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D&D 4E: First Major Round of Errata

July 17, 2008 by Bartoneus

Wizards has posted errata and updates to the 4th Edition D&D core rulebooks, and there are quite a bit of changes / fixes.  Head over to the Wizard’s site and check out the text pdf’s, I’ve printed them out and am wondering how exactly I am going to efficiently going to use them. Some highlights […]

Filed Under: Featured, News, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, 4th Edition, D&D, Dungeons & Dragons, Dungeons and Dragons

Let’s Talk About Fluff

July 2, 2008 by Bartoneus

I was reading through a discussion on Paizo’s message boards that grew out of a post linking to our coverage of the panel with Mike Mearls at Origins, and one discussion in particular caught my eye.  Several people began to discuss the amount of content provided in the 4E core books vs. the amount provided […]

Filed Under: Editorial, Featured, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4th Edition, D&D, Dungeons and Dragons, fluff, mike mearls, origins, roleplaying, roleplaying games

4th Edition: Class Acts

June 25, 2008 by Bartoneus

In the convoluted web of intrigue that blogs create, Phil (the Chatty DM) led me to a link via a guest post at Geek’s Dream Girl, to a very cool fan-created Bard class for 4th Edition.  Unlike some other fan-created classes for the new edition, this one actually boasts a complete list of powers/’sploits from […]

Filed Under: Critical Bits, Editorial, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4E d&d, 4th Edition, class roles, D&D, Dungeons & Dragons, Dungeons and Dragons

Inq. of the Week: Which Edition?

June 9, 2008 by Bartoneus

Just over a week ago Dave wrapped up his 18 Adventure long, and final, D&D 3.5 Campaign with a definitively epic finale.  This inspired him to ask you all how many campaigns you’ve been in that have seen completion, to which a huge 30% of you voted that you’ve never had a campaign finish, or been […]

Filed Under: Featured, Inquisition of the Week, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4th Edition, D&D, Dungeons and Dragons, Inquisition of the Week

Session Report & Review: Keep on the Shadowfell (Part 1)

May 20, 2008 by Bartoneus

We were very privileged to receive a promotional copy of the first Dungeons and Dragons 4th Edition adventure module, entitled Keep on the Shadowfell, which comes with a small set of quick start rules as an introduction to the yet-to-be-released edition of the game. Dave and I took the opportunity to gather a group of […]

Filed Under: Featured, Reviews, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4th Edition, D&D, Dungeons and Dragons, keep on the shadowfell, roleplaying, roleplaying games, Roleplaying Games

So what IS D&D anyway?

May 16, 2008 by Dave

An interesting meme has seemed to pop up among those who dislike where D&D 4e headed. It’s one simple declaration: This is not D&D. I’ve touched on this idea before: in many people’s minds, there’s one definition of what a product/line IS. Whether this is determined by the original creator, the fans, or whomever happens […]

Filed Under: Editorial, Featured, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4th Edition, Board, Card, and Miniature Games, D&D, Dungeons and Dragons, game design, games, gaming, Roleplaying Games

A Game of Epic Numbers

May 15, 2008 by Bartoneus

There’s a lot of buzz going around about the soon-to-be-released 4th Edition D&D Adventure Keep on the Shadowfell, some people even did a ridiculously thorough read through of it, though Phil does provide a great review / preview there for it. One thing that he mentions is the hit points of monsters at such low […]

Filed Under: Critical Bits, Editorial, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4th Edition, D&D, Dungeons and Dragons, epic destinies, Musings of the Chatty DM

D&D 4e: A Whole New World

May 7, 2008 by Bartoneus

Within the core books for the 4th Edition of Dungeons & Dragons, a base world is being set up which is intended to give new players and especially new Dungeon Masters a much easier time getting into their first game. The setting is called “Points of Light” and is summed up on their site as: […]

Filed Under: Editorial, Featured, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4th Edition, D&D, Dungeons and Dragons, fantasy, world building

Inq. of the Week: Multi-Classing

April 28, 2008 by Bartoneus

I thought that Dave’s musically inclined poll last week was great, because it’s one of those general questions that I probably would have never thought to ask.  It looks like the most people prefer the alternative/indie/college rock genre (69%), which I find interesting when you consider that our age poll surprised us with more people […]

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Featured, Inquisition of the Week Tagged With: 4th Edition, D&D, gandalf, multi-classing, Music

Inq. of the Week: So Full of Class?

April 14, 2008 by Bartoneus

Okay so Dave managed to prove me wrong when I said it felt like a lot of people were getting tired of April Fool’s on the internet. The most people voted that some of the pranks are fun, but some are getting tired, while almost as many people said that they love how creative some […]

Filed Under: Featured, Inquisition of the Week, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4th Edition, classes, D&D, Dungeons and Dragons

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