Timothy S. Brannan
One of the central design ideas behind Advanced Witches & Warlocks is something that, in retrospect, seems obvious to me.The Witch is not a Magic-User in a black dress. She is also not a Cleric with better eyeliner.I have joked about that distinction before, but there is a real design issue...
Timothy S. Brannan
The Satanic Panic and the Secret Appeal of Forbidden BooksI am currently reading Manly Wade Wellman for my Witches of Appendix N. He has a lot of occult investigators and talks a lot about dangerous occult texts. There is a strange magic to being told a book is dangerous.Not real magic. Not the...
Timothy S. Brannan
I picked up a new Forgotten Realms game over the past weekend. Sorta. It is actually the same game I have been playing in, just with some new characters. In reality, I am worried less about the setting or background and more about the playtest. I am using this game to try out some more ideas from...