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Getting More Out of Cyberpunk RED

Posted on 17/11/2022 by Graeme Barber

Cyberpunk RED, its tabletop predecessors, and its anime and videogame future, have a very well defined vibe. But here’s the thing… there’s a lot more to the setting, and its potential, than people give it credit for. And even with some of it spelled out in black and white in the core book, it helps to have a little more in the way of inspirational media and a deeper understanding of the genre. So let’s dive into how you can get more out of Cyberpunk RED!

Lands of Intrigue Reimagined Part Two

Posted on 05/06/2019 by Graeme Barber

When I last left off, I was talking about how a recent image in Dragon Heist changed thing in a good way before going on a bit of a rant about the rampant whitewashing in D&D art in previous editions. [1] So now it’s time to talk about the Peoples of Southwestern Faerûn, and more specifically how the may not exactly be as they’ve been advertised and described in the past.
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Lands of Intrigue Reimagined Part One

Posted on 04/04/2019 by Graeme Barber

Forgotten Realms has always had a problem with expansion. When it first drew breath as a world for writing for Ed Greenwood, it was Faerûn and not much else. It was a tight package that more or less worked. Then they bolted on Kara-tur and Zakhara, and things got confusing, especially when Zakhara was fused into Faerûnian history as the source of both the Bedine and Calishites, and in the latter case, completely ignored the people in place. However, the recent release of Dragon Heist has changed this, by giving us a solid look at what a Tethyrian looks like. The vibe and coding for the Lands of Intrigue, Amn, Tethyr, and Calimshan, got thrown for a loop, but in a good way.

Backgrounder 002: Durpar (pt2)

Posted on 18/02/2019 by Graeme Barber

Speculation and Bringing it Up to Date

So, Durpar. We covered the old information in the last part of this giant post, and if you haven’t checked it out yet, it’s a good place to start this. [1] This is much more challenging than the Gnolls were, but here I go.
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Lolth’s Lore Problem

Posted on 28/09/2018 by Graeme Barber

Lore is at much of the core of Dungeons & Dragons; it’s involved in shaping perceptions of the game, guides interactions with certain aspects of it, and is a big part of how the game is learned. The mechanics of the game may shift and change, but lore remains relatively consistent. Major events still occur in roughly the same ways and times from edition to edition, and monster lore persists even more strongly. So what happens when lore starts to be altered on a large scale, as in the case of the Elven Pantheon and the backstory of Lolth, as happened in the recent release of Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes?
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