As I finished writing this I realized it came out a bit more negative than I expected. I am quite the 5e fan and I only spend so much time t...

Low Fantasy Gaming ("LFG") is a d20/D&Dish RPG written by Stephen J Grodzicki, aimed at Sword & Sorcery games. It is quite...

You might have noticed I'm somewhat obsessed about creating an unified version of B/X, with no classes ( or simple ones ) but lots of...

The rules for lingering injuries are on page 272 of the DMG; they are not particularly good or bad, just a bit fiddly for my taste. Here...

In OD&D, Fighters didn't need to rely too much on Strength; it was a (fairly modest) bonus to XP, nothing else. Then, abilities got ...

Here is a 5e background inspired by "The Outsider" by Lovecraft, some of Poe’s claustrophobic short stories, a bit of Dumas (The ...

In the classic TSR-era, D&D famously had a big number of task resolution mechanics. Some things used 1d20, roll high. Others, 1d20 roll ...