I haven’t had a lot of response to my question about a New RPG Blog Planet, but what I have had has ranged from “sounds like a good idea” (with suggestions for alternatives) to “SQUEEE!” (which I interpret as fairly positive). I’ve had a bit more time to think about …
I am aware of the RPG Blog Alliance (RPGBA) and the RPG Bloggers Network. Neither of them does exactly what I want. If I were to create a new RPG blog aggregator that would store the article texts in full (for search and index purposes only, I don’t want to …
When developing something new, it is often worthwhile to look around and compare to similar things that already exist to make sure you’re not going too far off the rails — or if you are, that it is in a direction you want. In this post I do a rough comparison of my intermediate results with the Greyhawk pantheon to make sure I’m not too far out of line. I’m mildly surprised at what i find.
Not so much reading this week as last week, but a fair bit more writing. I finally got around to updating and modernizing my Polyhedral Pantheons article from 2007. Hall of Fame Additions Body Models Not all high-level athletes look alike. Nina Matsumoto has a page full of pictures (photoshoot …
Now to show what the Polyhedral Pantheon might look like in practice. I have completed a worksheet and taken snapshots of it as I went. Overall the sheet took less than an hour to complete, including storing it at different stages and in multiple formats (the Publisher file I was …
The Revisited Polyhedral Pantheon Design technique still has a couple difficulties, though. First, if you use only the Revised System Reference Document (RSRD) you don’t have enough domains. The RSRD includes 22 domains — slightly more than needed if you don’t want the gods to have personal domains, but not …
Yesterday I Revisited Polyhedral Pantheon Design, a method of choosing domains (and indirectly portfolios) for gods in D&D 3.x. It is an update to Polyhedral Pantheon Design, something I wrote several years ago. I overlooked an important part — how clerics work. Overall they are pretty similar to the core …
A few years ago I wrote an article on Polyhedral Pantheon Design. I decided it was finally time to follow up on that post (especially since it predates this blog — it’s here on its original publication date to another location). I was recently looking through Pathfinder’s Advanced Player’s Guide …
Nice, quiet week off, I’ve done a lot of reading. Hall of Fame Additions 10 Secrets to Creating Unforgettable Supporting Characters Charlie Jane Anders wrote an article at io9.com about Creating Unforgettable Supporting Characters. I’ve included the summary list, you’ll have to go to the post to see the explanations. …
From time to time I run into a site full of pictures or stories that inspire me. I’ve included a few links to such sites in the past. Subterranean Design is one that check out every time I get a post in my aggregator. Dau go cave – Halong – …
