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e on 4e: Creating a Character
Geek's Dream Girl | July 22nd 2008 by Geek's Dream Girl
Is it just me or is a lot more work to roll up a character in 4e? Not that I MIND, because there’s definitely a lot of choices as far as specialization goes. This is also my first time playing any sort of caster, so that’s a new ballpar read more
I can has game group!
Geek's Dream Girl | July 21st 2008 by Geek's Dream Girl
Hooray! I went to the Friendly Local Gaming Store, Games HQ on the west side of Charlotte. It’s in a sketchy neighborhood, but the store itself is great! Lots of fun merch, plenty of table space, a crazy huge snack bar with all sorts of tem read more
Quick Note on D&D 4e Character Sheets
Geek's Dream Girl | July 21st 2008 by Geek's Dream Girl
Found some neat ones here. Check it out. read more
D&D 4E: First Major Round of Errata
Critical Hits | July 17th 2008 by Danny
Wizards has posted errata and updates to the 4th Edition D&D core rulebooks, and there are quite a bit of changes / fixes. Head over to the Wizard’s site and check out the text pdf’s, I’ve printed them out and am wondering how read more
Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition Barbarian stats
Send More Paramedics | July 15th 2008 by SMP Blogger
In case you can't wait for Barbarian stats to come out, you could use these stats that I've found for 4th edition Dungeons & Dragons on the WoTC gleemax forums:reproduced here:Barbarian“Stand and fight!”Class TraitsRole: Striker. You deal lar read more
Chest sizes
Yeah/Maybe | July 13th 2008
Dungeons and Dragons is unfathomably astounding:if you play with the right people. I do not. Around a month ago two of my players essentially ceased to exist, one without any prior notice. The other two are constantly busy with work, and I can't play read more
Reading One Book
Gifts for a Geek blog | July 10th 2008 by Casey Sisterson
How many times have you just reached to grab one chip and realized awhile later that all the chips are gone. Books are just like that too. The first book that really caught and held my attention was The Hobbit when I was in the 7th grade. I was a read more
Mass Combat system for Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition
Send More Paramedics | July 8th 2008 by SMP Blogger
The following rules, taken from Vaults of Pandius, could easily be used in Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition for mass combat (numbers greater than 10, armies, etc.).This portion of the WAR MACHINE lets you figure out how fit your troops are for comb read more
“D&D 4th Edition Core Rulebook Collection,” by James Wyatt, R…
Errant Dreams Reviews | July 4th 2008 by Heather Grove
Overall, I'm disappointed in D&D 4th edition. For now, my campaign is going to stay based on 3.5. I think I could make a good game out of it, but it would take more effort in house rules than I'm willing to put in. read more
Let’s Talk About Fluff
Critical Hits | July 2nd 2008 by Danny
I was reading through a discussion on Paizo’s message boards that grew out of a post linking to our coverage of the panel with Mike Mearls at Origins, and one discussion in particular caught my eye. Several people began to discuss the amount read more
Get paid to play Dungeons and Dragons online
Easy Online Jobs Philippines | July 1st 2008 by Easy Online Jobs Philippines
Dungeons and Dragons (D & D) is a role-playing game wherein players become characters immersed in fantastical worlds filled with powerful heroes and monstrous villains. For many players, the immersion is so complete that the hours spent on the g read more
Plans for the week
A Mad Moravian (kind of) | June 30th 2008 by Scott Zrubek
I'm going to be off work for 6 consecutive days, and there are a number of things that should get done during that time. Let's see what I've come up with and then see what actually gets done. Wait for the AT&T guy to fix the DSLMow the lawn (1 acre read more
Collecting Dungeons and Dragons Trading Cards (Unfortunately)
Collectors' Quest | June 29th 2008 by Martin Mateev
Back in 1992, when I was 11 years old, I was falling in love with fantasy role playing games. Despite this, I wasn’t at all into Satan. The evilest thing I wanted to meet at the time was a Beholder, and only if I was holding a +6 Sword of Eye Pokin read more
4th Edition: Class Acts
Critical Hits | June 25th 2008 by Danny
In the convoluted web of intrigue that blogs create, Phil (the Chatty DM) led me to a link via a guest post at Geek’s Dream Girl, to a very cool fan-created Bard class for 4th Edition. Unlike some other fan-created classes for the new edition read more
Fae - Home Sweet Hogwarts
The Soccer Moms' Guide to Wicca | June 19th 2008 by wiccamoms
We’re back from vacation, today was a a long day, but a good day. The kids spent yesterday and this morning playing their hearts out at Great Wolf Lodge, in the huge waterpark with lots of slides, chutes, wave pools, hot tubs, river rafts, an read more
Alea iacta est.
