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March 14, 2011 by Jeff
Via Twitter, Quinn Murphy gave me the inspiration for this RP Build article, a “magical graffiti artist”. So let’s boil …
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Category: Articles, Explain Yourself
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Tags: character, character builder, crunch, feat, fluff, inspiration, mechanics, power, race, shadar-kai, wizard
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March 7, 2011 by thebasicsofthegame
Evil is more than a word, it is a way doing things. Just sitting in a room thinking evil thoughts …
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Category: Articles, Feature
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Tags: character, crunch, evil, feat, feature
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February 21, 2011 by Jeff
The character for this article is Krasnak and the advice to get from him is to let go and leave …
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Category: Articles, Tell Me About Your Character
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Tags: advice, background, backstory, character, choices, dwarf, fluff, role-playing, story
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February 14, 2011 by Sarah Darkmagic
Role-playing, a phrase that strikes fear into the hearts of many D&D players, new and veteran alike. Why are so …
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Category: Articles, Player's Guide
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Tags: advice, backstory, beginner, character, players guide, role-playing
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January 24, 2011 by Jeff
In this installment of RP Builds I called out to Twitter and Twitter responded with Parkour! So first I wanted …
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Category: Articles, Explain Yourself
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Tags: advice, background, build, character, character builder, crunch, eladrin, fluff, inspiration, optimization, parkour, power, race, racial power, rogue, swordmage, teleport
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December 27, 2010 by Jeff
This is the first of a new series of articles that I came up with due to feedback from the …
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Category: Articles, Explain Yourself
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Tags: advice, background, bard, character, character builder, crunch, cunning bard, D&D Insider, deva, deva regressor, guiding strike, inspiration, jack of all trades, malevolent mischief, mechanics, misdirected mark, optimization, player, power, race, role-playing, thunder's calling, twilight adept
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December 20, 2010 by thebasicsofthegame
So you want to be evil? The notion of villainy sets your heart all flutter? Was your hero in Star …
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Category: Articles, Explain Yourself
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Tags: advice, character, evil, group, party, role-playing
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December 13, 2010 by Sarah Darkmagic
Over the past few months, I discussed the steps of building a character. But let’s actually do one using the …
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Category: Articles, Player's Guide
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Tags: beast, birth amonth another race, build, character, character builder, charging, D&D Insider, druid, earth roots, elf, minotaur, optimization, players guide, pounce, power, race, skill, swarming locusts, thorn whip, toughness, twisting vines
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December 6, 2010 by Jeff
In the previous Killer Combo article I told you about a player in my group, Greg, who does incredible levels …
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Category: Articles, Killer Combo
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Tags: advice, ball lightning, build, character, killer combo, line of sight, mechanics, optimization, slow, sustain, wall of fire, wizard
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November 29, 2010 by Jeff
This Killer Combo is inspired by Greg, who plays Peren, the elf ranger. Peren is a damage machine. You don’t …
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Category: Articles, Killer Combo
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Tags: advice, archer, beast, beast master, character, crunch, elf, hunter's quarry, killer combo, martial power, opportunity attack, optimization, prime shot, protector, race, ranger, sharpshooter