The second in Wizard’s series of books that expand upon their power sources was released earlier this week for the 4th Edition of Dungeons & Dragons. Arcane Power follows very much in the footsteps of Martial Power except this time providing expanded options for all of the arcane spellcasting classes currently in the game. This book will appeal most to the current player of an Arcane character (including Bards, Sorcerers, Swordmages, Warlocks, and Wizards), providing a slew of new options, powers, feats, paragon paths, and epic destinies for each and every one of those classes.
Inq. of the Week: Arcane Powered
While thinking about spell-casting, I got to thinking about spells themselves. I flipped through both the 3rd edition spell list and cross checked a few against the 4e list (there’s some that didn’t make the jump) and compiled what I feel is a pretty good set of classic arcane spells. Especially around the lower levels there are more that saw more play just because of the nature of lower-level spells, but I think this is a pretty good list across all levels.
Primal/Within Chronicles: The Font of Sorrow, Part 2
See part 1 here. A Wet and Freezing Welcome The PCs traveled through the Dungeon without any trouble and reached the door that the Elementalists had identified as being the way to the Water Temple. Indeed, a triple-wave design stood on the door and a rapid verification of it showed it to be arcane locked… […]
Primal/Within Chronicles: The Font of Sorrow, Part 1
This is a report of my newest D&D 4e campaign set in the home-brewed Primal Dungeon/City Within campaign. I could see that my players were anticipating the game as emails about PC backstories multiplied like wildfire! All players showed up (s0me had to spend several brownie points to make it) and we got around to […]
Chatty’s megadungeon: Meet Spurt and his Wayward Master!
Tonight is the first official session of our Primal/Within campaign. Set in the Font of Sorrows, our adventurers will have to trace the source of something contaminating part of the City Within’s water supply. I’ve said it a few times, I enjoy a bit of silliness in my games. So while I was writing the […]
Primal/Within Chronicles: The Crypt of the Thief-Prince, Part 3
See part 1 and 2. Fast-talking the Cursed Prince! The Royal Crypt featured 2 levels of mezzanine overlooking a central ‘court’. The Court had a Huge stone throne sporting a sculpted effigy of the Dwarven Exiled prince. Support columns dotted the whole chamber. On the throne stood a dark, spectral form screaming ‘Lies, all LIES! […]
Primal/Within Chronicles: The Crypt of the Thief-Prince, Part 2
See part 1 here. Mines of Shadows. The PCs took the Teleportal and found themselves on a Magic Circle in what was obviously a Mine (I used D&D’s Fantastic Location Mithril Mines map). As soon as they arrived, they knew something wasn’t right. Broken bodies of workers and guards were lying everywhere. The magical light […]
Primal/Within Chronicles: The Crypt of the Thief-Prince, Part 1
This is a recounting of my new homebrewed D&D 4e campaign called Primal/Within. I describe what my players did and I pepper it with some DM/Designer insights. The PCs are level 7. They are usually multi-parters as I try to keep each post under 1500 words. Enjoy! Yesterday, three of my friends from my usual play […]
The Primal/Within Campaign: The Dungeon as a NPC
As someone told me earlier today, back to our original programming! With my last mini-campaign done and completed, I’m getting ready to start playing my new homebrewed campaign centered around the Primal Dungeon and The City Within. One of the key challenges that I’ve found with campaigns with an overarching story arc is that I […]
DM Chronicles, Session 13: Crunchy Finale, Part 2
See part 1 here. Anti-climatic Finale After the Gnoll lieutenant’s infernal challenge, the party surveyed the room for threats. The room was two-tiered. On the ground floor was a great minotaur idol sitting behind a boiling cauldron from which noxious fumes emerged. A mezzanine was accessible by a short set of stairs. On the mezzanine […]
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