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 Playtest
the Druid!
This
article presents levels 1-3 of the Druid class, which will appear
before too much longer in Player's Handbook II. The druid is a Primal
controller with plenty to offer an adventuring group. |  WotC
Layoffs WotC
has just laid off a whole bunch of staff members, including
Dave Noonan, Jonathan Tweet and Randy Buehler.
Lisa
Stevens confirms here,
and Dave Noonan comments here. |
News
for Thurssday, 4 December
News
for Wednesday, 3 December
- Layoffs
at Wizards of the Coast! Reports indicate that WoTC
has just undergone a round of layoffs. Among those who lost
their jobs were:
- Randy Buehler (VP of
digital gaming)
- Andrew Finch (director of digital
games)
- Stacy Longstreet (senior art director)
- Julia
Martin (editor)
- William Meyers (creative manager,
digital design)
- Dave Noonan (game designer)
- Dave
has posted a message here.
- Jennifer
Paige (online community manager)
- Jennifer Powers
(marketing)
- Jonathan Tweet (game designer)
- Free
PDF preview for Blackdirge's Dungeon Denizens The
preview details the terrible aberrant humanoids known as hollow
ones.
- Druid
Review #1
- Druid
Review #2
- New reviews:
- Forgotten
Heroes: Fang, Fist, and Song
I don’t need to tell you that absolutely
fundamental
classes (at least since 3e) have been conspicuously unrepresented in
4e’s debut products. “Forgotten Heroes: Fang, Fist
and
Song” by Tavis Allison, Eytan Bernstein, Brian Cortijo, and
Greg
Tito is Goodman Games’ attempt to fill in some of...
- Alea
Tools Magnetic Markers
Stackable magnetic markers are great tools for communicating
status during game play - especially with new 4E rules. The new product
line corrects a problem that could occur when using a lot of markers in
a small space.
- New blog entries:
- D&D Insider Updates: (some
items require subscription; I'll mark which ones):
![[SUB]](http://www.enworld.org/images/sub.jpg "Requires D&D Insider subscription") Battle
in Seattle This month, a heated debate regarding
the greatest adventure of all time… at least, according to
Chris and Bart.- Campaign
Workbook: Starmantle This short article features an
encounter adapted from the new Forgotten Realms
novel, Spellplague, by Bruce R. Cordell. Run your
PCs through a dramatic combat scene from the book, incorporating it
into your existing campaign. Or just use the new monsters from the
encounter elsewhere in your game!
- The
Challenge of Skill Challenges Ruling Skill
Challenges
News
for Monday, 1 December
- D&D Insider Updates: (some
items require subscription; I'll mark which ones):
- Excerpts:
City of Brass In today’s Manual of the Planes
preview, we introduce the City of Brass: where amid the swirling chaos
stands an indomitable oasis—the sweltering yet grand abode of
the
efreets.
- Product
Spotlight: Plague of Spells
Raidon Kane emerges from the Spellplague with a sapphire
tattoo
burned into his flesh, strange supernatural powers, and eleven missing
years. We spoke with author Bruce Cordell about his first book in the
Abolethic Sovereignty.
- DRAGON:
Ze Planes! Ze Planes!
- The
Druid, Levels 1-3
This article presents levels 1-3 of the Druid class, which
will
appear before too much longer in Player's Handbook II. The druid is a
Primal controller with plenty to offer an adventuring group.
- A
Brief History of Tolkien RPGs 4 parts of an
essay by John Rateliff on the history of Tolkien-based RPGs:
- MORBIDGAMES
$1 December Sale
Given the current state of the economy, thinking about how
much
to spend on a game shouldn't be a concern. Because of this we're
allowing everyone to try out all of our products for a single dollar.
From now until Dec 31st you can purchase the Ave Molech Complete Bundle
for $1.
- Lazy
GM Bundle deals from Creative Conclave The
Evil Humanoids bundle combines Orcs and Goblinoids and Reptilians
combines Kobolds, Lizardfolk and Troglodytes. Save 25% off total list
price and get hundreds of ready-made monsters.
- Kenzer and
Company grab bags are back
Until December 31st, Kenzer and Company is offering $49.99
and
$99.99 grab bags, each with products totalling a retail value of at
least 2x the cost of the bag. All $99.99 grab bags (and a
random
assortment of $49.99 bags) will contain an additional ultra-rare item
from the Kenzer and Company vaults.
- A
Witch's Choice Preview In this new preview, Rite
Publishing showcases a new witch type and four new magical items that
are encountered during the course of The Rituals of Choice
Adventure Path.
- State
of the Mongoose 2008 Read all about
Mongoose's year and their plans for the year to
come.
