Posted by Mark on Sep 30, 2008 in
4th Edition,
Forgotten Realms
Number of Views :279 So, at some point in the future, after completing Thunderspire Labyrinth, I’m going to be running a Forgotten Realms campaign. Now, I’ve never read any of the Forgotten Realms books, and though I owned the 3.5 Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting, Player’s Guide to Faerun, and the Shining South sourcebook, I had [...]
Tags: 4e, Forgotten Realms, Tips
Posted by Mark on Sep 29, 2008 in
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Number of Views :212We’ve all heard it a million times by now: The dedicated 3.5 gamers are still furious with 4e for “ruining the game.” And here is where I have a problem. I love 3.5. I have roughly 125 non-4e D20 books, nearly 100 of those are 3.5 D&D. I believe I have the [...]
Tags: 4e, System Wars
Posted by Bridget on Sep 28, 2008 in
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Number of Views :224 So here I am writing a blog for something I never dreamed I would be involved in or even have any interest in for that matter. You see I am a 25 year old wife and mother who until the past six months knew nothing of the D&D world. So much [...]
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Posted by Andrew on Sep 27, 2008 in
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Number of Views :218 Hey everyone, this is Dice Monkey’s brother, the Dug-like, Game Gorilla. I have a short entry to offer you all. I am a game designer. I won’t say amateur, because, in my own opinion, I’m pretty good; just not published yet (That’s takes money, or Han Solo’s luck [DC22]). I have a small [...]
Posted by Mark on Sep 26, 2008 in
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Number of Views :212After five sessions, The Keep on the Shadowfell has come to a close. And none too soon. On Sunday, I’ll be off in Atlanta for business for two weeks. Two whole weeks without the group! I’ve been using Fiery Dragon Games’ counter collection for “The Castle of Shadows” for all my monsters, [...]
Tags: 4e, Keep on the Shadowfell
Posted by Mark on Sep 25, 2008 in
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Number of Views :166I saw this on Jeff’s Gameblog, and was entirely amused by it. I may even implement it in future games! RANDOM FACIAL HAIR CHART (d20) by Jeff Rients Note: Some referees might choose to give male dwarves a bonus of at least +1. 1) Clean shaven – poor bastard 2) Stubble – [...]
Posted by Mark on Sep 24, 2008 in
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Number of Views :264Alternately known by Fiery Dragon as “The Castle of Shadows”, my players are only one session away from completing Keep on the Shadowfell, the first commercial adventure for 4e. Here’s my impressions after running 4 games so far. 1. My players need to show up on time. This is completely unrelated to [...]
Tags: 4e, Keep on the Shadowfell, Players
Posted by Mark on Sep 23, 2008 in
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Number of Views :820I would hope that every good game master out there has read “Robin’s Laws of Good Game Mastering”. If you haven’t, I advise you to look it up on Amazon and buy it immediately. It does a fantastic job of identifying various players and what they need out of a game, as [...]
Posted by Mark on Sep 22, 2008 in
4th Edition,
Movies
So, I’ve been thinking a bit about the various Disney movies we all grew up on, and I realized that the plot of Aladdin lends itself perfectly to a sweeping RPG adventure.
Tags: 4e, Aladdin
Posted by Mark on Sep 21, 2008 in
4th Edition
Number of Views :643 This is a simple variant designed to allow heroes to equip different parts of their body with different types of armor, and allow the DM to give out bits and pieces of magical armor as he wants. It also lends itself to the dungeon-delving look of heroes, wearing different pieces of [...]
Tags: 4e, armor, house rules