Ludus Carcerum

A D&D test kitchen.

Sunday, January 26, 2025

Age Categories in 5.5e

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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, ...
Wednesday, January 22, 2025

Maus Yi Yos!

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"Maus yi yos!" was, of course, the traditional Driftmas greeting, in Ilya of old, before Archbishop Usla of Banor waged the War fo...
Thursday, October 24, 2024

Origin Ability Points in 5.5e

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So, a thing that 5.5e does: it decouples ability score bonuses from species (previously known as 'race', in PF2 known as 'ancest...
Saturday, August 24, 2024

On Bringing Back Ability Damage

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In D&D 3.5e, we had Ability Damage. Things (especially poison, but also other stuff, especially various creatures) could deal damage dir...
Friday, January 12, 2024

The "Every NPC Is Miles O'Brien" Principle

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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 ...
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Thursday, January 4, 2024

Ettin Newcanon

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Ettins, ubues, and other giants with extra heads or limbs, are all results of a semi-rare disorder in trolls, sometimes arising spontaneousl...
Tuesday, December 12, 2023

On Fish-People

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I have long complained that, of all the array of fish-people and seafolk available in D&D, they're all kind of samey . Let's see...
Monday, October 30, 2023

The Year Hoobynoob Unaccountably Contrived to Come on Freday the 13th of Octember

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Through some celestial mishap or accounting error, for some reason, Hoobynoob falls on Freday the 13th of Octember, in this, the 47th year o...
Monday, January 2, 2023

How the Bonelord Stole Driftmas

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On the last day of the year, three Guildmasters of the Endeesy Adventurer's Guild -- Ruthmin Tern the Assassin Rogue, Christopher the Pa...
Tuesday, November 22, 2022

Dual Types

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I have heard tell that, early in the development of 5e, the notion of creatures/races with two Types was thrown around, and eventually ruled...
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Malimar is a neurodivergent and queer English Language Arts 7-12 teacher, living and teaching in Buffalo with their partner, four cats, and some fish, snails, and plants. They enjoy language and its subtleties, teaching, philosophy, nonhuman animals, and tabletop roleplaying games – a collection of interests which may seem eclectic but which fit together like a jigsaw puzzle in their brain.
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