- "Behind
the Spells" comes to Kobold Quarterly
- Blackguard
paragon path Encounter-a-Day has posted a
Blackguard paragon path for fallen paladins.
- New
Downloads:
- Netbook of Classes
Tome 1 A 142
page PDF netbook of five Variant Character Classes and thirty three
Prestige Classes created by the Fantasy Netbook Community Council.
Core
Classes found in this netbook: Anchorite Variant Core
Class, Blessed Variant Core Class, Ecclesiastic Variant Core Class,
Ninja Variant Core Class and Shaman Variant Core Class. Prestige Classes
found in this netbook: Adventurer Prestige Class, Arcane Burglar
Prestige Class, Artificer Prestige Class, Ascetic Prestige Class, Blood
Knight Prestige Class, Bounty Hunter Prestige Class, Caverner Prestige
Class, City of Mages Artificer Prestige Class, Dragon Mage Prestige
Class, Elite City Watch of Ruby Caverns Prestige Class, Elven Defender
Prestige Class, Giant-Hunter Prestige Class, Goblin Wolf Rider Prestige
Class, Golden One Prestige Class, Half-Orc Survivor Prestige Class,
Hammer of the Dwarves, Healing Hand Prestige Class, Hydromancer
Prestige Class, Ice Warrior Prestige Class, Imbuer Prestige Class,
Inner Eye Prestige Class, Lake Bleu Defender Prestige Class, Nomad Lord
Prestige Class, Peacekeeper Prestige Class, Pirate-Captain Prestige
Class, Puritan Prestige Class, Rock Ghost Prestige Class, Sea-Hawk
Prestige Class, Spell Thief Prestige Class, Stormrider Prestige Class,
Tattoo Mage Prestige Class, Veteran Prestige Class and The Wise
Prestige Class.
- Netbook of Classes
Tome 2 Volume
2 of the Netbook of Classes from the Fantasy Netbook Community Council.
Core Classes
found in this netbook: Alchemist, Darkdelver, Draconic Sorcerer,
Dwarno, Ecclesiastic, Mariner, Scout, Shaman. Prestige Classes
found in this netbook: Animan, Anti-Paladin, Arcanist, Ascetic, Barber,
Bonded, Calligrapher, Dark Gardener, Dracomancer, Dragoon, Dweomerist,
Familiar Mage, Feneskor, Gembha, Gifted Maker, Goblin Worg Rider, Ikon,
Jade Imperial Guard, Knight of the Eclipse, Lictor, Master of the Call,
Mountaineer, Officer, Phoenix Blade, Pistoleer, Rock Thrower, Shadow
Fade, Shadow Walker, Sonomancer, Verdant, Warrior-Acrobat, Witch-finder.
- New blog entries:
News
for Friday, 28 November- WotBS
Monsters & NPCs by Challenge Rating A
useful list in spreadsheet format.
- New blog entries:
- Review:
Draconomicon "Draconomicon has
plenty of useful DM material, from adventure ideas to campaign ideas to
plenty of new monsters. The dragon backgrounds, lair/horde rules, and
encounters are useful across any system, though obviously 4e DMs will
get plenty more out of the book. There are stats for tons of new
monsters and various other rules that fit with 4e. It’s a
no-brainer for any 4e DMs wishing to run heavily draconic campaigns,
and a worthy purchase for other DMs as well."
- Blacksmith
and Stables Fat Dragon has released the second
installment of their Dragonshire
city series 'Blacksmith
and Stables'
(they even included the horse poop.) This new set and everything else
in their catalog is discounted for Black Friday/Cyber Monday.
- AGP
Black Friday Weekend Sale Getting in the spirit of
the season, AGP is offering all AGP PDFs at 25% off through the end of
month. Stock up on Wilderlands
of High Adventure Castles & Crusades goodness so
you can keep on gaming through the cold, snowy winter months...
News
for Thursday, 27 November
- Five
bonus adventures to be included in the War of the Burning Sky hardcover
The pagecount for the hardcover is currently around the 600-page mark,
and growing. It's going to be a MONSTER of a book! More
WotBS info here.
- Spellbound: Seer
Released
- RPG
Superstar 2009 Scours the Globe to Find New Design Talent
Paizo Publishing, LLC® is proud to announce RPG
Superstar
2009, the second season of its popular RPG design contest. The search
for the newest talent in RPG design begins in early December on
paizo.com.
- Interview
with Wolfgang Baur part II The Ollamh Lorekeeper
has released the second and final part of an interview with Wolfgang
Baur as he discusses, Open Design, Wrath of the River King for
4E and Tales of Zobeck for 3.5.
