Here are the results of the Roll into the New Year contest, where we roll some dice to determine who wins the dice. Watch the video below to find out what we rolled, and who wins! (Also listen for joshx0rfz, who refused to appear on camera but tried to ruin the filming anyway).
Four Concepts Adrift in D&D
With the impending release of the PHB2, and the general notion of what will be included, it occurred to me that even with these classes there seem to be some fairly reasonable character concepts that just don’t seem to mesh well with D&D. This article will identify those concepts, identify where I perceive the shortcoming in bringing the concept to fruition, and take a stab at how to solve this problem.
DM Chronicles, Session 7: Kick Door, Kill Monster, Take Stuff, Have fun, Part 2
As mentioned before, I slowed down on my crazy posting schedule. I’m still around, only less so. See part 1 here. After defeating the leader of the Bloodreavers, the slavers that brought the PCs to Thunderspire Labyrinth in the first place, our heroes noticed that no slave were left in the compound. One of the […]
Inq. of the Week: PHB2 Classes?
Our previous Inquisition focused on a topic near and dear to many RPG players, and can even make or break a person’s whole opinion of a system depending on how it works, systems for magic. I have to say that I’m not surprised to see my personal favorite system, Free Form Magic, come in first place with 27% of the votes.
DM Chronicles: Session 7, Kick Door, Kill Monster, Take Stuff, Have fun, Part 1
Previously in Chatty’s game: Our heroes come out of a 2 year retirement period to tackle a slave ring operating from within an underground complex called Thunderspire Labyrinth. Shortly after making it into The Seven-Pillared Hall, the main civilized area of the Labyrinth, they located and wiped out one of the slavers’ cells . Using […]
Critical Bits for the week ending 2009-01-17
Now you too can use the Force, using brain wave tech Tales of the Arabian Nights delayed, probably until summer Christmas Carol in the original Klingon List of video game companies on Twitter WotC Updates: Podcast #31 DDM Ettin Spirit-Talker Open Grave: Spirits Possessed DDI Update: Playing Dhampyr Fallout 3: Operation Anchorage coming Jan. 27
Battlestar Galactica: The Beginning of the End Starts Tonight
Tonight at 10 EST, the last half of the last season of the remake of Battlestar Galactica premieres (or more simply, Season 4.5… since we all know that calling things “.5” is an awesome idea). For those of you not caught up, I recommend avoiding this post since it contains some SPOILERS, and will probably […]
“But that’s not how it went” Tokens
A few months ago, I was musing on other ways to use D&D 4e’s action points. Since, I’ve been pondering the unfamiliar elements of Narrative Control (i.e. who decides where the story goes). Being a somewhat rigid DM when it comes to storylines and how scenes are played out, the concept of sharing control with […]
New Feature: Character Class Reference
Just a quick announcement that I’ve put up another Feature: a reference guide for 4e classes. I didn’t have much luck finding fan-made classes, so do let me know if there are any I should add. Hopefully you find this useful when choosing your next character, or if you’re just curious about what all is out there.
Book Series Review: The Malazan Books of the Fallen
The Malazan Books of the Fallen is a mouthful to say, but really that’s for the best, because it’s also a whopper to read. Currently on book eight of ten, the universe also encompasses a bunch of novellas (which I have yet to read) and an entirely different author writing novels in a shared world. Steven Erikson was an anthropologist by trade and boy does it show.
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