Asphalt Bases for Wargaming

Close-up of one of the bases

Inspired by EonsOfBattle’s Highway Base Video I set out to make my own for my Black Templar Killteam. I had 3 mm thick cork laying around from a different project and figured it’d be perfect for this. Rank and file troops would get a single layer of cork, HQ units and walkers two or more … Read more

Speedpainting treasure tokens for Frostgrave

Size comparison of a chest to a 25 mm base

Recently, I’ve been getting into Frostgrave, a skirmish wargame by Joseph A. McCullough. In it, two warbands, each led by a DnD-like wizard, venture through the frozen city of Felstad trying to loot the thawing treasures before others do it. Since I really loved the game so far, I decided to commit a little bit … Read more

A miniature for every week of 2022

I really do enjoy painting miniatures, be it for Warhammer, DnD or just for personalised gifts. It also ties nicely into my other interests of DIY and 3D printing and more or less naturally ties into it. However, I make the time for it way too seldomly. To explore this interest further, I plan to … Read more

My DnD 5e homerules

Here I’m collecting homebrew rules that I think add value to my campaign. Buddy Cop A PC within 5 ft of another PC can, upon consent, use 5 ft of their movement to declare a “Buddy Cop” situation, going back to back with the other character. Both PCs now take up the same square, share … Read more

Random weird magic weapons

Refresh page to get another 10 weapons with a 9 % chance for them to have one slightly magic effect and 1 % to have two. Name Class Description Type Price Inspired Spear Weapon (Spear), uncommon (requires attunement) The bearer gains their Constitution modifier in temporary hit points whenever they gain or use inspiration. Slightly … Read more

Random DnD names based on plants

Refresh page to get another 10 names. Latin English German Lallemantia iberica Fisch. et C. A. M. Lallemantia Lallemantia Trachycarpus fortunei (Hook.) H. Wendl. Windmill Palm Hanfpalme Acacia farnesiana L. Sweet Acacia Kassia Akazie Medicago arabica Huds. Spotted Medick Geflecktblätterige Wollklette Sorghum saccharatum Moench. Sweet Sorgho Zuckerhirse Festuca gigantea (L.) Vill. Tall Brome Riesen Schwingel … Read more

Poisons

How to extract Each poison has a certain DC that decides whether it works or not. To extract a poison, the character has to have a Poisoner’s kit and spend a number of minutes equal to the poison’s DC uninterruptedly extracting it. The character has to pass a Nature check against the poison’s DC to … Read more

Learning and Teaching

This article describes my homebrew system for learning and teaching skills (weapons/tools/etc) or languages (including Druidic and Thief’s cant). I assume that the player has a source of knowledge, either another being that is proficient in that skill or a scripture containing the relevant knowledge. Since I don’t like the system from XGtE (p. 134), … Read more