Building Bhakashal - Organizing the Blog

I've been at this blog for a few years now, and it struck me that for someone new to the place it would be daunting to find topics of interest.

NO MORE!

I have organized the Blog topics into three categories:

General Topics

Bhakashal Topics

Session Reports

General topics are just my musing about D&D and gaming not specific to Bhakashal

Bhakashal topics are for those who want to learn more about the setting

Session Reports are both pre and post Bhakashal

Note the entry: Product Summary - May 23, 2021

This contains a high-level summary of the setting for anyone not familiar, and is probably the best place to start.

Certain topics come up more than once, so there will be a degree of redundancy, but there is plenty to dig into here.


Dweller of the Forbidden City Blog – General Topics

Abusive DMs
July 2,2019

 
Adding Flavor to your Game
April 11, 2020

Alignment
February 19, 2020
May 1, 2020

Bards in AD&D
April 15, 2023

 
Character Investment
January 6, 2022

Character vs Player Knowledge
December 2, 2020

Colonialism/Race
August 11, 2019
April 28, 2020
May 1, 2020
August 17, 2020
August 18, 2020

Consent & Troubling Content
September 11, 2023

 
Consequences and Campaign Play
June 16, 2020

Corporate D&D and the Hobby
December 11, 2022
January 16, 2023

 
Critiques of D&D
March 8, 2020

Customizing the Game
June 28,2018
Oct 11, 2020

 
D&D Combat
July 10,2018
September 18,2019
January 1, 2019
May 10, 2020
July 2, 2022

D&D and Film
March 16, 2023

 
D&D as a Game
August 9, 2021

D&D and Horror
December 24, 2021

 
D&D and Morality
January 22, 2023

 
D&D Online
March 31, 2020

D&D and Violence
May 8, 2022

 
Damage System Variants
Jan 23,2019
June 5,2019

Death
February 11, 2020
August 27, 2021
December 4, 2021
March 27, 2023
July 17, 2023

Description and the DM
March 31, 2021

Authority/Adversarial DMs
July 23,2018
May 25, 2020
November 24, 2020

DM Tips
March 12, 2020
September 17, 2020
April 26, 2021
April 17, 2021

Does System Matter?
November 19, 2019

Emergent Character Building
February 27, 2020

Emergent Properties of Gaming
December 15, 2020
August 17, 2021
June 29, 2022

Experience Points in 1st Ed AD&D
July 3, 2021

Exploration
June 27, 2020
May 25, 2023

Faction Play
July 19, 2020
April 30, 2021

Game / Adventure Design
February 3, 2020
February 18, 2021
February 23, 2021
September 6, 2023

Game Fiction
July 16,2018

Game Mechanics
October 14, 2020
November 15, 2020
February 10, 2021

 
Games within Games
April 30, 2018
February 5th, 2020

 
Genre Play
May 14, 2018

Henchmen
June 20, 2020

High and Low Magic
February 6, 2020

Hit Points
July 18, 2020

Honor Amongst Thieves

August 30, 2023

 
House Rules
February 25, 2020
March 26, 2020

July 4, 2020

Liminal D&D, Between Adventures
May 28, 2020

Magic Items
June 9, 2020
September 8, 2020

 
Magic-Users and Tactical Dominance
Dec 27, 2018

Narrative Focused Gaming
July 16, 2019
March 17, 2020
September 9, 2020
November 2, 2020
September 26, 2021

Old School Gaming
August 17, 2021

Perfectionism
February 11, 2022

 
Player vs Player Gaming
December 16, 2019

Playing Against Type, Evil NPCs
August 26,2019

Playing it “Wrong”
July 8,2019
January 28, 2020

Power-gaming
November 30, 2020

Predictability and Opacity
January 30, 2021

Priests in D&D
March 10, 2020

Psionics
March 24, 2020
June 10, 2023

Published versus Homebrew Adventures
November 7, 2021
May 14, 2022

 
Randomization / Random Encounters
July 31,2019
February 17, 2020
September 20, 2020
September 27, 2020
October 18, 2020
January 23, 2021
April 29, 2021
May 5, 2022
November 19, 2022
March 5, 2023
May 27, 2024

