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YouTube Tuesday: Left 4 A Wonderful World Edition

July 21, 2009 by Dave

We’ve had reasonable zombies, now how about a montage of uplifting zombies? (thanks, Joshx0rfz)

Filed Under: Video Games, YouTube Tuesday Tagged With: l4d, left 4 dead, zombies

It’s a Circus out here!

July 21, 2009 by The Chatty DM

To say that I’m busy would be a gross understatement. I’m slowly getting accustomed to working full time after 5 months of sick-leave. However, my freelance to do list starts here and ends up somewhere behind Saturn… or so it seems to me. Here’s a little sample: Build the One Page Dungeon PDF with Chgowhiz. […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: podcasting

Inq. of the Week: Sources of Power?

July 21, 2009 by Bartoneus

Just before the Player’s Handbook 2 was released back in March I wrote an inquisition asking which power source people most wanted to see in the PHB3, the source that won the poll was psionics so it seems the PHB3 is shaping up to meet a lot of expectations already but unfortunately shortly afterward we discovered that WotC has abandoned the Ki power source concept which came in second in the poll.

Filed Under: Featured, Inquisition of the Week, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, D&D, dnd, Dungeons and Dragons, Inquisition of the Week, power source, roleplaying game, Roleplaying Games, tabletop

Two Words to Convince You to Buy Kobold Quarterly #10

July 20, 2009 by Dave

Gelantinous Cubes. We don’t have to tell you that Kobold Quarterly is great, or that it’s been nominated for 3 Ennies (though it’s going down in the Best Website category!), or that it includes tons of material for both 3.5 players (with a preview of Pathfinder) and 4e player.  We don’t have to tell you […]

Filed Under: Editorial, News, Reviews, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 3e, 4e, gelatinous cube, kobold quarterly, monsters

Review: “Divine Power”

July 19, 2009 by Bartoneus

Divine Power is the latest sourcebook for the 4th Edition of Dungeons & Dragons that includes new options for the Avenger, Cleric, Invoker, and Paladin classes. Each class gets a new build along with a ton of new powers, paragon paths, feats, and epic destinies. If you or one of your players is enjoying playing a divine class then this book is definitely a must have, but there are actually a surprising number of features that other players and DMs will want to borrow your copy to read as well!

Filed Under: Featured, Reviews, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, 4th Edition, D&D, divine power, dnd, Dungeons and Dragons, preview, Reviews, roleplaying game, Roleplaying Games, sourcebook

Robin Laws’ Revisited, Part 8: Improvising

July 19, 2009 by The Chatty DM

After 5 days of starting a post and then trashing it, I decided to look at my unfinished projects to see what I could focus on to kill my latest white page syndrome.  When I picked up my very creased stapled copy of Robin Laws’ book, I noticed that it was opened at the last […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: advice, Robin Laws

Critical Bits for the week ending 2009-07-18

July 18, 2009 by Gato the News Robot

RPGA updates for GenCon Help make Chris Pramas an epic 4e character for Green Ronin prizes Magic: The Gathering Jones Sodas (one for each color) Missed Free RPG Day? WotC posted the Eberron adventure, Khyber’s Harvest (via Geek’s Dream Girl) While always great, this OotS is especially brilliant (and metaphysical!) Dwarven Forge isn’t a dollhouse… […]

Filed Under: Critical Bits Tagged With: twitter

Overt vs. Covert Skill Challenges

July 16, 2009 by Dave

As the maintainer of the (now massive) Skill Challenge feature, I read quite a lot about skill challenges, no matter if they’re positive, negative, or somewhere in between. I think SCs can be broken down into three main camps: overt skill challenges, covert skill challenges, and bad skill challenges.

Filed Under: Editorial, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: d&d 4e, skill challenges

YouTube Tuesday: Side Effects May Vary By Cultist Edition

July 14, 2009 by Dave

If you have that impalpable sense of dread, this commercial is for you. (Thanks Dark Young).

Filed Under: Humor, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre, YouTube Tuesday

Tales of the City Within, Session 2, Part 2

July 14, 2009 by The Chatty DM

See part 1 here. A History Lesson from Beyond the Grave The PCs got their info-dump dose from the Dwarf Lich.  The city’s founder explained that the recent discovery of the techniques to manipulate the energies of the Dungeon and the Nexus would enable the PCs to take the fight directly to the Dungeon and […]

Filed Under: Campaign Logs, Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, Chatty's 2008-2009 campaign, Primal/Within

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