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Top Stories published by The Ugly Monster in 2021

2021

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Roleplaying Games

Leveling Up in D&D 5e is Broken. Let’s Fix It.

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Evil Paladins in D&D — Playing Against Type

How does Joe Manganiello’s ‘Arkhan the Cruel’ do it?

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A drow in ad hoc grey and brown armor holds up a large purple flag. He wears a purple bandana over his mouth and nose. His pointed ears stick out. He holds a large pistol with a large magazine forward of the trigger, and wears a bandolier of bullets over his shoulder. in the background is a WANTED poster of a drow with an eye patch.

‘Spire’ is a Giant Middle Finger to Tolkien and Gygax

Dark Elves Are (Not) Terrorists

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A giant purple panther with 6 legs and two tentacles growing out of it’s shoulders is biting a man’s arm. The man is were red sci fi armor with no helmet and holding a high tech pistol. A second identical creature lays dead in the background with a steaming hole is in its neck. The creatures are called Displacer Beasts.

4e is Best When It’s ‘D&D Gamma World’

Radioactive Yetis are more interesting than Dwarven Clerics

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8 RPG Character Sheets I Really, Really Like

Character sheets are criminally undervalued

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The cover to Troika. It features a giant machine sculpted to look female, it’s front torn open reveling tubes and cables. There is a smaller machine-man rushing toward the other mathine.

Mörk Borg + Troika!: D&D for the Enlightened

Reject Tradition. Embrace Death Metal and Cubism.

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Cardboard Hollywood | Roleplaying Games

D&D is Evolving Because of Hollywood

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How to find the right generic Fantasy RPG for You

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Exploring the Dreamers of ‘Etherfields’

The Gambler. The Specialist. The Tough Guy. The Free Spirit…

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Society | Roleplaying Games

“Woke” Roleplaying Games Sell Better Than “Not Woke” RPGs

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Erica Lindquist

Aron Christensen

Matteo Menapace

J. Stanford-Carey

Melissa Rose Rogers

Christopher Santine

Jessie Staffler

Extra-Planar Backup Memory

Ankit Buddhiraju

sean f. smith / he, him

Timothy Pecoraro

Elias Hernandez

Rhiannin Bunney

Rachael Arsenault

Alexia Mandeville

Esperance A Mulonda

Erika W. Van Domelen

Sebastian Chumbes

Shrita Nyapathi

Patrick Crawford

Carlos Albuquerque

Douglas D'Avila Steinmetz

Scott Gladstein

Brian Scott Horne

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Ini-Iso Adiankpo

Steven Paul Winkelstein

Miguel Melendez Calero