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Talking To Yourselves

June 12, 2012 by Vanir

I’m not going to lie. I really like it when my players have a problem. When they’re unhappy, I always have plenty to write about. Not only am I going to write about one of my players’ problems this week, I’m going to tell you about his character and several of mine. I think I’m a bad person.

Filed Under: Dire Flailings, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: bat loaf, character growth, gucci, in their shoes, lumbar, peer pressure, pressure, roleplay

Collateral Damage #3: The Avengers Initiative Part 2: Hydra does Dallas

June 12, 2012 by The Chatty DM

Having cheated their way to great success on their second day of Avengers training at Camp Hammond, Connecticut, our heroes are scrambled to Texas to face a Hydra raid on the President’s Ranch.

Filed Under: Actual Play, Campaign Logs, Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: Collateral Damage, marvel, marvel heroic roleplaying, Marvel RPG

D&D: Advantage vs. Flat Bonuses

June 11, 2012 by Bartoneus

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There are a lot of people talking about the D&D Next open playtest, and one of the subjects I hear about a lot is the way Advantage/Disadvantage are currently working. The general opinion I’ve heard is that it is overpowered when compared to the +2/-2 bonus we’re used to from previous editions of D&D. My gut reaction to hearing that something is overpowered isn’t to jump into the mob and swing my nerf-bat around, it’s to look at as much data as I can and figure out if I agree or not. So that’s what I’m going to do!

Filed Under: Editorial, Featured, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4th Edition, advantage, combat advantage, comparison, D&D, D&D next, disadvantage, dnd, dndnext, Dungeons & Dragons, Dungeons and Dragons, math, numbers, open playtest, playtest, statistics, stats

Collateral Damage #3: The Avengers Initiative Part 1: Training Day, Prise Deux

June 7, 2012 by The Chatty DM

Collateral Damage is back, our cheating, barely heroic characters try to complete Avengers training… of course, they’re not going to do it by the book… that would be boring.

Filed Under: Actual Play, Campaign Logs, Featured, Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: Collateral Damage, marvel, marvel heroic roleplaying, Marvel RPG, MRH, Super Heroes

Thirteen Books Nerds Should Read

June 7, 2012 by guest

Do you collect facts like little boys collect dirt? Do you read nearly all morphemes that flit past your eyes (including cereal boxes and the fine print on DVD cases?) Did you already know the definition of morpheme? If you didn’t, do you have at least five apps on your phone that could tell you? If you said yes to two or more of those questions, read on.

Filed Under: Editorial, Roleplaying Games, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre Tagged With: beowulf, endurance, frankenstein, grendel, hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy, I have no mouth and I must scream, if on a winter's night a traveller, into the wild, johnny got his gun, OD&D, the big sleep, the eyre affair, the name of the rose

Flying By The Fill In Your Gaps

June 5, 2012 by Vanir

The D&D Next public playtest opened a couple weeks ago, and already we have angry sabers rattling and joyful hearts overflowing with weird smelling creepy pink froth. Thing is, nobody really knows what they’re talking about. Not yet. Thing is, this playtest is an entirely different beast than anything most gamers have ever encountered. Read on to find out how.

Filed Under: Dire Flailings, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: alpha, beta, D&D next, gamma, greek letters, it's not finished yet, playtest, software development, testing

Torg: A Marvel Heroic Roleplaying Hack (Storm Knight Datafiles)

May 31, 2012 by TorgHacker

Today, I’m publishing six datafiles that I’ve worked on so far for my Torg hack. Since the World Laws of the various cosms show up in the datafiles, I will briefly discuss them as well, although not every datafile will include every World Law.

Filed Under: Editorial, Featured, Game Hacks & Content, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: Hack, marvel, marvel heroic roleplaying, MarvelRPG, Torg

Out of the NDA, And Into A Different NDA

May 29, 2012 by Vanir

We can finally talk about our experiences with the D&D Next Friends & Family playtest! I’m going to do that now. All over the place. You might want to get a tarp, maybe change into the clothes you wear to do yardwork. It’s gonna get all Gallagher in here.

Filed Under: Dire Flailings, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: D&D next, dungeons and dragons next, friends and family, playtest, wotc

What Classes Should be in D&D?

May 25, 2012 by Bartoneus

For me, choosing a class has always been one of the most fun and important decisions to make while playing Dungeons & Dragons. I can still remember the feeling of pure excitement I had when I first cracked open the 3rd Edition Player’s Handbook and saw that Monk was a core class. I also remember our friends all having multiple discussions about what exactly the Sorcerer class was and how it was different from the Wizard. With the next edition of D&D now in open playtest, I felt it was a good time to discuss the varying levels of class distinction in D&D.

Filed Under: Editorial, Featured, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: assassin, character, class, classes, cleric, D&D, D&D next, dnd, dndnext, Dungeons & Dragons, fighter, monk, rogue, roleplaying games, thief, wizard

Review: DungeonBuilder

May 24, 2012 by Wyatt Salazar

DungeonBuilder is a browser-based digital tabletop alternative that is purchased by subscription. While it is a useful program, it could use touching up.

Filed Under: Reviews, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: DungeonBuilder, online gaming, software, tools

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