DM Chronicle: Session 5, Alien Feys & Whiskered Pirates, Part 1
Previously in Chatty’s Game: Our Heroes battled a pirate Scholar and her Dragon Pet only to see her escape at the last second before defeat. Alone against a city of angry Ape Men, they almost managed to turn them[...]Read on >>
Review: Martial Power
I’d been looking forward to Martial Power, the fourth-edition Dungeons & Dragons supplement for martial characters, for some time. Happily, Amazon got it to me a day early, so I’m able to review it. D[...]Read on >>
D&D Latest Releases
Released by Wizards today… Martial Power - Excerpts: The Epic Fighter, Daring Acrobat, Beastmaster Ranger, Bravura Presence, Flamebrow Commander, The Aerialist Rogue, Feral Spirit, The Paragon Fighter Draconomic[...]Read on >>
Bugbear du Jour: Noorda of the Blackened Wastes
The dark eyes flickered underneath the cowl, a flash of red like a slash of blood across the shadowy folds. Across the table the Dwarven Cleric reflexively touched his axe, a deep seated racial animosity coming to the s[...]Read on >>
Creatures of Gensokyo I: Lake of Fog
Today I’m presenting a series of fourth edition D&D monsters from the mystical land of Gensokyo. This realm forms the setting to the Touhou Project, a series of shoot-em-ups by Japanese amateur developers Team [...]Read on >>
Critters Fixed…and a few more besides.
So...I made a few changes to the last set of NPC's and monsters, and have added a few more members of the 20 Silvers Gang. Please steal them, and use in good health : ) Thanks to Gregor and Graham for helping me to see [...]Read on >>
Because the King Wears Green Boxers!
In response to my last post, fire snake aries asks:It sounds like you're really good at improvising and adapting the area and what its inhabitants do depending upon what happens. I try to do that, but it's tough! I alway[...]Read on >>
My HEX-y Love Affair
So, we discussed... and decided we'd give HEX (Hollow Earth Expedition) a whirl. [...]Read on >>
Stacking 4e D&D Powers
So here’s a quick question for all the 4e rules lawyers out there. I’m generating a 1st level Bugbear Fighter/Rogue for a campaign. This gives him Sneak Attack once per encounter, and Predatory Eye too, once [...]Read on >>
Orc and Pie: The Skill Challenge
One the most famous and shortest, yet technically complete, adventures written by Monte Cook is Orc and Pie. It is so well written that there is no way I could update it to 4E. Then I asked myself, what if some[...]Read on >>
Word of Wizards - Excerpts: Types of Planes
Manual of the Planes Excerpts: Types of PlanesThis excerpt doesn't spring out any new surprises on the structure of the planes and the cosmology from what is already said in the DMG but just elaborates further on what we[...]Read on >>
Dungeon Mastering Reviews: Adventurer’s Vault
So you're wondering if it is worth your hard earned treasure to unlock the wonders of the Adventurer's Vault? Let us break it down for you.[...]Read on >>
Played too Much D&D this Weekend
Wow busy weekend! Saturday I played the Core Final RPGA module for Living Greyhawk with everyone else in Central Illinois who missed it this summer, like five people… Anyway, I am glad it is over. We played at[...]Read on >>
Er-Eret Session #4 - postmortem
Hi, blog! I have good news: I finally got the group together for a session of Er-Eret, the primary reason behind the dearth of posts. Let me tell you, blog, that I had a heck of a time preparing for this one. I just coul[...]Read on >>
Chatty’s Online D&D 4e Game: Genesis of the Project
As many of you know, I made a lot of friends and contacts around the time of Gen Con 2008. Among those friends was Don, one of the members of the Wizards of the Coast Development team working on D&D insider. Don was [...]Read on >>
Why, that’s a Treefling!
