Theater of the Mind in 5e

I’ve been reading a little about not using maps in 5e, using a “Theater of the Mind” approach. Running the Hoard of the Dragon Queen using as few maps as I can (so far only one drawn for reference – no grids) has me liking it. In my previous games, including the Star Wars game […]

Number of Players for Con Games

A good friend just had his 50th Birthday, and our gaming group organized a day of gaming for him as a present. Three games with three different GMs, and three different settings (Star Wars, Fantasy, Modern/Horror). Great day, lots of drinking and playing. I ran the Star Wars game (Clone Wars scenario done in Savage […]

Cleric Domains – 5e – Magic

First off, sorry for the delay, off on a business trip. It was a software “conference” at the Swan and Dolphin at Disney World – pretty nice. I have the next Cleric Domain, Magic. This was fun because there is such a variety of spells compared to the Cleric. I settled on a spell list […]

Cleric Domains – 5e – Fire

What PC doesn’t love fire. So many destructive spells and other possibilities, it can actually be hard to choose. The one glaring omission is Fireball. I didn’t want to take away one of the iconic spells for wizard/sorcerer. After that the one issue I had was the elemental power. I don’t have a Monster Manual […]