- Rite
Publishing gives thanks This coupon code (RiP50) is
redeemable at Your Games Now and offers 50% off any one
Rite Publishing product of your choice until the end of
November.
- [Øone
Games] More Caverns, More Danger
- KenzerCo
asks your input
Take a short survey to give your feedback on HackMaster and
RPG
gaming in general. Prizes awarded at random to five of the
first
100 participants (email address required).
- PCGen
Releases 'The Armageddon Echo' Data Set Paizo's Second Darkness
Adventure Path, Chapter
3: The Armageddon Echo, is now available for PCGen.
- D&D Insider Updates: (some
items require subscription; I'll mark which ones):
- Draconomicon
Draconic knowledge is gained at risk of life and limb;
dragons
are rapacious, jealous of their secrets... and often hungry. We asked
Designer Bruce Cordell a few questions about the content and creation
of Draconomicon!
- DDM:
Set Symbols and Checklists
Set checklists are now up to date, including lists based on
both
the original rules and the revised (Dungeons of Dread) rules for the
sets that have both. All of them are available through the Set Symbols
page.
- D&D
Compendium now includes Martial
Power
- New blog entries:
News
for Tuesday, 25 November
- 4E
3rd
Party
Publishers Wiki page updated again.
You may need to login. Feel free to add to or edit
the page. Also updated is the Points
of Light wiki page.
- Interview with Wolfgang
Baur The Ollamh Lorekeeper has released the first
part of a two part interview with Wolfgang Baur as
he discusses, Open Design, Wrath of the River King
for 4E and Tales of
Zobeck for 3.5
- KOBOLD QUARTERLY:
Drop Bears The Monday Monster series investigates
an Australian legend.
- New blog entries:
- D&D Insider Updates: (some
items require subscription; I'll mark which ones):
- DDM:
Deathgrasp Sarcophagus
Back in the day, people were terrified of being buried alive.
No
one knows for sure how often that really happened, since the typical
victim was in no position to complain. Now you can relive those
exciting times in DDM.
- Fiction:
Pigs Explode
News
for Monday, 24 November
- Apologies for the late
news today - my internet connection has been flaky all day.
- Draconomicon
& Martial Power in PDF format
- DM
Software Tools Released
Anubisware has released version 1.0 of Encounter Manager, a free
program for 4e DMs. Track hit points, initiative, defenses,
speed, attacks and powers, conditions, ongoing damage, XP and more.
- Myth
Merchant Press releases SORD Plus for Pathfinder
- The
first episode of GOLD is live The first full
episode of GOLD, Prologue:
Dark Clouds Gather is now available. Now that
the first episode has been released, new episodes will appear every
month, with the next episode, Episode 1: When a Star Falls,
premiering December 19th
- Heroic Journey
Publishing Releases Bounty Head Bebop
Get ready as Heroic Journey Publishing releases Bounty Head
Bebop, a Far modern science fiction game about the universe's worst
bounties and the bounty hunters who catch them.
- Review:
Universalis The cooperative role-playing game that
can be anything
you want it to be. - New blog entries:
- New reviews:
- Kobold
Quarterly #7
KQ continues to blow down the doors and set the standard. You
won't go wrong picking up an issue and you won't be disappointed with a
subscription. The print copy is perfect bound, glossy, and arrived in
beautiful condition. Overall, KQ oozes pure win.
- Shadows
of Cthulhu
Shadows of Cthulhu The games involving the Cthulhu Mythos
have
been around for decades. It is very interesting to see the game now
being allowed to use different mechanics. I always wonder what a game
looks like with different rules and this will make the third rules set
for Cthulhu;...
- D&D Insider Updates:
News
for Friday, 21 November
News
for Wednesday, 19 November
- Amazon.co.uk
cannot deliver Martial
Power until mid-December/early January, so I'd suggest
going elsewhere to buy it. Report
any other problems here.
- Dungeons
and Dragons goes online A video report by the BBC
on D&D Insider - made during GenCon UK 2008.
- Job Opening at
Paizo Publishing: Editorial Intern Paizo
Publishing is looking for a talented intern [unpaid] to aid in the
creation of their Pathfinder
d20 roleplaying products and Planet Stories
novels.
- New
4E Race from Poison Ivy Press Debut product, "IVe
Races: The Kroola" includes new PC race, racial feats, paragon math, 8
new monsters, campaign advice, sample NPCs and locations, and more! New
announcements for upcoming "Insurrection" line, and free enchancement
for their first product release.
- Emerson's
Bookshelf Reviews Rite Publishing's Items Evolved: Conflict
Emerson's Bookshelf reviews the third release in the Items
Evolved series, Conflict, by Rite Publishing's Steven D. Russell.