The final comments are in from last week's "Weekly What the Heck". The result is the treefling, the six inch tall result of a fey pact with the immortal trees who carry Leaves of Despair.I'd like to thank Reverend Mike, [...]Read on >>
Weekly What the Heck
Welcome to the sixth installment of my regular feature here at the Near TPK. With continuing apologies to one of my favorite blogs, the Daily WTF, I present... The Weekly What The Heck.Each Saturday at 10 AM Central Time[...]Read on >>
Word of Wizards - 15/11/08
This week we saw the launch of the Character Builder Beta and reviews from the bloggersphere and forums has been buzzing. We also saw the last excerpts from the Draconomicon.So let's get over with the rundown.Monday (10/[...]Read on >>
Battle Journal of Kain Gaa’zaith - Tactical Analysis
So far the drawn-out narrative of the Battle Journal bores even me. I think I want to try boiling it down to what Kain really cares about: optimizing his weird little cadre. So this post will be in-character notes on eff[...]Read on >>
4th Edition Encounter Planner
Earlier this week I was talking to Asmor and idly mentioned to him how I was trying to make an Encounter Planner for 4th Edition that used the DMG encounter templates. I was hoping to ...[...]Read on >>
Battlegrounds: On Deck
November 14, 2008 from A Butterfly Dreaming
Filed under: 4e D&D, Featured!, GM Advice, RPG Hub, advice, roleplaying
It’s been a little while since I’ve taken a look at battlegrounds. This post is long overdue, having been in draft stage for over two months now. So for the comeback post, I’ll be taking a look at a[...] Filed under: 4e D&D, Featured!, GM Advice, RPG Hub, advice, roleplaying
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Character Builder Beta Video Preview
If you're a non-subscriber and haven't been able to test out the builder yet but have read all those reviews recently, why not can watch it in action for youself?WeeBeegamers.com posted a video demonstration of how the b[...]Read on >>
Word of Wizards - D&D Experience 2009
D&D Experience 2009 DetailsD&D Experience 2009 will be held at Grand Wayne Convention Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana on the 29th of January till 1st of February 2009.This will be the first time that the show is ex[...]Read on >>
Word of Wizards - Draconomicon Art & Map Gallery
Draconomicon Art GalleryDraconomicon Map GalleryI have to say that while there were a couple of dissapoiting excerpts from the Draconomicon so far, the artwork definately balances the book out. The artwork for this book [...]Read on >>
Word of Wizards - Excerpts: Dragonkin Kobold
Draconomicon Excerpts: Dragonkin KoboldWhile dragons are mighty creatures that rings fear into the hearts of even hardened adventurers, the Draconomicon promises to be a book that will contain all things related with dra[...]Read on >>
Why I Love D&D
Today's session of Temple of Elemental Evil reminded me how much I love D&D.The characters were in the dungeon beneath the moathouse, locked in a fight with a doppelganger wizard who had posed as Burne. Immediately b[...]Read on >>
Battle Journal of Kain Gaa’zaith - Blasts
Campaign Day 2 continuedFrom the second courtyard cavern, there was a single door back into what we had come to think of as "inside". When Marun opened it, there was a small square room full of fire beetles. The spellcas[...]Read on >>
The Virgin DM Monologues: TrapMaster? No, try TrapBastard!
November 13, 2008 from Geek's Dream Girl
Filed under: 4e, Geek Life, RPG Hub, campaign log, dungeons & dragons
I’m getting more comfortable with this whole DMing thing. Thankfully, I have good players (when they’re behaving!) and Hybban is basically a walking talking reference for all RPG rules, EVER. Did I mentio[...] Filed under: 4e, Geek Life, RPG Hub, campaign log, dungeons & dragons
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Some getting used to…NPC’s designed with Monster Rules.
So I've been losing an absolute TON of time creating monsters. LOTS of monsters. Minions...NPC's...you name it. It took some thinking, but I have decided that in this particular campaign, the PC's will be nearly unique s[...]Read on >>
Gods of the Shroud Preview Review
Wow, that rhymes. The folks at One Bad Egg have put out a preview of their upcoming Gods of the Shroud 4E supplement and I got a chance to take a look at it this evening. So let’s have a look under the cover: The[...]Read on >>
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