You can read Part 1 here; there's a middle part I didn't write up. Don't worry about that part. There was a TPK. The party stood a hundred feet underground in a volcano that was actively trying to kill them. The 4-armed sickle dancer
I dabble with computers, professionally, and have spent some of my hobby time recently building some software that might (might!) benefit the community. This post is to share those tools. 💡Software thrives on feedback! If you have any for these two tools, please leave a comment here, open an Issue
There have been more than a few discussions on the Sly Flourish Discord server (one of my favorite places on the RPG internet) about how Daggerheart games proceed. This post is my (first?) post of tips and tricks for how I run my Dh table. For context: I'm
Shadowdark, Level 4 Into the Caldera Four adventurers descended into a smoking volcanic caldera to stop the Sickle Dancer from rebuilding her demonic cult. The heat was already unbearable before they found the first monster. Faewick the Duelist led the way into a massive chamber of charred treasure piles and
Editor's Note: This is a recap of my weekly Daggerheart game. I'm the GM; we play in a homebrew world, a tropical archipelago. I'm adapting various 5E content from various sources, includiong Heliana's Guide to Monster Hunting and The Crooked Moon. The
Editor's Note: This is a recap of my weekly Daggerheart game. I'm the GM; we play in a homebrew world, a tropical archipelago. I'm adapting various 5E content from Heliana's Guide to Monster Hunting. The party finished their preparations in Kapua'
Alternative title: Rocks Fall; Who Dies? 💡The Sly Flourish Discord has a lot of great RPG discussions, resources, people, and more. It's one of my favorite places on the internet. Go there! I've kept names of people there out of this post, but if you were
I'm a bit of a "forever GM," as they say [Ed. note: who? who says this?], someone who ends up in the role of Game Master (or Dungeon Master or Referee) most of the time. (I'm a forever GM because I like being a
Editor's Note: I run a Drakkenheim 5E campaign every other Thursday; this week, we had some player absences, so I pivoted to teaching the present players my favorite RPG: Delta Green! Drakkenheim recaps will resume in January 2026. One of the things I enjoy is roleplaying in the
I have been thinking a lot about what "Player Agency" means and how it can be a useful concept in our desire to run great TTRPGs. One nit that keeps begging me to pick it is the idea of agency to do what? Let's back up.
Hi! I'm Arrowed. I love Web logs, or "blogs" as the kids call them today. [Ed. Note: the people using the term "blog" haven't been kids for two decades.] I grew up in the 90s, when the Internet was capitalized, wild, and