Immersive Ink

waysoftheearth · Sun Jan 18, 2026 11:09 am

Wrapping up a few loose ends in the combat section... today's preview fragment is:

Parrying

Comments welcome!

Next up, we change gears and move into moderating the campaign. The last main section of book2!

waysoftheearth · Sat Jan 10, 2026 10:01 pm

Today's fragment for public preview is the frequently overlooked option for:

Overbearing

Comments welcome

waysoftheearth · Sat Jan 10, 2026 12:59 am

Today's fragment up for pubic preview is:

Subdual and Capture

Next up will be overbearing...

Comments welcome

waysoftheearth · Sun Jan 04, 2026 2:53 am

The first preview fragment for 2026 is:

Morale.

DD (somewhat controversially) includes the Uncertain--roll again next time outcome in its morale table, enabling those teetering on the brink of morale failure moments.

Comments welcome

waysoftheearth · Wed Dec 31, 2025 3:06 am

My 2025 wrap up post is here: 2025 Wrap Up Some of the salient words: DD5's book 2 (Delving & Exploration) organises gems from across the 3LBBs coherently, and fills the most obvious gaps with contemporaneous lore from Chainmail and Arneson's FFC. That's no small thing. Add a thousand footnotes ...

waysoftheearth · Tue Dec 30, 2025 8:38 am

The final preview fragment for 2025 is Magic Weapons and Armor This post details how these advantages work differently in normal and fantastic combat... For my final update of 2025 (tomorrow), I'll round up what has been achieved since May, and what is left to finish up the EPIC annotated Book 2.

waysoftheearth · Tue Dec 30, 2025 1:13 am

Aaaaand today's fragment for preview is:

Magic Item Saving Throws

My coffee club members have access to the footnoted version, as always.

I'm thinking I can get one more fragment out before 2026. Stay tuned

waysoftheearth · Mon Dec 29, 2025 11:49 am

Today's public preview fragment is:

Saving Throws

I'm planning to post item saving throws tomorrow to wrap up 2025. It's been a huge year in DD5 progress. More on that soon...

waysoftheearth · Sun Dec 14, 2025 11:56 am

Next fragment up for public preview is:

Determining Kills

A concise version and a detailed version of Alternative Attack Matrix 2 (Monsters Attacking), and dicing for damage.

Enjoy!

waysoftheearth · Sun Dec 07, 2025 7:49 am

Today's preview is DD5's (more controversial) render of Alternative Attack Matrix I. See here: Determining Hits For a relatively straightforward attack matrix, some nuance is required to equate the 3LBB "level bands" with CM fighting capabilities. Moreover, we get Paladin FC for top-level ...

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