Dave Clark

Spinebloom Farms, a riverside desert

A zonal word map of the homestead of Guarase in The Ferments, an East Marches campaign.
Rebranding Downtime into the Fourth Pillar it deserves to be

Downtime is a downbeat. Recenter the plots and machinations of heroes into a Fourth Pillar of play in Dungeons & Dragons.
Using Feats to expand your setting: Church of Quar

Let’s explore how a Feat chain could tell a story in my homebrew world by looking at three feats connected to the Church of Quar.
Professional failure

There are reasons to not include a roll-to-hit mechanic. They have nothing to do with whether the character represents a profession.
Roleplaying games are stories

They’re different from novels, short stories, comics, theater, movies, and most other forms of storytelling. That does not remove the tale being told nor the concept of story. If anything they are most similar to communal storytelling around a campfire and improv dramas. For the most part roleplaying games are communal events with a group.…

Spinebloom Farms, a riverside desert