D&D: Initiative Markers

To start of with a couple of shots from my first game DMing this bunch of noodles in our West Marches Campaign, these are 5 of the 24 strong Outsider group working out of Luskan.

Here they were playing in the Icewind Dale, my area of responsibility. It was great fun, laughed all night long.

Anyway this post is mainly about the new Initiative cards I made for everyone to play with.

One for each of the basic classes in the original book.

The characters you saw above. On front just their name and pretty picture, laminated.

On the back their Ac and HP to help me see how they were doing at a glance- I also have a record sheet as well.

The dry wipe pen comes off dead easy. 

I also have one marker for NPC's in combat but I try very hard to avoid NPC's fighting.

More importantly are markers for the enemy the PC's may face.

So far they have worked really well with both my grps and I think it shows the players visually exactly when they are up next. 

D&D: Developing Specific Locations

With a load of D&D games coming up in next few months I have been trying to see how I can combine my playing board, the wall sections I made and the boards I made years ago for Warhammer Quest to create special locations for encounters.

The intention is to have a picture of those specific encounter terrain set ups so I can reproduce them quickly during a game. Nothing worse than trying to work what I might need, spoils the flow of the game.

Little bit of a niggle is that the original tiles are not 1" squares unfortunately, I'm gonna play on them and see if anyone mentions it :-)

Slight variation, no Quest board.

I have some one foot square boards that I may use to create the scene on and just have to hand, perhaps some Blu Tac to hold in place the smaller pieces. I won't be using more than a couple of specific locations in an evenings play. Others I can improvise easily enough from the box of bits I have.

Cottage Revamp Two: Update 3

Still finding time in my odd moments to get some modelling on the second converted old cottage. (Managed to catch a nasty bug from Mrs Daxio, so not been up to much, twice in a month is not good :-(

Have raised some of the blocks for effect.

 Most of the basic timbers are now in but there are going to be some more added, I can feel it.

 These longer blank walls need cross timbers adding: from floor level to half way up next timber.

As you can see the roof is not complete although I have done an experimental row. Also the gap between the roof and the main structure is giving me some grief. May well be that I create a slight lip to seat and cover the join.

D&D: Hoxus Henk Character Sketch

I am about to launch, along with 25 others, into a West Marches campaign as both a player and as a DM. I am looking forward to doing both and can't wait.

Here is a quick sketch I made with a few notes about Hoxus my Half -Orc barbarian with a yen to learn the flute.

No she isn't an orphan and her parents were reasonably bright and affluent, but it just so happened that Hoxus did not inherit any of her parents natural abilities. She does have plenty of her own though. More when I have her figure all sorted out.

D&D 5e: Magic Item cards

A new load of handmade cards for D&D, although these are a little different. I drew out a whole sheet this time and coloured them. Now all I have to do is write the info in on the photocopied versions.

Having said that its still a bind writing them all out but not as bad as it was. 

 This way I get a bit more done a bit quicker but retain that home made feel that I like.

The 8 cards I have done so far, each a different colour. Coloured with drawing pencils, will post the original art some time in the near future.

Only this last card was so long I had to write on the back. Some are longer and I may have to reference the book they come from. Even the magic cards I bought have spells that do that though, so not overly worried.

D&D: Challenge Update Two

Another group of miniatures all painted up. Three old GW single piece Chaos Warriors and a Wizkids Marvel Heroclix figure. 

Different coloured boots to pick out the warriors.

A bit of repainting and a lot of wash work to bring out all the great details on this figure.

Think they could be used in a variety of ways, quite pleased how they look for a bit of speed painting.

I have a small Reaper Dragon and some old GW Dark Elves next.