The Tao of D&D

Yesterday I reworked a page on the wiki, Block Hex , which discusses the use of 145 yard wide hexes to map towns and cities, as well as tact...

Had a cute idea a little while ago that should be popular with the sort that like dropping dice from a height on a diagram that produces a r...

As a second post on mass combat , I'd like to talk about time. Over the years, I have settled on 12 seconds as the appropriate time fo...

If the reader has read the combat that I've posted this week, then its possible that you may have noticed some of the same trends that I...

There have been two rounds gone by for this image: A.  The north gate, cleared - except for the Queen drow.  B. The west breech, cleared...

A.  Finishing the north gate battle.  B.  Fighting toads and goblins in the west courtyard.  C. Finished the last goblin slinger at last. ...

A.  Scattered north gate melee.  B.  The line evaporates against the west breach.  C.  Still going.  D.  The southeast breach pauses a rou...

A. Mopping up at the north gate continues.  B. The defensive line at the west breach is gone.  C.  Still skirmishing.  D. A slow, steady f...

There is no 23rd round image.  So we pick up with the 24th round, after two rounds have passed. A. The north gate melee continues to ope...

A. Smashing apart the north gate defenders.  B. Winning on the west breach.  C. Elves approach the main gate wall.  D. The skirmish agai...

A. The steadily opening north gate melee.  B. Penn the Illusionist steadily making his way, still running.  C. The west breaches, steadily...

A. The appearance of ghouls at the north gate battle.  B. The breaching men under Wilhelm see daylight.  C. The elven group arrives at the...

A. The north gate battle.  B. Penn the illusionist running to join the north gate battle.  C. Elven group under Frederick the mage/thief h...

A. The north gate battle.  B. The west breach battle.  C. Elven group one, headed north.  D. Elven group two, moving to attack the goblin ...

A.  The north gate battle.  B.  The west breach battle.  C.  The elves begin moving forward towards the main gate.  D.  The SE gate battle...

A.  The north gate battle.  B.  Ivan the thief sneaks up on an enemy.  C.  The elves, free from hand-to-hand, still fighting the missile c...

A.  The north gate battle.  B.  The west breach battle.  C.  The elves continue to exchange missiles with the fort.  D. The SE gate battle...

A.  The north gate battle spreads and gets unstable.  B.  The west breach battle momentarily stabilizes.  C. The last of the hobgoblins ar...

Things were getting serious with the combat and I remember I forgot  to save the end of round 12.  So there is no post for that round. ...

A. The cavalry charges.  B. The brownies move up on the tower to help Ivan the thief (who is Pikel the druid's hench).  C.  The mastod...