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Baldur's Gate 3 Catharsis
Published 1 month ago by Steve Beaudry
First of all, there will be spoilers for Baldur's Gate 3 here, so if you don't want to know what happens in the end after choosing the option to romance Karlach, then turn back. All you need to know is it destroyed me. In a very cathartic way.
If you already know or you don't care, ventur...
Resituating the Internet
Published 2 months ago by Steve Beaudry
It's been an eventful week behind the scenes on this website. I've got a couple of personal projects that I've had floating around on the Internet and until recently I've had them hosted on remote servers, but I've decided I wanted to keep them on my own server. So I learned Apache. And I brought...
I Invited Google's Bard to be a Bard in My D&D Game
Published 8 months ago by Steve Beaudry
I had some downtime, so I decided to play around with Google's Bard. The conversation eventually moved toward their name and, well... here's how that went:
ME: Is "Bard" a name or a title for you?
BARD: "Bard" is a title for me...
The Rise of Dungeons and Dragons
Published 10 months ago by Steve Beaudry
Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) is a fantasy role-playing game that has been enjoyed by millions of people for decades. However, in recent years, the popularity of D&D has seen a resurgence driven by popular culture, specifically the hit TV show Stranger Things and the popular web series Criti...
Herbalism and Potion-Making in Dungeons and Dragons
Published 10 months ago by Steve Beaudry
One of my players, a cleric, insists on being able to pick flowers and herbs along their journey to use in a recipe to make healing potions. The DM Guide is pretty clear that making healing potions costs 25 GP and 8 hours per day, a minimum of two days depending on the rarity of the healing potio...
Welcome to Gravity's Folly
Published 10 months ago by Steve Beaudry
Welcome to the world of Gravity's Folly, a campaign setting for the popular role-playing game, Dungeons & Dragons. This is a world where technology has advanced to the point where it is indisting...