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Chatty’s Guest: Playing Online, Part 1: Style

December 15, 2008 by Wyatt Salazar

Chatty DM: I’m on blogging Hiatus until the week of December 20th.  In the mean time I post some of my old articles as well as guest posts.  Today, I’m treating you to the masterful penmanship of Wyatt Salazar, a rising blogger who’s got more talent than I could ever hope to develop.  Enjoy! Well, […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games

Ultimate D&D Universe

December 14, 2008 by Dave

In a way, the transition from the previous editions core setting to 4e’s core setting was an attempt not unlike the attempts by DC and Marvel Comics to clean up their continuity so as to allow new readers (players) an easier entry point and to recreate the continuity to fit together better. DC’s Crisis on Infinite Earths was the trend-setter there, but the analogue that works better for me is Marvel’s Ultimate line.

Filed Under: Comics, Critical Threats, Editorial, Movies, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, cosmology, planes

Chatty’s Feed issues : Resolved?

December 14, 2008 by The Chatty DM

Hi there, I’m taking a short break from writing my D&D 4e adventure (things are going well, I’m 20% done) and my self imposed Blogging Hiatus to address an issue with my main feed. For the past several months, my feedburner feed has been periodically broken, linking directly to my website instead of providing a […]

Filed Under: blogging, Musings of the Chatty DM

Chatty’s Guest: We fight the blues

December 13, 2008 by guest

Chatty DM: I’m on blogging Hiatus until the week of December 20th.  In the mean time I post some of my old articles as well as guest posts.  Today, I’m treating you to a guest post by my good friend Kitsune,  fellow Canadian gamer.  Enjoy! Even though I don’t get Japanese and somehow manage to guess that Utada Hikaru did […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games

Chatty’s Guests: Sharing Narrative Control

December 11, 2008 by guest

Chatty DM: I’m currently on blogging Hiatus until the Week of December 20th.  In the meantime, I post old articles of mine or bring you guest posts from my readers.  Today, prepare for a treat from my friend Eric Maziade. Hi there! Don’t be fooled by the familiar decor: I’m not ChattyDM – most people […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: sharing narrative control

The Reflex….Saves!

December 11, 2008 by The Chatty DM

I’m taking a micro break from my self imposed blogging hiatus to give you some news. I’ve started sleeping again.  Yay! I’ve started writing the D&D 4e adventure I have to deliver next month.  I plan to start spending some half-days during weekends to get it out faster. Yay squared! I’ll be playtesting Kobold Love […]

Filed Under: blogging, Musings of the Chatty DM

Chatty’s Reruns: Making Memorable NPCs

December 10, 2008 by The Chatty DM

I’m on Blogging break until the week of December 20.  In the meantime, I’m re-posting some of my old texts. In this one (August 29th 2007), you can see me start linking out to fellow bloggers where I write my take on a subject they recently talked about.  Not too long after, I started getting […]

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

Chatty’s Reruns: My craziness and DMing….

December 9, 2008 by The Chatty DM

Until the week of December 20th, I’ll be posting reruns of older blog posts. One of my earliest Blog posts (August 21st 2007). I wrote this while I was planning last year’s D&D campaign.  Its still very actual and defines me as a person in all my life spheres. Its a bit rough around the […]

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

Half-Season Break

December 8, 2008 by The Chatty DM

Sometimes life sends you little subtle signals like a string of insomnia-laced nights.  When it does… it kinda pays to listen to them. I’ve got a social calendar that’s really filled up until Christmas, (Hell I’m out every evening from Wednesday till Sunday this week).  I’ve also an adventure to write that must be delivered […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM

Adventure Design: The Importance of Choices

December 7, 2008 by The Chatty DM

Last night, while lying wide awake and watching the excellent Avatar cartoon series, I started pondering on how important it is for a characters to be shown as having an effect on a story. Avatar is filled to the brims with this.  In each show, characters make choices, wrong and right. This ends up affecting […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games

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