Let us take a short trip back in time, to an earlier era of D&D. It was the age of AD&D 2nd Edition, the edition that my group and I really cut our teeth on. The first character I brought to the table was an Elven Psionicist named Spock (The Complete Psionics Handbook being the […]
Archives for 2009
New Feature: Character Race Reference
Another week, another feature from us here at Critical Hits. This time, it’s a list of PC races and the attributes they are known for. This of course goes nicely with our feature on character classes when planning your next character. We only have one more idea for a feature for the time being… so […]
Review: “Book of Races”
Book of Races by Flex Dolphynn is the freshman outing by GameVein. It contains 14 races for 4e, licensed under the GSL, in a 70 page PDF available from DriveThruRPG. The book is full color, with at least one illustration of each race. The illustrations range from Poser/DAZ Studio characters with photoshop filters to colored, pencil art (without inking).
Critical Bits for the week ending 2009-01-24
WotC Updates: D&DAlumni Open Grave War of the Dragon Queen update Digital Insider 22 DDI: Legacy of Acererak Good Feats! Depths of Madness Dungeoncraft New 4e Errata Dicehouses, and other giant game equipment US Democracy Patch This is a triumph Not specifically gaming related, just awesome zombie art Witness the rebooted Star Trek franchise… toys […]
Contest Results: “Roll into the New Year”
Here are the results of the Roll into the New Year contest, where we roll some dice to determine who wins the dice. Watch the video below to find out what we rolled, and who wins! (Also listen for joshx0rfz, who refused to appear on camera but tried to ruin the filming anyway).
Four Concepts Adrift in D&D
With the impending release of the PHB2, and the general notion of what will be included, it occurred to me that even with these classes there seem to be some fairly reasonable character concepts that just don’t seem to mesh well with D&D. This article will identify those concepts, identify where I perceive the shortcoming in bringing the concept to fruition, and take a stab at how to solve this problem.
DM Chronicles, Session 7: Kick Door, Kill Monster, Take Stuff, Have fun, Part 2
As mentioned before, I slowed down on my crazy posting schedule. I’m still around, only less so. See part 1 here. After defeating the leader of the Bloodreavers, the slavers that brought the PCs to Thunderspire Labyrinth in the first place, our heroes noticed that no slave were left in the compound. One of the […]
Inq. of the Week: PHB2 Classes?
Our previous Inquisition focused on a topic near and dear to many RPG players, and can even make or break a person’s whole opinion of a system depending on how it works, systems for magic. I have to say that I’m not surprised to see my personal favorite system, Free Form Magic, come in first place with 27% of the votes.
DM Chronicles: Session 7, Kick Door, Kill Monster, Take Stuff, Have fun, Part 1
Previously in Chatty’s game: Our heroes come out of a 2 year retirement period to tackle a slave ring operating from within an underground complex called Thunderspire Labyrinth. Shortly after making it into The Seven-Pillared Hall, the main civilized area of the Labyrinth, they located and wiped out one of the slavers’ cells . Using […]
Critical Bits for the week ending 2009-01-17
Now you too can use the Force, using brain wave tech Tales of the Arabian Nights delayed, probably until summer Christmas Carol in the original Klingon List of video game companies on Twitter WotC Updates: Podcast #31 DDM Ettin Spirit-Talker Open Grave: Spirits Possessed DDI Update: Playing Dhampyr Fallout 3: Operation Anchorage coming Jan. 27
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