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Tales of the Monkey King: Dawning Star Chapter 1 - History
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Tales of the Monkey King. A blog for the game design oriented musings of Lee Hammock. By day I work in the video game industry, and by night I scribble down my other ideas here. Wednesday, May 22, 2013. Dawning Star Chapter 1 - History. The same people. The same problems. The same need for heroes. As told by Edward Creech, formerly Chief Engineer of the Dawning Star and currently Professor of History of Technology at Dawning Star University. Recorded by the Eotian History Project, 2053. The fleet left Ea...
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Howling Tower: October 2014
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Tuesday, October 21, 2014. The Rise of Tiamat: A DM’s and Player’s Overview. I have a new installment of "Tiamat Tuesday" over at Kobold Press, discussing the differences between Hoard of the Dragon Queen. And the upcoming sequel, The Rise of Tiamat. Ideally, players and Dungeon Masters (DMs) who sit down to tackle The Rise of Tiamat. Will already have played Hoard of the Dragon Queen. Hoard of the Dragon Queen. By the time The Rise of Tiamat. Read the rest of the article at KoboldPress.com. M A R Barker.
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Howling Tower: March 2015
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Wednesday, March 25, 2015. A Need for Speed. This week's Howling Tower blog specifically for players is posted over at Kobold Press. The topic is playing fast. I support it. Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action comes, stop thinking and go in.”. A combat turn in most RPGs represents 5 to 10 seconds. If you spend much more time than that deciding what to do on your turn, you’re wasting time. 8221;—should be made quickly. Read the rest at KoboldPress.com. Wednesday, March 18, 2015. Picture ...
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Introducing AcadeCon | Melvin Smif's Geekery
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Melvin Smif's Geekery. Embrace the hobbies folks, enjoy yourself! Skip to primary content. About Me and the Contributors. OUT OF THE ABYSS. Reviews, Media, & Requests! Media and Media Requests. Reviews and Review Requests. The RPG Academy Network. August 10, 2015. AcadeCon will take place November 13-15th 2015 at the Hueston Lodge. In Oxford, Ohio. Podcast and online gamers extraordinaire. Michael and Caleb G. run the site and Podcast with an ever interesting rotation of faculty. They have space set asid...
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Howling Tower: Rendezvous with Ruinator—Download!
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Sunday, July 26, 2015. Rendezvous with Ruinator—Download! Thanks to a question from RavenFeast, I finally got off my duff and decided to make one of my NTRPGCon adventures available here. I have several more of these that I intend to put up for sale somewhere, someday, but for now at least, you can grab a free copy of the post-apocalyptic "adventure" Rendezvous with Ruinator. I use 1st-edition Gamma World. From Goblinoid Games and Broken Urthe. Lurking on your shelves anymore. M A R Barker. Robert J....
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Tales of the Monkey King: A Song of Dirt and Wind - Energy Shields
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Tales of the Monkey King. A blog for the game design oriented musings of Lee Hammock. By day I work in the video game industry, and by night I scribble down my other ideas here. Saturday, June 8, 2013. A Song of Dirt and Wind - Energy Shields. The class of a shield is applied directly against falling or explosive damage, reduce the health damage of the attack by the class of the shield. Falling damage and attacks with the Radius quality drain double the normal number of charges from an energy shield.
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Tales of the Monkey King: April 2012
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Tales of the Monkey King. A blog for the game design oriented musings of Lee Hammock. By day I work in the video game industry, and by night I scribble down my other ideas here. Thursday, April 12, 2012. So I've been putting a lot of time in the office lately and working on some other top secret projects, so to unwind I scribbled down this idea I had. And here a plan began to form in the part of mind that had considered saving the man. The battle is over and you’re my captive. Do you surrender? 8221; Ans...
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Tales of the Monkey King: August 2012
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Tales of the Monkey King. A blog for the game design oriented musings of Lee Hammock. By day I work in the video game industry, and by night I scribble down my other ideas here. Wednesday, August 15, 2012. The Next Big Sidekick. This is an idea I had a dream about earlier this week and figured it was good enough to get on paper. It's rough and has no editing, but I think it would make an interest novel or comic. 8220;I want back in the game.”. The only response to this was silence. 8220;Did you hear me?
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Tales of the Monkey King: July 2011
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Tales of the Monkey King. A blog for the game design oriented musings of Lee Hammock. By day I work in the video game industry, and by night I scribble down my other ideas here. Sunday, July 31, 2011. So the Warlord Wombat is starting a Planescape 4E campaign with rogue modrons as an available character race. Thus came to be N 1, the rogue modron lawman that I thought was worth sharing. X -1 fled out of Mechancus, and N 1 followed. Sunday, July 24, 2011. Trying to get back on the horse. Im a game designe...
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Tales of the Monkey King: July 2013
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Tales of the Monkey King. A blog for the game design oriented musings of Lee Hammock. By day I work in the video game industry, and by night I scribble down my other ideas here. Thursday, July 18, 2013. Dawning Star Ten Years On. So some background with those not familiar with Dawning Star, it originally was a d20 Future setting about a cold sleep evacuation ship from 23. Who can you trust out of all these aliens and their strange religions, philosophies, etc? Sunday, July 14, 2013. 8220;We have collecte...