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Yay! My adventure was announced!!!

April 6, 2009 by The Chatty DM

Well, the anthology that my adventure will appear in was announced . Goodman Games will be publishing an anthology of D&D 4e side adventures that DMs can insert when the PCs must travel from one point to the next in their adventure. It will be called From Here to There.  The anthology will feature 9 […]

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

DM Chronicles, Session 13: Crunchy Finale, Part 1

April 5, 2009 by The Chatty DM

Previously in Chatty’s game: Our heroes faced the second and third test of Baphomet, dodging magical mirrors, exploding skeletons, pools of blood and mechanical minotaurs to recover the relic keys needed to open the complex’s Inner Sanctum.  Only one remains and saving the last two slaves will be within their grasps. Last Friday was to […]

Filed Under: Campaign Logs, Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, Chatty's 2008-2009 campaign

The Dungeon Reality Show: Half-Time Showdown, Part 2

March 31, 2009 by The Chatty DM

First Down, 5 Kobolds to go Okay so after having, for all intents and purposes, killed the game by the time that 8h PM rolled by, I asked all three players if they’d be willing to play the original 2nd scene of the adventure. I’m grateful that they accepted. As I had planned it, had […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, Dungeon Reality Show

The Dungeon Reality Show: Half-Time Showdown, Part 1

March 29, 2009 by The Chatty DM

As I more or less coherently described here, Friday night was a “let’s test some Players Handbook 2 classes” session.  Yan, Mike and Franky showed up with a level 2 Sorcerer, Invoker and Shaman. While fishing for concepts  for the adventure, I had the idea to use a shtick I had tried once before.  I […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, Dungeon Reality Show

The 1-day adventure challenge: Blood Bowl/D&D 4e Mashup!

March 26, 2009 by The Chatty DM

Introduction (March 26th 5h00PM) Okay, here’s the thing. I’m short on time and my friends are coming over to play a 4e game using the new PHB2 classes tomorrow night. I’ll have time to work on it tomorrow but I’m throwing my thoughts here as ideas arrive. The party will be made of three 2nd […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, player's handbook 2

DM Chronicles, Session 12: Blind and Bloodied Dungeon Crawling, Part 2

March 25, 2009 by The Chatty DM

See part 1 here. With two PCs either vaporized or teleported away to the gods knew where, the remaining 4 PCs (Fizban the Wizard, Naquist the Cleric, Bjerm the Fighter and Takeo the Warlord) entered the room hidden behind the black velvet curtains. They had their eyes firmly fixed on the wall ahead, were blindfolded […]

Filed Under: Campaign Logs, Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, Chatty's 2008-2009 campaign

The Chatty Den Mother

March 23, 2009 by The Chatty DM

It started as a Twitter discussion. While I was home with my recuperating son, I twittered as a joke that I could write a Stay at Home Mom blog. I jokingly called myself a Chatty Den Mother. Then some of my readers riffed on the concept, saying it would be some kind of Guardian monsters.  The […]

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

Inq. of the Week: Worldwide D&D Game Day

March 23, 2009 by Dave

Last Saturday was Worldwide D&D Game Day, showcasing four of the classes of PHB2 (but only one of the races for some reason) as Paragon PCs sliced their way through One Dark Night in Weeping Briar. I was there, how about you?

Filed Under: Featured, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, dndgd, PHB2, wwdndgd

DM Chronicles, Session 12: Blind and Bloodied Dungeon Crawling, Part 1

March 22, 2009 by The Chatty DM

Previously in Chatty’s Game: Our heroes entered the Well of Demon.  After dispatching some underdark predators, the party faced some gnolls and had no trouble dealing with them.  They found the wayward Dire Boar they were looking for but were having trouble calming the pain-crazed creature that had been tortured by the sadistic gnolls. We […]

Filed Under: Campaign Logs, Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, Chatty's 2008-2009 campaign

PHB2 Roundtable: Races and Other Topics

March 17, 2009 by Dave

As with yesterday, I’ve (virtually) assembled a roundtable of bloggers who have delved into the Player’s Handbook 2 (released today). This time, we’ve taken a look at the Races of the PHB2 (like we did with the PHB), along with two of the other topics therein.

Filed Under: Editorial, Featured, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, PHB2, races

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