Recent Posts Tagged With 'dnd'

• Preview & Review: “Primal Power”

  Posted on Sunday October 18th, 2009 at 17:00 in review, rpg, preview, d&d, featured, dnd, roleplaying games, dungeons and dragons, 4th edition, 4e, primal power

  Late last week, with a copy of Primal Power in hand, I decided to give people a chance to preview the book by asking questions that I would answer on Twitter as well as at our page on Facebook. Below I'll share most of the questions and answers from...

• Leveling Up As An Inexperienced DM

  Posted on Thursday October 15th, 2009 at 12:39 in editorial, rpg, campaign, d&d, featured, dnd, roleplaying games, dungeons and dragons, dungeon master, dming, dungeon mastering, newbie dm

  I still consider myself an inexperienced DM. the 4th Edition campaign that I'm currently running has just passed twenty adventures and is the longest campaign I've ever run. Hell, it was the longest game I've ever run when it hit ten adventures back...

• Inq. of the Week: Tiers of Play?

  Posted on Wednesday September 9th, 2009 at 06:31 in rpg, featured, dnd, roleplaying games, tabletop, inquisition of the week, dungeons & dragons, 4th edition, 4e, paragon epic heroic, tiers of play

  Dave and I both started running 4th Edition D&D campaigns when the system was released, now over a year later Dave's game is solidly into the paragon tier while mine looks to be entering paragon in the next few weeks....

• GenCon 2009: High Level D&D Seminar

  Posted on Wednesday August 26th, 2009 at 21:08 in news, rpg, featured, seminar, dnd, 2009, tabletop, dungeons & dragons, 4th edition, gencon, wizards of the coast, roleplaying game

  While at GenCon this year there were many events and seminars which I wanted to attend, but one of the seminars that I really didn't want to miss was the High Level D&D one hosted by Bruce Cordell and Stephen Schubert from Wizards of the Coast....

• 4th Edition D&D: Beyond Level 30

  Posted on Friday August 7th, 2009 at 10:45 in rpg, featured, dnd, roleplaying games, tabletop, dungeons & dragons, 4th edition, 4e, epic levels, level advancement

  Character level is one of the core concepts behind most roleplaying games, and it has been at the core of D&D from the very beginning as an indication of a character's abilities, power, and influence in the world. Back in Original D&D they...

• Inq. of the Week: Sources of Power?

  Posted on Tuesday July 21st, 2009 at 07:27 in rpg, d&d, featured, dnd, dungeons and dragons, tabletop, power source, inquisition of the week, roleplaying game, 4e

  Just before the Player's Handbook 2 was released back in March I wrote an inquisition asking which power source people most wanted to see in the PHB3, the source that won the poll was psionics so it seems the PHB3 is shaping up to meet a lot of expec...

• Review: “Divine Power”

  Posted on Sunday July 19th, 2009 at 21:52 in review, rpg, preview, d&d, featured, dnd, dungeons and dragons, 4th edition, roleplaying game, divine power, 4e, sourcebook

  Divine Power is the latest sourcebook for the 4th Edition of Dungeons & Dragons that includes new options for the Avenger, Cleric, Invoker, and Paladin classes. Each class gets a new build along with a ton of new powers, paragon paths, feats, a...

• 4E: Psion – by the Numbers

  Posted on Wednesday July 8th, 2009 at 12:13 in rpg, preview, balance, featured, psionics, dnd, roleplaying games, insider, psion, dungeons & dragons, 4th edition, playtest

  Yesterday saw the introduction of Wizards of the Coast's new 'preview' content roll out for the PHB3, starting with a build for the new Psion class and an article with developer commentary on the new class and the inclusion of the Psionic power sourc...

• One Year Later for 4e Podcast

  Posted on Wednesday June 10th, 2009 at 06:30 in interview, rpg, dnd, dungeons and dragons, critical bits, wizards of the coast, one year later, 4e, tome show

  A whole pile of bloggers and podcasters, including the likes of At-Will, Dungeonmastering, ChattyDM, Gamer's Haven, Sly Flourish, and yours truly, got together to ask James Wyatt and Chris Perkins of Wizards of the Coast about various topics related ...

• Inq. of the Week: Age of Roleplaying?

  Posted on Monday May 18th, 2009 at 16:28 in rpg, featured, age, dnd, roleplaying games, inquisition of the week, dungeons & dragons, new players

  This week I've been thinking about something that I don't believe we have touched on yet, and that's at what age people start playing RPGs. I've heard from quite a few people that are new to D&D with 4th edition from various ages, but even just...

• Review: Monster Manual 2

  Posted on Wednesday May 13th, 2009 at 10:45 in review, rpg, d&d, featured, dnd, roleplaying games, dungeons and dragons, 4th edition, 4e, mm2, monster manual 2

  If there's one thing most DMs can agree on, it's that having more monsters to pick and choose from is better than more options for players, so the Monster Manual 2 comes as a welcome addition to 4E. The MM2 expands on many of the monsters we're alre...

• Being a Good New Player

  Posted on Saturday May 9th, 2009 at 08:56 in rpg, player, d&d, Science Fiction & Fantasy, featured, dnd, roleplaying games, dungeons and dragons, dm, tabletop games, character background

  So often the focus of my articles is DMing. However, in a few short weeks I will be doing something unusual: joining The Game’s regular D&D game. I’m going to run through the considerations of making a character for a game that has been ru...

• Monster Manual 2 Spoilers!

  Posted on Tuesday May 5th, 2009 at 23:34 in rpg, preview, d&d, Science Fiction & Fantasy, featured, spoiler, dnd, roleplaying games, sneak peak, tabletop games, 4th edition, monster manual 2

  Wizards of the Coast is releasing some spoilers today for the Monster Manual 2 through various sources, one of which is right here!  I believe the deal is that various sources will be sneak previewing ......

• The Subtle Empowerment of the 4E Wizard

  Posted on Saturday April 25th, 2009 at 16:29 in rpg, spells, d&d, dnd, wizard, roleplaying games, 4th edition, critical bits, 4e, arcane power

  I've been reading through Arcane Power for the last couple of days, and I am pretty sure Wizards has tried to pull a fast one on us! What're they trying to pull? Making the Wizard class just as powerful as the other classes in 4th Edition. It's no...

• Review: Arcane Power

  Posted on Thursday April 23rd, 2009 at 19:01 in review, rpg, d&d, featured, dnd, 4th edition, roleplaying game, 4e, arcane power

  The second in Wizard's series of books that expand upon their power sources was released earlier this week for the 4th Edition of Dungeons & Dragons. Arcane Power follows very much in the footsteps of Martial Power except this time providing ex...

• Inq. of the Week: 4th Edition Books?

  Posted on Monday February 16th, 2009 at 12:21 in books, rpg, d&d, featured, dnd, dungeons and dragons, inquisition of the week, 4th edition, dnd4e

  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 Dungeo...

• Pain of Campaigning VIII: What About the Bad Guys?

  Posted on Wednesday February 11th, 2009 at 05:09 in editorial, rpg, evil, campaign, d&d, featured, dnd, villain, dungeons and dragons, pain of campaigning

  Looking at the Campaigning Inquisition, I saw that the vast majority of people favor heroic or at least characters that have the potential to be heroes. Considering the nature of the D&D beast, this makes sense, but I worry that people may be h...