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What has happened to Dungeons and Dragons? I used to play it years ago but I just came back to the game to find it's on it's 5th+ edition. There are now camps that feel 2nd edition was ok and others that claim it was bro...

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As we got older we stopped playing with toys and pretending. This is what I often hear from folks who would like to play Dungeons and Dragons but don't. I can't see myself doing that sort of thing. Nothing could further ...

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Maps are an essential part of Dungeons and Dragons as well as many other games. One of the questions I had as a new player was, how much should I be writing down, like map-wise, about where we were? It was easy in a dung...

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For Dungeon Masters, whether you are new or an old hand, one of the most difficult things to do is have an entire world ready for your players to explore. Why an entire world? Because everything that happens in the game,...

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What is a Dungeon Master? The short answer is that a Dungeon Master is a Referee. They decipher the rules as written or (RAW) to experienced gamers. Theirs is the responsibility to describe to the players the scene,...

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One of the first things people want to know about Role Playing Games is how they work. Everyone has an idea about how to play board games or card games. Yet when it comes to playing an RPG one might not know what to...

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After settling the area and clearing it of problems and predators the party spent some time searching the surrounding dunes. Finding nothing but more of the smooth and broken areas common to the Sea of Glass. Now th...

","url":"https://legendodin.net/gallery-%26-blog/f/the-great-sand-sea-contd","title":"The Great Sand Sea Pt. 6","summary":" After settling the area and clearing it of problems and predators the party spent some time searching the surrounding dunes. Finding nothing but more of the smooth and broken areas common to the Sea of Glass. Now th...","date_modified":"2026-01-26T19:35:40Z"},{"id":"https://legendodin.net/gallery-%26-blog/f/where-do-they-live","html_content":"

I never hear anyone asking me where they live. Where do characters go in the downtime or at night when they're not out adventuring? Well, it's simple really. They go to camp. Not a camp with a tiny fire and a few te...

","url":"https://legendodin.net/gallery-%26-blog/f/where-do-they-live","title":"Where do they live?","summary":" I never hear anyone asking me where they live. Where do characters go in the downtime or at night when they're not out adventuring? Well, it's simple really. They go to camp. Not a camp with a tiny fire and a few te...","date_modified":"2026-01-22T20:40:15Z"},{"id":"https://legendodin.net/gallery-%26-blog/f/what-type-of-character-should-i-make","html_content":"

First of all ask if you are an experienced role player or new to the game. If you're a veteran or at least have played some and know the game say already been through a campaign or many single adventures and you hav...

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The first night out on the glass went uneventfully. The party cleared out a space large enough for them to camp comfortably in the abandoned submerged building. The mage translated much of the story of how Nut becam...

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Captain Bullwash was a large old tough former sea captain. He had sailed the Outer Islands since he was a youth. He claimed that he came to sail the Sands in his retirement for spending cash. Normally he would ferry...

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After completing a full weeks worth of work both as laborers and adventurers (Here it is suggested you put in a side quest or some such nonsense to entertain the players) the party made it to the city of Ambros. The...

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Landing a few experienced and willing adventurous souls was not an easy task but after some negotiation you managed to acquire the services of five others of various skill sets. There were a couple fighter types, a ...

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Deep in the center of the southern continent lies an area full of sand so desolate and empty that it has come to be known as the Great Sand Sea. Immense and hot shifting sands and emptiness. At the center of this de...

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Suppose you are an experienced player or maybe you have one in your group. You have to keep them interested in playing, you have to keep them from becoming the group's fact checker on whether or not they can do someth...

","url":"https://legendodin.net/gallery-%26-blog/f/how-to-keep-experienced-players-interested-doing-new-characters","title":"How to keep experienced players interested, doing new characters.","summary":" Suppose you are an experienced player or maybe you have one in your group. You have to keep them interested in playing, you have to keep them from becoming the group's fact checker on whether or not they can do someth...","date_modified":"2025-10-20T21:48:29Z"},{"id":"https://legendodin.net/gallery-%26-blog/f/equipment-and-weight-capacity","html_content":"

So you have a character and it's awesome. You have been playing for a few and have gathered some treasure and equipment. How do you handle all that bulky equipment? How many coins can a character carry? Yes, there a...

