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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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
Battle Journal of Kain Gaa’zaith - Violence and Vines
Campaign Day 2 continuedWith no other way to proceed, we returned to the room where we had camped and tried the other door. Hobb discovered and disabled a similar trap behind this door involving two urns. This time we su[...]Read on >>
Word of Wizards - D&D Miniatures Gallery: Demonweb Set
D&D Miniatures Gallery: Demonweb SetNow I don't normally like to talk about the current D&D minis game very much because I never played the skirmish game but seeing that this is the last set of the D&D skirmi[...]Read on >>
Word of Wizards - Success Along the Adventure Path
Success Along the Adventure PathThis is the second support article for anyone who is running the Scales of War Adventure Path (the first one is a Dragon feature now, I'm afraid) and gives some tips on running certain dif[...]Read on >>
Word of Wizards - Digital Insider #15: Builder Beta
Digital Insider #15: Builder BetaAs subscribers will know that the character builder beta was launched on monday so this week's Digital Insider is just a compilation of good things that what testers had to say about the [...]Read on >>
Word of Wizards - Spotlight Interview: Martial Power
Spotlight Interview: Martial PowerWith the upcoming release of Martial Power on the 18th, we take a look at the behind-the-scene process of its design and development with Rob Heinsoo who is the lead designer.This interv[...]Read on >>
Battle Journal of Kain Gaa’zaith - Bugs and Bats
Campaign Day 2 continuedMarun opened the single door out of the room, which led into a strange underground courtyard. Walls of worked stone surrounded it to a height of around 15 feet, but above the walls was nothing but[...]Read on >>
Battle Journal of Kain Gaa’zaith - Slingers and Stingers
Campaign Day 2Our rest was, surprisingly, uninterrupted, though the elf reported hearing some scraping sounds during his watch. Hobb examined both doors leading out of the large room in which we camped and reported that [...]Read on >>
4E Character Builder now in Beta - My Review
Yesterday afternoon, Wizards released its 4E Character Builder Beta to those of us who subscribe to D&DI. I thought I would post my review for those who don’t have access to it yet and hopefully this will m[...]Read on >>
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