Wandering Monsters: The Fair Folk Thursday, November 29, 2012 I have always felt that the fey needed more page-space devoted to them. Several years ago, I think right after Player's Handbook 2 c...
Legends & Lore: Class Design Concepts Monday, November 26, 2012 Martial damage bonus dice ? Really ? First of all, that label is pretty long-winded. Second--and more importantly--it does not make the...
D&D Next: 5th-Level Stress Test Sunday, November 25, 2012 Kamon and Melissa enjoyed the 1st-level stress-test well enough that we decided to kick things up to 5 and give it another shot. Kamon was a...
D&D Next: 1st-Level Stress Test Friday, November 23, 2012 We decided to run a kind of gauntlet-grindhouse-endurance stress test using three first level characters; halfling fighter, dwarf monk, and...
Wandering Monsters: Devils & Demons Tuesday, November 20, 2012 I never had much issue remembering the different between baatezu and tanar'ri back in 2nd Edition, partially because I was really into...
Legends & Lore: Expertise Dice Monday, November 19, 2012 It looks like expertise dice are more or less going to become a kind of universal mechanic for weapon-using classes, like psionic classes...
Dragon's-Eye View: Assassin Devil Friday, November 16, 2012 The shadow-stuff stuff actually makes sense, two horns are pretty bog-standard, and the indigo skin I can deal with, but why would an assass...
Wandering Monsters: What's in a Monster? Wednesday, November 14, 2012 What information belongs in a monster entry? The amount and arrangement of information has fluctuated throughout editions, sometimes ...
Legends & Lore: Here Comes...the Monk! Tuesday, November 13, 2012 The class and maneuver pdf got updated to include the monk class and maneuvers . Yes, maneuvers , because the monk gains Expertise Dice, y...
Thunderspire Labyrinth: The Horned Hold Rough Saturday, November 10, 2012 Sorry that this has taken so long, but between the latest D&D Next packet, 13th Age , Dungeon World , and a very recent Numenera p...
D&D Next: Isle of Dread Playtest Saturday, November 10, 2012 Though the Isle of Dread has appeared throughout the editions, my group did not make our first foray until last week. Having only a h...
Dragon's-Eye View: Short People Wednesday, November 07, 2012 When I said I was hoping for insanity-inducing artwork , I was not expecting this . In all seriousness I am not sure where I stand. While ...
Wandering Monsters: Things From Beyond the Stars Tuesday, November 06, 2012 Tentacled horrors from beyond the stars ? Sign me up. The aberrant/aberration category includes most of my favorite monsters; mind flaye...
Legends & Lore: High-Level Play Monday, November 05, 2012 High-level play is not something that I have a lot of experience with. In 3rd Edition my group we managed to--by the books--get to 14th l...