With Anne McCaffrey having recently passed, this article becomes a topical albeit melancholy. While the Pern books were much more sci-fi than fantasy, this blog post is still dedicated to her memory. The Dragonlance novels were partially responsible for my introduction to D&D and RPGs. If there’s one memorable part of the Dragonlance saga it’s the epic battle of… [Read more…]
October 31, 2011 by Jeff "JEFF GREINER" Greiner
Earlier this year, the vampire class debuted in Heroes of Shadow. It was a solid class but had one rather large problem: you couldn’t make an existing character a vampire. It was impossible to infect a player character with vampirism or make a character that was more than just a vampire. For example, you couldn’t… [Read more…]
April 18, 2011 by Jeff "JEFF GREINER" Greiner
At the request of b_s_lynn on Twitter, it’s time for another RP Builds article. I had two requests for what to build, one being a powerful character who has communication problems (perhaps to the point of being unable to speak) from EDuty and the other being the D&D equivalent to Dexter. While I’m generally familiar… [Read more…]
April 4, 2011 by thebasicsofthegame
Evil has many tools available to it. Many of those tools are the same tools good guys use. A sword generally works the same for good guys and bad guys. The wand of a good wizard is usually the same as the evil wizard’s. There are some tools though, that are just flat out evil. … [Read more…]
March 14, 2011 by Jeff "JEFF GREINER" Greiner
Via Twitter, Quinn Murphy gave me the inspiration for this RP Build article, a “magical graffiti artist”. So let’s boil this down. The idea is to create a character who creates images on a surface and brings it to life using magic. Class I have a few interpretations of how this could go. I could… [Read more…]
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 does not make you evil. Contemplating evil, no matter how devious your plan, does not make you a villain until you act on that plan. In other words, put up or shut up! Here is… [Read more…]
January 31, 2011 by Jeff "JEFF GREINER" Greiner
Last session, my newest player asked me a question. “Why can’t my Assassin kill in one hit? He’s an Assassin! Matt told me the 3.5 Assassin could!” The group stared at me, expecting a response. I sat there, under the time-gun, thinking. I turned it over and over in my mind, and resolved to formulate… [Read more…]
January 24, 2011 by Jeff "JEFF GREINER" Greiner
In this installment of RP Builds I called out to Twitter and Twitter responded with Parkour! So first I wanted to do some research so I could boil the sport down to some essential elements that will then be emulated. According to Wikipedia, parkour is all about jumping, swinging, and running in order to navigate… [Read more…]
January 3, 2011 by Jeff "JEFF GREINER" Greiner
In the December Poll of the Month I asked you what you wanted to see more of on the site and you delivered some pretty clear messages. The site has been around for a while at this point, we’ve started to build some pretty good audience, and so now I figure it’s a good time… [Read more…]
December 27, 2010 by Jeff "JEFF GREINER" Greiner
This is the first of a new series of articles that I came up with due to feedback from the December 2010 Poll of the Month where people requested more role-playing advice. Here is how this series of articles is going to work: I will find inspiration for a new character, I will then build… [Read more…]
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December 5, 2011 by Jeff "JEFF GREINER" Greiner
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