Half Dead If you can have half-vampires, why not half-zombies? But before we go there, a quick aside. As it turns out, WOTC already has their version of the nom-your-brains zombie, it’s in Open Grave and it’s a template which … Continue reading →
Zombie Fever! Or what All Flesh Must Be Eaten calls "Sharing The Love". While many undead have a spawn creation feature — "Any creature slain by a Darkname Scarything will rise as a Darkname Scarything in RandomRoll rounds" — zombies, … Continue reading →
Z Is For Zombie So I had this brilliant idea that daily stuff would be easier if I had a weekly theme. The hard part then, is finding a theme. As I staggered out of bed this morning, the answer was … Continue reading →
Strange Brew (aka Drinking And Dragons, Part 3) Hey, eight days of Breakfast Crunch! If this were a typical "daily" updated webcomic, this would have taken two months! (It would also have a lot more readers, especially if my main … Continue reading →
Faux-Alcoholism, Redux Why does imaginary drink play such a strong role in, erm, role playing games? Is it because a lot of us started as teens and couldn’t drink, so we pretended to? Is it because Ale And Whores are such … Continue reading →
Roll The Dice To See If I’m Getting Drunk! (Those of you who do not recognize the title, it’s from the classic and hilarious Dead Alewvies radio sketch, which came before the widely-distributed machinima often called “Summoner Geeks”. I have … Continue reading →
Of Arduin And Green Slime Golems To my mind, the pinnacle of gaming is/was the Arduin trilogy by David Hargrave. The later books were alright, but nothing matched those original three volumes, with their “Percent Liar”, their incoherent layout, and … Continue reading →
Is This A Dagger I See Before Me? Yes, and it’s headed for your spleen. ("Spleen" is one of those guaranteed funny words. Like weasel. "Weasel Spleen" is a)incredibly funny, and b)a good name for a rock band. Yes, I … Continue reading →
Fragments From The Silver Grimoire Before the Rivenning, before the Aeld became three races, they were known as the greatest masters of the Arcane on Cret. The Books Of Metal — the Iron Grimoire, the Copper Grimoire, the Mithral Grimoire … Continue reading →
Insectile Grafts Far north of the remnant empire lies the land of Glamdring, a place ruled by strange mages which have delved into the ancient and now not so lost lifeweaving arts of the Ch’ak, While many of their secrets … Continue reading →