Thoughts on Defenders
Everyone wants their character to shine, and a good DM can give every character their chance, but it isn’t just the DM’s responsibility. As a player you need to be prepared to do your part as well for...
View ArticleMore About Defending
Yesterday I wrote quite a bit of general thoughts on playing a defender, and today I thought I would add some specific examples to illustrate those points. Before going into the examples it is...
View ArticleExpertise isn't Boring!
Nor is it a math fix. Oooh two heresies in two sentances. Interesting? I’ll start with the titular one, that the expertise feats are not boring. The first thing is to understand that the idea of them...
View Article20 Questions
Recently Chris Simms asked “What do you know about your #dnd character? Favorite color? Birthday? More? Less? What?” on Twitter, and this got me thinking about these sorts of questions and how I...
View ArticleAspects of LFR
Some (all?) of you are no doubt aware of the Dresden Files RPG and how it has some very cool ideas in it for running games in general. Some of you may be familiar with the “Rewards Cards” from the RPGA...
View ArticleCalled Shots in 4E
I’ve enjoyed hanging out over at GameFiend’s IRC chat room and the other day there was a particularly interesting discussion about Called Shots in 4E D&D. I started this conversation by asking what...
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