Blog of Forlorn Encystment

Last night, I started what I hope will be a new weekly game of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons  2nd edition. After my three-year D&D 5th...

Wizards of the Coast has released the newest playtest packet for the forthcoming 2024 republication of the Dungeons & Dragons  5th edit...

I find the official method for determining what magic items are included in a treasure hoard in 5th edition Dungeons & Dragons  to be pr...

Rewarding experience points is out of fashion among modern Dungeons & Dragons players, and the designers of D&D seem to recognize th...

Total Party Kills are a funny thing in Dungeons & Dragons . The "killer Dungeon Master" is a myth and a trope as old as the ga...

It behooves any Dungeon Master to write out their character creation rules for their players. I include these rules in the same document as ...

Baldur's Gate 3 has been out for a few months by now, so many people have played through it at least once (a lot of people had somehow ...