Diogenes' Bivouac

d20 reasons why adventurers won't get a Long Rest Just because the adventuring party have managed to find an appropriate place and sufficient time doesn't necessarily mean they are going to get a full night's rest - if you've ever slept outside, or even just somewhere new, you will agree. Here are d20 reasons why they will not be getting their full allocation of HP restored this night:  Birds or bats call and swoop, putting you on edge. Nearby livestock low, munch and shuffle within earshot, disturbing your rest. The loud call of a distant wild beast wakes you with a start. Probably just a fox or an elk or something. The wind gusts into surrounding foliage and your bedclothes, nudging you awake. Irregular rain showers wake you up due to the noise and occasional drips. The ground underneath you becomes wetter and wetter until it is water-logged and starts to seep into your bedclothes. Someone in your party is snoring again . For some reason the usual breathi...

If you are looking for ransom RPG insights I can tell you I don't have money much creative ability, but what I do have are a very particular set of skills. Skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare hopefully interesting for people like you. One of my hobbies is playing and occasionally running tabletop roleplaying games such as Dungeon and Dragons, Dungeon World, FATE etc. Another of my hobbies is attempting real life " microadventures ", by spending time outdoors away from civilization, doing things such as hiking, trail running, scrambling and wild camping. I like to think that these real-life activities have given me some little insight into what it might be like to live the life of a travelling murderhobo adventurer in a fantasy setting. So my aim in this blog will be to explore some topics around real life adventuring in relation to roleplaying games (and perhaps fantasy fiction if that's your thing) ...