Ludus Carcerum

So, of course, Backgrounds were completely garbaged in the change to 5.5e. In terms of interestingness, in terms of roleplaying hooks, in te...

Family Tree I've long desired to run a dynastic campaign, importing something like Pendragon 's "after every session/adventure/...

(Alternate title: "Heyeward Peepers Lensscleraft's Cat") Disclaimer: I do not unreservedly endorse using any of this in actua...

The Accomplishing Nothing Problem : If you are in combat and get hit by an effect that temporarily takes you out of the fight and you fail y...

So, 5e and 5.5e doesn't have Age Categories. I'm on the record as enjoying aging effects, but admittedly, it does get a bit fiddly, ...

"Maus yi yos!" was, of course, the traditional Driftmas greeting, in Ilya of old, before Archbishop Usla of Banor waged the War fo...

So, a thing that 5.5e does: it decouples ability score bonuses from species (previously known as 'race', in PF2 known as 'ancest...

In D&D 3.5e, we had Ability Damage. Things (especially poison, but also other stuff, especially various creatures) could deal damage dir...

My best recent session in terms of player engagement was one where NPCs (whom the players like) suffered a bunch. You can inflict all sorts ...

Ettins, ubues, and other giants with extra heads or limbs, are all results of a semi-rare disorder in trolls, sometimes arising spontaneousl...