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You are here: Home / Archives for class roles

Inq. of the Week: PHB2 Classes?

January 19, 2009 by Bartoneus

Our previous Inquisition focused on a topic near and dear to many RPG players, and can even make or break a person’s whole opinion of a system depending on how it works, systems for magic. I have to say that I’m not surprised to see my personal favorite system, Free Form Magic, come in first place with 27% of the votes.

Filed Under: Comics, Featured, Inquisition of the Week, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4th Edition, class roles, classes, D&D, Dungeons and Dragons, magic, PHB2, roleplaying, Roleplaying Games

Interview: Mike Mearls, Scott Rouse, and Randy Buehler (Part 2)

August 19, 2008 by Dave

Check out the first part of the interview, then continue on. Here, we mainly talk with Mike Mearls about R&D/rules questions. Critical-Hits: We’ve been hearing complaints about lack of customization on fourth edition. How are you going to add to fourth edition as far as customization, and options for classes? Mike Mearls: One of the […]

Filed Under: Interviews, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: class roles, D&D, mike mearls, Monster Manual, monsters

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

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