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<blockquote data-quote="Morrus" data-source="post: 5498647" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><span style="font-size: 12px">[title]Review of "Running Epic Tier Games"[/title]</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">Check out EN World's <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/en-world-official-reviews/302987-review-running-epic-tier-d-d-games-michael-shea.html" target="_blank">official review</a> of the book <em>Running Epic Tier Games</em> by Michael Shea.</span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-size: 12px">Although this book presents its contents in a fairly no-frills format, I would have to consider <strong><em>Running Epic Tier D&D Games</em></strong> a must-have for any serious D&D <ACRONYM title="D&D 4th Edition">4E</ACRONYM> Dungeon Master to read and refer to as they advance their campaigns from Heroic to Paragon and into the Epic Tier. </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">[title]In Other News...[/title]</span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 12px"><img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/3.5.jpg" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":3e:" title="D&D 3.5 :3e:" data-shortname=":3e:" /> </span><a href="http://www.necromancers-online.com/articles/FromtheWorkshop/03182011.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12px">Northwestern Necromancer</span></a><span style="font-size: 12px"> Designer Joshua Zaback provides a light-hearted prestige class for northwestern necromancers, celebrating the one-year anniversary of Necromancers of the Northwest.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 12px"><img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/dd.jpg" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":4e:" title="D&D 4th Edition :4e:" data-shortname=":4e:" /> </span><a href="http://www.necromancers-online.com/articles/FoursakenFeature/03172011.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12px">More Savage Feats</span></a><span style="font-size: 12px"> This week's Foursaken Feature provides a number of monster stat-blocks for NPC necromancers who can plague your heroes and may soon be their worst nightmares.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 12px"><img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/dd.jpg" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":4e:" title="D&D 4th Edition :4e:" data-shortname=":4e:" /> </span><a href="http://www.koboldquarterly.com/k/front-page8724.php" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12px">Make skill challenges your gateway to combat</span></a><span style="font-size: 12px"> Start your battle with a puzzling race against time; visit the abandoned monastery and add a sense of impending doom with part three of this series.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><a href="http://www.ragingswan.com/halfgoblins.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12px">Half-Goblins of the Tangled-Wood</span></a><span style="font-size: 12px"> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Debased, mongrel descendants of humans enslaved by goblins centuries ago, half-goblins lurk in the deepest unknowable reaches of the Tangled Wood. Hateful and spiteful creatures, they worship fell powers and sacrifice those falling into their clutches to venerate their dark protector.</span></span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/rpgs.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":rpg:" title="RPGs :rpg:" data-shortname=":rpg:" /> </span><a href="http://www.koboldquarterly.com/k/front-page8715.php" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12px">Dragon Diseases returns with part 3 of 5</span></a><span style="font-size: 12px"> Why risk horrible burninating death and bone-crunching when a little bug might kill the dragon for you? Today brings the return of Dragon Diseases!</span></span></li> </ul><p><span style="font-size: 12px">[title]More Info on the Pathfinder Basic/Intro/Red Box/Set[/title]</span> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">Yesterday I posted some images of the upcoming<em> Pathfinder</em> boxed set. Black Diamond Games has some more info.</span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: darkorange"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Erik Mona:</strong> "Please note that this is a mock-up and that some of the details (such as the exact name) will be changing. The new Wayne Reynolds painting is correct, though!"</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: darkorange"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>BDG:</strong> "It's a full 5-level Pathfinder box set that uses the same rules in a more user friendly format. It should have a DMs book, player's book and adventure. No miniatures but standee figures ala Kill Doctor Lucky. It's $34.95."</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #ff8c00"><strong>Vic Wertz:</strong> "That is the actual final cover art—but it's *not* the finished cover. It's also not really going to be called "Basic Game," and that particular title font will not be used."</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #ff8c00"><strong>Erik Mona:</strong> "Just wait until we post the contents. This is going to be absolutely STUFFED with high-value materials. We're putting as much stuff in this box as we can without losing money."</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #ff8c00"><strong>Erik Mona:</strong> "We won't be formally announcing this project for a while yet, so things like a final class and race list will have to wait. Right now it's best to consider these photos as further evidence that Paizo is going to release this game later this year, but until we've formally solicited it to the trade and posted a project page, some of the details are going to take a while to get out."</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #ff8c00"><strong>James Jacobs:</strong> "We at Paizo have always viewed 5th level as the end of low-level. It's got capstones (fireball!), but it doesn't edge into the rather complex arena of iterative attacks. 5th level, for those reasons and more, is a good break off point."</span></span></li> </ul> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/197257_10150114852406387_119651476386_6499072_2054097_n.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
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