I’m an old dog: it’s hard to teach me new tricks. For example, take a recent 4e character I made. Lute playing is a huge part of my character concept, and I instinctively wanted to quantify his lute-playing expertise as a stat. But it turns out there’s no spot on the character sheet for musical […]
Opportunity Actions: National Geographic Is Your Friend!
Given the hubbub lately over the impending end of Dungeon and Dragon magazines as compiled issues, there’s a void being left behind. Where can we truly go for great content, all in one place, that isn’t just a series of web articles that now have the luxury of being able to change the amount and […]
D&D Tactics
There was some interesting chatter on Twitter on Wednesday January 19, 2011 regarding tactics. @newbiedm mentioned wanting something akin to the “Player’s Strategy Guide” that Wizards of the Coast released, but for DMs. Basically, something that told DMs, “Okay, your party has x, y, z characters, here’s how you challenge them!”
As I wrote to both him and @SarahDarkmagic, I don’t believe that something like that is appropriate. I think that the key to challenging PCs in a 4th Edition D&D encounter is building the enemy “party” just like a player party would. What you want to focus on is the tactics within the enemy party, rather than build ways to stop the players’ characters.
Opportunity Actions: Drinking And Gaming
For your enjoyment, I’ll start this discussion with a video (WARNING: Video is French with English subtitles) Farador D&D – Tom et ses chums Uploaded by drukskill. – Independent web videos. If you hadn’t seen this before, just know that this is one of the modern classics in the nerd wheelhouse. All should see it. […]