Rise of the Dark Sun

Back in the 2010, I had only played a few tabletop roleplaying games. In fact I had stayed away from Dungeons and Dragons for a couple of reasons. First off was that I wasn't much of a fantasy fan, but mostly the Dungeon Masters that I had seen running the game yelled at players for not playing the game the way they did. In retrospect it was not the games fault that the guys organize them were jerks.

Around that time a roommate of mine introduced me to the Dungeon and Dragons podcasts done by the guys from Penny Arcade and PVP. I told him I didn't like elves and magic, to which he pointed me to the Dark Sun episodes.

4th Edition Campaign Book

And he sold me. The setting was interesting and unique, no elves prancing around talking about fae creatures it was about desolation and survival in an unforgiving godless world. The setting was created back in the 90's and it made a lot of drastic deviations from the core rules of D&D.

Dark Sun was never about high adventure to me it was always about survival. I ran two successful campaigns in Dark Sun and I hope to in the 5th edition of D&D as well. In the coming weeks I hope to create homebrew items and scenarios for Dark Sun to run in 5th edition. Every Sunday will be Dark Sunday.

Miniature Corner: Pathfinder Red Dragon

This year at my work we are doing a Yankee Swap. This is what I am bringing. Shhh! Don't tell anyone.

The Red Dragon

Find it at Reaper Miniatures.

Overall it took me 3-4 hours to crank this out. The red is a combination of Mephiston and Khorne Red from the GW paint line. The horns and breast are Kisley Flesh, though the horns and claws have a wash of Ogryn Flesh(No Longer Available) over them. The wings themselves were Squig Orange. The yes were Abaddon Black for the pupil and Moot Green for the iris. I'm not sure if green was a good choice.

Base and scenery pieces were done with Typhus Corrosion, Mournfang Brown, XV-88, Caledor Sky, and Guilliman Blue.

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What is your favorite dragon?

Mine definitely has to be The Dragon of Tyr. Maybe its because he is the only Dragon on Athas, but really I think it has to do with the origins of Dragons on Athas.

Spoiler alert, in Dark Sun powerful sorcerers turn into dragons.

The End

Ever get that feeling that you just want to start something, but never get around to it? I get that feeling plenty of times. Awkward GM originally started back when I was still in college at the start of my addiction to tabletop games. Since then I've branched to a lot more systems and have found myself looking for an outlet to express myself.

Let me get to the point, this blog is mainly going to be covering the following:

• Tabletop RPGs - Ranging from the new to the old to the obscure to the weird. Unlike most people my first RPG was based off of the Red Dwarf game, my current game of choice is Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition. 
• Wargaming - Specifically Malifaux and Warhammer 40k. Though I dabble in other systems from time to time.
• Video Games - I'm a PC gamer by most accounts, but have been playing Playstation and Nintendo for as long as I can remember.

Typically you'll see homebrew rules, rules debates, tactics analysis, and the occasional game design tidbit. You probably won't see much news, leaks, or reviews here. Other sites have been doing those for a long time.

I hope that this is not the first of my blogposts you read. There should be many more to come later down the line.