Elves, and alignment

    Multiethnic characters in Fantasy Roleplaying Introduction One of my longest-lasting characters is a Half-Orc fighter. I made Darshag in 1988, and played him in every edition of Dungeons and Dragons and Pathfnder 1st (except 4th,but we don’t talk about 4th.) After 37 years, Darshag is a fully realized character, he’s got a really rich and…

  • New House Rules

    Six new rules I’m using in my next campaigns. Introduction House Rules have been a part of Table Top Roleplaying since it’s wargaming roots. The earliest pre-D&D experiments in role playing were, in essence, house rules. Many of the developments in most of the currently published systems started as house rules that became widely adopted.…