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DnD 4E Rogue – join the conversation

by Bob

For those of you who are scroll- or click-impaired, and may have missed it over the weekend,  Wizards released the 4E rogue in all his glory last Friday.  We’ve got some interesting takes on it over at Critical Hits, so I encourage you to check those out.  No, really.  Go now.
For those of you who [...]

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Minis feature – Boskan

by Bob

This is Boskan.  You can read all about him here.
For the Flowers and Unicorns campaign, I painted a mini for everyone’s character, and gave them out as Christmas gifts.  Unfortunately, I don’t have pics of all of them;  I’m hoping to get them all in the same room again one day. 
At any rate, Boskan is [...]

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DnD 4E Update – The Rouge is out!

by Bob

Critical Hits just caught this one.  The Fourth Edition Rogue has been released!
I’ll post my initial reaction over there.

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Minis feature – Reaper.

by Bob

This is another Reaper Mini that I painted around five years ago.  Reaper makes the best minis on the market.  D&D Minis are fine, but you just don’t get the detail with plastic that you get with pewter.  Other brands have come close, but none have had the consistent quality, in terms of detailed molds, [...]

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Friday Fantasy Fun – D&D Links to Finish the Work Week: February 22, 2008

by Bob

First, a video, discovered first by Kimmie:

I know I’ve featured it here before, but I have to read Dark Dungeons at least once a year.  Yes, I know, linking just encourages them.  I can’t help it.
Yax linked this one on Monday, but I’ll echo his sentiment here.  Critical Hits has an excellent discussion of the [...]

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Of Markets, RPGs, and Third Parties

by Bob

The Chatty DM has a guest column this morning over at dungeonmastering.com on the concept of the OGL and its effect on Dungeons and Dragons, both in terms of the effect it had on 3E as well as the possible effect on 4E.
I don’t substantially disagree with anything Phil is saying there.  However, I’d like to hone [...]

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Monday Morning in Iceland

by Bob

Hey all!
Dang, it’s cold here.  And icy.
I will admit it.  I was a bit cranky last Wednesday.  Maybe it was the weather.  Maybe it was the vodka.  Either way, I’m over it.  I think I’m ready to take this gamer contract thing seriously.  The Philippine Gamer has done some excellent legwork on the question, looking [...]

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Dungeons and Dragons Trap Ideas

by Bob

I’m channeling the spirit of Grimtooth today.  That, and the old ‘Net Book of Traps.
Anyways, I offer, for your enjoyment, some of my favorite trap ideas.  I’ve used each of these in a game, with great results:
Trap Idea #1:  Fake Door
For this trap, the characters need to make a successful search check.  They will find [...]

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Cynical Bob Shows His Butt

by Bob

First, let me give you something useful.  With less than 6 months to go, I thought I’d point you all to the GenCon Survival Guide.  Enjoy.
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Phil Gamer had an interesting article the other day on the (generally unspoken) code of conduct that he uses when approaching the gaming table.  He’s got some pretty insightful stuff over [...]

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Free 4E core books from dungeonmastering.com

by Bob

I know, I normally don’t post on the weekends…  Just pretend this isn’t a post.
At any rate, I couldn’t wait until Monday to tell you about this.  The hottest D&D blog out there has GOT to be Dungeon Mastering.  I found Yax this week, and I’ve been eating up all of his great stuff. 
Now, he’s [...]

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