David Ellis DickersonDec 29, 20191 min readHOW TO BALANCE ENCOUNTERS IN FAE (ROUGHLY)RULE OF THUMB I JUST DISCOVERED: If a typical encounter is one that has a 50% chance of producing a mild or moderate consequence, it...
David Ellis DickersonDec 29, 20195 min read"OH SHIT!"/"WHAT NOW?": WHAT MAKES A GOOD FATE COMPELThis question came up on the Facebook Fate group ("What makes a good compel?") and I wrote a really long reply that I thought might make...
David Ellis DickersonDec 29, 201910 min readHOW TO STEAL A STARSHIPNotes for Repo Agents and Thieves by Arlani Chee as told to David Ellis Dickerson SIZING UP THE TARGET Generally speaking, thieves and...
David Ellis DickersonDec 29, 20199 min readIMPROVING ZIRD: PREFATORY NOTES TO EXPLORING FATEOne of my intentions with this blog is to poke at Fate--easily my favorite tabletop RPG system--in hopes of making certain elements of...
David Ellis DickersonDec 29, 20196 min readNON-GONZO ARCANA FOR INTO THE ODD (or, D20 OSR MAGIC ITEMS)I love, love, love Into the Odd! But I also really love the slightly more grounded setting of The Nightmares Underneath, and so when I...