Ed The Bard

The musings and delusions of a benevolent (and sometimes baleful) bard.

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50 Shades of Greyhawk: How Your RPG Group Is Like A BDSM Relationship

A blog about tabletop roleplaying games such as Dungeons & Dragons, Pathfinder, Mutants and Masterminds, and Star Wars: Eddge of the Empire"

​Today I explore the kinky side of D&D... no, really.  

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10 Reasons To Sell Your Soul

A blog about tabletop role-playing games such as Dungeons & Dragons, Pathfinder, Mutants and Masterminds, and Star Wars: Edge of the Empire"

Ever want to sell your soul for fun and profit, but never had a good excuse? Fret not, The Bard has you covered

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10 Side-Effects From Resurrections

Death becomes us. It is the undeniable, inescapable inevitability of the universe. That is unless you are a divine spellcaster with the ...

​When you meddle with the forces of life and death, be prepared for a few... unforeseen circumstances. Here are 10 Side-Effects From Resurrections.

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Ed The Bard: RPG A Day - Day 1: How Do You Roll?

#RPGaDay - Day 1: Real dice, dice app, or diceless, how do you “roll”?

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Ed The Bard: Gary Gygax Taught Me To Be A Better GM

It's Gary Gygax Day (just made it)! So hail to the King!

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Ed The Bard: GM Advice: Want To Try Something New? Try Something Old!

So often we GMs try to be new, edgy, and different, Usually with mixed results. There is an alternative. If you want to try something new, try reaching back into the old classics that made this game so great!

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Ed The Bard: Dungeons & Diets: A Bard's Adventure Into Better Health

In January I weighed 430lbs. There was a lot of bard. I was in trouble and I needed help. I didn’t turn to health gurus or fitness instructors. I turned to the Player’s Handbook. And it has done wonders.

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Ed The Bard: Steal This: 50 Adventure Hooks To Swipe For Your Game

Who has the time to cook up a bunch of adventure hooks that your players probably won’t even go for? Well, apparently me. Here are 50 Adventure Hooks To Swipe For Your Game!

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Ed The Bard: GM Advice: Short Tip - Justify Everything!

Ask the hard-hitting questions. Justify everything!

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Ed The Bard: GM Advice: 8 Lasting Consequences For When Death Is Too Good For PCs

So, maybe killing off players isn’t your thing, even if they may have it coming. But what if I told you that there are other consequences out there? Consequences that that are lasting. Consequences that make death look like a sweet release.

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Ed The Bard: GM Advice: Why Killing PCs Is Good For Them

Death is not the handicap it used to be. So many GMs fear letting Player Characters die, but really, death builds character, especially with dead characters.

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Ed The Bard: Campaign Creation - Part 2: Campaign Systems & Settings

Building a new campaign? What setting are you using?

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Ed The Bard: Racial Bias: Half-Orcs

The time has come to sharpen our axes, throw on the best in bone-based fashion, and take a walk on the heavy metal side with the Half-Orc!

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Ed The Bard: Campaign Creation - Part 1: What Kind Of Campaign?

It’s time to create a campaign from the ground up. The first thing we need to figure out is... what the hell kind of campaign are we even making?

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Ed The Bard: My 6-Year-Old Designed A Dungeon, And It's Terrifying

One of the greatest moments of my life was when my son was born. Though a pretty close second is the dungeon he built. At age six. And by the Gods it is some brutal.

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Ed The Bard: Player Advice: A Short Guide On How To Write A Good Backstory

Not all character backstories are created equal. Here is the Bard’s Short Guide on How To Write a Good Backstory.