August 2009
2 posts
Reskinning: Because Nobody Wants To Fight A...
It was a problem when 4th Edition and its single Monster Manual first came out, and it’s still a problem now if you don’t want your players to fight orcs again and again. Frankly, there are only so many monsters, and their habits and manners become pretty obvious after a while. Or maybe there’s a cool monster you’ve seen that just wouldn’t fit flavorwise in your campaign. What to do? Reskin, of...
Combat Communication
Welcome to the Talking Bookcase! I’m Todd, and I’ll be one of your… librarians, I guess? Over the next few days the four of us will be posting up our first articles, and telling you a little bit about ourselves as well.
I’m relatively new to the DM side of D&D. I played my first games back in junior high, before Second Edition was even out, then took a long break from...
July 2009
1 post
Welcome!
For now this site will serve as an archive for tips and tricks on Twitter, and for stuff that’s too long to post there.