Category Archives: New Rules

Dragon Hack: Revised playtest is here!

Posted on September 19, 2011 by

Sound the trumpets! The revised playtest document for what will become Dragon Hack 2.0 is finally complete and available right here. Please do download and take a spin through the document and tell me what you think. More importantly, give … Continue reading →

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Dragon Hack: Revised Playtest Coming Soon

Posted on August 31, 2011 by

Hey everyone, this is just a quick post to let readers know that I have not fallen off the face of the planet. Real-life stuff, including family issues and work, have kept me from being as active on the site … Continue reading →

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What about cross- and multi-classing?

Posted on August 17, 2011 by

So this idea occurred to me when I was ruminating about how to fit the Divine Gifts article from Kobold Quarterly 18 into Dragon Hack, and one of the ways I think the hack could really break some new ground … Continue reading →

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Mystical Mayhem: Mage talents for Dragon Hack

Posted on August 14, 2011 by

So here’s the latest revisions to the Dragon Hack class traits, presented in the talent format for the first time. I have a lot of stuff pulling me in various directions right now, so I’m just going to post these … Continue reading →

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Dragon Hack Revision Part 1: The results are in and more polls

Posted on August 4, 2011 by

OK, the results have been pouring in (well not really, but 30+ votes on each poll is a lot more than I got on my first poll experiment on the site), and it looks like most readers’ picks for what’s … Continue reading →

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A New Direction for Dragon Hack?

Posted on August 2, 2011 by

Hello all Dragon Hack fans, I wanted to put up a quick post to explore an idea I’ve been toying with that would streamline the Dragon Hack system and bring it more in line with existing Dragon Age material. As … Continue reading →

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[Reader Request] Race traits in Action: The Gnome

Posted on July 31, 2011 by

I was discussing the Dragon Hack rules recently with some of the folks on the Green Ronin forums and one of the posters there innocently asked me why there was no racial traits entry for gnomes in the Basic Set … Continue reading →

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A Fistful of Rage, or Character Traits in Action: The Barbarian

Posted on July 23, 2011 by

I’m a big tease, I know. After weeks and months of promising to return to posts covering the continued advancement of the class background traits, here we are finally with a look at the fearsome barbarian. You’ll no doubt notice … Continue reading →

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AGE Bestiary now available

Posted on July 15, 2011 by

At long last I can reveal the effort of many months of work and sacrifice: The Midgard Bestiary volume 1, for use with the AGE System was released today by the fine folks at Kobold Quarterly. Fifty monsters drawn from … Continue reading →

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Strange Diversions: Of Mice and Not Men

Posted on July 11, 2011 by

I really had planned to come back to the blog with a post about racial traits in roleplaying games. Or maybe, the long overdue rough draft of the Barbarian class background for Dragon Hack through level 10. I really, really … Continue reading →

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