I got a chance to sit down with three friends of mine and run a playtest session of DnDNext. This is a review of the game after two read throughs and 1 session, using the playtest document released by Wizards of the Coast on 24 May 2012. In keeping with the requirements of the playtest […]
RetroReview: X3 – Curse of Xanathon
X3 – Curse of Xanathon Continuing my series of RetroReviews, this week I tackle the next module in the X-Expert series, X3: Curse of Xanathon. X3: Curse of Xanathon was written by Douglas Niles and published by TSR in 1982. It is a 32 page module for use with the Basic Dungeons & Dragons Expert […]
RetroReview: X1 – The Isle of Dread
All of this talk of DnDNext incorporating elements from older editions has me looking at the older pieces of my collection. I have several products written for older editions that are deserving of a review and that is what I will present in this series. Behold the first entry in the RetroReview series: The Isle […]
Designing The Chosen of Magic
In my campaign we introduced the idea of Weavescars about 20 levels ago. In the 4e Forgotten Realms there are spellscars, which people are generally familiar with has a possible impact of interacting with spellplague. In my campaign I explained active pockets of spellplague as being a constant battle between wild magic an ordered (or […]