Roll for Initiative

I was initially a bit disappointed to hear of the second edition. But after some though I realized that Pathfinder 1 has some issues and maybe a new version could fix them up. After all In some w...

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For the last couple of days, I have been playing around with the creature creation rules in the appendices of the Alien Archive book. I decided to have a go at recreating a babau demon for Starf...

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As we prepare to start our first Starfinder campaign in a few weeks, I have been thinking more about the Starfinder setting. There are a lot of pretty cool things in there and I will talk abou...

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Last Saturday night was a big night for metal in Calgary, with Sabaton returning to The Palace and Black Label Society playing at the University of Calgary. I already had a ticket for BLS before ...

http://rollforinitiative.blogspot.com/2018/02/bls-in-calgary.html

Let's face it, 2017 has not been a great year. Our friends to the south seem to be going through a bit of a rough patch right now and nerves are frayed everywhere. Still, it's not all bad and in ...

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The spear is arguably the most effective melee weapon in human history. Simpler to use than the axe or sword and cheaper to produce, the bulk of virtually every army from antiquity to the develop...

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We conclude our Iron Gods adventure path - SPOILERS ahead. After a day to recover from the devastating battle against Ophelia, the party returned for the final showdown against the mad AI Unity...

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We continue our Iron Gods campaign journal - SPOILERS ahead. Sensing a need for haste, the party decided to move on without seeking out Deacon Hope. They found another monorail station which pr...

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Since Kolrez is a mystic, alignment and deity are defining aspects of his character, so some thought has to go into making these decisions. I wanted Kolrez to be most at peace among the stars, ...

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The much-awaited Starfinder Core Rulebook is finally available at your FLGS and I have my copy. This will be my first in a series of posts on the new game. I will be looking first at character ...

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We continue with our Iron Gods campaign - SPOILERS ahead. The party headed up to a cavern known to both Casandalee and the Technic League that provided entry to the buried spaceship. Zernebet...

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We continue with our Iron Gods campaign - SPOILERS ahead. With the party refreshed and prepared, and the dybbuk still weakened by the previous battle, round two turned out to be anti-climactic....

http://rollforinitiative.blogspot.com/2017/08/iron-gods-palace-of-fallen-stars-4.html

We continue with our Iron Gods AP - major SPOILERS ahead. Among the belongings acquired from the Technic League captain killed in the ambush at the Night Market was a commset. The commander of...

http://rollforinitiative.blogspot.com/2017/07/iron-gods-palace-of-fallen-stars-3.html

We continue with our Iron Gods adventure path - SPOILERS ahead. Having already struck a blow against the Technic League, the party knew they would have to keep the pressure on. If the League ha...

http://rollforinitiative.blogspot.com/2017/06/iron-gods-palace-of-fallen-stars-2.html

We continue our Iron Gods campaign - as always, SPOILERS ahead. The party now had Casandalee. The device they had recovered contained her consciousness and allowed her to communicate. She implo...

http://rollforinitiative.blogspot.com/2017/05/iron-gods-palace-of-fallen-stars-1.html

An hour and a half east of Calgary is a town called Drumheller in the Alberta Badlands. It has a long history of coal mining, but today it is known mainly for dinosaur fossils and the absolutely ...

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Sabaton is, without a doubt, one of my favourite bands. In fact, I would say it is probably my favourite to come on the scene in the post-NWBHM (New Wave of British Heavy Metal for the woefully u...

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We continue our Iron Gods AP with the conclusion of Valley of the Brain Collectors - SPOILERS ahead. The party prepared to assault the Dominion hive. After uncovering the entrance, they proceed...

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This year is the 150th anniversary of the birth of the Canadian confederation. To celebrate, all of Canada's national parks are open for free. Here in Calgary, we are fortunate to live less than ...

http://rollforinitiative.blogspot.com/2017/04/a-trip-to-mountains.html

Continuing with our Iron Gods campaign, as always, expect SPOILERS. Upon further consideration, the company concluded that the robojack was probably not worth the effort of retrieval and decide...

http://rollforinitiative.blogspot.com/2017/04/iron-gods-valley-of-brain-collectors-3.html

We continue with our Iron Gods campaign - SPOILERS ahead. As the party made their way to the Fungal Cave, they came across a campsite across the river. A lone individual occupied the site. They...

http://rollforinitiative.blogspot.com/2017/02/iron-gods-valley-of-brain-collectors-2.html

Once again, we continue with our Iron Gods campaign...SPOILERS ahead. After tying up some loose ends in Iadenveigh and Torch, and making a quick trip to Starfall to surreptitiously unload som...

http://rollforinitiative.blogspot.com/2017/01/iron-gods-valley-of-brain-collectors-1.html

We continue with our Iron Gods campaign - SPOILERS ahead. The company returned the next day after a night of rest at the lair of the star monarch. By once again using the secret stairwell, they...

http://rollforinitiative.blogspot.com/2016/11/iron-gods-choking-tower-4.html

The newest expansion for the Numenéra game from Monte Cook Games is the Numenéra Character Options 2. Those familiar with the game or other games that use the Cypher System will know that cha...

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We continue with our Iron Gods campaign - as always, expect SPOILERS. Having discovered a secret stairway, the party decided to head down instead of continuing up the tower. They uncovered a hi...

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