From the monthly archives:

January 2007

What I really know for sure about 4th Edition Dungeons and Dragons

by Bob

You know, after playing this game for two and a half decades, I really should get the picture.  The fact of the matter is, I’m a fanboy.  I always have been, always will be.  Let me explain.
When 3rd edition D&D came out, I was skeptical.  I was happy with my AD&D, and so were my [...]

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Character Death

by Bob

Now, I’ve never been accused of being a killer DM.  The fact of the matter is, I have a better time, and so do my players, when their characters live.  At low levels, this means that I almost always fudge rolls in favor of the party.  At higher levels, it means that I use kinder, [...]

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Use your lightning bolt.

by Bob

Rember this one?
OK, that was scary.  Forget that all of the players are, very obviously, as nerdy as can be.  Forget that the animation looks like the Dungeons and Dragons cartoon on acid.  What I want to know is this:  Why does the Dwarf look like Doc from Snow White?

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Dammit.

by Bob

That’s what my 8 year-old said today at school when she got back a math test that she didn’t do so great on.  It’s hard for her, sometimes, to know what is socially acceptable and what is not.  That, of course, reflects on me.  Believe it or not, I can, occasionally make a social error.
 I suppose [...]

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Brian Sanford is my Hero.

by Bob

He’s everything I wish I could be.
I could fly higher than an eagle.
With Brian Sanford as the wind beneath my wings.
Counting rations, disolving +2 broadswords with acid pools, and making busty informants from shapeshifting dude necromancers.  Sweet.

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Wake up, Dude.

by Bob

It’s no coincidence that I’m on my way out the door to watch the rest of Battlestar Galactica season 2.5 with my buddy Binks.
 I figured I’d check out what big-time Web Comics Guru and world-famous Dungeons and Dragons player Scott Kurtz has going on over at PVP today: 
 Finally, the truth is told.
The man is a [...]

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Fine, WHATEVER.

by Bob

All right.  I give.  I’m blogging now.
So, it occurs to me… I’m not the most detailed-oriented person in the world.  Now, this can obviously cause some problems from time to time.  But this time, I really, really screwed up.
 You see, I decided to convert an old Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Module (Needle) to 3.5 Dungeons and [...]

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