Religion and D&D
April 23, 2020

Risk and Immersion
May 14, 2021

Rules and Rulings
February 9, 2020
May 20, 2020

 
Running Campaigns
March 20, 2020
May 17, 2020
November 29, 2020

Sandbox Play

September 8, 2019
September 10, 2019

 
Spells
September 6, 2020

Social Role Play
January 24, 2020

Stars Without Number
February 2, 2020
March 4, 2020
March 15, 2020
March 28, 2020
April 14, 2020

Teaching the Game
April 24, 2022

The Power of “No”
February 4, 2020

Treasure Distribution in D&D
May 15, 2022

 
Urban Crawling
February 29, 2020

Waterborne Adventures
February 15, 2022

 
Why First Edition AD&D?
February 1st, 2020

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Dweller of the Forbidden City Blog – Bhakashal Topics
Alignment
February 5, 2021

 
Armor
November 30, 2021

 
Character Classes
February 7, 2021 – The Conjuror
February 17, 2022 – The Necromancer
March 1, 2021 – The Vox
March 14, 2021 – The Warlock
March 15, 2021 – The Spider
March 29, 2021 – The Gyre
April 10, 2021 – The Jinx
April 24, 2021 – The Caveral
April 28, 2021 – The Beastial
May 4, 2021 Thaumaturge
May 6, 2021 Spellbinder
May 8, 2021 Phantasmist
May 12, 2021 Seer
May 13, Mercenary
May 15, Slayer
May 16, Theurgist
May 17, 2021 Justiciar
May 18, 2021 Spartan
May 20, 2021 Chimerist
May 22, 2021 Warlock

Character Creation
January 1, 2022 – Mugloss Grewl (Seer)
January 2, 2022 Aaramos Griven (Beastial)
January 3, 2022 Omalo Brome (Cavaral)
January 4, 2022 – Vin Bhas (Chimerist)
January 5, 2022 – Jimnir the Garnet (Warlock)
January 6, 2022 Bruk Imosst the Azure (Conjuror)
January 7, 2022 Xalak Pheer the Sardonyx (Gyre)
January 9, 2022 Jajemi Halameer (Justiciar)
January 10, 2022 Chambrace the Tayl (Myrmidon)
January 11, 2022 Calligaster Naukan (Necromancer)
January 12, 2022 Lorndov Breen (Phantasmist)
January 13, 2022 Bosk Tughlarn (Slayer)
January 15, 2022 Brother Clane (Spartan)
January 15, 2022 Ukreeth Sonem (Spellbinder)
January 17, 2022 Bhama Togul (Spider)
January 18, 2022 Donlin Wistfall (Thaumaturge)
January 19, 2022 Cassindra Loke (Theurgist)
January 20, 2022 Virridin Jamu (Vox)
January 21, 2022 Ngai Eyona (Warlock)
January 22, 2022 Mitrax Toma the Bold (Mercenary)
January 23, 2022 Rizzal Tarwan the Opal (Phantasmist)
January 24, 2022 – Rondam Kliss (Mercenary)
January 25, 2022 Joggekulan the Quick (Spider)
January 26, 2022 – Brother Jothin (Spartan)
January 27, 2022 Ulane Ryba the Grace (Myrmidon)
January 28, 2022 – Micerine Daj (Jinx)
January 29, 2022 Liath Mossun (Slayer)
January 30, 2022 Mharal the Ivory (Warlock)
January 31, 2022 Toru Quarn “The Scarred Man” (Mercenary)

 
Character Generation - General
December 10, 2021

Characters and Role-Playing
May 3, 2023

 
Combat and Weapon Criticals
March 10, 2021
June 15, 2021
August 30, 2022
November 14, 2022

