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The Subtle Empowerment of the 4E Wizard

April 25, 2009 by Bartoneus

I’ve been reading through Arcane Power for the last couple of days, and I am pretty sure Wizards has tried to pull a fast one on us! What’re they trying to pull? Making the Wizard class just as powerful as the other classes in 4th Edition. It’s not really a crime, I know, but I really don’t think many people have noticed yet and I’d like to open up some discussion on the topic.

Filed Under: Critical Bits, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, 4th Edition, arcane power, D&D, dnd, Roleplaying Games, roleplaying games, spells, wizard

Critical Bits for the week ending 2009-04-25

April 25, 2009 by Gato the News Robot

MM2 Preview: Frost Giant and Stone Giant stats DDI Update: Ecology of the Deva Penny Arcade For the Vin! Scott Rouse talks about the direction the D&D brand is heading in the next two years Fallout: New Vegas being made by Obsidian Entertainment (not a sequel to 3) Left 4 Dead Survival Pack out The […]

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Critical Bits for the week ending 2009-04-18

April 18, 2009 by Gato the News Robot

“Five & Dime” Boardgame list for 2008 Monsterpocalypse + Voltron… the game is now officially worth checking out HeroClix still in limbo Enter Geek’s Dream Girl’s contest today to win a $25 Outback Steakhouse gift card by describing geek icons eating steak MM2 Excerpt: Adamantine Dragon D&D Insider Survey Results Z-Man Edition of Tales of […]

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Announcing the One Page Dungeon Contest

April 14, 2009 by Dave

You could win tons of dungeon-related prizes just by coming up with a one page dungeon. Interested? I’ve attached the press release by the contest organizers with all the details. I should also mention that I’m one of the judges, helping to represent the “new school” side of things. So start buttering me up now […]

Filed Under: News, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: contest, dungeon, new school, old school

Critical Bits for the week ending 2009-04-11

April 11, 2009 by Gato the News Robot

Dual classing is back (DDI sub required). More like Gestalt characters than anything else You must read Order of the Stick’s tribute to Dave Arneson ENWorld’s interview with WotC President Greg Leeds

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RIP Dave Arneson

April 9, 2009 by Dave

Dave Arneson, co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons, passed away on April 7th at the age of 61.

While Gygax was eventually given much of the credit for the initial creation of D&D, Arneson’s camapign setting Blackmoor would shape the paradigm of D&D worlds, forming the basis of the D&D campaign settings, which have incalculable influence on video game worlds and fantasy novels.

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Critical Bits for the week ending 2009-04-04

April 4, 2009 by Gato the News Robot

Battlestar Galactica icons for Mac OS X (thanks, NukeHavoc) April Editorial Calendar has all kinds of interesting things, including PHB3 tidbits WotC’s first April Fool’s joke: “The Missing Delve” includes Flumph stats and “Rawr, I’m a monster” attack Second one: “Witchalok” class from Penny Arcade. Witchalok class totally puts my Ninja class to shame. Similar […]

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Critical Bits for the week ending 2009-03-28

March 28, 2009 by Gato the News Robot

Open Game Table: The Anthology of Roleplaying Games Blogs is out now.  Go buy it! d6 Damage… err, speakers WTF D&D, 1st Edition Monster Manual Newest Character Builder update available, including PHB2 data, and fixes retraining/power swap issues. Heaven is Funky Moose coming to Rock Band 2 PHB2 errata already at Wizards. (Thanks, newbiedm) D&D, […]

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Open Game Table Vol. 1: Now Available!

March 23, 2009 by Dave

Open Game Table, the Anthology of RPG Blogs, has finally been released for your purchasing. Aside from containg an article from our very own The Main Event, I worked heavily with Jonathan Jacobs in getting it edited. Plus at the end, a page written by yours truly about the origin of the RPG Bloggers Network, […]

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Critical Bits for the week ending 2009-03-21

March 21, 2009 by Gato the News Robot

Next DC animated movie after Green Lantern is Superman/Batman Renamed: The SciFi Channel will become the Syfy Channel in June 2009 Arcane Power excerpt on Rituals, including Unseen Servant Design & Development: The Deva (Pronounced, DAY-vuh) (sub required) Beer2-D2 Stan Bush’s “The Touch” — free download available for Guitar Hero World Tour soon. Horde? Alliance? Dew.  […]

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