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 writ...
2023-11-08 13:53:37 +0000 UTC
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The VOD for Workshop #24 is now linked on the Bronze Masterpost! This workshop includes:
- Load Bearing Pill...
2023-11-07 21:56:45 +0000 UTC
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After several weeks of work, you can now access Curse of Strahd: Reloaded as a proper website...
2023-11-07 15:02:06 +0000 UTC
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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 2023-11-01 11:15:12 +0000 UTC
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By 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 segme...
2023-10-26 22:48:44 +0000 UTC
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In 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...
2023-10-24 12:47:27 +0000 UTC
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Another 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
2023-10-23 01:04:50 +0000 UTC
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Apologies 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 previo...
2023-10-15 15:52:37 +0000 UTC
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The VOD of Patreon Discord Workshop #23, titled Using ChatGPT & Obsidian to Prep Your Campaign // Advanced Monster Statblock Design, is now available on YouTube!
2023-10-14 16:59:16 +0000 UTC
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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 works...
2023-10-04 12:52:01 +0000 UTC
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This month's Patreon Discord Workshop will take place on Sunday, October 1 at 1 PM Eastern, and will feature the following topics:
- 📝 Stay Or...
2023-09-30 13:29:10 +0000 UTC
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Why doesn’t the revised Reloaded give Ireena Kolyana a power boost?
Arc X of Re-Reloaded, codenamed Tatyana’s Legacy, provides...
2023-09-28 12:15:55 +0000 UTC
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I. STORIES ARE ABOUT PEOPLE, NOT PLOTS
There'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...
2023-09-14 11:23:16 +0000 UTC
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This 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 2023-09-10 13:21:35 +0000 UTC
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This 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 2023-09-05 01:37:26 +0000 UTC
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I've just published the two most recent Patreon-exclusive Discord workshops on the Bronze masterpost. They include the...
2023-09-05 01:10:03 +0000 UTC
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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...
2023-08-27 23:10:30 +0000 UTC
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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...
2023-08-26 15:56:29 +0000 UTC
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The next Patreon Discord workshop will take place this Saturday, August 26 at 1 PM Eastern. It will include the following two topics:
- Part I: 🧑 The Art of Resonance:...
2023-08-25 02:07:44 +0000 UTC
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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...
2023-08-23 23:28:44 +0000 UTC
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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 ...
2023-08-11 22:35:27 +0000 UTC
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Happy 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
2023-08-11 22:24:45 +0000 UTC
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When I last posted an update on Curse of Strahd: Reloaded 2023-07-24 15:58:53 +0000 UTC
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The third public release of the revised Curse of Strahd: Reloaded is now live!
This new...
2023-07-10 18:09:08 +0000 UTC
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Hello! 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.)
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2023-07-05 17:57:02 +0000 UTC
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I'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 an...
2023-07-05 17:44:33 +0000 UTC
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Problem: How do I turn Izek’s assassination mission into a real quest?
In the original Curse of Strahd module, the Fiona Wachter’s Wish special event provides them wit...
2023-07-02 19:42:06 +0000 UTC
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One 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 piec...
2023-06-26 03:07:56 +0000 UTC
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It'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...
2023-06-21 19:59:57 +0000 UTC
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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 t...
2023-06-13 00:31:52 +0000 UTC
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