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A Comparison of Content

December 18, 2008 by Bartoneus

You’ve all heard the argument, and indeed many of you have probably even said it a couple of times, that “4th Edition has less content in the core books than previous editions of D&D.” But I’ve wondered if this was accurate. My instinct and a hunch were telling me one answer, but I set out to find out the truth!

Filed Under: Editorial, Featured, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 3rd edition, 4th Edition, comparison, D&D, dnd, dnd 4e, Dungeons and Dragons, roleplaying, Roleplaying Games

Pain of Campaigning VII: The Finale (Part I: What You Want the Adventure to be)

October 17, 2008 by The Main Event

Well, if you’re reading this with a finale on the horizon, first, let me say: Congratulations! I can honestly say that amongst the best DMs I know that the prospect of actually having a campaign reaching a conclusion, rather than dying out, is no greater than 50%… and that’s a generous estimate. Personally, my latest […]

Filed Under: Editorial, Featured, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: advice, campaign, D&D, dnd, Dungeons and Dragons, endings, finale, roleplaying, Roleplaying Games, tabletop

Inq. of the Week: D&D Insider?

October 13, 2008 by Bartoneus

Rumors are going around that this week D&D Insider will be switching over to paid only accounts, which means that we will no longer be getting a decent amount of free content in the online Dragon and Dungeon magazines.  What this does mean is that hopefully Wizards is getting a few steps closer to launching […]

Filed Under: Featured, Inquisition of the Week, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, 4th Edition, D&D, D&D Insider, dnd, dnd4e, Dungeons & Dragons, Dungeons & Dragons Insider, Dungeons and Dragons, Inquisition of the Week

Inq. of the Week: 4th Edition Classes?

September 15, 2008 by Bartoneus

We’re finally back on a regular schedule, and temperatures are beginning to drop into that lovely cool – comfortable range (for about a week, that’s how long fall lasts in Maryland), it’s becoming clear that summer is drawing to a close.  Last week Dave asked how many of you partake in the monk-like practice of […]

Filed Under: Featured, Inquisition of the Week, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4th Edition, classes, D&D, dnd, dnd4e, Dungeons & Dragons, Dungeons and Dragons, roleplaying, Roleplaying Games, roleplaying games

4th Edition: Paragon Multi-Classing

September 10, 2008 by Bartoneus

Last Wednesday I took a more detailed look at heroic tier multi-classing in 4th Edition D&D, which included a fully multi-classed character at 10th level becoming roughly 2/3 primary class and 1/3 secondary class.  Quite a lot of discussion surfaced after last week’s post, but one interesting point was made that the power-swap feats feel […]

Filed Under: Featured, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4th Edition, D&D, d&d 4e, dnd, dnd 4e, dnd4e, Dungeons & Dragons, Dungeons and Dragons, epic tier, multi-classing, paragon tier

4th Edition: Playtest a Barbarian

September 4, 2008 by Bartoneus

Second Edit: See here for the Barbarian release, no fooling! Edit: It appears Wizards has removed this snippet from the Table of Contents, sorry everyone! The table of contents for Dragon #367 is up, and it looks like we’ll be getting an early look at the Barbarian class from the PHB 2 that won’t be […]

Filed Under: Critical Bits, News, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4th Edition, barbarian, D&D, dnd, dnd 4e, dragon magazine, Dungeons & Dragons, Dungeons and Dragons

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