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Adventure Prompt

Question of Sevens

Every evening you come in to work on it, and the doll never seems to be in quite the same pose twice. After it is finished, dressed and painted and in all ways perfect, you turn your back to get the box in which it will be presented, and …

GM's Tip of the Week

So, we’ve been quiet on this front; if anyone has any suggestions or requests for new GM Tips, please, speak up! This week I’m going to talk about building a dungeon; not so much the nitty-gritty of designing and balancing an encounter, although we’ll cover that eventually

Kickstarters of Note

Kickstarters! I found you guys a whole bunch of random things that you might want to get into. I should note that – literally, as I am typing this! – the guys and gals at Monte Cook Games are doing a live thing on Kickstarter, answering questions and talking about Numenera. You

Adventure Prompt

Question of Sevens

Since the day of your birth, since the heavens rained down a shower of splendor and destruction, the village has not prospered. Waters have risen, fields have at once burgeoned and, more recently, suffered. What could possibly be going on?

Question of Sevens

The bitter frosts make the best wines, so they say. But this year, the frosts have not been so bitter, and the wines have been poor; what could be causing it?

Kickstarters of Note

Hey, fellow Portalites. Got a couple of interesting Kickstarters for you this week; and a note for those who … well, let’s face it. No one /needs/ to know this, but I’m the sharing type, so I’m going to tell you anyway. While Bones IV has ended, it

GM's Tip of the Week

Going to talk world-building, and I’m going to do it with a little help from Croidure, who’s been running games in a homebrew world for a decade or more. Croidure’s take on world-building is a little different than mine; I’m more of a ‘throw it at

Adventure Prompt

Query of Sevens

As an inventor in a steampunk setting, what’s your most prized possession?

Kickstarters of Note

Apparently, while Bones IV is running, there isn’t much else of interest. I’ve gone and combed through for the outliers, and found a couple of interesting projects for you guys to look at. And if you haven’t gone and looked at Bones IV yet … you really should.

GM's Tip of the Week

As a GM, you’ll eventually hear pretty much everything from a player, but the first time you get a player who wants to play something really different might just make you do a double take. Most times, thankfully, ‘really different’ is just going to mean ‘something outside of that

Adventure Prompt

Query of Sevens

Hope everyone is safely enjoying the eclipse today! It has long been upheld that the motions of the heavens influence those beneath; and surely the hero of our tale was born on an auspicious day. What stars aligned, what celestial bodies held influence?

GM's Tip of the Week

Hey guys. We’ve talked a bit about consistency and pacing, but haven’t really covered what a GM should do in that between moment of losing a player and finding a new one. Obviously, you shouldn’t just stop; a game needs to continue. One solution is to simply

Adventure Prompt

Query of Sevens

Growing up, a fact of life has been the passing of a rite of passage. What, how.. and what lessons were learned?

dungeon furniture

Kickstarters of Note

Not so much this week; I had a third, but they canceled the project (which is a shame, generic modular dungeon pieces seem super useful even now), and .. well. Not much point mentioning it. So, short post. As always, I want to hear about any neat kickstarters you guys might

GM's Tip of the Week

Cruvis has written a series of GM’s Tips: Ten Things Every DM Should Know About Running a Play-By-Post Adventure, and is sharing them with us as a guest blogger! Please direct questions, commentary and kudos to him. This week’s tip is: Transparency This one was a huge learning

Adventure Prompt

Query of Sevens

In the fine old tradition of the pied piper, the village’s resident pigs have all been lured away. Perhaps the rumoured hermit will know something of why… if you can find him.

GM's Tip of the Week

Cruvis has written a series of GM’s Tips: Ten Things Every DM Should Know About Running a Play-By-Post Adventure, and is sharing them with us as a guest blogger! Please direct questions, commentary and kudos to him. This week’s tip is: Writing and Storytelling over Mechanics Play by

GM's Tip of the Week

Cruvis has written a series of GM’s Tips: Ten Things Every DM Should Know About Running a Play-By-Post Adventure, and is sharing them with us as a guest blogger! Please direct questions, commentary and kudos to him. This week’s tip is Critical Mass and Recruitment Size Matters In

Adventure Prompt

Query of Sevens

When in doubt, blame the witch; so everyone says. But when the plains are full of giant spiders – you have seen horses and cattle dragged down with your own eyes – and there are no witches to blame, what then? A hero succeeds at a purge, at cost of their life,

Character Pictures

GM's Tip of the Week

Hello, fellow Portalites. Cruvis is out this week, on account of vacation; so I’m going to cover a Portal tip for GMs that I hope will be helpful to everyone. I’m going to cover using images! The first thing you will need is a place to store images

Adventure Prompt

Question of Sevens

The depths of the forest are dark and full of mysteries to all but you. Where others see frightening monsters, ominious shadows or worse, you see more. Shelter. Safety. Solitude… and sometimes, sanity are all there for a wanderer who seeks the comfort of human companionship only rarely….

Kickstarter Bi-weekly!

Alright, ladies and gentlemen, it’s the first Kickstarter post of the month! I have… rulebooks! Dice! 3d printers! Miniatures! Kobold Press! The Dark Eye! A lot of goodies, this week, in short. Check them out. Back some of them. Back none of them. Get wild and back them all.

GM's Tip of the Week

Cruvis has written a series of GM’s Tips: Ten Things Every DM Should Know About Running a Play-By-Post Adventure, and is sharing them with us as a guest blogger! Please direct questions, commentary and kudos to him. This week’s tip is:Consistency, Pace, and the Gentle Nudge. The

Adventure Prompt

Question of Sevens

They always said being chosen was a blessing. They said that being chosen for greatness meant that the chosen was great. They said a lot of things. They never mentioned heartbreak, knee-deep mud, madness and agony that is combat, and the deeper agony of making choices that can sever the

GM's Tip of the Week

In honour of America’s favorite day to barbeque and blow things up – occasionally at the same time – I’m just going to point out that fireballs solve everything. … Except rogues, red or gold dragons, and fire elementals. For my American friends; have a safe and happy Fourth of July!