In the tabletop world of 4e, there are plenty of factors a DM has to consider when making an exciting encounter. The type, role, and number of monsters, the terrain the encounter occurs on or in, where the PCs and NPCs are placed when initiative is rolled, the resources the PCs should be expected to […]
Opportunity Actions: Races of Athas – Half-Orcs and Revenants
If you’ve made it this far, thanks. You’ve enjoyed my last two posts about Shadar-Kai and Warforged and Deva and Drow. If this is the first post you’re reading, welcome! Give those other two a try as well. If you like this one, the other two will entertain you as well. This post, as the […]
Opportunity Actions: Races of Athas – Deva and Drow
Moving on after my last post about the Shadar-Kai and Warforged, I’ll be tackling the Drow and Deva this time. Like last time, I’m writing up two races for similar reasons. First, the Drow, like the Shadar-Kai, are not in the setting, but fit smoothly with some hacking around. Second, the Deva, like the Warforged, […]
Opportunity Actions: Races of Athas – Shadar-Kai and Warforged
Looking through some Dark Sun materials this week, I was surprised to hear people say, “So, which races will you allow?” I pitched this idea over at Wizards, and they told me that someone was already working on it. Everyone’s free to wait until that article publishes, or read it here, sooner. WOTC’s loss is everyone’s […]