From the monthly archives:

March 2007

This is what I’m talking about.

by Bob

I’m trying to warm up to Eberron, really I am.  I’ve even reviewed both the Eberron Campaign Setting as well as Races of Eberron, both in a relatively favorable way.  I’m trying here, I really really am.
Then they gotta come up with stuff like The Autoscribe.
Look, I get warforged.  Playing a construct is sweet.  I [...]

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D&D Online. Sorta.

by Bob

I’ve always been a bit behind the times. 
I don’t mind it, to be sure.  When you’re out on the bleeding edge, there’s a heck of a lot more stress than when you’re a little behind.  So, five months after, I found this article about the future of Dungeons and Dragons online.
At least, for me.
I’ve said [...]

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An open letter to the D&D players community

by Bob

I remember the day I decided that I was going to be a Dungeon Master.  I was reading through my Basic Dungeons and Dragons book, the one with the red cover and the big nasty red dragon who, I was almost certain, was about to eat the barbarian-looking fellow.  (My interpretation of that picture should [...]

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I miss Modules.

by Bob

Now, my players like to tease me.  From time to time, I’ve been known to run a module, as-written, on short notice.  When this happens, the big joke is for them to all say “I’ve read this one.”  Ha ha. 
 I get it, I do.  My players want to know that I’ve put thought, time, and [...]

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Candlekeep.

by Bob

Candlekeep.
I’m such a dork.  As savvy as I once was in technology, that decade lost in the bowels of server rooms made me so numb to the cool parts of the internet that I’m just now finding out where Ed hangs out on the web.
*sigh*
Everything takes time, I guess.

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The most powerful move in all of wrestling.

by Bob

So, more and more, I am intrigued by some of the more “non-traditional” combat moves in Dungeons and Dragons.  Sunder, for example, can be especially useful against those NPC fighters, but also against wizards wielding wands (or spell components, for example).
Grapple has to be the one I’m most fond of right now.  Of course, this [...]

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MI Con 2007

by Bob

For those of you local to the Mid-Michigan area, here’s something to keep on the radar for next fall:
MI Con 2007.
Sounds like it could be a fun day, if a bit low-key.  They promise to have everything from Magic to RPGs.  I am toying with the idea of running a D&D game there.  It’s being organized [...]

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It’s not D&D that’s evil, morans

by Bob

It’s Shadowrun.
Cliff, where do you find this crap?

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I love Dungeon Tiles.

by Bob

As any of my players can tell you, I’ve always been about the maps.  When we switched from AD&D to 3rd Edition D&D, one of the things that we lost was the necessity of player mapping.  Sadly, this ended my cool-looking, hand-drawn maps.
 But Dungeon Tiles change things.  The printed versions from WotC, while a bit [...]

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GM’s Day is Sunday

by Bob

March 4th is GM’s day.
 Be sure to remember your GM this year with a gift certificate from EnWorld’s RPGNow store.
Especially if you’re one of my players.
 And none of this “when is it going to be Player’s Day?” crap.  My kids tried that on me, and it didn’t work for them, either.  There’s no [...]

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