BackgroundsDesign

For our return to regular posting, I’d like to share the Sexton D&D background I created for a character in a horror-leaning 5e campaign I’ve been running. This character was initiated into the barbarian class when they were forced to… Continue Reading…

ClassesDesign

A Class for D&D 3.5e Over a decade ago, my friend Colin, of Valent Games, published a short setting document for 3.5e Dungeons & Dragons called Permafrost. It’s no longer in print, but the idea was that some sort of… Continue Reading…

ClassesDesign

I know, I know. I’m not the first — and I probably won’t be the last — to blog about the lack of a Warlock class in Pathfinder. Or to take a stab at my own version of the class…. Continue Reading…

ClassesDesign

Here’s the follow up to last week’s post on the Mystic Warrior profession for Rolemaster. The Tomb Raider is another gish, this time a sort of fighter/cleric model. I had probably been playing Tomb Raider: Underworld, or was maybe just… Continue Reading…

ClassesDesign

Here’s another entry in the “crap I made a loooong time ago” category. Way back around 2008 I was introduced to Rolemaster when a friend wanted to run a play-by-email campaign. It was a fun, if short-lived, campaign. When I… Continue Reading…

ClassesDesign

Several years ago, now, one of the other GMs in my gaming group wanted to run a Pathfinder game. I was kind of bored with the standard classes and in a mood for designing, at the time, so I asked… Continue Reading…

Design

A New Class for 5e and Pathfinder The Psychon is a new class for D&D 5e and Pathfinder that combines the sturdiness and damage dealing potential of a Fighter or Barbarian with the flexibility and support potential of a summoner…. Continue Reading…