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Sex, Love, and the Races of the PHB2

April 1, 2009 by guest

In honor of the release of the totally awesome PHB2 and Spring, I decided to write about sex, love, and the races of the PHB2.

Ever wonder what a gnome finds sexy? Or how goliaths deal with friction from rubbing lithoderms? Maybe I’m the only one who thinks about these things…

Filed Under: Featured, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: april fools, geek love, love, PHB2, races, sex

Under New Management

April 1, 2009 by Vanir

Good day! I am Vanir the Chatty DM. You probably came here expecting Phil the Chatty DM. I’m sorry to say that Phil has taken an extended leave of absence due to a severe poutine-related injury and will not be back for some time. In the meantime, he has handed his cape and sceptre to […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Tropes Tagged With: 2phils1cup, phil_almighty, rpgbloggers, Tropes

YouTube Tuesday: Windy City Level Edition

March 31, 2009 by Dave

“One toot on this whistle will send you to a far away land!”

Filed Under: Video Games, YouTube Tuesday Tagged With: chicago, mario, smb3, super mario, super mario 3

The Dungeon Reality Show: Half-Time Showdown, Part 2

March 31, 2009 by The Chatty DM

First Down, 5 Kobolds to go Okay so after having, for all intents and purposes, killed the game by the time that 8h PM rolled by, I asked all three players if they’d be willing to play the original 2nd scene of the adventure. I’m grateful that they accepted. As I had planned it, had […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, Dungeon Reality Show

Inq. of the Week: PHB2 Power Creep

March 31, 2009 by The Main Event

In the heyday of 3.5 I’d browse every new splat book, not for intriguing new play options (many, many sucked), but for the overpowered Prestige Class de jour. After all, who didn’t want to dip into a single level of six prestige classes for awesome abilities? With a few exceptions, the poor original DMG prestige classes were forgotten, unless of course something new came out that made a dog suddenly viable. Now, with the PHB2 out I was curious to see if this newer, more-balanced D&D suffered the same fate as its predecessors: Power Creep.

Filed Under: Featured, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: balance, PHB2, power creep

Of Healthy Bodies and Minds

March 30, 2009 by The Chatty DM

(Warning, this post as NOTHING to do with RPGs, it’s another of my Stream of Consciousness stories about my health and my musings on them). A few weeks ago, I was officially diagnosed with my second severe depression in 4 years.  Like many people out there, I am often fighting what I call inner demons.  […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM

The Dungeon Reality Show: Half-Time Showdown, Part 1

March 29, 2009 by The Chatty DM

As I more or less coherently described here, Friday night was a “let’s test some Players Handbook 2 classes” session.  Yan, Mike and Franky showed up with a level 2 Sorcerer, Invoker and Shaman. While fishing for concepts  for the adventure, I had the idea to use a shtick I had tried once before.  I […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, Dungeon Reality Show

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, […]

Filed Under: Critical Bits Tagged With: twitter

Preview: Ranged Warlord

March 27, 2009 by Bartoneus

When preview material for the 4th Edition of Dungeons & Dragons first started to come out, what excited me the most was probably the addition of the Warlord class. The Races & Monsters preview book described the class alongside pictures of armored warriors covered in weapons (both melee and ranged). When 4e was finally released the Warlord class was extremely interesting but it completely lacked that “Weapons Master” feel…

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Comics, Featured, Roleplaying Games, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre Tagged With: 4th Edition, D&D, Dungeons and Dragons, martial power, ranged warlord, roleplaying, Roleplaying Games

The 1-day adventure challenge: Blood Bowl/D&D 4e Mashup!

March 26, 2009 by The Chatty DM

Introduction (March 26th 5h00PM) Okay, here’s the thing. I’m short on time and my friends are coming over to play a 4e game using the new PHB2 classes tomorrow night. I’ll have time to work on it tomorrow but I’m throwing my thoughts here as ideas arrive. The party will be made of three 2nd […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, player's handbook 2

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