Written by Immunoprophylaxis on January 18th, 2009

An idea for point-based powers in D&D. Each character has an “energy pool” used to fuel powers.

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Written by Agravain on November 2nd, 2008

When a player fails a skill check, is that final? Can she try again? Also, if there is no immediate feedback, does she know how well her attempt went? I try to deal with all these questions in this article.

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Written by Immunoprophylaxis on October 26th, 2008

So, there we were, charged with traveling to the bottom of the deep sea to enter a fortress that may be crawling with hostiles. After our druid dispatched some sharks to survey the area, we found the coordinates of the fortress. Unfortunately the area was blocked from teleport…

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Written by Agravain on October 23rd, 2008

So, my friends and I have all these Dungeons & Dragons 3.5ed books laying around. Let’s make the most of them, we thought! We never got to try high-level play, so this time, let’s start at level 20! I voulenteered as GM …

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Written by Agravain on October 5th, 2008

There’s a couple of community-created monk classes floating around. I decided to try one of them out. This one I found on the Wizards forum, where it had evolved and improved through open discussion. It turned out to be too awesome!

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Written by Agravain on October 5th, 2008

So, my character died. He was doing pretty well, earning good money from danger pay, and establishing a reputation for himself. Then, after completing a mission, on the way home …

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Written by Agravain on September 17th, 2008

This is an addon to the 4th edition skills. Read on for a good list of skills that add flavor to your character. Maybe you’ve been trained as a blacksmith or a violinist, worked as a baker or even a lawyer?

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Written by Zicon on September 9th, 2008

This article introduces a new deity, “The Maiden”. The Maiden is a love goddess and also has an avenger aspect to her.

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Written by Agravain on September 2nd, 2008

Here’s another rule suggestion to add flavor to your character!
As your character gets older, he turns physically weaker, but knows more feats or skills (and feats can buy skill points)…

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Written by Agravain on September 2nd, 2008

This is a small rewrite of the D&D 4th edition skill progression system. It adds secondary skills. For example, “Read Lips” is a secondary skill of the “Perception” primary skill.

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