- Paizo
Open Call Write a 750-word outline for Pathfinder Society scenarios
#19 and #20.
- Dungeons &
Dragons 4E books in PDF Revised.
"If you already bought one or more of the core books from us,
you'll be able to download the updated files for free; if you haven't
gotten 4E core books yet, what are you waiting for?"
- D&D Insider Updates: (some
items require subscription; I'll mark which ones):
- DDM:
Demonweb Stat Cards
This is the week Demonweb casts its snare over D&D
Miniatures
players everywhere. You've already seen the gallery, but now you can
download the set list, rules insert, and full stat cards for both
skirmish and RPG play.
- The
Trash Cart
One town boasts a tireless trash collector who truly loves
his
job. Is this person a mere eccentric, or does a deeper motive underlie
his work?
- The
Villains of Greenbrier
It's time for James to give serious thought to the villains
in
his Greenbrier campaign. Villains are more than just monsters for PCs
to hack through as they delve into the chasm. They need to earn the
PCs' hatred.
- Summer's End
Dungeon Delve,
releasing in February, 2009, features a number of delve-style
adventures, familiar to those of you who have played a D&D
event at
a recent convention. If you're new to the delve or just want a sneak
peek at what the book will hold, check out "Summer’s End," a
delve adventure for characters of 18th level.
- DUNGEON:
The Tomb of the Sand King's Daughter
The Tomb of Urum-Shar is the lair of a powerful brown dragon,
with a hoard almost unmatched in myth and legend. If your PCs enter the
"Tomb of the Sand King's Daughter," they can take on the potent
Urum-Shar herself. Building off the Tomb of Urum-Shar entry from the
recently released Draconomicon:
Chromatic Dragons supplement, this adventure brings the
legend of the ancient brown wyrm to life.
- Digital
Insider #16 Builder Beta Feedback
- New reviews:
- The
Lost Arrows of Aristemis The Lost Arrows of
Aristemis is a pretty good module for low level characters. It offers
some good encounters and packs a lot into the dungeon crawl.
- New blog entries:
News
for Tuesday, 18 November
News
for Monday, 17 November
- Some
new War of the Burning
Sky 3.5 compiled hardcover preview images
A few more images from the "New Rules" appendix. The next
appendix aftes this will cover the monsters, allies and enemies.
The New Rules appendix contains: 1 race, 1 core class, 1
prestige class, 1 racial paragon class, 6 alternate class features, 37
feats (including 6 regional feats), 4 weapons, 5 alchemical items, 16
magic items, 3 artifacts, 1 rules subsystem, 1 bardic music ability (The
Song of Forms), 20 spells, and 7 epic spells.
- What
do you want to know about the Draconomicon? Some
has it and is anseering questions!
- 1:
Dragon Lore -- pgs 4-42
- 2: DM's Guid to Dragons -
-pgs 44-88
- 3: Dragon Lairs -- pgs 90-164
- 4:
New Monsters - -pgs166-254
- 4E
3rd
Party
Publishers Wiki page updated again.
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the page.
- RPG
Software Wiki page updated again.
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the page.
- The
12 RPGs Every Gamer Should Play Before They Die
Gnome Stew's list, from Dread and D&D to Rifts.
- KOBOLD QUARTERLY:
Dual-Stat Huldra This week's Monday Monster
features stats for both 3E and 4E players.
- Digital
Grimoire Now Available Digital Grimoire
is Catalyst Game Labs first PDF-only project for
Shadowrun.
- A random
name generator, new fiction, and a new artifact at the World of Farland
- D&D Insider Updates: (some
items require subscription; I'll mark which ones):
- Do
the Right Thing
Stephen makes a shocking confession about altering and even
ignoring the rules, then elaborates a list of reasons why that's
sometimes the best thing to do. You can follow his example by following
his advice.
- Excerpts:
Types of Planes In today’s Manual of the Planes
preview, we introduce various types of planes the book covers, as well
as the planar law of mutability.
- Gnolls:
The Get of Yeenoghu
Few of the humanoid races are as feared as the bestial,
demon-worshiping gnolls. In the name of their Abyssal lord Yeenoghu,
they lay waste to entire communities -- and of all their victims, the
dead are the luckiest by far.
- Io'vanthor:
Lost City of the Dragonborn
The long-lost dragonborn empire of Arkhosia once boasted one
shining city after another, each a bastion of knowledge and evidence of
the empire's might.
- New blog entries:
News
for Saturday, 15 November
News
for Friday, 14 November
- Paths
to Prestige: Fell Knight Goodman Games and
Blackdirge Publishing have released Paths to Prestige: Fell Knight,
the first in a new series of 4E PDFs detailing a new paragon path, plus
a template and an example monster based on the paragon path.
