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21st century, 21st level
After a couple of weeks off for real life stuff, our regular game got back under way last week. The big news is, we’ve hit the heady heights of the epic tier! This is uncharted territory for all of us. … Continue reading
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Role playing opportunities
The comments on my recent Defence of H/P/E post got me thinking. ‘Roleplaying opportunities’ were mentioned twice, one saying there weren’t any, one saying how good they were. Can’t both be right surely? or can they! I think it depends … Continue reading
Hardcore rules
Just so you know, I’ve got an aim for this blog. I want it to be a good read first and foremost. I think it is, largely, and my commenters seem to agree. What i find odd though is how the … Continue reading
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Does anyone remember nostalgia?
I’m very much a new school gamer, with a weekly 4e game still going great guns. That said, my RPG roots are in the late 70s/early 80s and I have an enormous affection for those days. Every now and again … Continue reading
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Why didn’t I think of that?
A lot of DMs are still searching for the holy grail of initiative/condition/hits tracking for 4e. I thought I’d tried it all until I saw this pic over at Newbie DM’s site. It’s actually from Mike Shea the guy behind … Continue reading
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Sleepless in Spellgard
This in from Danurai: Fáelán squinted up at the weak winter sun, then spat on the dry ruins of Spellgard. “They passed by here not three days hence.” He waggled his fingers in the air and muttered under his breath, … Continue reading
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D&D 4e: the verdict
Having now played all the way through Keep on the Shadowfell (including 4 extra sessions at Continuum) I now feel like I’ve got a well formed set of opinions on D&D 4e. To be honest, I think any game needs … Continue reading
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Keep on the Shadowfell 8?
We continue… No rest for the wicked as the cube encounter continues, without the cube naturally, and Flynn does his thing scouting ahead. the chamber beyond has the sarcophagi which elicits raised eyebrows from the players, and rightly so as … Continue reading
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Keep on the Shadowfell V
We continue… The party are confronted with a chamber full of walking corpses, a reminder of Alarics recent demise. There’s wet, fresh zombies and then there’s the ones that are all dessicated with bits hanging off them. They all have … Continue reading
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