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D&D XP Dungeon Delve Characters

February 28, 2008 by Bartoneus

This afternoon Dave and I got to play in the 4th Edition Dungeon Delve, which is a group of about 10 tables set up with various dungeons pre-set that the RPGA staff (and some occasional Wizards employees) were kind enough to run. It was meant to be just hack & slash, get through the monsters […]

Filed Under: News, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4th Edition, character sheets, D&D, Dungeons & Dragons

D&D XP Coverage

February 28, 2008 by Dave

Here’s where we’ll post links to the different articles for the D&D XP. Seminar Photo Set on Flickr Dungeon Delve Sheets (Fighter, Wizard, Paladin) Interview with Sara Girard and Rob Heinsoo Interview with Andy Collins and Scott Rouse (Part 1) (Part 2) Preview mini from “Against the Giants” set Stats for some monsters from Dungeons […]

Filed Under: Featured, News, Roleplaying Games

D&D XP Seminar

February 28, 2008 by Dave

This is just a dump of my notes from the Seminar, which I’ll be editing when I get a chance!   9:38- Laptop set up in the Potomac room. The room is maybe ¾ capacity, in a fairly inefficient banquet table format. 9:40- Danny returns with “What you need to know about D&D 4th edition […]

Filed Under: News, Roleplaying Games

Mini-Fluff: More on-the-fly world building

February 27, 2008 by The Chatty DM

Mini-posts are approx. 500 words posts on one of my pet subjects. I usually do them when I have a busy evening, like Adventure Preping or doing things like, you know, exercise! I’m deep in adventure prep, deeper than I have been for a long time. I don’t know if it’s the same for you […]

Filed Under: Adventure Prep, Musings of the Chatty DM, Player Psychology Tagged With: fluff, mini-post, world building

YouTube of the Week: Spokesmonster Edition

February 26, 2008 by Dave

These cartoons put out by Wizards have been around for a few months now, but I only just found them on YouTube. They’re better than I would have thought, though not without some cheesiness.

Filed Under: Roleplaying Games, YouTube Tuesday

Addendum to Adventure Prep and Open Captioned Bragging Contest

February 26, 2008 by The Chatty DM

I can’t write an actual post tonight I have quite a large game to prep because my players decided they wanted to talk with a god and then have a stroll in Asgard/Ysgard… Were I playing 2e Planescape, I could just say “Tough luck, you don’t have the proper portal key”. However, since it’s one […]

Filed Under: Adventure Prep, Musings of the Chatty DM

Adventure Prep: Icing on a planar cake

February 25, 2008 by The Chatty DM

This post is part of a series that covers the preparations I do for my current D&D campaign. You can follow it here. Yay! Hopefully we’ll have a game this week. Eric, Franky and Yan have confirmed their presence, I just need Math or Stef to confirm and we’re good to go. My players are […]

Filed Under: Adventure Prep, Musings of the Chatty DM

Inq. of the Week: Ask the D&D Designers

February 24, 2008 by Dave

86% of you are looking forward to seeing my man, The Batman, return to the big screen. 81% of you are looking forward to our favorite whip-wielding, snake-fearing Archaeologist returning for another adventure. Sorry Wachowski Brothers, only 14% of our readers are going to take a ride on the Mach 5, the lowest out of […]

Filed Under: Featured, Inquisition of the Week, Roleplaying Games

Chatty’s Review: Silvervine, Detailed Mechanics

February 24, 2008 by The Chatty DM

This post is part of a series that tackles the reading review of a yet unpublished RPG called Silvervine. Please note that this game is still in development, my review is part of the pre-playtest feedback. Last time I tackled Basic Mechanics, now it’s time for the 2nd (of 3) posts on the game’s Crunchy […]

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

Rogue’s Gallery

February 24, 2008 by The Chatty DM

For those who missed it. Wizards if the Coast previewed the 4e Rogue’s abilities. Sticking to my low 4e hype mission, I invite you to drop by Dave and Bart’s Critical hits for the discussion. I’ll only add that what really sparks my interest is the Attacks vs Wis, Dex or Fort mechanics thatare a […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games

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