Perpetual Memory Loss | June 18th 2008
“The die is cast,” somehow I don’t think this is the die Caesar was talking about. This Roman 20 sided die, found in Egypt, helps researches prove that there were ancient nerds. Similar to todays nerds, ancient nerds liked to read more
D’s Feed Favorites 6/18/2008
Geek's Dream Girl | June 17th 2008 by Geek's Dream Girl
Woah, what’s this? A boy has invaded the lair of the Geek’s Dream Girl? Yes, it’s true, while e is out of the country, she’s asked a few of her geek-blogging buddies (starting with myself) to help out. So here’s a few li read more
7 geekiest geek hobbies
Prodigeek | June 16th 2008 by Michael
There are many factions within the geek community, most viciously opposing and plot the death of other factions. Just try to get a Star Trek fan to agree with a Star Wars fan on anything. The truth is there is a hierarchy of geeks, and geeks in hig read more
Jesus Saves!
the unnecessary post | June 14th 2008 by John S
Everyone else takes 5d6 damage. read more
Gaming in Ancient Rome
Critical Hits | June 13th 2008 by Danny
A friend sent me a link for something really interesting, it’s an auction by Christie’s for a d20 from Ancient Rome! It looks like the Caesars may have been playing D&D pre-1st Edition. From the site: A ROMAN GLASS GAMING DIE Circa 2 read more
How to Compare Birds to Fish
Critical Hits | June 10th 2008 by Danny
A common topic has come up several times throughout various discussions that has been wracking my brain lately. The discussions it has been most prevalent in are ones that pertain to game design, and specifically tabletop games or computer games. Abo read more
Inq. of the Week: Which Edition?
Critical Hits | June 9th 2008 by Danny
Just over a week ago Dave wrapped up his 18 Adventure long, and final, D&D 3.5 Campaign with a definitively epic finale. This inspired him to ask you all how many campaigns you’ve been in that have seen completion, to which a huge 30% of read more
My Almost Perfect First Date
evilwoobie: introspection and frivolity | June 7th 2008 by evilwoobie
I wouldn’t be me if I passed up the chance to share tidbits of my relationship with this geeky DnD master, who I fell in love with and became BFFs with a decade ago. With every story, perhaps you will get to know me more and understand why, of read more
Your not the Dungeon Master of me!
NerdFare | June 6th 2008 by NerdFare
I have to admit, I never played D&D. I could have in my teen years but the echoes of my mother telling me "Eso es del demonio" would haunt me in my sleep. The release of D&D 4th edition and its new online features has slayed that beast. Take read more
Dungeons and Dire rats...
Yeah/Maybe | June 5th 2008
I got into D&D for the first time a few weeks ago. Contrary to what you'd expect, I am not starting with the shiny new fourth edition, but with the more available 3.5.I've been a geek for a long time, so of course I'm aware of the game, but nonet read more
Fae - Like Father, Like Son
The Soccer Moms' Guide to Wicca | May 25th 2008 by wiccamoms
Aidan had three friends over yesterday to play Dungeons and Dragons. Matt, my darling geek husband, grew up playing as character and Dungeon Master. Aidan, our darling geek son, had been chomping at the bit at the chance to walk in his footprints. Hi read more
Wizards Lets Loose The Cool
Critical Hits | May 22nd 2008 by Danny
Wired has posted an exclusive preview of the 4th Edition Character Sheet, which I have to say I’m happy to see. Since playing Keep on the Shadowfell, all of us were very concerned because the pre-generated character’s stats were hidden w read more
Session Report & Review: Keep on the Shadowfell (Part 1)
Critical Hits | May 20th 2008 by Danny
We were very privileged to receive a promotional copy of the first Dungeons and Dragons 4th Edition adventure module, entitled Keep on the Shadowfell, which comes with a small set of quick start rules as an introduction to the yet-to-be-released edit read more
So what IS D&D anyway?
Critical Hits | May 16th 2008 by Danny
An interesting meme has seemed to pop up among those who dislike where D&D 4e headed. It’s one simple declaration: This is not D&D. I’ve touched on this idea before: in many people’s minds, there’s one definition of wh read more
A Game of Epic Numbers
Critical Hits | May 15th 2008 by Danny
There’s a lot of buzz going around about the soon-to-be-released 4th Edition D&D Adventure Keep on the Shadowfell, some people even did a ridiculously thorough read through of it, though Phil does provide a great review / preview there for read more
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