Legend & Lore: Fighter Design Goals Sunday, April 29, 2012 In case anyone is still not in the know, Monte Cook is out of the game, and the open playtest starts on May 24th. Though Mearls states that ...
DDN: Tone & Edition Sunday, April 29, 2012 I find Rob's proposal and reasons for adding race frequency to the game very... odd, to say the least, especially with 5th Edition'...
DDN Blog: Resilient Heroes Friday, April 27, 2012 It's good to see that the vast majority are in favor to at least some form of limited self-healing . Personally I had grown tired of re...
Rule-of-Three 04/24/2012 Wednesday, April 25, 2012 Looks like the action economy might tank harder than America's , which apparently is being reduced to "do one thing, and you can al...
Side Trek: Death & Taxes Wednesday, April 25, 2012 As a side trek, most of this is going to be spoilers. Ever since 5th Edition was announced I have not paid much attention to Dragon or Dung...
Legend & Lore: Cleric Design Goals Tuesday, April 24, 2012 More good than bad, this time around . The bullet list I can get behind, although some people are contending the part about relating to &quo...
DDN Blog: Backgrounds and Themes Sunday, April 22, 2012 Backgrounds in 4th Edition were introduced in the Scales of War adventure path, as an option that gave characters a dash of flavor materi...
DDN Blog: Paladin Versus Cleric Sunday, April 22, 2012 As I said the last time paladins and clerics were brought up, on the concept level they are both very similar. A previous blog post stat...
A Sundered World: Episode 109 Saturday, April 21, 2012 Scale reference. Cast Iron Jack (male human Joshian warlord) Lothelle (female moon elf bladesinger) Danh (male goliath serpent shaman...
D&D Next Blog: Monstrous Musings Wednesday, April 18, 2012 Clearly defined mechanics and flavor text is a good thing , but does it have to come at the cost of 3rd Edition monster creation? 4th Editi...
Dragon's Eye View: Dat Hat Wednesday, April 18, 2012 What makes a wizard a wizard ? Is it the pointy hat? Is it the robe? Wizards touring around crumbling, monster infested ruins wearing pointy...
5th Edition Blog: Morale is Coming Back Tuesday, April 17, 2012 Given all the retro stuff being bandied about, I am not surprised that morale will likely be making a comeback . I vaguely recall the Mor...
A Sundered World: Episode 108 Saturday, April 14, 2012 Cast Iron Jack (male human warlord) Lothelle (female moon elf bladesinger) Danh (male goliath serpent shaman) Surrounded by a legion of ...
5th Edition: Imagination, the Grid, and Points Between Wednesday, April 11, 2012 While I am a huge minis fan, I think whether you use them and a grid should depend entirely on if the encounter actually benefits from them...
Halls of Undermountain Review Tuesday, April 10, 2012 Halls of Undermountain is a hardcover supplement that presents just under a hundred pages of pre-made dungeon, and oddly still sets you bac...
Critical Failure: Insight Tuesday, April 10, 2012 So Lair Assault happened last Monday. I had been prepared to continue The Elder Elemental Eye , but for the first time in a long while new...
D&D Next News from PAX East Sunday, April 08, 2012 You can watch the video here , but someone on RPGnet posted a bullet list on some highlights. Campaign settings as modules that can alter...
5th Edition: Beyond Class and Race Saturday, April 07, 2012 From the sounds of this post it looks like backgrounds are what themes were in 4th Edition, while themes are more like class features (espe...
Rule-of-Three: 04/03/2012 Wednesday, April 04, 2012 On one hand, I think it is good to see that many of the best parts of 4th Edition are at least being considered for inclusion in 5th Edition...