The Paladin Code Part 2: Violating the Code

Paladin

What constitutes a violation of the Paladin code? This question has confounded players and Game Masters since the inception of the class and continues to do so today. On one side of the argument is the player who feels they have their agency taken…

The Paladin Code (Part I: Why is There a Code)

cavalier

From the very beginning of the game the paladin has been a class surrounded with contention. In my experience it is the paladin code and what that code means causing most arguments. Many players feel that the code a paladin is required to follow…

Hirelings – Making your world real!

Hirelings

In the AD&D Players Handbook there is a brief few paragraphs on Page 39 that precedes the section on Henchmen. Hirelings The humble hireling is a frequently over-looked opportunity for the DM to add a fair amount of “dressing” to the world in which…

Gary Con IX

Gary Con

Gary Con IX Approaches! Roll for initiative because it’s upon us! Gary Con is an annual game convention celebrating the life and works of Gary Gygax, the Father of Role Playing Games. It’s also where my career in the game world got its start.

Monsters, Do levels and HD balance out?

AD&D Monsters

Everyone “House Rules” Tabletop Games From Monopoly to 5E Dungeons & Dragons House rules happen and power-gamers emerge. It happened to me, and I started to lose control somewhere along the line, until I tried this tweak to my games.

Hobbit or Halfling?

Hobbit of Halfling?

Which do you Prefer? When the race first came to Dungeons and Dragons, it was Hobbit. Clearly inspired by the works of J.R.R. Tolkein. In the workings of copyrights and business, it was quickly changed to Halfling. At conventions I have sat at the table of…