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Special Promo for Dungeonmastering Tools: Free Open Game Table

May 30, 2009 by Dave

Editor’s Note: We’ve been fans of Dungeonmastering since the beginning, and so we’re happy to help promote his new tools that help you run your 4e game, as well as a way to get Open Game Table Anthology (that I helped edit) into more people’s hands. That’s why we’re presenting this offer and the advertising […]

Filed Under: News, Roleplaying Games

Monster Manual 2 – In Depth #3

May 29, 2009 by Bartoneus

Now that the Monster Manual 2 has been out for a little bit, I figure it’s good to continue my more detailed looks at the monster inside it in case any DMs out there have put off buying it and still aren’t aware of exactly what it contains.

Filed Under: Roleplaying Games Tagged With: D&D, dnd 4e, Dungeons & Dragons, monster manual 2, preview, roleplaying games, Roleplaying Games

Friday Chat: Do You Sprinkle Silliness in your Campaigns?

May 29, 2009 by The Chatty DM

The Bloodbowl 4e post with the actual rules is taking longer than planned to finish and the Ennies application process deadline came and bit me in the a$$.   Instead of posting part 4 of my Dungeon Reality Show this morning, I’m posting another of those Friday questions.  I’ll post the DRS one as soon as […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: advice, Discussions, DMing, Friday Chat, Theme week, Tropes

With Karate (And Psionics) I’ll Kick Your Ass

May 28, 2009 by Dave

Monks are Psionic. (Yes, “Martial Striker” was half wrong). As per the Design & Development article that accompanied it, Ki is a dead power source (though some third party products have already tried to use it). Personally, I have no problem with this. On multiple occasions, I attempted to run campaigns with an eastern flavor, and banned most (or all) arcane and divine classes, relying primarily on psionic and ki powered characters. Conceptually, they always seemed very close together: an internal energy source with fantastic abilities powered by intense discipline.

Filed Under: Editorial, News, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, karate, monks, PHB3, psionics, tenacious d reference

The Dungeon Reality Show, Part 3: Lets play Blood Bowl, 4e Style

May 28, 2009 by The Chatty DM

In Part 1 of this series, I described the implied setting of the Dungeon Reality Show (DRS) In Part 2, I described a few of the tricks I used when I DMed such an event. Today, I’ll start sharing a recent example of a DRS game using the Bloodbowl game.  My proposed adventure will differ […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, 4e/Bloodbowl mashup, Dungeon Reality Show, Theme week

Special Promotion for Dungeonmastering.com’s DM Tools

May 27, 2009 by The Chatty DM

Get a free copy of Open Game Table! (Here’s a message from my good friend Yax of Dungeonmastering.com, It’s a special promotion for his DM Tools service.  Do note that I get a commission on any new membership.  This will help me pay for Gen Con and finance some prelimenary work to become a full-time […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games

The Dungeon Reality Show, Part 2: Of Sponsors, Ambiance and Lines

May 27, 2009 by The Chatty DM

In part 1, I presented the implied setting of my Dungeon Reality Show (DRS)concept. Today, I’ll describe some of the gimmicks I use as a DM when I play a DRS game. The Set Whenever I throw the PCs into the Plane of Games, I always make sure to describe the barely contained chaos that […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, 4e/Bloodbowl mashup, Dungeon Reality Show, Theme week

MM2 Worldwide D&D Game Day: Behind the Screen

May 26, 2009 by Dave

Over a month ago, I discovered that Monster Manual 2 Game Day would fall smack dab in the middle of Balticon, so I decided I’d try to combine peanut butter and chocolate and sign up to run the game day at my Friendly Local Science Fiction Con. I hadn’t been happy with the previous game day at the game store closest to where I live, and didn’t particularly want to leave the con to head to a game store that day, so I navigated through the RPGA signup system to run it myself (and hey, get a pile of minis to boot).

Filed Under: Featured, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, dndgd, mm2, monster manual 2, wwdndgd

The Dungeon Reality Show, Part 1: The Implied Setting

May 26, 2009 by The Chatty DM

Over the weekend, my good friend Eric Maziade posted his Actual Play report of a game where I was a guest DM.  He had invited me over last week to participate in his geek Birthday Party.  We had decided that we would surprise his players with my D&D 4e/Bloodbowl mash up that I had created […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e/Bloodbowl mashup, Dungeon Reality Show, Theme week

The Compiled List of One Page Dungeon Entries

May 25, 2009 by The Chatty DM

I know that many of you have clamored to see all the entries for the awesomely popular One-Page Dungeon Contest that concluded last week. However, before we can even think of publishing them (and more importantly how and how many), we need to go through each and every entry and judge them. However, I thought […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: contest, one page dungeon

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