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It Slices, It Dices, It Possibly Does The THAC0

January 10, 2012 by Vanir

I’m sure by now you’ve heard the news. Beyoncé Knowles has given birth to a new edition of Dungeons and Dragons, and the Internets are ablaze. The epic ears of the Wizards of the Coast are now listening to user feedback more than ever before, and in their direction everyone’s hopes and dreams for their favorite game have been launched. The system is rumored to be many things, two of the most common of these being “just another money grab” and “modular”. As my experiences with the R&D team over the past couple years have not included any signs of them being were-packrats who hunt shinies when the moon is full, I can only speculate about the game’s modularity. As it happens, that is the thing that gives me the most hope and the most worry about the upcoming changes to D&D.

Filed Under: Dire Flailings, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 5e, 5th edition, antisocial people, chaos, D&D, dnd, dnd3.5e, dnd3e, dnd4e, dnd5e, dndnext, Dungeons and Dragons, edition wars, editions, manifesto, minmaxers and roleplayers living together, monte cook

Inq. of the Week: 4th Edition Books?

February 16, 2009 by Bartoneus

I began to wonder how many people have bought these books. This led me back to a thought I had when 4E first came out, with the shift of magic items to the Player’s Handbook it became much less important for players that aren’t DMs to buy the Dungeon Master’s Guide and the Monster Manual, and back then I wondered how many people bought all three anyway. These curiosities have now combined into this poll!

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

Four Concepts Adrift in D&D

January 21, 2009 by The Main Event

With the impending release of the PHB2, and the general notion of what will be included, it occurred to me that even with these classes there seem to be some fairly reasonable character concepts that just don’t seem to mesh well with D&D. This article will identify those concepts, identify where I perceive the shortcoming in bringing the concept to fruition, and take a stab at how to solve this problem.

Filed Under: Comics, Editorial, Featured, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4th Edition, classes, concepts, D&D, dnd4e, Dungeons and Dragons, pcs, roleplaying, Roleplaying Games

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

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