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Funny, I have a similar feeling about Elmore's works. I'm not crazy about his "posed" pictures, but some of his action stuff is lovely. His Dragon Magazine covers made some serious impressions on a young lad. Mr. Elmore in person is an amazingly pleasant fellow who always takes time to talk to...

Seriously? What canon would that be against? Show me some quotes where it says women Dwarfs don't fight. Yes, the Hobbit had no female dwarfs in the company, but there is no mention of the make-up of Dain's forces. The Fellowship only had the one Dwarf. So, your sample size is... two novels...

I hard disagree about 2e. For me, 2e fixed almost everything that annoyed me about AD&D’s hodgepodge rules. And while the setting bloat didn’t help TSR’s issues, it was largely other product lines that ultimately sank the ship — Amazing Engine, Dragon Dice, Spellfire, and other not-D&D products.

Regardless of the "intended audience", everyone knows this set is going to sell like hot fire to existing D&D fans too. The Target exclusivity cuts that sales spike completely out of the FLGS' bottom line. By the way, for everyone else, there is nothing that says this box set will replace the...

I wrote a bit more about it here: http://ragingowlbear.blogspot.com/2019/05/dnd-essentials-kit-announced.html There is a rumor that it includes a D&D Beyond key for people who purchase the box set, but I have not yet been able to confirm that. [EDIT: It was confirmed by Adam Bradford the other...

Breaking news: Possibly set in Greyhawk? https://ragingowlbear.blogspot.com/2019/02/dnd-5e-stranger-things-starter-set-in.html

No one seems to have noticed that aside from the newly updated errata, WotC also updated the D&D Basic Rules PDF. But there are still some improvements that should be made. The monster stat blocks still need some reorganization and additions. The updated look is great, but the document still...

For those that missed out on 4th Edition for #reasons (please NO edition war), I started a post about really cool adventures that could easily be transported from 4e into 5e. It suddenly became 4 posts... with more potentially waiting in the wings. I did not highlight Madness at Guardmore Abbey...

I think Reavers could really make a great low level 5e sandbox. I wrote about that very thing just the other day (which is what brought me to this post originally). https://ragingowlbear.blogspot.com/2018/09/reavers-of-harkenwold-best-of-dnd-4e.html If you only have a group that will play 5e...

Reavers rock! I am coming into this conversation way late, so I apologize for that, but I had to comment on Reavers of Harkenwold. D&D I love Reavers of Harkenwold. It's on of my all time favorites next to the Village of Hommlet. I never ran Keep on the Shadowfell because I could see from...

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Frank Mentzer, in a video interview about his years in game design and upcoming Kickstarter, notes that Worlds of Empyrea will not just include multi-system support, but that each game system will have an Empyrea boxed set tailor made to fit the play style for that particular game system, which...

I have compiled a list of the recent class-related articles. It's not a full UA index, but has the recent playtest materials around the new class paths. http://ragingowlbear.blogspot.com/2016/12/dnd-5e-class-options-unearthed-arcana.html

Many of us are hoping for something really cool to supplement our D&D table top experience, but I know that just isn't what's in store. It'll be more video games. Pokemon Go was lightning in a bottle and the likelihood of them creating something D&D branded that has that kind of broad appeal...