While I was working to transfer Reloaded from GMBinder to an Obsidian website recently, I had a bit of creative downtime - after all, I was spending all of the time I would have spent writing tinkering with HTML and CSS instead.
Some people spend downtime relaxing. Instead, I decided - as one does - to revise ...
The VOD for Workshop #24 is now linked on the Bronze Masterpost! This workshop includes:
After several weeks of work, you can now access Curse of Strahd: Reloaded as a proper website! The new site has:
This is the fifth in a series of regular posts providing updates on my progress in drafting and editing the new Reloaded guide. You can find all previous posts here.
No updates on the draft guide this week, but th...
2023-11-01 11:15:12 +0000 UTC View PostBy popular demand, I've published a new four-page reference sheet on How to Use ChatGPT—what it is, how it works, and how you can best make use of it.
While the final segment of the reference sheet is about using it in DMing, the bulk of the PDF is a generic, general-purpose guide to understanding and...
2023-10-26 22:48:44 +0000 UTC View PostIn the RAW Curse of Strahd module, Vasilka, the Abbot’s planned “Bride of Strahd,” is no more than a flesh golem. With an Intelligence of 5 and an inability to speak, “she” (more “it”) is an object given the semblance of life, but without true consciousness. She’s learned “etiquette” from ...
2023-10-24 12:47:27 +0000 UTC View PostAnother week, another update! This is the fourth in a series of regular posts providing updates on my progress in drafting and editing the new Reloaded guide. You can find all previous posts here.
This week had a slower pace of progress, la...
2023-10-23 01:04:50 +0000 UTC View PostApologies for the belated update! This is the third in a series of (hopefully) regular posts providing updates on my progress in drafting and editing the new Reloaded guide. You can find all previous posts here.
Before I leap into this post...
2023-10-15 15:52:37 +0000 UTC View PostThe VOD of Patreon Discord Workshop #23, titled Using ChatGPT & Obsidian to Prep Your Campaign // Advanced Monster Statblock Design, is now available on YouTube!
You can access it by visiting the Bronze Masterpost 2023-10-14 16:59:16 +0000 UTC View Post
I’m trying something new with these devblogs - largely to try and keep to a more consistent publication schedule. Instead of writing them up after the fact, I’m going to use them as a workspace to brainstorm problems I’m currently facing, then clean them up for publication once I’ve figured out a solution. I look ...
2023-10-04 12:52:01 +0000 UTC View PostThis month's Patreon Discord Workshop will take place on Sunday, October 1 at 1 PM Eastern, and will feature the following topics:
Why doesn’t the revised Reloaded give Ireena Kolyana a power boost?
Arc X of Re-Reloaded, codenamed Tatyana’s Legacy, provides a capstone to Ireena’s arc: By traveling to Berez and visiting Marina’s Monument, Ireena is able to view the tragedies of her...
2023-09-28 12:15:55 +0000 UTC View PostThere's a quote from Game of Thrones said by Lord Stannis Baratheon, one of multiple candidates vying to win the throne of Westeros by conquest. After a notable defeat, he journeys north to the frozen wastes beyond the Wall, where the Night's Watch is currently trying to resist a...
2023-09-14 11:23:16 +0000 UTC View PostThis is the second in a series of weekly posts providing updates on my progress in drafting and editing the new Reloaded guide. You can find all previous posts here.
Since last week's update, I've completed the following additions ...
2023-09-10 13:21:35 +0000 UTC View PostThis is the first in a series of (hopefully) weekly/fortnightly posts updating folks on my progress in drafting and editing the new Reloaded guide.
Since the public release<...
2023-09-05 01:37:26 +0000 UTC View PostI've just published the two most recent Patreon-exclusive Discord workshops on the Bronze masterpost. They include the following sections:
Workshop #21
Skill challenges are weird.
To understand why, let’s rewind a second to D&D 4th edition, way back in Ye Olde Yonder Years of 2008-2013. 4e made a lot of changes to the standard D&D model that had emerged with 3e and 3.5—some of which were well-received, and many of which received lots of backlash. 2023-08-27 23:10:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome to the first installment of a (hopefully) weekly update series in which I share my progress with the revised Curse of Strahd: Reloaded guide, as well as my projections for upcoming releases and future developments.
First, the Vallaki Update™ (a.k.a. Reloaded v2.0.4) released ...
2023-08-26 15:56:29 +0000 UTC View PostThe next Patreon Discord workshop will take place this Saturday, August 26 at 1 PM Eastern. It will include the following two topics:
I'm excited to announce that the public release of the revised Curse of Strahd: Reloaded's Act II: The Shadowed Town—a comprehensive guide to the multiple narrative arcs that will unfold as your players explore Vallaki—2023-08-23 23:28:44 +0000 UTC View Post
When I first started writing this devblog more than a month ago, I didn’t realize just how much IRL obligations would keep me away from my Patreon work. While I’ve been able to finish Act II: The Shadowed Town in Curse of Strahd: Reloaded, and begun work on my new Ch...
2023-08-11 22:35:27 +0000 UTC View PostHappy August! Sorry I've been a bit MIA for a while, but I'm back with a whole host of new content goodies. Today in particular, I've posted four new reference sheets to the DM's Toolkit:
When I last posted an update on Curse of Strahd: Reloaded two weeks ago, I was confident that I would be able to publish the first two arcs of Vallaki—the Tome of Strahd ...
2023-07-24 15:58:53 +0000 UTC View Post
The third public release of the revised Curse of Strahd: Reloaded is now live!
This new release contains Arc C: Into the Valley, including the road to Tser Pool Encampment an...
2023-07-10 18:09:08 +0000 UTC View PostHello! If you're confused as to why you're receiving this email from me, it'll all make sense in a moment. (If you're currently a paid member of my Patreon, feel free to disregard all this.)
So—Patreon just added an option allowing Patreon creators to offer a free community subscription that allows users to sign up to...
2023-07-05 17:57:02 +0000 UTC View PostI've added the first of four new reference sheets to the DM's Toolkit. This reference sheet is a guide to Using Exposition, discussing the six purposes and seven types of exposition.
You can find it linked in the 2023-07-05 17:44:33 +0000 UTC View Post
In the original Curse of Strahd module, the Fiona Wachter’s Wish special event provides them with a simple task: kill Izek Strazni. The players are given no guidance as to how to accomplish this, and no follow-up. Their sole r...
2023-07-02 19:42:06 +0000 UTC View PostOne of the most frequent questions I get from readers about Re-Reloaded is: “Why did you remove Morgantha from the Village of Barovia?”
Tangentially related, two of the most frequent pieces of advice I wind up giving to other people are “Don’t turn Argynvost’s body into a shadow dracolich,” and “Don’t ha...
2023-06-26 03:07:56 +0000 UTC View PostIt's been just over two years since I launched this Patreon—and since the first public re-release of Curse of Strahd: Reloaded three weeks ago, we've passed a monumental 200 patrons!
First—I want to thank all of you for your feedback and support, both financial and otherwise. It's thanks to your help that I've been...
Welcome back to the devblog! This week’s another two-parter, since I owe ya one from last week. Moving ahead, though, I will be setting aside a full ninety minutes every Thursday night to write these, so hopefully I shouldn’t miss too many other blogs barring an emergency (or a very shiny object), and you’ll wa...
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