I have a Patreon!
Info on my Patreon, full of crunchy RPG goodness!
Starter Sets and Beginner Boxes
Thoughts on the Cypher System Starter Set from the perspective of having written the award-winning Pathfinder Beginner Box
I’m Gonna Start a Patreon
I’m gonna start a Patreon, probably in December 2022. Partly because I want people to be able to find me if Twitter stops working, and partly to incentivize myself to post more articles (I do post them here on this WordPress blog now and then, but I’m the sort of person who gets a lot…
Polymorph, Wild Shape, and Owlbears
(The owlbear in the D&D movie trailer prompted me to finally write this article, which I’ve been meaning to do for over a year now!) Back in 2012, there was a discussion on the Paizo boards that led to talking about shapechanging spells, specifically ones that let you turn into an animal, and what those…
Five Moons RPG PDFs–for free!
Back in 2014, I ran a Kickstarter for the Five Moons RPG, which I intended as a simpler take on the 3e/PF rules and focusing more on the “sweet spot” of adventuring (levels 1 to 12 in 3e/PF terms, before the math really starts to break down for high-level characters), flavored with some of my…
Claim the Sky: Sean’s History of Superheroes
Back in December, MCG had a Kickstarter to create some RPG books about superheroes. The first of those books, a high-action MCU-style rulebook and setting called Claim the Sky, is now on preorder. On the last day of that Kickstarter, I posted a whole bunch of things on Twitter talking about my own history with…
Write What I Pay You To Write
(This used to be a Note on Facebook, thought I should move it over here where others can see it, especially as I’ve left FB because they’ve played a big role in enabling fascism and the alt-right these past few years.) When I do game convention panels about how to be a good freelancer, I…
Goody White in print!
Goody White’s Book of Folk Magic, my quirky book of spells for Pathfinder and the Cypher System, is finally available in print! (I’ve actually been shipping out print copies to the Kickstarter backers for a few weeks now, but now those are finally all on their way, so I’ve opened it up for anyone to…
Patreon for Sean?
As my contract at Wizards of the Coast draws to a close, I’m looking at other options to take care of the bills, and one of the things I’m considering is having a Patreon. I’ve been wanting to push my creativity in different ways, and having a Patreon-style setup would definitely motivate me to create…
Paizo Easter Egg: Zursvaater is Asmodeus
Well, I intended Zursvaater to be Asmodeus. Back when I was writing Gods and Magic for Paizo, they needed me to fill out the roster of giant gods, as they only had a few of the giant races covered. One of the missing race-specific deities was the god of the fire giants. And so I…
Paizo Deity Article Easter Eggs
Over the past few weeks I’ve been posting easter eggs about the various god articles I wrote for the Paizo adventure paths; this info appeared on my Facebook fan page and Twitter, but just in case you don’t read those, I’m reposting them here. 2/5 Abadar: The planar ally Ghost of Malthus is based on…
Goody White’s PDF is on sale
Back in August 2014, I kickstarted a little book called Goody White’s Book of Folk Magic, which has Goody White explaining (in-character) a bunch of “folk remedies,” which are then presented as PFRPG spells, witch hexes, and rituals that even non-spellcasters are able to learn. Last month, I sent out PDF copies to the kickstarter backers.…
The “Triviality” of Death in 3E and the 5,000 gp Diamond Cost
The recent article about familiars prompted a question about death in Five Moons RPG. Namely, should coming back from the dead have a significant cost to it like it does in 3E/PF (5,000 gp diamond, negative level, and so on)? Does the lack of this sort of cost make death a trivial issue for adventurers? I…
I Like Cantrips
I like cantrips. Part of my interest in cantrips was probably inspired by Jon Winter’s article “The Little Wish” in Dragon Magazine #221, where he offers suggestions as to what cantrips from each school can do (this is back in the 2E AD&D days, where there was a spell called cantrip, and it covered all the…
Five Moons RPG: Simplifying Monsters and NPCs
I’ve written and developed about a zillion monsters for D&D and Pathfinder. Low CR, high CR, mythic, and many weird corner cases. One of the reasons I wrote the Great Paizo Mythical Stat Block Spreadsheet was to handle all of the cumbersome math and formatting for creature stat blocks–calculating BAB, saves, skill ranks, numbers of…
Designer Talk: Bonus, Modifier, Penalty
This is a post about terminology: whether a rule should say “bonus,” “modifier,” or “penalty.” A bonus is always positive or zero. A modifier may be positive, negative, or zero. A penalty is always negative or zero. If you want the rule using the character’s ability score to be a benefit and never a hindrance, use “bonus.”…
Goody White campaign is done… Thank you!
Wow, 225% funded ($6,089/$2,700)!!! My thank you/scheduling preview update is posted here. Stay tuned for Gen Con pictures and news over the next few days, and be sure to check in here on Friday afternoon for a very exciting announcement!
Goody White update: Numenera/The Strange content unlocked!
Goody White’s Book of Folk Magic has hit its $6,000 stretch goal, adding a 16-page appendix with mythic and Cypher system (Numenera, The Strange) versions of all the spells and witch hexes presented in it, plus low- and mid-level Pathfinder RPG and Cypher system stat blocks for Goodie White (increasing the page count from 48 pages to…
Goody White update: Q&A video, List of New Spells
New update for my Goody White’s Book of Folk Magic kickstarter: * a short video where Goody White answers questions from backers * 200% funded, wow! * topics for the 16 new spells added because the kickstarter campaign hit $5,000 Check it out! The campaign ends this Wednesday!
Goody White update: 16 More Pages, Next Stretch Goal Announced
Goody White’s Book of Folk Magic has hit its $5,000 stretch goal, adding 16 additional pages of folk magic spells to the PDF and print book. Next up is the $6,000 stretch goal to add another 16 pages for mythic (a la Paizo’s Mythic Adventures) and Cypher system (for Numenera and The Strange from Monte Cook Games). With…
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