The Arts of LARP, Early Impressions
Now that I’m a bit further into The Arts of LARP, and the author has started their deep dive into their first case study, I’m thinking this may be a bit more of an...
Author: Geoffrey Fortier
Ya Basic (English) and Constructed Languages
This weekend I’ve been reading Basic English: A General Introduction with Rules and Grammar by Charles Ogden in 1930, after it was mentioned in passing in a documentary. I’m sure I’d heard the 850...
Skywrite, The Magical Telecommunication Network
or How I Got Skywrite Banned From Your Game Skywrite is a crazy spell. It is a 2nd level spell that appears on the Bard, Druid, Wizard and Artificer spell lists (and possibly accessible...
17th Century Native American “Kettle Point” Arrowheads
Native Americans in the 17th century would repurpose worn out metal trade items, particularly brass kettles & pots, to make distinctive arrowheads sometimes called “Kettle Points”. These would later be replaced with purpose-made iron...
Magic Items From the 5e DMG That Tell a Story
I’ve been doing a cover to cover read of the 5e DMG, inspired by the awesome folks over at The Tome Show. Ignoring the low hanging fruit like “extraplanar holding item bombs”...
