Category Archives: Designer’s Diary

Posts about our mindset when designing our RPG materials.

Didn’t Make The Cut: Firstborn Hobgoblins as Warlock Patrons

In the “Book of Conflict”, when discussing hobgoblin religion, we touched on a topic under[...]

DESIGNER’S DIARY 29: DESIGN CHALLENGE OF CONVERTING MONSTER STATS

In D&D, it’s possible to find playable racial stats for many races. Especially the base[...]

DESIGNER’S DIARY 28: QUICK LOOK AT THE ARCANE SPELLCASTER SUBRACES OF BRUTAL RACES

In Brutal Races, there are species that are more involved with arcane magic. In this[...]

DESIGNER’S DIARY 27: BRUTAL WARS IN YOUR SETTINGS

In your games, stories, or settings, it’s quite plausible that different Brutal Races are at[...]

DESIGNER’S DIARY 26: MECHANICS OF CONFLICT – SUPERSTITIOUS MAGIC

When the concept of Superstitious Magic first came to my mind, I thought it was[...]

DESIGNER’S DIARY 25: SOURCES OF THE “POWERFUL OUTSIDERS”

In the previous post about Gnoll Gods, we talked about five powerful outsiders. Let’s recall[...]

DESIGNER’S DIARY 24: DEITIES OF CONFLICT – GOBLIN GODS

When designing the gods of the goblins, we took into account all the literature involving[...]

Editing The Brutality: The Editing Process of the Project

Working as an editor and co-writer for the Book of Brutal Races has been wonderful.[...]

DESIGNER’S DIARY 23: DEITIES OF CONFLICT- GNOLLS… WELL, THEY ARE NOT GODS!

Throughout Brutal Races, we’ve repeatedly mentioned the concept of powerful outsider worship. Although we refer[...]

DESIGNER’S DIARY 22: ARE THEY… TOO MUCH?

In the Book of Conflict – Brutal Races, there are 6 subraces for each of[...]