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Review: “The Plane Below: Secrets of the Elemental Chaos”

December 10, 2009 by Bartoneus

The Plane Below is the first of several 4th Edition D&D books that delve into a bit more detail on specific planes and the kinds of adventures that can be found within them, as the title indicates this one focuses on the Elemental Chaos and everything pertaining to it.

Filed Under: Featured, Reviews, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, 4th Edition, D&D, dnd, Dungeons and Dragons, plane below, Reviews, Roleplaying Games, roleplaying games

Chatty’s Ptolus 4e Demo: A Tail of Two Shities, Part 3

December 10, 2009 by The Chatty DM

See part 1 here and part 2 here. Rat and Roll! After the PCs rested for a few minutes, they continued deeper in the complex of caves and crypts.  They eventually found the fleeing rats and followed their light to a large chamber.  As they approached, they heard a rumbling sound, like stone rubbing on […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, Game Demo, Ptolus

Chatty’s Ptolus 4e Demo: A Tail of Two Shities, Part 2

December 9, 2009 by The Chatty DM

See part 1 here. Of Kobolds and Rats As I mentioned in my pre-game post, the actual ‘dungeon’ of the adventure was a modified version of the Dungeon Master Guide’s ‘Kobold Hall’.  In fact, I took Area 1, 3 and 4 and modified them to my needs.  All kobolds became ratlings and I added a few other […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, Game Demo, Ptolus

Let Me Tell You About My Campaign: Might Of The Inquisition

December 8, 2009 by Dave

In general, though, writing about my specific campaign tends to fall close enough to “let me tell you about my character” that I tend to let it go. However, I realize that there’s some value for me talking about my campaign, especially given my current setup. I won’t go adventure by adventure. I will, however, hit some of the important points of running the game in the hopes that it will help some of you run your own games.

Filed Under: Editorial, Featured, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, campaign, setting

Chatty’s Ptolus 4e Demo: A Tail of Two Shities, Part 1

December 7, 2009 by The Chatty DM

(This series title was chosen by the players, you have been warned) As announced here, I organized a D&D 4e demo for 4 members of the Mindnight’s Lair local RPG forum. I didn’t want to do a big D&D 4e lecture upfront, and I didn’t have to, most players had either played it once before […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, Game Demo, Ptolus

Ptolus 4e Demo Game: Testimonials

December 5, 2009 by The Chatty DM

Last night’s D&D 4e ptolus game was an absolute blast.  Everything worked right and everyone seemed to have lots of fun. I’ll get to the game reports over the next few days but here are a few testimonials I lifted from Twitter and the Midnight Lair’s forum, both before and after the game. Walkerp (Before): […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games

Dwarven Dice from Q-Workshop

December 4, 2009 by Bartoneus

Q-Workshop is a company in Poland that I first heard about at GenCon this year and I was immediately impressed by the quality of the dice they had on display.

Filed Under: Reviews, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: d10, d12, d20, d4, d6, d8, dice, dwarven dice, q-workshop, Reviews, roleplaying games, Roleplaying Games

D&D 4e Ptolus: Chatty’s Demo Game

December 4, 2009 by The Chatty DM

(This is the first post I write on my new mini-laptop that you all payed for by visiting this site, I thank you all!) Earlier this fall I attended a local gaming con called Draconis where I demoed a D&D adventure written by my friend Johenius.   At the con, I met Erik, the owner […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, Ptolus, Teaching RPGs, world building

Monster Manual 2 – In Depth #5

December 4, 2009 by Bartoneus

Now that it is nearing the end of 2009, at long last I bring you my final in depth analysis of the Monster Manual 2 and the creatures contained therein. While the book has been out for half of a year now, I still have not gotten anywhere close to using even half of the monsters that are contained within.

Filed Under: Featured, Reviews, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4th Edition, D&D, dnd 4e, Dungeons and Dragons, monster manual 2, Reviews, roleplaying games, Roleplaying Games

Primal/Within: Showdown at the Castle of the Overmind, Part 3

December 2, 2009 by The Chatty DM

Part 1 and Part 2. Last Friday’s session was the final confrontation of the campaign.  It was supposed to be an Epic battle between an Avatar of the setting’s  sentient Dungeon and the PCs. I had a game plan, but it didn’t play out as I wanted…again. The fight ended up being hard and climactic… […]

Filed Under: Campaign Logs, Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, chatty's, Primal/Within

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