- D&D
Experience 2009 Tickets and Pre-reg opens November 14th at noon EST
The badge fee for attending D&D Experience 2009
will be $20, and tickets for events will be $6 per game (except for the
Delve, which is $2 per game). The convention this year
features a packed schedule of RPGA events, including seven new Living
Forgotten Realms adventures, a new D&D
Convention Delve, and a special D&D
one-shot adventure written by Mike Mearls.
- Issue
#42 of 1001 + 1 Nights Free PDF 'zine available now
- Nonlinear
(Sandbox) Campaigns on Gnome Stew
- Faiths of the City
State: Forn Sidthr Adventure Games Publishing
releases Faiths of the
City State: Forn Sidthr. This PDF details the City State
of the Invincible Overlord's civilized religion dedicated to the Aesir,
centered on the Temple of Odin on the Plaza of the Gods. The 12 pages
of game text provide Judges with all the information needed to immerse
players in the primary faith of the City State.
- 4E
3rd
Party
Publishers Wiki page updated again.
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the page.
- New reviews:
- H2:
Thunderspire Laybyrinth
I greatly preferred Thunderspire Labyrinth over Shadowfell.
Some
of the set piece battles are fun, the central location ("The Seven
Pillared Hall") is far more diverse and interesting than Shadowfell's
Winterhaven. We experienced some balancing issues, though.
- Critter
Cache #1: Big Bugs Goodman Games and Blackdirge
Publishing presents
Critter Cache, a new line of monster products for the
Dungeons & Dragons Fourth Edition game. Each installment of Critter Cache will
feature twenty or more new monsters for your 4E game. You’ll
find
old favorites updated for the new edition, plus...
- New blog entries:
- D&D Insider Updates: (some
items require subscription; I'll mark which ones):
- Barbarian
& Bard
Now that Insiders have seen previews of the barbarian and
bard,
we’re ready to share insights into how they came to be and
cast
light on some of the major decisions that shaped the final forms of
these classes.
- Draconomicon
Art Gallery From brown, to purple, to gray
dragons—here’s the full set of illustrations from Draconomicon. Use
these illos to show your players what fearsome creatures
you’re about to unleash upon them!
- Draconomicon
Map Gallery Here’s the full set of maps
from Draconomicon.
Use these maps to lay out the lairs of the book's purple, gray, brown,
undead, or planar dragons!
- Excerpts:
Dragonkin Kobold In today’s Draconomicon
preview, we introduce you to a new kobold -- one which becomes an
extension of a dragon’s will.
News
for Thursday, 13 November
News
for Wednesday, 12 November- D&D Insider Updates: (some
items require subscription; I'll mark which ones):
- The
Scales of War, part 5: Den of the Destroyer The
Scales of War Adventure Path continues. The PCs receive a strange
summons from a very unexpected source that takes them back to Brindol.
From there, they must embark on a quest that will change the course of
their fate and possibly save Elsir Vale.
- DDM:
Demonweb Set
View a gallery of photos of a complete set of the Demonweb
miniatures, the seventeenth set of D&D miniatures. They're all
here
for your perusal and review.
- Martial
Power
Armor and shield, blade and bow, stealth and cunning, tactics
and
command—all of these are the tools of a warrior. We asked
Lead
Designer Rob Heinsoo a few questions about the design and development
of Martial Power!
- Success
Along the Adventure Path
Dungeon 156 featured the beginning of the new Adventure Path:
Scales of War. To enhance these adventures and make preparation easier
for you, the DM, we explore how to handle expected trouble spots in the
first adventure.
- Fighting
Fantasy now in PDF
- WizKids
shuts down
- Fat
Dragon releases Dragonshire city model Fat Dragon
Games has just released the base set for their new model series
Dragonshire. Each release features generic and specific city models.
- New blog entries:
- EN World
member Reveille has put together a compilation
of links
to 4E fan creations. "This
thread will be updated once every two or
three days. I'll do my best to go as far back as possible, compiling
all fan creations into this index."
- Paragon
Paths & Epic Destinies
- Paragon Paths
- Epic Destinies
News
for Tuesday, 11 November
- Various
reviews of the 4E
Character Builder (see yesterday's news, below) are coming
in:
- Emerson's
Bookshelf
"Overall, I'm really enjoying the Character Builder, as it does what it
is expected to do and it does it quite well, almost seamlessly."
- Dragon
Avenue
"And let me go on record here: if the final version ships
soon
and the subscription price of $59/year for D&DI stays the same,
it
will be worth every single penny. "
- RPGcentric
"All in all, this is a very, very nice product and it
definitely
makes my subscription worthwhile. It is very easy to use and beats the
tar out of the 3E Character Generator."
