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D&D review: Exemplars of Evil

You’ll talk about that villain for years
Exemplars of Evil is the ultimate resource to create a memorable villain. It is the best collection of villain archetypes, feats, abilities, and behavior I have come across.
All ratings are on a scale (no pun intended) of 1 to 5 red dragons. 5 red dragons is [...]

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D&D review: Elder Evils

Kicking ass, saving the world!
In most D&D campaigns the player characters are heroes and they roam the world, gain powers, and eventually save the world. Elder Evils is a supplement that helps DM include an unspeakable horror that threatens humanity (and elfinity, dwarfinity, etc.)
All ratings are on a scale (no pun intended) of 1 [...]

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D&D 4E review: The backpack dilemma

What? No backpack?
I enjoyed the art and images in the 4E preview books. Especially the character sketches. But one thing bugged me. I counted about 70 different characters but only 4 of them were wearing a backpack. With all the gear adventurers wear these days how can they not have a backpack? [...]

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D&D 4E review: DRAGONS!!!

Today Tomorrow is “Appreciate a Dragon” day! So I thought I’d let my red dragon friend and mascot Expy handle this D&D 4E preview review.
Obvious awesomeness
It feels good to be appreciated! Not only has WotC recognized our importance by dedicating us a day of the year, but what I read in Worlds & [...]

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D&D 4E review: Overview of the preview books

I read the Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition previews Races & Classes, and Worlds & Monsters last week and a few things jumped out right away:

Dungeons & Dragons still feels like Dungeons & Dragons.
The Wizards staff working on 4E seems to be very respectful of D&D enthusiasts.
WotC spent a lot of time on this new [...]

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