Sean Does Games

Skyfell Introduction I started a once-per-month  Dungeons and Dragons  game in my  Skyfell campaign setting . I wanted to provide my players with a log of their adventures and then realized that such a log might make for fun blog posts.  See the  Session Index  for a complete listing. The cast is: Laura - Meribore Softwalker - female fitbolg, Druid ( Circle of the Moon) Jeff - Omagoshno - male rock gnome, Artificer ( Artillerist ) Rodney - Tauffae Twofeather Topshelf - male orc, Fighter ( Champion ) Dan - Drekzhar - male minotaur, Bard/Rogue ( College of Swords, no specialty ) Pat - Frit Nimbly - female goblin, Monk ( Way of Shadow ) Michelle - Bronte Whitewinter - male firbolg, Cleric ( Tempest Domain) Session 8: Home, Sweet Home Preparation The time between Session 7 and session 8 was the busiest ever for communication. It makes sense though. First, the PCs had a ten-day trip back to Highwater and the pl...

Making Tiles A vast majority of my RPG map bits and miniatures are hold overs from my Heroscape obsession from a few years ago. The hex tiles have enabled some fairly epic maps.   While I love the miniatures, their bases are a bit larger than the standard RPG miniature base. Top: Heroscape Figures Bottom: Bases from WizKids Miniatures This is a non-issue for exterior terrain builds because the Heroscape hex tiles are properly scaled for the larger bases. It’s problematic for interior terrain builds though because the standard 1-inch squares for your typical table map are just too small.  Heroscape Hex Tile Compared with Standard RPG Map Grid I got around this a few years ago by making my own square map tiles properly sized to the Heroscape hex tiles. They work great not only for Dungeons and Dragons tabletop terrains but also for the Heroscape game itself. This makes it easy to use both in a single map without much fuss.   ...