Ye Olde RPG Link Roundup

By Dave on March 9, 2012 in Role-Playing

March 4th was the fourth anniversary of the death of Gary Gygax. It has since been designated Dungeon Master’s Day, a day to thank game masters everywhere for the hard work they put in to crafting the worlds of entertainment we love.
Giant sand worm chase, another good example of how skill challenges can work in 4th edition D&D
A review of the 6d6 Core System from Troll in the Corner
Redditors weigh in on the merits of the Amber Diceless Roleplaying Game system
A discussion of lethality and “save or die” effects in D&D that brings up some interesting points – don’t just charge the medusa!
Omniglot, the online encyclopedia of writing systems and languages – a great GM resource
What Background Charts Say About Your World – a timely discussion, as I’m working through this in Tyth right now
Blue Box Rebellion – “a game designer and illustrator tries to return his sense of wonder to its original packaging.” a wonderful blog.
Grognardia: “Personally I loathe all the canonical cheating methods. I think there are two and exactly two legit ways to generate scores for D&D characters…” On the strengths and weaknesses of ability scores by roll.
Reddit builds the worst characters ever conceived for a one-shot drinking game
List of resources for inspiring artwork
2000 things Mr. Welch can no longer do during an RPG. Speaks for itself, really.
A grand list of Pathfinder online resources!
Trap a day blog – does what it says on the tin, often very well