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Archive for the 'Musings' Category
Saturday, April 26th, 2008
It occurs to me that I haven’t been posting lately, so I guess I’ll go ahead and update you all on some things.
Games I’ve been playing
Sadly, I haven’t really done much board/card/role-playing gaming lately since the big TPK. I did play a game of Three-Dragon Ante with my friend Dean; it was quite good. [...]
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Sunday, April 6th, 2008
Here’s what I know about powers in 4E as they relate to skills:
1. Some powers require training in skills. The rogue’s Tumble power requires that you be trained in Acrobatics.
2. The rogue has been described as being able to do more with skills than other classes.
3. Mike Mearls is working on 4E mechanics. [...]
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Thursday, March 20th, 2008
So, Paizo Publishing has decided to put out a product that will, I suppose, compete with 4th Edition. In a bold and, I think, savvy move, they have released an alpha version of The Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, so that people can read it, play it, and provide them with feedback that they will use [...]
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Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
When I first got my DS, my introductory game was The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass. It was fantastic, in every sense of the word; one of the best games I’ve ever played. Hungry for more Zelda goodness, but knowing that that was the only title for the DS, I purchased The Legend [...]
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Sunday, February 24th, 2008
Wizards just posted an article about the 4th Edition rogue. Let’s see what we can learn from it.
1. Armor Training: Leather. At first blush, this seems pretty restricted; they’re only trained with leather armor? However, the Classes and Races book makes mention of the fact that terms that used to represent a [...]
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Saturday, January 26th, 2008
It’s been quite a while since my last post, and for that I apologize. I have no particular excuse other than the usual: games and lack of motivation. At any rate, I read something just now that motivated me to make a post: the Monster Manual entry for the 4th Edition Pit Fiend.
Here’s [...]
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Tuesday, January 1st, 2008
Apologies for the lack of posting; I’ve been busy with my Christmas gifts. Highlights include:
1. A Garmin GPS unit for my car. Extremely useful.
2. A Nintendo DS, along with two games (The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass and Age of Empires: The Age of Kings). I’ve finished Zelda already, due primarily to [...]
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Wednesday, December 19th, 2007
I’ve been speculating about the role of the 4th Edition ranger lately. The following items have been posted on En World, and this is where my speculation springs from:
1. There will be fewer than 11 classes in the Player’s Handbook. “Mearls said 8 was about the ‘middle range’ of the number of classes that [...]
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Friday, December 14th, 2007
I’ve been reading up on what some people have had to say about the Races and Classes 4th Edition preview book (those that got their copies early, at least) over on EN World, and such readings have sparked a lot of speculation in my mind.
First, allow me to share those things that have [...]
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Saturday, December 1st, 2007
Since time immemorial, D&D has been a generic heroic fantasy game. That is, the focus has always been on heroic fantasy, and the flavor of the game has always been pretty setting-neutral. The intent, I’m guessing, was to give budding world-builders a blank slate as far as setting goes, allowing them to create [...]
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