I'm going to Charlotte this weekend; a friend is having a bonfire party tonight and then we're going to the rennaisance fair tomorrow. Most of the people coming are old college gaming buddies, so there's a chance we might get a little D&D in, but nothing's set in stone. Hell, its a lot more likely that we'll all log onto WoW in the same room. I ( Read more... )

I've been thinking about gnomes a lot lately, because, well, I apparently have too much time to think. Anyway, I've been specifically been thinking about gnomes in 4th edition, and how they should it into my campaign. In the past I was not a fan of the gnome, simply because it did nothing to satisfy me. It wasn't as woodsy and magical as an elf, ( Read more... )

This session was interesting for a few reasons. First, there's the fact that two of our members were unable to play, which actually worked out because one of those PC's was killed last time, and the other seems, well, incapacitated (see below). Second, their absence left me with three PC's and a series of encounters designed for about 5 PC's, so I ( Read more... )

I got the latest World of Warcraft patch last night, which updates WoW content for the release of the Wrath of the Lich King Expansion. Among the new content is the Barber Shop, where your character can go to get a new hairstyle, hair color, and facial hair, along with other race-specific bells and whistles. I have to admit, I played with this ( Read more... )

Back before the release of 4th edition, I made many, many posts fleshing out fluff information for my campaign, since I was between D&D campaigns and desperately jonesing for my favorite creative outlet. I posted several iterations of a timeline for my campaign, which was revised and re-revised both here and on various Word documents that clutter ( Read more... )

I was recently accused of making my D&D campaign too convoluted. I personally disagree, but I am willing to listen to constructive criticism. In the interest of fairness, let's examine a brief overview of the campaign so far ( Read more... )

I've been neglecting comics for a few weeks now, but yesterday I finally found my way back to my neighborhood comic book shop to catch up on Amazing Spider Man and Secret Invasion. At this point couldn't everybody at Marvel just go home and let Bendis run the joint? I mean, seriously! Everything that's happened in EVERY main-continuity book Bendis ( Read more... )

I've been working on an interesting project. It's really more of an exercise in creative thinking than anything else, but so far its produced a few great ideas. What I've done is create a MS Word document with a listing for every monster category in the 4e MM. One by one, I go down the list, and for each entry I have to put something, anything, ( Read more... )

Dungeoncraft has consistently been one of the most useful columns in Dungeon magazine, and even in its current bastard digital format, it continues to please. This month's installment is about the "idea file", a place to organize the many creative ideas you develop when plotting out a campaign so that you can cultivate the ones that are pertinent ( Read more... )

Something that players and DM's alike sometimes fail to remember is that adventurers, by their very nature, are risk-takers. Even the most cautious, metagaming, search-for-traps-every-five-feet sort of party has still made the decision to leave their normal lives behind for the chance at fame, fortune, and adventure. This game session reminded us ( Read more... )