- Critical
Hits "It'll be a boon for those just starting out,
but as someone involved in an ongoing campaign, it's not as useful as I
was hoping right off the bat. Still, I already have high hopes for it,
and I'm already more impressed with it than I was with e-tools."
- New blog entries:
- [Øone
Games] Take a walk in the park
- The
last-last chance for Epic Words beta benefits is Nov 15
- KOBOLD QUARTERLY:
Mantraps Traps that combo with secondary
effects.
- Laptops
at the Gaming Table, Part 2 of 2 Gnome Stew, the
game mastering blog, offers tips on running games with the help of a
laptop.
- Much
Ado About Nothing Gnome Stew also tackles the
blowup surrounding GenCon and the Christian Children's Fund.
- Tabletop
Adventures Special Offer for Veterans’ Day
Tell about a veteran you know who plays
roleplaying games and receive a coupon for 30% off the product of your
choice. Offer good through November 15.
News
for Monday, 10 November- 4E
3rd
Party
Publishers Wiki page updated again.
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the page.
- eFuture
Tiles: Maintenance Tunnels
This PDF of 25 miniatures-scale tiles is perfect for those
tight
quarters areas between starship decks or below the working levels of a
high-tech facility.
- Complete
Control: Character Design for the Uninhibited
Dreamscarred Press has released a classless system for the
3.x rule set.
- Dragon's
Hoard is Available for 4th Edition
In this first issue, are 3 new paragon paths (Ancestral
Knight,
Dark Champion, and Knights of the Dawn), new rules for noble titles,
joining organizations such as the power noble family, House Caitiff,
and a preview of the upcoming Possessed mulitclass
character.
- A
Witch’s Choice Preview Part I of The Rituals of Choice
Adventure Path is now available as a free download. This
preview
showcases the adventure hooks the players get to choose, an event
encounter, and a unique magical item that PCs can
acquire.
The previewed sections were chosen by the current senior patrons of
Rite Publishing's patronage project, based on their reviews of the
current manuscript.
- KOBOLD QUARTERLY: the
Wendigo See a twist on the Wendigo in the Monday
Monsters series.
- Coat of Arms
Creator Visual Designer User Interface Updated
Users can now add several copies of a creature or symbol easily and
drag creatures and symbols to move and resize them. Plus a
slew of other small enhancements have been made.
- D&D Insider Updates: (some
items require subscription; I'll mark which ones):
- Insider's
Early Access to the Beta
Get ready to start making characters like you’ve
never been
able to. When we launch the completed Character Builder,
it’ll have everything you need to build and level up your
characters all the way to 30th Level—updated regularly to
include
content from every D&D rulebook and online magazine article.
Right now, we want you to play around with what
we’ve got
set up for levels 1 to 3. Start rolling up characters. Level
‘em
up. Try different builds. Explore every option and possibility you can
think of. Just try it out and let us know what you think.
- Baphomet,
Prince of Beasts
The Demonomicon of Iggwilv reveals another of its entries,
this
time focusing on the Prince of Beasts, Baphomet. This article delves
deep into the inner workings of the savage and unpredictable demon
prince.
- D&D
Podcast Episode 28
In this episode, we discuss the future of DDM with
R&D’s Andy Collins, Peter Lee, as well as
Brand’s Scott
Rouse. Find out more regarding the recent changes announced for
D&D
Minis.
- Excerpts:
Heart of Darkness
In today’s Draconomicon preview, we enter the lair
of an
elder purple dragon -- a series of caverns once home to a clan of
beholders that carved them from living rock.
- RPGA
Part 9: DMing in Public
You've been DMing a Living FR game, and now you want to jump
to
the big time: Running a game at a convention or other event. Here's
what you need to know to prepare!
- New review:
- City
Supplement 2: Aerie City Supplement 2: Aerie
does deliver a useful mountaintop city which could very well be useful
to many fantasy campaigns.
- EN World passes 1000 blog entries
Recent entries:
- New groups:
- The
Lounge A place where you can game in a relaxing
setting.
-
Eastern
Canada RPG group A group for anyone living in Eastern Canada
who plays RPGs. Connect, discuss, feel less lonely, have fun! -
- Some
fun stats from Google Analytics:
- In
the last two weeks, EN World was visited 423,994 times; these people
called 2,020,419 page views. 26.5% of those visitors were new
visitors.
- That inclues 131,970 absolutely unique
vistors!
- EN World's traffic mainly comes from
search engines (47%), direct traffic (34%) and referring sites (19%).
