Editor-in-Chief | April 16, 2012
A few weeks ago in March, I wrote a blog regarding the homebrewed house rules which I planned to implement in my campaigns. In that blog, Reformation for Rituals, I worked out some rules to make the buying of rituals cheaper, as well as throwing out residuum components, and substituting when possible the old components [...]
Category: 4E Houserules, Dungeonmasters' Insider, House Rules & Variations |
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Tags: alchemy, D&D 4e, enchant, house rules, magic item, rituals, rules variant
Editor-in-Chief | March 26, 2012
One thing that still continues to baffle me, as a DM with two 4E campaigns, is why Rituals get so little attention and general use by my Players. I wrote a blog previously about the issue entitled “What’s Wrong with Rituals” back in February 2010, looking into the causes of why Ritual use was so [...]
Category: 4E Houserules, Dungeonmasters' Insider |
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Tags: D&D 4e, dungeon master tip, houserule, rituals, Wizards of the Coast
Editor-in-Chief | March 12, 2012
One of things I really came to hate in D&D 4E was the whole idea of magic item “wishlists”. While I don’t mind dropping a magic item into a game now and then that I know a player has been longing to see in the hands of their character, I disliked the idea that the [...]
Category: Dungeonmasters' Insider, House Rules & Variations, Player Strategies, Role-Players' Edge, Tricks of the Trade |
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Tags: D&D 4e, house rules, magic items, rules variant, wishlists
Editor-in-Chief | March 5, 2012
D&D Next… D&D Next… all I ever seem to hear about these days is D&D Next!
Unless you’ve been living under a rock – or maybe just playing Skyrim or Star Wars: The Old Republic nearly 24/7 – you too have heard all the hullabaloo about D&D Next from WotC articles, tweetz, blogs, and forums. With [...]
Category: Dungeonmasters' Insider, House Rules & Variations, RPG News & Reviews |
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Tags: D&D 4e, D&D Next, editorial, house rules, rules variant, WotC
Editor-in-Chief | February 22, 2012
Greetings fellow gamers! It is Wednesday once again, and I trust that every has managed to make it through the first part of the week smoothly, and are looking forward to the coming weekend! Of course, yesterday was Fat Tuesday, so I imagine there was some celebrating going on somewhere. I myself celebrated yesterday by [...]
Category: Dungeonmasters' Insider, House Rules & Variations, RPG News & Reviews |
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Tags: cards, critical hits, D&D 4e, EN World, fumbles, Pathfinder, review