Games Mastery

Good evening all! I'm sorry it's been more than a year since I posted anything. I figured I'd post this and see if anyone had any suggestions for me? I'm working on a new system of enchantments for magical gear for a homebrew. I'm looking for ideas for "Legendary...See more

I've been working on my homebrew setting for a while, and a recent conversation on another web site about Dragons got me thinking (and working) on the dragons I want in my setting some more. Thing is, the Dragons in 5e just aren't as special as they were in previous editions....See more

Do I have the settings wrong or something on this?

Ok, Another GM Prompt: Your players are chasing a cultist they are trying to capture. The cultist however leads the players into a trap where they all are rendered unconscious, either by gas or magic, or similar. When they wake up, what situation do they find themselves in?

Ok, as I'm working on a few things, including a setting, I figured I'd post something, you know, so there's actually some activity here... Brainstorming GM's prompt: the party of adventurers is hanging out at the tavern, as usual, between adventurers, and as it's after Last Call, most of the patrons have either already left or headed up to bed. The PCs are about to do likewise, when there's a pounding on the door to the tavern... What's causing it?

Betrayed by Gods Ever since the Betrayal ships haven't appeared at the shores. The most desparate years led dwarves to pull out the wooden beams from brittle caves to build a ship. Some died under rocks, others died under water. Everyone is dying under the acid rain that cursed...See more

I apologize for being gone so long, My computer died and I just got it fixed, so I'm back, and writing again! :)

A couple days ago, I wrote about Flying Buffalo's publishing Grimtooth's traps. I also mentioned the nearly 40 year old Tomb of Horrors. And as I remembered those old books, and look at what's written today, I can't help but notice just how much has changed. Players today...See more

Thirty Five years ago, Flying Buffalo produce a product from their devious minds for games masters that aspired to be just that little bit more lethal, I mean, fun for their players. That product was called "Grimtooth's Traps" and there were 8 of the books in total, and one that...See more

Have you ever heard of Ooblek? Non-Neutonian Fluids? Ooblek is a mixture of cornstarch and water. The more force you apply against it, the firmer it becomes as it spreads the force out, and then allows whatever hit it to sink into the mixture. You can actually run on the stuff...See more

For years, I've told my gamers that they will only need that which they take with them. If they load up on high damage weapons, extra heavy armor, heaps of healing magic, etc, I will scale the combat to require such things, so it's challenging. If they wear a t-shirt and jeans...See more

Thought of the Day: What you think, you become. Your perspective determines your reality for good or ill.