The Eucatastrophic

Devlog

• Can NPCs Be Well Written?
  January 14, 2025 by Jason Christopher Burrows#advice, #mechanics

  Yes! But also, no. Sure a designer can write a scene like a screenplay and a voice actor can play D&D whilst reciting lines for characters, but that's not what is fun about TTRPGs, and more specifical... Continue reading
• Armour as Wound Reduction
  January 14, 2025 by Jason Christopher Burrows#mechanics

  Armour as Wound Reduction, Not Damage Reduction I love Into the Odd and all its offshoots such as Cairn , Electric Bastionland , and Mausritter . They do so much with so little. Something I really lik... Continue reading
• Unpacking Reaction Rolls
  January 14, 2025 by Jason Christopher Burrows#mechanics

  As a referee/game master, creating a living breathing and, importantly, reactive world for your players can be quite daunting. Luckily many brilliant people over many years have developed tools to hel... Continue reading
• Relearning to Play
  January 14, 2025 by Jason Christopher Burrows#musing

  We are all familiar with the idea of entropy. As time goes on, everything tends to break down into a lower state of energy. Our lives have a similar force, but it seems to make things more complicated... Continue reading