Monthly Archives: August 2017

Well, Ladies and Gentlemen, another season has passed. Gen Con 50—The Mother Of All Gaming Cons—is now behind us. Sixty THOUSAND gamers bought badges to the event, and Gen Con registered over 200,000 entries into the convention center over the course of the event (a new record). And I was […]

Gen Con 50

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Money. Pink Floyd said to keep your hands off of their stash. Monty Python said it makes the world go round. No matter who you ask, money talks. And, just like in the real world, money in your fantasy campaign should have an impact. Whether you’re a first level fighter […]

The F-Word: Show Me the Money

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Yes, we’ve done it! We started a Patreon! A Patreon? Yes, a Patreon! One of the founding principles of Legendary Pants is that we are ad-free. Initially, this was a reaction by Kiokri and I to the smothering number of ads we see all over the internet. However, these days, […]

So, We’ve Got a Patreon

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So, D&D Beyond launched a few days ago, and I’ve had enough time to really dig in and get to know it. I’ve had a mixed set of feelings since the announcement of DnDBeyond several months ago. It was a several stage process: Excitement An official WotC online program to manage […]

DnD Beyond Review

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One of the initial drivers of Project Arcana – other than the frothing rage caused by Mirage Arcane – was the desire to be able to do more with the magic system. As we finished up Phase 1, we realized that in a lot of ways, casting magic is like martial […]

Project Arcana: Applied Magic – Adding the New Schools to ...

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So, one of the last big things we need to crank out for the code::2050 SRD is the economy. Yeah, it’s a biggie, and I’ve been putting it off for a while. However, once I finally sat down to do it, I realized that it was pretty easy for one […]

code::2050: Economy

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