There’s a perception, both outside the gamer community and to some extent within it, that all roleplaying fans are also comic nerds. It’s not always an accurate assumption, even if there does tend to be a lot of overlap. I’m what you could call a casual comic book fan, as are many of my friends. […]
Opportunity Actions: Why Does 1st Level (Have To) Suck?
When starting a campaign, I’ve always noticed a tendency for players and DMs alike to inevitably ask, “What level are we starting at?”
Opportunity Actions: A Roleplaying Primer
Lately, I’ve been looking into the way people role-play. There are many different ways of doing it. Some are great. Some don’t work as well. Some rely on the player in question making the most of the conditions. When one is getting into roleplaying, or looking to inject a little more color into the game […]
Play At Your Own Pace
It’s hard to find a place online which talks about D&D4e that hasn’t, in recent weeks and months, been talking about the pace of 4e combat and ways to make it faster, faster, and faster still. There’s tons of advice that ranges from the practical to the extensive to the radical extreme. And I’m a […]