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A bit disappointed that the gelatinous cube in the new D&D boxed set has been named the "jelly cube". Such an iconic monster, surely it doesn't need dumbing down that much.

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“ I am not trying to run some authentic society any more than I try to make a dungeon perfectly architecturally sound with all proper support columns, ventilation, and oxygen content. But having a simple, referee-friendly construction of law, much like dungeon walls, can enhance play somewhat paradoxically by constraining choice, but increasing decision impact.”

https://icastlight.blogspot.com/2025/11/law-order-dungeons-dragons-gameable.html?m=1

It's December 4, so how do you roll for National Dice Day? Hopefully with better scores than our epic DnD inspired commedia dell'arte parody "A Mockery of Mimicry" last year where the audience rolls of a giant D20 determined our plot!

Should we do another D20 Project Play?

Day 4: Tell us about your audio recording experience(s).

I've made audio recordings of my poetry, but I've never made them public.

Years ago, I was part of a short series of DnD one-shots on YouTube, but that ended abruptly when the head DMs decided they didn't want to it anymore.

What common evils lurk in your world? So common everyone basically ignores it? Like, I come from a country with free healthcare, and every time I see the American system in action, I can't help feel that is evil in its purest form.

An unspeakable horror strolls down the street and waves to a couple of people. "Ugh, not this guy. He never shuts up about some ancient evil that lurks within us all."

A request for the and hiveminds!

One of my favorite books to come out of the early years of was a third-party book that included multiple "alternative" flavors for arcane casters. It included mirror mages, with rules for creating the necessary mirrors; rune mages, with rules for inscribing; dragon mages, with prestige classes that would transform the adherent in different ways; and more. The book was stolen from me long ago. I need help finding it again.

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Remember, not everything in your world will be finished. Perhaps there is a reason construction was stopped. Perhaps they've only just started.

(Gundelon Castle in France, being hand built using only traditional techniques.)

A four turret castle with an enclosed courtyard backed by a hall.

I treated myself to a solo DnD advent calendar which is where you do a bit of an adventure every day.

So I have made my character ready for it; meet Mary Rudolph Snow Claus.

She's a Spherian with the Pegasus constellation on her. She's an Arcane Chef Artificer with the Astronomer background.

I'll probably be sharing her adventures (geddit - advent ures!) as I play it and I am very excited!

an elderly woman with skin like the starry night sky wearing an old fashioned, beautiful Santa outfit with deep red coat and hat with thick white fur trim. Behind her is a night sky with fluffy clouds and stars in it.

1/ @rorystarr asked me about some ideas for folklore-themed dungeons - specifically, dungeons that are connected to the "Feywild". So I took a look at my repository of translations of German folk tales, and here is what I found.

But first, a word about definitions. German folklore almost never uses the German equivalent of "fairie" ("Fee"). Instead, a more common term is "Geist", which is a direct translation of "spirit" - and can describe almost any supernatural entity.

Thus, in my exploration of this theme I have limited myself to places linked to entities which are (a) not clearly ghosts, and (b) not clearly demons. This is as close as we will get to "fairies", I am afraid...

The painting "Dark thoughts" by Arthur Hughes. A scared-looking man sits on a spiral staircase, while some black bat/cat hybrids are fluttering around near the ceiling.

If you're like me, and I know I am, you'll appreciate this awesome collection of city, neighborhood, village, dungeon, building, and cave generators for tabletop RPGs as much as I do:

https://watabou.itch.io/