Author Archives: Mike Schmidt

About Mike Schmidt

I am a geek with many passions from RPGs, miniature wargaming, board games, fantasy novels/tv, camping, fishing, hunting, firearms, shooting sports, zombies, preparedness, and recently fitness and obstacle racing.

Magic rules continued

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Mike Schmidt

In my post of races, I discussed some of the general changes in feel, concept, and now I will start in on how some of the mechanics of the game system tie in. I will eventually have a complete race/class … Continue reading →

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Races in Twin Falls

Posted on April 17, 2013 by Mike Schmidt

I have no desire to change the mechanics of the races, I am going to tweak the feel and flavor of them. Before I continue on with the tweaks to the magic system I should provide a brief overview of … Continue reading →

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Dungeon Room Dressings

Posted on March 20, 2013 by Mike Schmidt

I have been spending some time in A.C. Moore buying X-acto knife blades, foam board, etc. for my Magnetic Dungeon projects. On my way in the other day there was a 4’x8′ display box full of clearance trinket style jewelry. … Continue reading →

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Magic in Twin Falls

Posted on March 20, 2013 by Mike Schmidt

I have decided I want to tweak the magic system for the reboot of my campaign. I want to emphasize the mechanics of magic a bit more. I want wizards to have a studied feel to them, where they truly … Continue reading →

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Campaign Reboot

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Mike Schmidt

My current campaign is on hold while I am running the group through a DCC RPG funnel, and after we finish it I would like to switch to DCC. To be fair to myself and the players who have invested … Continue reading →

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Magnetic Dungeon

Posted on March 16, 2013 by Mike Schmidt

This is a pictorial guide to how I built my magnetic modular dungeon.  The walls and floor tiles are from Fat Dragon Games, E-Z Dungeon system. The guide to how I built the walls can be found in my post … Continue reading →

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Dungeon Terrain….my first foray into terrain modeling

Posted on March 13, 2013 by Mike Schmidt

During the RPGNOW GM sale I picked up a bunch of Fat Dragon Games E-Z dungeon terrain PDFs.  I read the PDF guide on paper modeling and it seemed straight forward enough.  Rather then just try it as directed, I … Continue reading →

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Perils of the Sunken City Part II

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Mike Schmidt

Perils of The Sunken City play report part I So when last we left our intrepid heroes they had just been transported by the sending stone to the arena ground. Now the scripted fun is about to begin. This post … Continue reading →

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Hand drawn maps

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Mike Schmidt

As my campaign is currently in flux as to what is going to be happening as far as setting goes I am shelving Friday’s Notable Neighbor posts. I am instead going to post my submissions for the Google+ and Twitter, … Continue reading →

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M&MM: Shiny-spined Turf-Hurdler

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Mike Schmidt

Durning the Peril of the Sunken City funnel I am running my PCs went off book and decided to venture into the swampy morass surrounding the path out to the Sending Stone. (see Perils of the Sunken City play report … Continue reading →

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