","url":"https://legendodin.net/gallery-%26-blog/f/equipment-and-weight-capacity","title":"Equipment and Weight Capacity.","summary":" So you have a character and it's awesome. You have been playing for a few and have gathered some treasure and equipment. How do you handle all that bulky equipment? How many coins can a character carry? Yes, there a...","date_modified":"2025-09-06T17:11:06Z"},{"id":"https://legendodin.net/gallery-%26-blog/f/how-exactly-do-you-role-play","html_content":"

RPG's are becoming quite big. There have always been a large number of followers but recently it has become more mainstream or accepted and new players are becoming interested all the time. If you are new to RPG's and ar...

","url":"https://legendodin.net/gallery-%26-blog/f/how-exactly-do-you-role-play","title":"How exactly do you Role Play?","summary":"RPG's are becoming quite big. There have always been a large number of followers but recently it has become more mainstream or accepted and new players are becoming interested all the time. If you are new to RPG's and ar...","date_modified":"2025-08-28T18:50:19Z"},{"id":"https://legendodin.net/gallery-%26-blog/f/how-complicated-can-using-magic-be","html_content":"

For those of us who are new to the game or those of us who may be intimidated by the idea of playing a Magic using character whether it's a Cleric type or a Wizard type in D&D can be quite complicated. Even veteran pl...

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When making a character to play in any RPG it is easy to get caught up in the details of making it and worrying about things like will he have enough HP (Hit Points) to survive long enough to advance? What sort of mag...

","url":"https://legendodin.net/gallery-%26-blog/f/what-to-name-it","title":"What to Name it?","summary":" When making a character to play in any RPG it is easy to get caught up in the details of making it and worrying about things like will he have enough HP (Hit Points) to survive long enough to advance? What sort of mag...","date_modified":"2025-08-11T17:52:08Z"},{"id":"https://legendodin.net/gallery-%26-blog/f/how-do-you-use-miniatures","html_content":"

Using miniatures can be a little overwhelming to new players and especially new Dungeon Masters. Start simple, if you're the DM then the story is yours as a guideline to what the players can or cannot do. It serves as...

","url":"https://legendodin.net/gallery-%26-blog/f/how-do-you-use-miniatures","title":"How do you use miniatures?","summary":" Using miniatures can be a little overwhelming to new players and especially new Dungeon Masters. Start simple, if you're the DM then the story is yours as a guideline to what the players can or cannot do. It serves as...","date_modified":"2025-05-20T17:36:11Z"},{"id":"https://legendodin.net/gallery-%26-blog/f/miniatures-or-not","html_content":"

Do you need to buy miniatures to play D&D? The short answer is no, you do not need them. Some players prefer not to use them because they take away from the imagination. To some degree I have to agree that now I can see ...

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Module review

","url":"https://legendodin.net/gallery-%26-blog/f/light-of-xaryxis","title":"Light of Xaryxis","summary":"Module review","date_modified":"2024-09-30T18:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://legendodin.net/gallery-%26-blog/f/dragonlance-1","html_content":"

For my Dragonlance adventure, a homebrew, I had chosen to have all my players meet at the same place. I had them be friends from their youth during training. They had had many discussions about the existence of Drag...

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Our group last played Dragonlance the campaign began with the party already knowing each other from the past. Five years ago to be exact. They finished their training and then spent five years pursuing their careers ag...

","url":"https://legendodin.net/gallery-%26-blog/f/dragonlance","title":"Dragonlance","summary":" Our group last played Dragonlance the campaign began with the party already knowing each other from the past. Five years ago to be exact. They finished their training and then spent five years pursuing their careers ag...","date_modified":"2022-12-04T06:07:18Z"},{"id":"https://legendodin.net/gallery-%26-blog/f/entering-the-upside-down","html_content":"

I like a lot of different types of campaigns. Entering the upside down was so much fun. I am always up for something new. As the DM did with the upside down campaign, of which I was a player, I take a lot of pride in ...

","url":"https://legendodin.net/gallery-%26-blog/f/entering-the-upside-down","title":"Entering the upside down","summary":" I like a lot of different types of campaigns. Entering the upside down was so much fun. I am always up for something new. As the DM did with the upside down campaign, of which I was a player, I take a lot of pride in ...","date_modified":"2022-02-06T07:00:00Z"}]}