Comparing Spell Casting Classes
July 25, 2021

Curses
May 17, 2022

Deities and Religion
December 29, 2021

 
Described Damage
June 1, 2021

Encounter Creation
May 4, 2023

 
Example of Combat
February 27, 2022
March 7, 2022
March 27, 2022
June 23, 2022
November 9, 2022

 
Factions and Patrons
December 21, 2021
June 16, 2022

 
Firearms
May 25, 2021

Game Balance
June 14, 2021

 
Game Design
June 8, 2021

Games vs Stories
March 22, 2023

 
Grappling
April 4, 2022

 
Healing
July 10, 2022

 
High Level Play
September 21, 2024

 
Hirelings and Retainers
August 12, 2022

 
Hit Points
April 17, 2021
May 10, 2021
June 11, 2021

December 7, 2021

 
Illusions

July 29, 2021
May 21, 2022
Improvisation

June 5, 2021
February 29, 2024
May 24, 2024

 
Initiative

March 9, 2021

Languages
December 30, 2021

Level Advancement
February 6, 2021

 
Magic Items
March9, 2022
May 21, 2023

Marshlands and Raosk
June 6, 2021

Marshland Villages
March 21, 2022

Money
September 7, 2022

Monsters 

March 22, 2022

Mounted Pursuit Rules
March 19, 2021

Mounts
February 1, 2022

 
Multi and Dual Classing
March 17, 2021

Outdoor and Urban Pursuit Rules
March 20, 2021

Picaresque Gaming
April 12, 2023

 
Plant Monsters
February 28, 2022

 
Playable Groups
April 19, 2021 - All
August 18, 2021 - Urdyll

Product Summary
May 23, 2021

Prominent NPCs
July 30, 2021 - Hurna Gamelin
July 19, 2021 - Amankal Tivorin
July 14, 2021 - Illyig the Corpulent
August 1, 2021 - Daal Maglin the Moldavite
December 12, 2021 - Brackwith Mune
December 12, 2021 – Ynir Freyil
December 27, 2021 - Penwith Quoral
February 24, 2023 – Kani Grith the Hessonite
May 12, 2024 - Haegemal the Heliotrope

Prophetic Dream Engine
May 30, 2021

Random Encounter Tables
February 21, 2022
June 8, 2022

 
Saving Throws
December 1, 2021

Session 0
May 17, 2021

Setting Background
August 29, 2021

Solo Play

May 3, 2022

The Sova (Bard)
June 25, 2023

 
The Underworld
June 4, 2023

 
Time Management
April 27, 2022

 
Traps
November 4, 2021

 
Travel
March 31, 2023
April 27, 2023
November 14, 2023
December 3, 2023

 
Weapon vs Armor Class
March 16, 2021

Wounded Warriors
March 6, 2022


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Dweller of the Forbidden City Session Reports
March 31, 2020
April 2, 2020
April 5, 2020
April 12, 2020
April 28, 2020
April 29, 2020
April 30, 2020
May 1, 2020
May 2, 2020
May 3, 2020
May 5, 2020
May 7, 2020
May 8, 2020
May 10, 2020
May 11 , 2020
May 12, 2020
June 19, 2020
June 28, 2020
July 1, 2020
July 3, 2020
July 6, 2020
July 9th, 2020
July 16, 2020
July 18, 2020
August 7, 2020
March11, 2022
March 16, 2022
April 27, 2022
June 2, 2022
August 23, 2022
August 24, 2022
August 26, 2022
August 26, 2022
December 6, 2022
December 24, 2022
February 3, 2023
February 27, 2023
June 14, 2023
January 11, 2024
June 12, 2024
June 22, 2024
July 5, 2024
August 30, 2024
September 11, 2024
September 30, 2024
October 25, 2024
October 27, 2024