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ShinnCon II Quick Recap

November 16, 2014 /
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Great Sci Fi minis complements of Marshall!

Today’s game had lots of creepy derelict ship exploration and alien ‘bugs’ of various forms. There was some opportunity to swindle a megacorp (InStarSpec) out of a ship, so the PCs have become pirates essentially, but still en route to Arda and Garda Villis.

You now have two ships and are looking to sell some alien statuettes you picked up to afford some weaponry for the yacht and cargo ship you own.

D&D 5e: Island of Death

November 12, 2014 /

It’s decided! For the Saturday Night Dice crew’s game-day on Nov. 24, we’ll run a game set in The World of Redmark — my own custom campaign setting. I’ll give you more background on the setting soon. In the meantime, here’s what you need to know for character creation:

Character Creation:

  • Create a new 1st level character (or reskin your old one). For the lazy, a long list of pregens are here: http://community.wizards.com/forum/player-help/threads/4109696
  • Use the point buy system in the PHB (same as the League rules).
  • Allowed races: The core four (Human, Elf, Dwarf, Halfling) plus half-elves.
  • Allowed alignments: Good alignments.
  • General Theme: You are heroic, noble characters. Model characters from The Fellowship of the Ring (but not Boromir!).
  • You all know each other; we can figure out how at the game table, but feel free to start the discussion via email if you want.

Schedule:

  • We start gaming 10am (Robert, John, Kevin, maybe Todd).
  • 12:30-ish — Mason joins. Jeff joins as well if his day goes well, but his attendance is iffy (Jeff, just IM me your status that day when you know it).
  • I’ll organize the plot so we have a mini-game in the morning, then we’ll do character connections and backgrounds and such at 1pm or so before easing into the afternoons gaming.
  • We game till 10pm-ish.

Rules:

I want to parcel out four rules, each for one person to own and be ready to adjudicate for the group if/when it comes up in play:

  • Fatigue (or whatever 5e calls it): Robert
  • Downtime (the PHB version, which is different from League play): Mason
  • Drowning: Jeff
  • Hex travel times / difficult terrain, etc.: John

Inspiration:

Below is the inspiration for the opening scene — bwahahaha!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gl5C_zgMP1Y

No One At the Bridge

by Rush

“Crying back to consciousness
The coldness grips my skin
The sky is pitching violently
Drawn by shrieking winds
Seaspray blurs my vision
Waves roll by so fast
Save my ship of freedom
I’m lashed helpless to the mast

Remembering when first I held
The wheel in my own hands
I took the helm so eagerly
And sailed for distant lands
But now the sea’s too heavy
And I just…I just don’t understand
Why must my crew desert me?
When I need…I need a guiding hand…

Call out for direction
And there’s no one there to steer
Shout out for salvation
But there’s no one there to hear
Cry out supplication
For the maelstrom is near
Scream out desperation
But no one cares to hear”

The Last Parsec: The Hunt (Part 1)

November 9, 2014 /

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Tonight’s game featured:

  • Constantine — Human cyborg smuggler (Mason)
  • Khan — Kalian four-armed fighter (John)
  • Manoz — Sauron rogue (Jim Bob)
  • Styrax — Floran assassin (Jeff)

Each player received 5 XP (according to Stan’s ‘beginner’s luck’ houserule).

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Stan's D&D 5e License Wish List

November 7, 2014 /

DnD-LicenseHere’s what I would like to see in the upcoming D&D license.

I’m thinking about this because Mike Mearls has mentioned a few times that Wizards is targeting to announce the plans for their licensing in the next couple of months, with the actual licensing for D&D products to be released next year. I’m guessing they are discussing what that license looks like now.

What do you think about my proposed features for the upcoming Wizards D&D license? Anything missing? Anything you would change? I’m hoping it has several components:

  • Commercial License that is not overly burdensome. A license that allows third parties to publish D&D products without great burden, but with a consistent quality and look and feel. Doesn’t have to be an OGL.[1. Savage Worlds (see https://www.peginc.com/licensing/) and Cortex Plus (see http://www.margaretweis.com/component/content/article?layout=edit&id=51) have what I think are great commercial and fan based licenses and are what I’d love to see WOTC model their licensing on.]
  • Fan License that is short and easy to understand. Allow fans to publish non-profit work with a clear understanding of what they can and can’t do.[2. See footnote #1.]
  • Trade Dress for Fan work to include some sort of logo, free fonts and templates (like word docs) so fan works can have a consistent ‘feel’ to them (even if it is made distinct from commercial products).
  • Community Use Art Package with graphics like a map of the Forgotten Realms, representative iconic art from the PHB, DMG and MM, etc. Assets which the community is licensed to use within restrictions on fan based sites and personal use like blogs and game store advertisements (basically, adopting Paizo’s Community Use art package approach).
  • Direction for Fan Add-Ons to Commercial Products which would be clear license options for people who want to create free supplemental content for commercial WOTC products (for example, an extended NPC roster for HotDQ, an area map for some scene where the commercial product did not include a map, etc.).
  • License For Fan Conversions such converting older edition modules to 5e (e.g. converting 1e ‘Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh’ module to 5e stats), with guidance on what assets (such as using a thumbnail image of the module cover art) can be included in the fan work.
  • Remix Clause for Fan Works as a possible option for the fan license. Like the ‘BY-NC-SA 3.0 – Creative Commons’ license, I’d love to see the option to be able to adapt, remix, transform, and build upon other fan’s material, so long as I give the original author credit.
  • Fan Work Repository such as a section of the Wizards web site or a special forum where fans can post their fan works such as free add-ons for commercial products, module conversions, fan produced adventures using standardized fan trade dress, etc. Should be one, official place so that consumers have one place to look for all the resources they need. Participation in the repository is optional (i.e. a fan can post a fan work to their blog and never post it to the repository) but I suspect many would use the repository.

What do you think? I’d love to get your feedback.

WaCon 2014 Recap

November 2, 2014 /

Several of us played or ran in D&D Adventures League organized play games last weekend at WaCon down in Waco. It was a blast! I ran a game, Robert ran two games, and John ran a game plus a 2 hour pickup game (which was 4 hours of fun packed into 2 amazing hours). Everyone did a great job making the games fun!

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