Red Box Giveaway! Now Open to Worldwide Contestants!

RPG Musings is giving away a D&D RED BOX!! — UPDATED! AGAIN! Yes, It’s time here at RPG Musings to give away another product and we have decided to send out a copy of the newly-released D&D Starter Set.  Here are a couple of pictures of the actual product you will get if you win […]

Opportunity Actions: DIY Templates 2 – The Hardware Store

Last time, I told you that you could get good gaming templates absolutely free with help from the hardware store. I will show you how to make 2 of them, one for Thunderwave (with the option for Expand Spell)and one for Burning Hands (also with Expand Spell option). 

Put your hand down and play

A few weeks ago, I was playing in my bi-weekly 4e game.  (Wait, is bi-weekly every other week, or twice a week, I can never remember…let me try again.) A few weeks ago, I was playing in my every-other-week 4e game, when one of the common complaints about 4th edition became clear to me.  It […]

Opportunity Actions: Character Optimization vs. Storytelling… Is This Really a Fight?

In a recent post over at Temporary Hit Points, SarahDarkmagic, sort of in passing mentions the conflict between Storytellers and Optimizers in character design. This gets me thinking. Why is there such a difference between storytelling and character optimization? The First Problem: The Argument Let’s start by defining the conflict. Optimizers want to get the […]