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May 9, 2011 by Jeff
There are some great settings out there in the world of D&D. Be they fully fleshed out worlds like the …
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Category: Articles, One Shot
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Tags: advice, background, backstory, campaign, character, fluff, inspiration, story
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April 18, 2011 by Jeff
At the request of b_s_lynn on Twitter, it’s time for another RP Builds article. I had two requests for what …
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Category: Articles, Explain Yourself
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Tags: advice, build, character, character builder, choices, crunch, D&D Insider, feat, human, inspiration, optimization, power, psion, race, role-playing
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March 21, 2011 by Sarah Darkmagic
One of the frequent complaints I hear from players new to the game is that it’s all too confusing. Let’s …
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Category: Articles, Player's Guide
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Tags: advice, beginner, character, inspiration, player, players guide, role-playing
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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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February 11, 2011 by thebasicsofthegame
Every good villain has a good backstory. He has something about him, that makes him so deliciously evil. Darth Vader …
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Category: Articles, Feature
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Tags: background, evil, inspiration
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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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Tags: advice, background, build, character, character builder, crunch, eladrin, fluff, inspiration, optimization, parkour, power, race, racial power, rogue, swordmage, teleport
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January 10, 2011 by Sarah Darkmagic
So far we’ve discussed character creation, how to do it, what tools to use, etc. However, very few games involve …
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Category: Articles, Player's Guide
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Tags: advice, background, backstory, inspiration, party building, players guide, story
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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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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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October 7, 2010 by Jeff
By Wolfgang Baur Conan’s goal in life was to rule the jeweled throne of Aquilonia. Elric was a prince, Arthur …
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Category: Articles, One Shot
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Tags: advice, inspiration, king, kobold quarterly, one shot, power, role-playing, rule, story, wolfgang baur
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September 24, 2010 by Jeff
First off, let me begin by laying out what I have identified as key assumptions in D&D. 1. D&D is …
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Tags: advice, backstory, campaign, character, fluff, guest, inspiration, robert schwalb, story