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I feel like I'm cheating on my character when I browse through the Character Builder, thinking to myself 'if only X would die, then I'd have a chance to play Y, hehehehe...'. WotC has put out a metric but-load of options over the past 12 months. The difference this time around? It is...

I love how the changeling gets to choose +2 Dex OR +2 Int, as well as +2 Cha. Makes it very flexible, and suites its racial flavor shapeshifting ability. Edit: linked image from the official D&D Facebook album

I think you'll be disappointed then, as that is exactly what the Annual is going to be. I would love to see a 'Best of Dragon' with 4e updates though.

A full year of Dragon is available now - what do you hope makes the Annual?

I've updated the chart posted earlier to reflect May's Dragon final compilation. The total page count is very high, but that is because 26% of the issue is Playtest articles! In terms of feature articles, May's Dragon is the lowest page count since the magazines changed to 4e, and Dungeon has...

Just don't touch my stapler....

I've been keeping track of the basic article and page counts for Dragon and Dungeon Magazines. Dungeon has really slipped last month, and was the thinest issue to date. The overall page count for May between the two magazines has dropped to its second lowest number since the magazines went...

The Dragon Annual only has 160 pages, which is a tiny fraction (~10-15%) of the total number of pages in Dragon in a twelve month period. I wouldn't count on the annual to replace a DDI subscription, and that isn't counting Dungeon at all. It would be better to subscribe to DDI for a month and...

I have to agree, a dollar a month increase isn't a big deal for the amount of material we are getting. The 45 day notice WotC gave us to lock in at the old price is appreciated too.

I'd be more inclined to run shorter, 3 part adventures then a whole path. I've been running the H-series since the day it came out, by-weekly, and we are only starting H3. I think there is a lot of backlog for people to run through already if they are willing to do the conversions.

Edit: Ninja'd Your subscription will function as normal until it auto-renews next November. You'll get everything you get now, plus the PH3 previews integrated into your Character Builder. When your subscription auto-renews next November, it will be at the new rate. If you Extend your...

This poll is for 4e players and DMs. With the announced changes to DDI, what is your reaction likely to be?

I just got this email from DDI

Thanks everyone for answering my question in the OP. I think I can see what makes Greyhawk different from other settings more clearly now, and I'm inspired to read more about the setting's origins. In a recent thread on WotC's forums, Chris Perkins listed several prerequisites for launching...

I'm intensely curious about the campaign setting for 2010, set to be announced at GenCon this summer. One of the frequent guesses is that it will be a revised or rebooted Greyhawk (the other front runner being Dark Sun). Some point to the recent article on the Celestian Order, others see the...

Could this be a hint that the 2010 campaign setting is indeed Greyhawk? Also, people complaining that WotC is sending out a free adventure for its RPGA members boggles the mind - just another example of how the internet can never be satisfied.

Thanks for the link! I agree the general idea isn't new - I just made up the card ;), and the specifics vary a little but the intent is the same; get the players to think outside the box without penalizing them too much.

I had two players use their new 'power' this weekend in our second session of Pyramid of Shadows. The first, a goliath fighter, used it to boost an intimidate check on Garish Vren in the middle of battle when the werewolf burst out of his room. I wanted the PCs to be frightened of the...

In a recent 4e game I found myself next to a skeletal bone guardian. Two crits, a 'ghetto' crit, and one-less than crit later, my just-at-bloodied warlord was flat out dead. No save. Good times :) Silver lining - I get to play a new PC.

I liked the article a lot, and hope that the DMGII has similar essays on the art of DMing. I've also got two fledgling DMs that would get a lot of millage out of the article. And I'm not so arrogant as to think I don't need articles like this to help hone my craft. I'd like to see more...