Tag: maps

  • Lore Collage: 22 Links to Click

    Lore Collage: 22 Links to Click

    Welcome to Lore Collage, a weekly look at things going on around Dungeons & Dragons, fiction related to D&D, and a few other things within RPG and fantasy that you should grab for your next character or campaign. This list is curated with the goal to make certain that readers will not miss major announcement because they aren’t online at all times, as well as to expose them to unique and/or interesting projects that deserve amplification.

    Add Mechanical Wolves to Your Campaign

    Your next town of gnomes and/or artificers should copy Takikawa, Japan. They defended themselves from bear attacks by installing mechanical wolves — that are way too creepy. It’s a new twist on warforged, and frankly your home table needs this. Whatever natural plague is impacting your urban areas in D&D can be defended by completely bizarre things, not just walls and towers.

    Official D&D Announcements

    This weekend is the first ever Virtual Weekend of play for Adventurers League. There’s trial size and standard adventures still available. Creators and DMs will have the option to expand beyond prepared content. That will increase the variety of stories available to players in ways that past AL and convention play did not.

    Sage Advice got a massive update in preparation for release of Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything. Awf will be impacted by this, as Bladesingers took a low-level nerf and a high-level buff.

    Learn more about Tasha through Ginny D’s cosplay or the Lore You Should Know in DragonTalk.

    Famous People Play D&D – Star Trek: Discovery, Vince Vaughn, Andrew Ervin

    Star Trek: Discovery’s cast plays together using DnD Beyond and Zoom. No fancy VTT, just a camera pointed at a map and Theater of the Mind.

    https://etcanada.com/news/712807/vince-vaughn-reveals-sofia-vergaras-reaction-to-him-and-joe-manganiello-playing-dungeons-dragons/

    Andrew Ervin credits playing D&D for informing his ability to create worlds.

    At this point it will start being news when someone in Hollywood doesn’t play.

    Chase Scenes Are Classics in Genre, but Hard to Run – Merric Solves That

    Running Chase Movement in Dungeons & Dragons

    Dyson Logos Latest Town

    Every few days Dyson Logos comes up with a new map, including the lore around it. If you’re running behind your session prep or just need a one-off dropping these into your campaign are simple and easy.

    Lautuntown on the River

    Not D&D – Creators to Back

    Swordsfall continues to expand on the lore for their Afro-hope-punk future RPG. The latest drop is a massive graphic novel.

    I’m a sucker for rebellion stories. I just watched the BBC Robin Hood from 2006, love Thomas Paine, and have a few subclass concepts I’m working through for my own campaign. Backing Flames of Freedom made too much sense. Their Kickstarter is done, but you can still order via Backerkit. Watch the amazing blend of rebellion, dark magick, and the power of all the peoples of the grimm alt-history of Boston on their Twitch channel.

    Ribbons

    Ali’s latest twitter thread on djinn focuses on the djinn of plagues.

    Destiny City Comics is going to give youth the gift of comics.

    Tor’s gift guide is based on your family’s personalities.

    SFF Books to Gift Every Member of Your Weird and Cranky Family

    D&D is so ubiquitous that it is used in elections stories now.

  • D&D Things I’m Reading This Week

    D&D Things I’m Reading This Week

    Some like to claim that they are low prep Dungeon Masters. Myself, I’m a high prep DM. Everything I encounter in life is prep for how I run games, or play characters. Every person I meet, every fiction I encounter, every blog entry, every song – these enter me and fuel my approach.

    The following is a collection of some of the things that stuck with me over the past week. Consider it a curated post of the fuel for my games, and likely a regular feature here at Full Moon Storytelling.

    Humor

    Let’s kick this off with what my broadcasting instructor would call a kicker. This is also a snapshot in the continual mainstreaming of the game-of-nerds.

    https://twitter.com/WizDiceOfficial/status/1321463212634738688

    New to the Game?

    Every week someone asks me about starting to play for the first time. The growth of D&D, and RPGs in general, is stunning. That only increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. So how does one start?

    Wired kicks us off with a long look at How to Get Started in Dungeons & Dragons. The story is packed with interviews, links, and the approach that D&D is meant for everybody – there shall be no gates, no keepers.

    College clubs and libraries are hosting sessions for first timers. So is D&D itself. The new monthly weekend sessions hosted by D&D and the Adventurer’s League are a low cost way to start your own journey.

    Maps

    Fantasy maps tell stories. Within each you’ll find 1000 thousand tales. Axebridge from Dyson Logos shows that not every city need to be contained in walls.

    Release the Kraken on Axebridge over Blackbay

    Or you can make your own procedurally generated town or city using a Watabatou and Kobold Press.

    How Many Intellect Devourers Could Dance on the Head of a Pin?

    You Can Fit 100 Intellect Devourers on the Outside of Leomund’s Tiny Hut

    New Product Review

    There’s a ton of info coming out about Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything. This is my favorite of the week. IGN interviews Jeremy Crawford about the newest rules expansion.

    My Playlist While Writing

    This list is my personal creation. I often listen to music while doing my prep for gaming sessions, always with the goal to put me in the mood for that adventure.