Alex Keane

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    • Session Stories: Aftershocks of the Last War Session 2

      Session Stories: Aftershocks of the Last War Session 2

      Earlier in the week, I wrote about my first session of a new campaign. Last night, the group met online to do session 2 of that campaign. Our Cast Ahsha: High Elf Sorcerer, a runaway from Sharn, still learning to control her magic, seeking adventure. Duke: Harengon Fighter, member of a criminal trio who smuggle…

    • Eberron: Aftershocks of the Last War, Session 1

      Eberron: Aftershocks of the Last War, Session 1

      I recently started a new campaign with my group. It’s one I’ve wanted to do for ages, since I actually sat down and read the Eberron setting. Eberron is a setting which looks to answer the question “What would technology look like if it were made of magic?” There are trains and long distance communications…

    • Session Stories: Troika

      A couple weeks ago, most of my gaming group was missing from one of our sessions and so instead of our usual, ongoing Pathfinder campaign, three of the players and I tried Troika instead. We used the Blancmange and Thistle sample adventure in the back of the core book. Spoilers for that adventure ahead if…

    • Session Stories: 3/16/24 Warforged or Warforged Unknown

      My Pathfinder game is having a short break between sessions with the usual scheduling issues we’re all familiar with. The week was also a rough one for me with the first anniversary of my mom dying, so I still wanted to get some game time in. Only one of my usual players was available, so…

    • Squishy Mage’s Field Guide: Faerie Dragon

      Like I did with my post on the Blink Dog, this post is based not on current prep, but on a monster I’ve greatly enjoyed from past editions of Pathfinder and of Dungeons & Dragons. This post is going to focus on the Faerie Dragon, a monster I’ve used as a familiar for spellcasters in…

    • Squishy Mage Field Guide: Blink Dog

      My Pathfinder game is on a short hiatus with some scheduling issues, so rather than picking monsters from what I’ve prepped for a session like I did with the Skeletal Champion or Fungus Leshy, I’m taking a stroll through the Pathfinder Bestiaries looking for things that I like. Today, I’m picking a classic dungeon fantasy…

    • Squishy Mage Field Guide: Fungus Leshy

      Squishy Mage Field Guide: Fungus Leshy

      Continuing on from my last Field Guide post, I’ll discuss more of the creatures encountered in my last session of The Seventh Arch. Leshys are one of my favorite Pathfinder monsters. They have a similar “small low level monster” feel to kobolds and goblins, but aren’t a Dungeons and Dragons staple. They feel different, and…

    • Squishy Mage’s Field Guide: Skeletal Champion

      Squishy Mage’s Field Guide: Skeletal Champion

      Like with my entry on the Tree Fisher, today’s entry is inspired by a monster that came up in my last Pathfinder session. In the second room of the last session, my players encountered three Skeletal Champions. These skeletons are a little different from the run-of-the-mill Skeleton Guards this group has faced in the past.…

    • Session Stories: 2/24/24 Pathfinder Session

      Last Saturday, I played another game in my ongoing Pathfinder 2e game. We’re playing through the Gatewalkers Adventure Path. This session was the second session of the third chapter of the first book of the adventure path: The Seventh Arch. I’ve written about the greater number of the party before in my post: Sketching the…

    • Protect The Child Playtest by Mint Rabbit

      Protect The Child Playtest by Mint Rabbit

      Last night, I got a couple of my players together to try Protect the Child, a game by Mint Rabbit who you may also have come across as the person behind There’s a TTRPG for That on Tumblr. Premise The basic premise behind Protect the Child is that everyone in the party is a monster.…