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My Love Affair With Tron

March 24, 2010 by Bartoneus

I grew up with the movie Tron. Okay, I’ll admit that I grew up with a lot of movies, but there is a shorter list of movies that I watched at least once a year for my entire life up to the age of 18. Tron is most certainly on that list, along with Aliens, […]

Filed Under: Editorial, Humor, Movies, The Architect DM Tagged With: Editorial, Humor, legacy, Movies, trailer, tron

Review: “Player’s Handbook 3”

March 18, 2010 by Bartoneus

The Player’s Handbook 3 is the newest core release for 4th Edition Dungeons and Dragons that introduces a lot of new content including the psionic power source. In much the same way the PHB2 introduced primal classes with a back story, this book lays out the changes to any D&D world that might bring about psionic characters and races. If you’re a fan of psionics, miss rangers that could cast natural spells, want to play classes that are more versatile and flexible, or if you’re just looking for some new options for your 4th edition game you really should check out this book.

Filed Under: Featured, Reviews, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e dnd, 4th Edition, D&D, Dungeons and Dragons, PHB3, player's handbook 3, Reviews

Monstrous Races in 4E D&D – Githyanki

March 10, 2010 by Bartoneus

In the Dragon article that previewed the githzerai race from the upcoming Player’s Handbook 3, the designers stated that the githyanki were not being developed as a PC race due to their villainous nature and they feel the drow has taken up the available real estate for a villainous race in 4th Edition.

Filed Under: Editorial, Featured, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4th Edition, D&D, dnd 4e, Dungeons and Dragons, githyanki, monster races, monstrous, roleplaying games, Roleplaying Games

Inq. of the Week: RPG System Showdown?

March 8, 2010 by Bartoneus

Today I’d like to touch on a subject that we’ve never directly asked before, as far as I can remember, and that subject is specifically which RPGs you are gathering around the table to play. Back in October I asked about genres and settings for RPGs, with Fantasy coming out in a massive lead with Sci-fi in second, then Modern and Horror close behind.

Filed Under: Featured, Inquisition of the Week, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: Inquisition of the Week, Roleplaying Games, roleplaying games, system

Character Concepts: Dragonborn

February 25, 2010 by Bartoneus

A handful of character concepts and builds for creating an effective and elementally devastating dragonborn. From a Warden/Fighter that spews acid left and right to becoming an all-powerful avatar of the deceased god Io.

Filed Under: Featured, Reviews, Roleplaying Games, The Architect DM Tagged With: 4th Edition, D&D, dnd 4e, dragon born, Dragonborn, Dungeons & Dragons, PHB races, player's handbook, race, Roleplaying Games, roleplaying games

Inq. of the Week: A Whole Lot of Class?

February 22, 2010 by Bartoneus

Martial Power 2 comes out tomorrow, and having gotten a look at the book I am very disappointed that my current party does not have any martial classes at all out of eight players, not even through multi-classing. This has led me to wondering exactly which classes all of you are playing and as a result which classes are the most played and which don’t get that much love.

Filed Under: Featured, Inquisition of the Week, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4th Edition, class, D&D, dnd 4e, Dungeons and Dragons, martial power 2, PHB3, roleplaying games, Roleplaying Games

Review: “Underdark”

February 17, 2010 by Bartoneus

The latest 4th Edition Dungeons & Dragons supplement from Wizards of the Coast is simply titled Underdark, and it contains all kinds of information and fleshed out details on the entire realm for which it is named. This book is along the same vein as The Plane Below book on the Elemental Chaos, but the Underdark is a subterranean realm just beneath the surface of your game world and so will always be more accessible than the other planes to your players and their characters.

Filed Under: Featured, Reviews, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4th Edition, book, D&D, dnd 4e, Dungeons and Dragons, Roleplaying Games, roleplaying games, underdark

Let Me Tell You About My Campaign: Age of Awakening

February 10, 2010 by Bartoneus

About two months ago Dave decided to tell you about his campaign – the setting, world, how it all began, characters, planning, and some of his house rules. He set me up to share about my campaign also, as a large part of planning for both of our games was done together. In fact his game is being run in a world that I designed and handed over for him to take and expand upon as he saw fit.

Filed Under: Editorial, Featured, Roleplaying Games, The Architect DM Tagged With: campaign, D&D, DM, DMing, dnd 4e, dungeon master, dungeon mastering, Dungeons and Dragons, roleplaying games, Roleplaying Games, world building

Inq. of the Week: PHB3 Classes?

February 1, 2010 by Bartoneus

With D&D XP behind us now, the Battlemind class out in the open, and the Runepriest nearly confirmed it seems like a good time to look at the Player’s Handbook 3 that is coming out in March this year and figure out which class is the most hotly anticipated.

Filed Under: Featured, Inquisition of the Week, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, 4th Edition, class, D&D, dnd, Dungeons and Dragons, Inquisition of the Week, PHB3, roleplaying games, Roleplaying Games

D&DXP News: D&D Encounters

January 28, 2010 by Bartoneus

Today at D&D Experience 2010 Wizards of the Coast announced their new program titled D&D Encounters, a natural evolution of the Delve Nights concept. D&D Encounters is aimed at encouraging players to mingle and interact more with other gamers in their area and will allow players to participate in contests to win cool prizes and D&D swag.

Filed Under: News, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: D&D Encounters, d&d experience, D&DXP, dnd 4e, Dungeons and Dragons, News, wizards of the coast, wotc

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    Danny works professionally as an architectural designer and serves as managing editor here at CH, which means he shares many of the duties of being an editor but without the fame and recognition. He also writes about RPGs, videogames, movies, and TV. He is married to Sucilaria, and has a personal blog at Incorrect Blitz Input. (Email Danny or follow him on Twitter).

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