News in Review for Mar 15 to Mar 21 2010
For me, the week peaked with the Wednesday release of the new Player’s Handbook 3, and it was hard for the rest of the week’s News to live up to that much excitement. The release of new Official content does that, I guess, and anything trailing after becomes somewhat denouement.
But hot on the heels of the release of PHB3 was news that PAX East has COMPLETELY sold out! Every pass, whether 3-day or single day, was pre-sold and there are no more! It’s definitely revving up the excitement level, and I can’t wait to start my adventurous trek this Thursday, as I drive to Boston to see what looks to be the start of a big spring convention tradition. Let’s just hope that PAX East can live up to gamer-expectations.
- WotC kicks off Monday with a new excerpt from the upcoming The Plane Above: Secrets of the Astral Sea! Check out the opening pages of this new supplement in Plane Above Excerpts: Intro & Themes!
- In this Feature Article in Dragon #385, secret societies of the Dragonborn are revealed in Power of Dragons – with new Paragon Paths for Dragonborn Player-Characters.
- Mike Shea at Critical-Hits.com discusses the benefits of using the DMG2’s rules On Environmental Powers.
- In the newest Class Acts article in Dragon #385, the strange relationship between Assassins and the Shadowfell is explored in Assassin: Shadow’s Seduction and it has plenty of new feats for this new PHB3 Character Class.
- Vanir’s Dire Flailings at Critical-Hits.com is getting pumped up for this year’s GenCon in Six Month’s to Four Days.
- Wimick at Dungeon’s Master.com takes a look at Effective Use of the Weather.
- Bart Carroll has asked for gamers to participate in this March Survey for WotC marketing development.
- Channel Divinity this week in Dragon #385 details three orders of the god Ioun, the Collectors, the Excavaters, and the Chroniclers – each with new feats and skill powers.
- The Cross-City Race is a new side-trek adventure in Dungeon #176 for Characters Level 1 to Level 3.
- Massawyrm at Ain’t It Cool News.com has his review of the newly released Player’s Handbook 3!
- Over at Dungeon’s Master.com, Ameron has created the “must-have” list of elemental defensive gear in Improve Your Defenses With Energy Resistance (Heroic).
- The new Dungeon Tiles: Harrowing Halls is due to be released later this month, and there is an excerpt over at the WotC site available now to everyone to check out.
- There’s a new Winning Races article dealing with new epic destinies for Eternal Deva, now in Dragon #385.
- In the Ruling Skill Challenges column this month, skill challenges are can be used to effectively Split the Party and still keep Players engaged in the action.
- Bartoneous at Critical-Hits.com has a review of the newest Core rulebook for 4E: Review: “Player’s Handbook 3″.
- Chris Perkins runs D&D for the writers of Robot Chicken and you can check out the newest podcast in Robot Chicken Plays D&D Episode 21.
- In the March News and Reviews, WotC Bart Carroll discusses a wide range of topics including having Good Times at the Yawning Portal on St. Patrick’s Day!
- Ed Greenwood casts an Eye on the Realms to look into the doings of Tarmel Drouth, Outcast Noble – now in Dungeon #176.
- Geryon, The Broken Beast is the topic of Ari Marmell’s Codex of Betrayal column. You can read all about this unbound devil prince in Dungeon #176.
- Friday’s Class Acts article examines new Paragon Paths for Primal Leaders in Shaman: Spirit Leader, which is now available in Dragon #385.
- There is a new excerpt from the upcoming The Plane Above: Secrets of the Astral Sea out on the Official WotC site, and it discusses the perils of Navigating the Astral Seas!
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