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No, I don't mean the gaming cliche. I mean an actual bar. Inspired a bit by Yahtzee's Mana Bar, as well as my own observation that the game store camaraderie is quite comparable to tavern culture but tends to exclude the actual consumption of booze, I had a brilliant idea: A tabletop...

I had the most absurd, insane idea today, shown in the title. The idea came to mind when I saw an image on Kotaku of someone's photoshopped GTA/Spider-Man crossover, titled "Spider City." I started thinking of another famous spider city, and the idea just clicked. Obviously, without actual...

In any system, there are going to be bits that don't make sense. I'm not talking about things that are broken or over/underpowered. I'm talking about things that just make you go "Huh?" Some of these are likely to come up in-game, and are well known (the prone gelatinous cube, for example)...

Based on a character from my favorite anime, One Piece: Created by an unusual necromantic process, Animus Zombies are rare among zombies in that they are intelligent and have strong personalities, but they are still completely under their master's control. Religion DC 10: The essence of...

I noticed in the 4e Eberron campaign setting they make a big deal about Thrane's archers, almost a bigger deal than they make about the paladins. Granted, I missed out on a lot of late 3e products, but I don't recall any mention of Thrane's archer corps in 3.5. Is this new to 4e? What class...

I like the Warden class and I'm planning to play one in my next game. However, my main problem with it is that there's a dearth of archetypes to draw on. There seem to be very few characters in fantasy who you can point to and say "That's a warden!" So can anyone find examples of Wardens in...

I am surprised no one has noticed this yet. I was just flipping through my MotP, and the Shadow Captain stood out at me. It's a Warlord PP with the shadow power source! Unsurprisingly, it does necrotic damage. It also summons shadows and can steal your opponent's shadow, turning it into a minion...

Random musing I had. If we get the expected four Primal classes in the upcoming PHBII, then that means all covered power sources will have four core classes. So with the PHBIII and IV, it would be a good time to start all over. What's left? Shadow, Ki, Psionics, and Elemental. When I look at...

I'll admit it. I'm a lazy DM. I hate to make my own adventures. The huge time investiture just doesn't seem worth it to me, and the games I run on my own have a bad tendency to fall flat. On the other hand, I am one heck of a module DM. My players love what I do with established modules and...

Obsessive type that I am, I've been trying to find a way to fit together the maps that have been released so far of the PoL world. Obviously, there's gonna be a lot of empty space. But what really bothers me is the Elsir River. It's the only common link between the two parts of Elsir Vale we've...

I threw this together last night while (very, very) bored. My errata for Dragon 364 so far: Demonomicon of Iggwilv: Yeenoghu p14 Crocotta power Haunting Laughter: Should specify psychic damage in text. p14 Crocotta power Morphic Visage: Formatting error. Uses numbers instead of displayed...

I understand the reasons why the main conflict of the book is between Lawful Good and Chaotic Evil, and agree with it for the default setting. After all, the main conflict is between the organized Points of Light and the dangerous, savage wilderness. However, what about for campaigns with a...

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Article is up! Poster is drunk! http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/drfe/20080618

So far, the core setting does not have a name. PoL was an early design concept, not a name for the setting. Already, it is starting to be filled out by articles and books. The Tiefling empire of Bael Turath, the dragonborn empire of Arkhosia...the Yeenoghu article was a great example...

Now that some articles are out, I think I will take this opportunity to rate them. Please feel free to criticize my entirely biased opinions: KotS in Eberron: I like this. Very interesting article. Lots of intrigue, good previews of how some things will work in Eberron. All done by not altering...

Remember a few months ago, all the hubbub over dragonboobs? Well, having looked through the books, I don't find the dragonboobs anywhere near as distracting as the Dwarven boobs. Seriously, maybe it's because of the total lack of female dwarves in previous editions, but the new female dwarves...

While I like what I've seen of 4e so far, I think I will compile a list of monsters that were left out: Missing (probably will appear later): Frost Giant Cloud Giant Metallic Dragons Tyranosaurus Raptor Triceratops Iron golem Clay golem Nightcrawler Nightwing Missing, presumed dead (probably...

Looking through the book, I noticed several name drops and references to the old iconic characters. Lidda and Mialee in the races section, the characters fighting the white dragon looking like the old psionic iconics, etc. And then there's Regdar. Poor Regdar. He shows up in the ritual section...

I thought I'd create a thread to brainstorm different forms of epic immortality. That is, different ways that characters can gracefully exit from the campaign at 30th, while still leaving them open as NPCs or campaign elements for future games: For Parts Unknown: You simply leave. Walking off...