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    Where are they now? Ex-D&D designers! RED AEGIS launches; and the DUNGEON BASTARD takes on the ILLU

    Chris Pramas stated he was making over 50K when he left WotC.
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    Review of the Midgard Campaign Setting by Open Design

    It's absolutely appropriate given the details of the setting though.
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    13th Age - Secret Icons?

    People who preorder or those who got in the Kickstarters at a certain level have the PDF.
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    13th Age - Secret Icons?

    So I'm about to run a 13th Age Neverwinter campaign, and will be assigning the factions in the book as Icons. The only problem is...what to do about secretive Icons? Have them be available from the start? Have them 'act' as what people think they are? Have them unavailable? A different...
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    Torg: Hacking Marvel Heroic Roleplaying

    My latest post on Critical Hits, covering hacking Marvel Heroic Roleplaying datasheets for running a Torg game. Torg: A Marvel Heroic Roleplaying Hack (Hacking the Datasheets) : Critical Hits
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    D&D 5E (2014) D&D Next Blog - Wizards Like to Roll Dice Too

    Also, you're not comparing apples to oranges here. Sure, the 'standard deviation' that you calculate for 1d20-1d20 is higher...but the range of values is also higher. 1d20 only goes from 1 to 20. 1d20-1d20 can go from -19 to +21.
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    D&D 5E (2014) D&D Next Blog - Wizards Like to Roll Dice Too

    Except we're not actually dealing with the size of the difference. If we were talking about damage, sure. But we're not. We're only talking about the sign of the difference (ie is my roll minus your roll positive or not?) In that case, the distribution is symmetrical and the variability...
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    DDXP Begins Today!

    Trevor clarified a couple of days ago the Seminars wouldn't need NDAs, but the playtests would.
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    My Counterpoint to the Escapist articles

    My counterpoint to the Escapist's 'State of D&D' articles has been posted on Critical Hits: The Real State of Dungeons & Dragons : Critical Hits
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    Any Math Majors in the House? Help Wanted.

    Just as a practical matter... Does it really _matter_ if it spirals like that?
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    July & Beyond

    That's a shame since MV2 is possibly the best Monster book they've put out.
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    July & Beyond

    Hmmmmm... This is My Game The Slow Death of Epic Tier :-)
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    How do you get your players to creatively describe their combat actions?

    I play 4e, and would love to get the players to get more creative in describing their actions in combat. They're all grognards, been playing since the 80s, but for some reason getting them to roleplay in combat is like squeezing blood from a stone. It's either just saying the power name and...
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    The Future of D&D

    New blog post at This is My Game: This is My Game The Future of D&D
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    AMpersand #400 Bill S leaving WotC (and others?)

    Michelle Carter has been around a looooooong time too.
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    Rule of Three finally addresses an important epic tier question!

    I've done this...it didn't work out well. The problem is that the players need some time to get used to the new power mix that they get, and I found that my players had a really hard time keeping up with an accelerated leveling.
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    D&D 4E If 4e went in this direction...

    I think they were supposed to come out in one of the books that got cancelled. I predict that we'll see them by summer (I want to say the book they were supposed to be in was supposed to be out in July).
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    D&D 4E Tomb of Horrors (4E version) - anyone run this yet?

    The big problem is remembering triggered actions and his aura. I kept forgetting, which really impacted his offense. I'd still run him 'as is' though.
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    D&D 4E Tomb of Horrors (4E version) - anyone run this yet?

    We've finally completed the Tomb of Horrors supermodule! My final thoughts (and major changes I made to Chapter 4): This is My Game Tomb of Horrors: Or How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Small Combat
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    Rule of Three finally addresses an important epic tier question!

    I looked into this in my blog post recently: This is My Game Cooler Magic Items
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