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Ok, so it's Patreon not Kickstarter, but until there's a separate Patreon prefix, this will have to do. Anyway, I've got a three-pack of Dogs in the Vineyard towns ready for play in both screenview and foldover booklet format. It's 16 pages of content in total. I'm also currently looking at $2...

RyvenCon 1 will be running from July 15th, 2011 through the 17th at your house. Dice required, pants optional. TechNoir, Call of Cthulhu, Dogs in the Vineyard, D&D and more! Get all the details at the official RyvenCon site. Hope to catch you there!

Playtesters desired for social conflict mechanic for At Will | Inspired 4e Design tonight (11/24/2010) at 8:30 Eastern on Skype. 4 players needed, level 7. Should take no more than 20-30 min. Who's in?

WotC just released the rules updates coming from the Essentials stuff here. Two things catch my attention: 1) Weapon Focus now requires a Weapon attack, meaning it's completely useless for Monks.. and my Monk/Invoker who abused the heck out of that. Kinda sad. 2) Sneak Attack damage can...

It's only about a week away now, the 2010 Alluria Game Day , featuring all new original races and classes from Alluria Publishing. Try out the Explorer, Jester, Vigilante, Knight or Truenamer as you investigate a rash of brutal murders in the border town of Taunitoe. The game packet is free to...

For those of you interested in participating in Alluria Game Day 2010 but can't get a RL group together, I will be running instances of it over MapTools and Skype on July 26, 2010. There are five seats available first post first serve, but if there is enough interest I will run it several times...

While I suppose this is technically a 4E house rule, I'm placing it here because I want the input of both 4E and Burning Wheel players. I tried running a Duel of Wits the other day in my 4E game translated as literally as possible from BW and it didn't work so well - the players didn't quite...

Many of the 4th Ed. classes have literary or cinematic iconics to which we compare the class. Conan (Barbarian), Merlin (Wizard), Gandalf (Invoker, although I've also heard valid arguments for both Wizard and Swordmage) immediately spring to mind. I've been having a terrible time trying to find...

These two posts have got me thinking about the math system in 4E and whether it would be possible to 'gut' the math such that you could completely ignore issues like Expertise. We know that monster attacks/defenses should increase by 1 each level, to +30 across 30 levels. PC attacks/defenses...

I'm preparing to start a new campaign in a setting where currency isn't common in most of the realm. Goods and services and achieved primarily by bartering in the world we'll be playing. The lack of currency is a significant issue for standard D&D, however, as the PCs are expected to be toting...

here Mostly good stuff, but the one that got me laughing out loud was the Dragon Breath Scoundrel. With this feat, you can get sneak attack damage with your dragonborn's breath weapon. Does this remind anyone else of the ballista scene from The Gamers?

Hey all. Wondering if anyone is going out to mini-MACE on Saturday (1/23). I've never been to it before (or full MACE for that matter) and would be coming out from Durham. Is it worth the 90-minute or so drive?

here Ignore the part at the beginning where it says Invoker spells. They mean evoker. The Mystic Debris is a nice touch - I have a summoning wizard/shaman who could put that to good use. Very little damage, but man can he clog up a battlefield in a hurry. Definitely going to add that to...

No, it's not up yet, so I can't claim first credit for it. I did notice that the Dragon Magazine cover page has changed and lists this: Player's Handbook 3 Debut: The Seeker By Robert J. Schwalb and Stephen...

I'm working on some probability models for a homebrew system. Basic roll a handful of dice and count successes as any individual roll over a target value. Example: 3d6 vs 4 rolling 1, 4, 5 is two successes. I've been able to work out equations so far to calculate the odds of rolling X number...

So, what is everyone's opinion on a Wizards of Waverly Place RPG? I think it would totally be awesome and cute and I know I would want to play the game. Has anyone seen this show? They are having a movie on this Friday...and the whole wizards versus vampires storyline arc would be a fantastic...

Hi. I am a 27 old nerdy male looking for some gamer friends to play with at night. I like all kinds of games, but mostly Dungeons and Dragons. I can also DM if you want me to and I have lots and lots of experience and am really fun =D. I have the map tools thing and can do that also. Ryven...

There was a really good thread a while back about "explain why this is cool" - basically one person asks why something that doesn't seem that flavorful or interesting to them grabs someone else's imagination and the person who answers drops the next one in line. This thread will be for 'how...

So the Invoker begins at level 1 with a ritual it can't use until level 4.. is that right? It wasn't shifted down in some errata was it? That's a little goofy.

Forked from: 4e One-trick ponies: Why is it the DM's fault about combat grind? There’s a lot of talk on these boards using average damage calculations to determine the speed of a fight. That is, the assumption is made that if your average damage is higher, the fight ends faster. This...