Minori was originally an NPC who appeared in a short lived Anime-style martial arts game. Her chi-based powers were designed around concepts like deception and poison. I wanted to create a character who, under the right circumstances, could end a fight without her opponent even realizing what had been done to them. That’s where the modifiers came in. I made her main attack both subtle [Read the article]
The idea behind this is to give you a subversive group to add to some city, kingdom, or other location in your game, and to potentially tempt your players with. In the interest of usability, I’m going to try to stick to the basics, and keep time-sensitive material (i.e. swords, lasers) out of the picture. Feel free to use this in a game set in [Read the article]
The Id DM examines the “snake-like” behavior of players that cheat in roleplaying games, and provides suggestions for preventing cheating at the table.
By Alton, from 20ft Radius. Traps have always intrigued me. From Indiana Jones to Gilligan’s Island, and from SAW to Star Wars, traps have always been sources of conflict to entertain the audience. What better way to create suspense than to place the characters from a book, movie, or even television into a situation, and to watch how they manage to get themselves out of it? [Read the article]
In isolated communities, small villages, and nomadic tribes, the study and reverence of animals is often a central component of daily life. Their image mark walls, tools and clothing. Their actions are told in stories passed down through the ages. By watching, respecting and emulating the animals around them, many have seized upon techniques that astound outsiders. So is the way of the Serpent Student. [Read the article]
Okay, not really mucho importante, but I thought I’d take this opportunity between our RPG Site of the Year award and our Snakes Theme Week to tell you about… our Snakes Theme Week! And other stuff! Next Week A while back, we kind of stumbled into a theme week involving Lizardfolk (Brian Liberge is the man). It went pretty well, and we decided to do [Read the article]
CRITICAL HITS! Critical Hits wins our RPG Site of the Year award! Every month we feature a great gaming blog as our Favorite Site of the Month. It’s only natural that we do the same for the year. So we set up this free contest, got 26 submissions, and started rating each of these great sites in seven different categories: The usefulness of the blog’s [Read the article]
Please welcome The Id DM, and his first submission at the Shack. Download the PDF: Brother Laurence of the Chizoba Sect History Long before being known as Brother Laurence, the man currently a pillar of the community, he was known by his birth name, Kayin Erslad. Kayin’s mother, Dina, stayed at home most of her life caring for her five children. Kayin’s father, Laurence, was a [Read the article]
This contest has ended. Here are the results! It amazes me how diverse and different people really are. I had a lot of preconceived notions about the potential finalists going into this contest, only to be reminded that variety really is the spice of life. These finalists all had similar scores, but had several contenders biting at their heels. We had to have a cutoff [Read the article]
This contest has ended. Here are the results! Our RPG Site of the Year contest is going strong, with 26 diverse and awesome gaming blogs taking part. Our finalists will be posted on Monday, and the judges will take one last look at them to pick their favorite. Readers – please feel free to leave comments! Give us your opinions of the finalists. Tell us [Read the article]