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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 28, 2011 by Jeff
Let’s cut to the chase, epic destiny choice should be informed primarily on the story you’ve been telling with your …
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Category: Articles, Explain Yourself
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Tags: advice, D&D Insider, destiny, epic, optimization, paragon path, plane shaper, punisher of the gods, ranger, role-playing, story
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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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January 3, 2011 by Jeff
In the December Poll of the Month I asked you what you wanted to see more of on the site …
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Category: Articles, Poll of the Month
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Tags: crunch, fluff, mechanics, optimization, poll, role-playing
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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 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
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November 8, 2010 by Sarah Darkmagic
When I started this series a few months ago, Essentials wasn’t out and we weren’t quite sure how it was …
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Category: Articles, Player's Guide
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Tags: advice, beginner, build, character, choices, optimization, player, players guide, power
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October 12, 2010 by Sarah Darkmagic
In past articles, we discussed everything from designing a character concept to filling in your ability scores. Now it’s time …
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Tags: advice, beginner, build, character, D&D Insider, optimization, player, players guide, skill