I am glad there was no such thing as "influencers" when I entered this hobby, because if there were, I would have probably dismissed it as puerile. There was a time when it was assumed rightly...
https://appliedphantasticality.blogspot.com/2024/05/artificial-influence.html
I just noticed that when one clicks the icon of a follower of one's blog (of the blogspot variety), the pop-up still shows the list of other blogs followed by that person, but it no longer displ...
https://appliedphantasticality.blogspot.com/2024/05/glitch-sabotage-or-self-sabotage.html
In "The Burden of Adventuring," I presented a modified version of "Save vs. Encumbrance" from Aeons & Auguries by JDJarvis. It occurred to me there is one matter I failed to address, which I ...
https://appliedphantasticality.blogspot.com/2024/05/the-burden-of-adventuring-addendum.html
The Mad Mage is having a personality shift again. Or is he channelling a spirit? Or is he possessed? Or has he switched places with someone (or something) from another time and place? This is th...
The Mad Mage summoned it and now we must deal with it. This is the eleventh table of the What Is This Table? Table . WHAT DID THE MAD MAGE SUMMON THIS TIME? Roll 1d12 1. A blink frog. 2. ...
The Mad Mage created what now? Let's roll and find out... This is the tenth table of the What Is This Table? Table . WHAT DID THE MAD MAGE CREATE THIS TIME? Roll 1d8 1. An antmanticore. 2...
This question was inspired by real life. The table results were not. (I think it was caused by sinusitis.) This is the ninth table of the What Is This Table? Table . WHY IS THE ROOM SPINNING?...
We interrupt this mega-table with a table inspired by a certain total solar eclipse just witnessed by the author. This is the eighth table of the What Is This Table? Table . WHAT DOES THE ECL...
There comes a timeperhaps many, many timeswhen adventurers will find the opportunity to gamble their loot, their heirlooms, or even their souls. But first, "What is this game of chance?" Thi...
Will the adventurers casually eavesdrop or will they join the conversation? This is the sixth table of the What Is This Table? Table . WHAT ARE THEY DISCUSSING? 2 Roll 1d12 1. The campaign...
One cannot always help overhearing the conversations of non-player characters in their natural habitat, whether it's guards at their post, clergy behind the altar, servants at the well, or just ...
Sometimes adventurers cannot leave well enough alone and insist on dawdling in the name of "a thorough search," leaving no stone unturned and no barrel or cask unopened. If they refuse to accept...
"What is this plane of existence?" is a question that adventurers might ask as they ponder the nature of reality and their place in it, but it could equally be a legitimate inquiry if they plung...
The adventurers are browsing in the market and they want to know, "What is this stall selling?" Roll to find out! This is the second table of the What Is This Table? Table . WHAT IS THIS MARK...
"So, what is this business?" the adventurers ask as they wander through the city/town/village/hamlet. Roll and find out! This is the first table of the What Is This Table? Table . WHAT IS THIS...
Once again, it is April Fool's Eve, and this time the foolishness will be doubled! Here, in Applied Phantasticality, you are invited to the madness of the What Is This Table? Table. (You'll see....
https://appliedphantasticality.blogspot.com/2024/03/what-is-this-table-table.html
As I mentioned in "Phantastical Dodecahedral Anniversary" , this year (and this month, in fact) marks the twelfth anniversary of Applied Phantasticality. I mentioned possibly dedicating this yea...
https://appliedphantasticality.blogspot.com/2024/03/reconsidering-the-anniversary-festivities.html
This year marks the 12th anniversary of my oldest extant blog, Applied Phantasticality (and my 25th anniversary of blogging in any capacity, as shocking as that is to me). In honor of this event...
https://appliedphantasticality.blogspot.com/2024/03/phantastical-dodecahedral-anniversary.html
The controversies surrounding Hasbro/Wizards of the Coast and its dominion over recent, current, and imminent versions of DUNGEONS & DRAGONS leave little room for optimism for those of us who li...
https://appliedphantasticality.blogspot.com/2024/03/ides-of-march.html
The Kickstarter project for Martian Crawl Classics, Tim Snider's alternative setting for MUTANT CRAWL CLASSICS RPG, is in progress and obtainable for the reasonable price of $5.00 for the PDF a...
Here is the explication of my Random Fantasy Campaign Generator demonstrated with an example of its use. Suppose you wish to run some adventures that have no predetermined setting (or none you ...
https://appliedphantasticality.blogspot.com/2024/02/random-fantasy-campaign-generator-example.html
The Random Fantasy Campaign Generator can be used as a prompt to create a setting and situation for a party's first adventure, and, perhaps, the initial focal point of a new campaign world that ...
https://appliedphantasticality.blogspot.com/2024/01/random-fantasy-campaign-generator.html
There is a debate amongst some in the hobbyif not the industrywhether a review of a role-playing game is legitimate if the reviewer did not first play or run the game. The crux of the proble...
https://appliedphantasticality.blogspot.com/2024/01/reviewing-reviews.html
Sometimes a location in an adventure has secret doors that will never be discovered by the player characters using conventional means. This can be made easier for player characters who are activ...
https://appliedphantasticality.blogspot.com/2024/01/table-secret-door-status.html
The usefulness of reaction rolls and tables is the topic of "Reaction: Action Rolls, Take Two..." in Pits Perilous . There is wisdom in the comments, too.
https://appliedphantasticality.blogspot.com/2024/01/reactions-revisited-elsewhere.html