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Submitted by charles on Mon, 01/09/2012 - 10:38
Wizards of the Coast has announced that 5th edition is in the works.
Several blogs out there are already making the edition wars comments.I won't start a "edition x is so much better than edition y!" fight here. Kind of pointless as each edition that I've played has had it's strengths and its weaknesses.
Submitted by charles on Sat, 01/07/2012 - 12:04
Submitted by charles on Fri, 12/02/2011 - 14:32
Gangworld is a series of short supplements for D&D 3x (OGL d20), each describing a criminal organization. They are both low on crunchy mechanics, high on usable story items. The supplements are short, but well worth the $0.99 each for the PDFs.
Submitted by charles on Fri, 12/02/2011 - 11:01
Apocalypse Prevention, Inc. (API) API calls itself “An action horror RPG… with a twist of humor.” Reading it reminds me of movies like Men in Black, where the action and weirdness are so over the top that you can’t really take it seriously; where the dark evil things in the universe are fought with magic, big guns, snark, and sarcasm. The PCs work for API, a business whose mission is to keep humanity safe from the things that threaten the planet – plagues, demons, aliens, etc.
Submitted by charles on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 09:00
This weekend, I had the opportunity to take part in a beta test for BioWare's upcoming MMORPG, Star Wars: The Old Republic (SWTOR). This was a stress-test for them, seeing if their servers could handle the capacity.
Submitted by charles on Fri, 10/28/2011 - 16:40
Character Generation:
- For stats, roll 4d6, rerolling 1s, drop the lowest. do that seven times, dropping the lowest stat. Make 3 sets of stats, use whichever you want.
- Reroll hit points at each level if the roll come up less that 25% of max (1's on d4/d6, 1's and 2's on d8 / d10, 1's, 2's, 3's on d12).
Healing:
Submitted by charles on Thu, 10/27/2011 - 13:25
Today I am thankful for paper-based Role Playing Games. I first played an RPG back in 7th grade. It was AD&D (back before there was a 2nd edition). My first real PC was Martin Ravenwood, a Paladin from the Unearthed Arcana. I ran that character for several years before he retired to a palace on the elemental plane of air. After that came Star Frontiers, AD&D 2e, D&D 3 and 3.5 (haven't gotten to play 4, sigh), TSR's Marvel Super Heroes, GURPS, Deadlands, Call of Cthulhu, ShadowRun....
Submitted by charles on Wed, 10/19/2011 - 10:08
I got an awesome ghost story today in my email! Written by Deborah Teramis Christian and illustrated by Emily Vitori and set in her' Qua-lun world (found in her Dragonsword novels), the ghost story is an awesome tale of how ghosts might interact within a world where their existence is real.
Submitted by charles on Tue, 09/27/2011 - 14:52
Thunder crashed, following a blinding flash of lightning. The rain was coming down harder now. The flash flood was the worst storm the city had seen in years. The usual late-night traffic was nonexistent. No one wanted to be out on a night like this.
Yet one man was trudging slowly down the sidewalk. He was wearing a long trench coat, turned black by the rain. The collar of the coat was turned up. He also wore an old hat, pulled low.
Submitted by charles on Tue, 09/27/2011 - 14:51
"Go home now girl, the streets are not safe at night," Marcus tried to warn her.
"Another blood hunter is gone, Vampires as most know them. Or know the fairy tale television versions, at least. Most don't realize what really waits in the dark, in the deep untouched places of our world.
"Is it better that way? I don't know. That's just how it is. Those that know usually don't last long for one reason or another. And now that I walk the night, I sometimes feel as if I'm nearly as dark as they are. But blood is life, for both our kind, and it's time we took it back.