- Of
those referring sites, the top ones were, in order: Gleemax, Circvs
Maximvs, RPGnet, Paizo, The Gamer Dome, Dragon Avenue, Necromancer
Games, Goodman Games, Wikipedia, Critical Hits, RPGNow, DnD Adventures,
Knights n Knaves, DnD Gate, Kobold Quarterly.
There's
another 50-odd pages of these, but they're the top few.
News
for Friday, 7 November- D&D Insider Updates: (some
items require subscription; I'll mark which ones):
- DRAGON:
A Motley Assortment of Magic Items
The extra creative work put into a magic item's history can
forge
a lasting legacy for the item. It's not the norm in the D&D
game,
but history and a unique story tied to the PC make magic items more fun.
- DRAGON:
Ruling Skill Challenges This column aims to
share with the typical D&D gamer what we at Wizards have
learned about skill challenges.
- DRAGON:
The Warlord
This issue, Class Acts brings new powers and options for the
warlord. Masters of strategy, these leaders excel at leading their
allies through one difficult battle after another. But in this article,
learn about the warlords of long-fallen Bael Turath and the powers
their multiclass warlord/warlocks wielded.
- Excerpts:
Bone Mongrel Dracolich
In today’s Draconomicon preview, we introduce you
to a new
dragon -- a new undead dragon: the bone mongrel dracolich.
- Excerpts:
Flamebrow Commander In today’s Martial
Power preview, we introduce you to a new paragon path for warlords:
Flamebrow Commander.
- D&D
Alumni: Fighting Men
Look back at the Fighting-Men of editions past -- with two specific
goals in mind. First, let's follow the evolution of the fighter class
itself, since it reflects the mechanics of the various editions. In
addition, we also wanted to take a look at a subset of the fighter as
it relates to a recent Dragon Magazine offering: the Gladiator.
- Emerson's
Bookshelf talks about the D&D Insider
Emerson’s Bookshelf talks about the D&D
Insider, a
first blush at the initial offering from Wizards of the
Coast.
- SJGames
Pyramid goes PDF and subscription
- Goodman
Games grab bags
- Combat
Advantage #6: Reputation Feats Don't just buy
feats, earn them. Reputation feats can be awarded by generous GMs at no
cost or earned through difficult combat to gain special benefits in and
outside of battle. And it's FREE!
- New review:
- Advanced
Bestiary The
Advanced Bestiary provides a menagerie of templates for the 3.5 game,
providing some useful and imaginative encounters.
- New blog entries:
News
for Thursday, 6 November- D&D Insider Updates: (some
items require subscription; I'll mark which ones):
- DUNGEON:
Beyond the Trollhaunt
If you didn’t get enough troll action in King of
the
Trollhaunt Warrens, this will suit your needs. These encounters can
form a short adventure, a stand-alone Side Trek, or extra encounters
for a longer adventure.
- D&D
Insider
The D&D Insider Character Builder is planned to
become
available in beta form, for Insider subscribers only, next week. Here's
a collection of info you'll want to read as you prepare to try this
incredible tool.
- November
and Beyond
While winter is settling in, we're still hard at work
providing
you with some fun things to add to your campaigns. So, if you're trying
to avoid the chill yourself, grab a cup of hot spiced cider or cocoa,
and come see what we have for you.
- DDM:
Demonweb Preview 9
Here's the final preview for Demonweb, featuring three
figures
that can be used for adventuring-outside-the-box player characters. One
is a dragonborn champion, one is a skirmishing ranger, and one is
unusual.
- So
I have the Martial Powers book EN World member
Bagpuss has the book, shares thoughts and answers questions.
- Goodman
and Blackdirge Release Critter Cache I: Big Bugs
Goodman Games and Blackdirge Publishing have released the
first
in a new line of 4E monster PDFs. Critter Cache I: Big Bugs
features 20 new giant insects and other creepy crawlies for your 4E
game.
- 100
Dragon Breath Weapons The Open Design gang has put
together 100 breath weapons to spice up your next draconic encounter.
- CCF
did NOT refuse any charity money from Gen Con
"To be clear, Gen Con made the decision not to donate to CCF;
at
no time did CCF refuse to take charity money from Gen Con."
- Emerson's
Bookshelf talks about Character Portraits Emerson's
Bookshelf reminisces about player character
portraits and the allure homebrew campaigns.
- Dndorks has
put up a review of the 4e Adventurer’s Vault
Jason and Rich from dndorks.com go through the
adventurer’s vault and talk about how it applies to their
game,
what it has in it, and who (if any) should buy it.
- PCGen
Releases "Children of the Void" Data Set Data set
for Paizo Publishing's Second Darkness Adventure Path, Chapter 2:
Children of the Void.
