The Tao of D&D

Preface Every time I turn to films as examples for human behaviour and art, I am in a quandary.  I have seen many thousands of movies and I ...

End of the year and I must add that December has been a trip.  I intend to continue the series on NPCs, but I'd like to add a few diary ...

I don't ordinarily consider things like how to communicate in the game world.  I just do it.  Then I make a passing comment  and find my...

Imagine you're a homo sapiens about 40,000 years ago.  You come to a thick tree, where you can see, just beyond your reach, a bee hive w...

We'll get nowhere if we cannot understand the premise:   NPCs are living, self-motivated beings with personal agendas, in the pursuit of...

The first post in this series can be read  here . The image shown is p. 13 of 4th Edition's DMG,  How to be a DM . This sets my teeth on...

The image shown is from p. 12 of 4th Edition's DMG,  How to be a DM . I'd like to say there are no words, but this is a blog with to...

The image shown is from p. 12 of 4th Edition's DMG,  How to be a DM . Plain speaking here: yes, please, learn ALL the rules you're g...

The image shown is from p. 12 of 4th Edition's DMG,  How to be a DM . At last, a breath of fresh air. I addressed earlier the matter of ...