Legends & Lore: Meaty Feats
Monday, July 15, 2013
I have talked about feats a couple of times already, so to sum up my prior experience I will say that I felt 3rd Edition feats to be a p...
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Legends & Lore: Monsters and the World
Tuesday, July 09, 2013
Last week Mearls talked about their approach to planes, specifically mentioning that the relationship between Ravenloft and the Shadowfell i...
Legends & Lore: System vs. Content
Monday, June 24, 2013
I hated adventure design in 3rd Edition at any level. Early on it was because of limited hit points, reliance on certain class features ...
Legends & Lore: Hit Points, Take 3
Monday, June 03, 2013
Another Legends & Lore about hit points ? The short of it is that for the "entry point" at least, hit points will largely ...
Legends & Lore: Feats AND Skills
Monday, April 22, 2013
This is a pretty lengthy article, so I am going to start out by condensing the already condensed list of the current design goals featured...
Legends & Lore: Feats
Monday, April 15, 2013
I remember first reading about feats during the 3rd Edition previews that ran in Dragon magazine, where they were touted as another laye...
Legends & Lore: Wednesday Packet
Monday, March 18, 2013
There is a new playtest packet coming out this week, and just in time for the debut of my sandbox playtest campaign, to boot. There will ...
Legends & Lore: Class Design
Monday, October 22, 2012
There is a lot on Mearls's class design guidelines that I like. Using what previously exists is an obvious start, and this is how I...
D&D Next: October Playtest Packet
Tuesday, October 09, 2012
The new playtest packet went up yesterday, along with a Legend & Lore article on the same topic. Most of it concerns magic items, thou...
Legends & Lore: Monster Creation in D&D Next
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Well, at least we are kinda-sorta seeing some mechanics . I am a bit wary about the adventuring day being balanced against a sum of XP tha...
Legend & Lore: The Five-Minute Workday
Monday, July 16, 2012
My concerns with with pseudo-Vancian magic is not just that it can encourages players to run into the dungeon, duke it out with an encounte...
Legend & Lore: Working in the Game Mine
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
The various monster manuals have been helpful sources of examples and inspiration, but too often do not have what I need, much less what I w...
Legends & Lore: Hit Points, Our Old Friend
Monday, May 21, 2012
Huh...so, healing surges by another name ? The only difference that I can see is that you regain randomized amounts of hit points instead ...
Legend & Lore: Balancing Wizards in D&D
Monday, May 14, 2012
Fiiinally . Stating that the wizard "casts spells" is basically a 30-year old mission statement. We got that figured out. What I...
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 ...
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 ...
Legends & Lore: Turning and Churning
Monday, March 12, 2012
Previous incarnations of turn undead both ruled and sucked . It was awesome because it could get undead to flee or instantly destroy them, ...
Legends & Lore: Charting your Course for D&D
Monday, January 09, 2012
Also known as "zOMG 5E!" Before I get into it, you can check the announcement here (as well as sign up for the open playtest ...
Legend & Lore: A Different Way To Blah
Monday, November 21, 2011
This picture does not work at any level. What? No...just... what ? Having actually played 3rd Edition, attacks of opportunity might n...
Legend & Lore: Out of Bounds
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
I have really gotta stop reading these things , because all they do is confuse, frustrate, and make me wonder exactly what game Monte Cook w...
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