- KOBOLD QUARTERLY:
Whip Traps The second in the traps article series,
four variants of the whip trap free and illustrated.
- New blog entries:
News
for Tuesday, 4 November
News
for Monday, 3 November
- 4E
3rd
Party
Publishers Wiki page updated again.
You may need to login. Feel free to add to or edit
the page.
- D&D Insider Updates: (some
items require subscription; I'll mark which ones):
- November
Editorial Calendar
As announced in Digital Insider, we’re publishing
our
current editorial calendar to offer a forthcoming look at the Dragon,
Dungeon and free content you can expect throughout the month.
- Excerpts:
Bravura Presence In today’s Martial Power
preview, we introduce you to the basics of the warlord's chapter, as
well as a new feature: Bravura Presence.
- Excerpts:
Famous Dragons In today’s Draconomicon
preview, we introduce you to a new dragon -- a new abyssal dragon: the
iron-plated Frostforged Wyrm.
- Excerpts:
Daring Acrobat In today’s Martial
Power preview, we introduce you to a new paragon path for
rogues: Daring Acrobat.
- DRAGON:
Playing Minotaurs
Minotaurs embody the tension between civilization and
savagery,
discipline and madness. Tugged toward wanton violence but bound by
conscience, numerous minotaurs are driven to rise above their dark
impulses.
- Welcome
to the Inside
In this column, I'm going to show you another class from
Player's
Handbook 2. This time out, you get to see the bard. I'm showing off one
bard build, from level 1 to level 10. Just to give you a taste of how
another classic character class translates into 4th Edition. But we'll
get to the bard a bit later. I've got a few other things to share with
you first.
- DDM:
Shifter Claw Adept
- Myth
Merchant Press releases Tankard Tales: Willowbark's - A 4E location
Eat, Drink and Be Merry! Willowbark’s is a fully
fleshed-out tavern with two 17x20 Battlemaps and heroic and paragon
tier encounters. Includes cutout tavern pieces to make your own
floorplans as well.
- Emerson's
Bookshelf Updates Emerson's Bookshelf checks out
Rite Publishing's Mandragoran preview from Heroes of the Jade Oath,
talks about Kobold Quarterly's Friday Funny, and shares a Wand of
Wonder story of his own.
- New
Lone Wolf Novels Now Available
- GOLD
Web Series Premieres Nov. 21
- Signs
& Portents 62 - Ready for Download
- Walker
in the Wastes Audio Game - Comes in from the Cold
- Issue #41 of
1001+1 Nights Available Now
- Poison Ivy Press
New 3rd party publisher with high aims announces new product
lines for 4th Edition D&D products.
- KOBOLD QUARTERLY: the
Simurgh A free bardic monster from Persian
mythology, suitable for any desert or mountain campaign. Plus
R.A. Salvatore Friday Funny.
- Free
Master Tiles No. 0 from SkeletonKey Games Master Tiles No. 0 –
Infinite Chamber offers up five miniatures-scale tiles
that a game master customize using the layers feature in Acrobat.
- New review:
- Master
at Arms - Glaive Knight
This short PDF presents a new 5-level prestige class around
using
the glaive. It also has two new weapons, and a fully-developed example
NPC.
- New blog entries:
News
for Thursday, 30 October- D&D Insider Updates: (some
items require subscription; I'll mark which ones):
- Dungeon
159 Art Gallery
This month brings The Scales of War "The Lost Mine of Karak",
plus the "The Ziggurat Beyond Time", and "Menace of the Icy Spire".
Here now are a full set of the illustrations from Dungeon
159.
- Dungeon
159 Map Gallery. Here now are a full set of the maps --
tagged and untagged -- from Dungeon 159!
- DDM:
Blood War Stat Cards FINAL
The FINAL VERSIONS of Blood War stat cards are ready to be downloaded,
printed, and played with. These are their finished version, legal in
all forms of play.
- DDM:
Demonweb Preview 8
Some people fear bugs. The bigger the bug, the bigger the
fear.
This week's previews are not, strictly speaking, bugs. They are,
however, sufficiently buglike, and definitely big enough, to disturb
the average entomophobe.
- The
Oligarchy of Mavet Rav This article explores such
an unorthodox regime and presents four NPCs for inspiration or
immediate usage in your campaign.
- Marking
Marked and Other 4E-isms This month, we'll talk
about tracking table conditions and all the little modifiers,
conditions, and other bundles of joy that occur in the heat of the
battle grid shuffle.
- Digital
Insider #13: Character Builder Most of this week’s
update is devoted to a show-and-tell featuring lots of screenshots from
the Character Builder
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