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Chatty’s Mailbag: D&D 4e Tactical Help

January 28, 2009 by The Chatty DM

Here’s another recent mail I got from a reader.  I’ve edited some because English isn’t his primary language (email comes from The Netherlands)… come to think of it, it’s not mine either 🙂 Dear DM of Chatyness, A friend of mine said I should read this blog and now I spend most of my vacation […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games

Great News! Chatty’s D&D 4e adventure to be published

January 27, 2009 by The Chatty DM

I got some news from Goodman Games today. My short D&D 4e adventure will get published!  I can’t say anything about it but be certain that I will keep you updated! It should see the light of day next summer. I’m so happy and have been geeking out most of the day! For those who […]

Filed Under: Freelance Writing, Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games

YouTube Tuesday: The Shadow of Dr. Manhattan Edition

January 27, 2009 by Dave

One of many “viral” pieces created for the upcoming Watchmen movie. Even if I’m not 100% the film will be all that great, I gotta say they’re going all out to incorporate everything they can from the book and make it feel real.

Filed Under: Comics, Movies, YouTube Tuesday Tagged With: watchmen

Inq. of the Week: PHB2 Races!

January 27, 2009 by Dave

As an easy followup, and because I’ve been dealing with D&D races between my Book of Races review and Races feature, I’m asking: which of the PHB2 races are you most excited about?

Filed Under: Featured, Inquisition of the Week, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, races

D&D Character Builder is Live

January 27, 2009 by Dave

You can now generate characters of all 30 levels using the newly updated Character Builder if you’re a D&DI subscriber. Otherwise, you can still download the level 1-3 trial version. I’m still figuring out the details of how many computers I can install it on from the announcement thread on the WotC forums. The interface […]

Filed Under: Critical Bits, News, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: character builder, D&DI

Chatty DM Presents: RPG Blog II

January 26, 2009 by The Chatty DM

Hi there.  I know I haven’t been around much lately.  I probably will maintain  a lower profile for weeks to come.  Please bear with me.  I’ll be less chatty for some time, but I’m still around. One of the things I found myself having a knack for as a blogger is to get people together, […]

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

Mages Gone Wild

January 26, 2009 by Dave

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 […]

Filed Under: Editorial, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, classes, D&D, dnd, Dungeons and Dragons, PHB2, roleplaying, Roleplaying Games, sorcerer, wild mage

New Feature: Character Race Reference

January 26, 2009 by Dave

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 […]

Filed Under: Critical Bits, News, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: feature, races

Review: “Book of Races”

January 26, 2009 by Dave

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).

Filed Under: Featured, Reviews, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 3pp, 4e, races

Critical Bits for the week ending 2009-01-24

January 24, 2009 by Gato the News Robot

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 […]

Filed Under: Critical Bits Tagged With: twitter

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