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Infernal Save Points

In Alio’s rant yesterday about Dante’s Inferno, he brought up the ever-interesting computer RPG topic of save points. If you’re as old as me, you may have computer game memories where the party gets slaughtered, having to restart at the last save point, and then slogging through the same four hours of dungeon to get [...]

Infernal Ire

For Christmas this year my wife bought me Dante’s Inferno. Not the poem, the video game. Yes, I know, I’m about a year late to the party but that’s not really the point.

Thanks to Snowpacalypse 2010 I had the opportunity to play it a lot this week. As I did, I came across a couple of things that really irritate me in video games, and realized that those things have parallels in in D&D, and I might actually be guilty of doing them as a DM.

How To Create A Tale of Suspense

If you’re not following the online comic, Basic Instructions, by Scott Meyer you’re missing out. Each comic is a four panel dialog to illustrate an ironic way to go about doing something. In a recent comic Scott explains how to create a Tale of Suspense. The gist of the joke is how to create a [...]

Opportunity Actions: Woot! Really? No, Really…

Looking at woot.com today for last-minute deals (didn’t really find any I could use, in case you’re curious), I found this little gem written by Randall Cleveland. Head over there if you like, but I’ll tell you: It’s a point-by-point breakdown comparing 4th Edition D&D to The Phantom Menace, and not exactly a glowing review of [...]

Evolution of an Executioner – Class Design & Playtesting

- Core vs Essentials Assassin Builds Sometimes it’s interesting to see the changes that happen in the course of the development of a class. WotC has given players of 4e the chance to see several classes before being finalized, but none has changed more than the Executioner/Essentials build of the Assassin. – - I’ve played [...]

Special Free Holiday Delve!

Holidays mean many things… family, joy, faith, thankfulness, and FREE DELVES!! I have been working on a secret project for all of you. Along with Tracy from the SarahDarkmagic Blog, Jeff from the Tome Show, and Jeremiah from McCoy’s Geeky Emporium of Thought, I have been writing a very special holiday delve for you. This [...]

Opportunity Actions: Campaign Builder – Is It Too Soon?

I’m turning something over in my head lately. I watch a lot of news. It’s easy sometimes to fictionalize what we see, if there’s a great story there. I’ll be telling this through my campaign idea.