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Archive for October, 2007
Expy talks about white dragons
Written by Expy - Published on October 25, 2007Expy, my juvenile red dragon friend, loves to trash-talk any non-red dragon. He recently bumped into a white dragon and he’s been begging me to allow him to write a rant on white dragons ever since. I wouldn’t usually allow it but he’s been on his best behavior lately, only terrorizing a handful [...]
WTF: Princess name generator
Written by Yax - Published on October 24, 2007Weird Tool Files #9: Princess name generator
I remember all the times my party bumped into an improvized princess NPC- my biggest problem was to come up with a name on the fly.
Well, now that I found out about the princess name generator I can keep introducing princess NPCs and never worry again. Thank you, Internet!
More WTF!
What’s the range of Telekinesis?
Written by Yax - Published on October 22, 2007Last night, my buddies and I played D&D for the first time in a while and the party has two level 12 spellcasters in it. We had to double-check spell specs all the time.
The quote of the night: “Is telekinesis a touch-range spell?”
D&D Monday morning speedlinking
Written by Yax - Published on October 22, 2007DNDMMSL 10-22-07
Another Monday morning. As usual you show your co-workers you best zombie-like facial expression. Don’t worry. Coffee will kick in soon! Until then here are a few links to keep you busy:
Aggro Me wrote an article on MMORPG influence on D&D4E. It’s a long, but extremely well written article. [...]
Instant world builder - Part VIII: Color Commentary
Written by Yax - Published on October 21, 2007This article is part 8 of the Instant World Builder series.
The color commentator
Two of the characters in my ongoing campaign once met an NPC - completely improvised at the time - who stuck around and became a fan of the 2 PCs. The NPC was a bard and would travel the world singing praise [...]
Instant world builder - Part VII: Hero Potential
Written by Yax - Published on October 20, 2007This article is part 7 of the Instant World Builder series.
Superstar factor
I already wrote about making your players feel like superstars in the Instant Campaign Builder series. There’s not much more to say about the concept itself: your players will enjoy seeing the characters grow, have success, and achieve greatness in highlight reel fashion.
Who [...]