Forum Fridays: Eating Ice Cream with Your Bare Hands
Nick | November 13, 2009
“That’s like saying you don’t enjoy icecream because you tried to eat it using your bare hands.”
What could I possibly be talking about!?
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D&D Insider Review: Dragon Magazine #380
Nick | November 12, 2009
I’ve compiled a bunch of mini-reviews together for each article detailed in this issue of Dragon magazine.
The Seeker
Read the article HERE
Abyssal Genasi
The equivalent to deformed in the Genasi community, their abyssal counterparts are shunned for their bizarre manifestations. Genasi are closely connected to the elemental planes of existance and in the cosmology of their world, [...]
DM’s Curtain: Winding the Wheels Again
Nick | October 29, 2009
The first in a new series of articles! Nick offers his insights on creating a new 4th Edition D&D campaign.
Forum Fridays: House Rules
Nick | October 23, 2009
This is just a compilation of house rules I found on a thread called “What are your house rules?” where people listed short and sweet summaries of what kind of stuff they do in their D&D campaigns. Here, I’m going to break down why I think some are pretty nifty, to pretty mediocre, to pretty stupid.
Ranger Across the Tabletop
Nick | October 21, 2009
The Ranger is one of my favorite classes. In 3rd Edition is was far too easy to crank their damage up to 11 by picking a few select feats and making sure to have a nice attack bonus. What made them really wonderful was part of what made the Paladin wonderful. They were a class that could physically attack their target but had more options because of their access to spells. A lot of people love these guys because of some classic characters in literature that were Rangers, guys like Aragorn or Drizzt.
Dungeon Master’s Guide 2 Review
Nick | October 20, 2009
It’s understandable to see how they would fill new Player’s Handbooks and Monster Manuals, but another DMG? Read the review to find out how they do it…
Forum Fridays: A New Series of Articles
Nick | October 16, 2009
I peruse the D&D forums a fair amount. There’s a lot on mix-max theories, home-brewed rules, and arguments why something new introduced in a supplemental book or magazine is lame or breaks the game. It’s a lot of people obsessing over theoretical nonsense instead of what makes the game actually fun or interesting. Forum Fridays brings you the gems that I manage to find in the desolate wasteland that is the official D&D forums.
A review of the 4th Power Project (so far)
Nick | October 15, 2009
Dave Chalker (calls himself “The Game” on this website) has taken it upon himself to translate d20 Modern into 4th Edition D&D’s set of rules, using the minimization of options as his guideline for gameplay. See what he’s been up to in this review!
D&D Insider Review: Fighter, The Great Weapon
Nick | October 13, 2009
A lot of people complained that the Fight Weapon Talents included in the original Player’s Handbook were far inferior to Martial Power’s Tempest Technique. This Dragon Magazine article aims to redeem such a mistake.
Review of the new D&D Class: The Seeker (Primal Power preview)
Nick | October 12, 2009
Beautiful and obvious. This class is conceptually what the 3rd Edition Ranger was. An archer that wields the power of nature on his side, shooting arrows and wielding magic. I loved the classic Ranger. One of my favorite characters ever was part of a Ranger-Paladin duo. I’m glad to see it return in spirit with a name that I dig a lot
D&D Insider Review: Fighter Essentials
Nick | October 8, 2009
I wasn’t doing these D&D Insider articles a few months back, so it’s taken me a bit to go back and mentally digest the plethora of material that was already available.
Druid Across the Tabletop
Nick | October 6, 2009
No one ever played a Druid in my campaigns. They were more complicated to play than a Wizard. Wild Shape was very convoluted and having a Beast Companion made it feel like you were juggling far too many things at the same time. If anyone had been willing to sift through all that nonsense, they would have found that they were one of the most powerful classes available…