I’ve heard this refrain over and over again my entire gaming career, ” Spellcasters are overpowered. Their power needs to be nerfed.” While I do understand that a spellcaster’s power can overshadow the martial characters with a single spell, once that single spell is used, they probably do not have much left. This is doublyContinue reading “3 Reasons Why Spellcasters Are Not Overpowered”
Tag Archives: Fifth Edition
3 Rules for Incorporating Character Backstories
The nice things about the long adventure books of D&D or Pathfinder Adventure Paths is that they make the brunt of the work of creating a long campaign off the GMs shoulders. You have a book in front of you; just do what it says comes next. The down side: the player characters are interchangeable.Continue reading “3 Rules for Incorporating Character Backstories”
3 Rules For When The Encounter Goes Bad
All of us GMs have been there. We create an encounter that we think will be a cake walk for the players and they roll terribly. Either that or they split the party and neither group can help the other. The question then becomes, “How does the GM same the party?” because we all knowContinue reading “3 Rules For When The Encounter Goes Bad”
Why We Play the Games We Do
I recently played Pathfinder 2e and picked up the Core Rulebook and Bestiary. I mentioned this in the Fans of Jon Brazer Enterprises Facebook Group and someone mentioned that the RPG market is oversaturated. I’ve heard this argument before, but this time it got me thinking. Sure the businessperson in me says that the lawContinue reading “Why We Play the Games We Do”
The Writing Process: The Core Idea
I asked our very first Patreon supporter what kind of blog posts would they like to see. Their response was a series about the writing process. I think that that is a great idea. So in the Writing Process series of blog posts, I am going to take you through the various stages of writingContinue reading “The Writing Process: The Core Idea”
Gen Con Online 2020
I hope you are having a fun Gen Con this year. No matter where in the world you are, you can play in Gen Con this year. I hope that more conventions have an online component even after we go back to the way things were. For this year, however, you can download JBE’s PathfinderContinue reading “Gen Con Online 2020”
Convention Games over Fantasy Grounds Classic
During the pandemic, I’ve been running a number of games online over Fantasy Ground Classic. Since many are new to the platform, I’ve been sending out instruction each time to help new players get connected. So instead of typing it out again and again, I’m just posting this once and will be pointing new playersContinue reading “Convention Games over Fantasy Grounds Classic”
Subscribe to Blog.JonBrazer.com
Hey JBE Fans, If you haven’t subscribed to blog.JonBrazer.com, I invite you to do so now. We reorganized our site last year to optimize our regular blog posts over there while having the JBE Shop here at JonBrazer.com. Over at blog.JonBrazer.com, you can keep up with all the latest happenings and stay up to dateContinue reading “Subscribe to Blog.JonBrazer.com”
What is Your Favorite Kind of Fantasy Monsters to Fight?
Today, I thought I would make a nice fun poll to end the week. What is your favorite kind of fantasy monster to fight? No matter if you play Dungeons and Dragons, Pathfinder, 13th Age, Swords and Wizardry or some other fantasy game that we don’t support, you can still tell us your thoughts. SoContinue reading “What is Your Favorite Kind of Fantasy Monsters to Fight?”
5e: Dire Owl
A classic of the Worlds Oldest Fantasy Roleplaying Game involves giant animals. The origin of these is quite simple, someone trying to convince someone else that their fight with some animal was far more valiant because it was far larger than most. In a fight when the adrenaline is pumping, a fierce creature can seemContinue reading “5e: Dire Owl”
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