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The Artificer Class, Part Four

Brandes Stoddard — Thu, 08 Aug 2019 12:00:39 +0000

Now that GenCon 2019 is done, I can come back to the History of the Artificer. This week we’re taking on 4e and the Eberron Player’s Guide. By coincidence this is the one version of the artificer I’ve seen in actual use at the table. (There were no artificers in the one 3.5 Eberron campaign I played.) Part Zero | Part One | Part Two | Part Three | Part Four Eberron Player’s Guide This is the second Arcane Leader class of 4e. Making the […]

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The Warlord Class, Part Three

Brandes Stoddard — Wed, 30 Jan 2019 13:00:36 +0000

Now we come to the edition in which this class’s name finally matches the title of the series. It’s not the first class to change names edition-by-edition – in fact, of the four earliest classes, only the cleric still goes by its original name! More than most, though, it hasn’t reached what I could call community consensus even now, since there are still “commander,” “noble,” and other class names applied to something close enough to fit into this series. (For […]

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The Fighter Class, Part Eleven

Brandes Stoddard — Wed, 11 Jul 2018 12:00:20 +0000

I’ve been looking forward to this entry in the History of the Fighter since I started the series. I played more fighters in 4e (er, two) than any other class, and I absolutely loved the two playstyles. The first was a dragonborn sword-and-board fighter, and the second a brawler with longsword and open hand. I’m going to talk about these, but mainly I want to say that the pure gameplay loop for these was just goddamn amazing. The brawler is […]

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Misread Magic #1 – Fronds, Magic Mussel, and Musty Step

Colin McLaughlin — Thu, 03 May 2018 14:37:51 +0000

Have you ever read something and had to do a double take? Of course you have. Now imagine that the magic spell you misread was a real thing. What exactly would it look like? Well, it might look something like this. Misread Magic #1 looks at Fronds, Magic Mussel, and Musty Step.

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Resource Management and the Starbroker Rogue

Colin McLaughlin — Thu, 26 Apr 2018 15:32:43 +0000

A look at some of the math and decisions behind the rogue class, and a new archetype for rogue as part of the ongoing series on the Zodiac and the Far Realm. The Starbroker Rogue is an enigmatic figure who creates a personal vault from a fallen star...which may have once belonged to a being.

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Singing Stars, Erinyes, and the Bardic College of Kindly Song

Colin McLaughlin — Wed, 07 Feb 2018 14:00:51 +0000

Continuing the creation of the world of the Zodiac, this week we turn to bards. Bards of the College of Kindly Song travel the land, acting as judges for towns are rural people without steady access to a representative of justice. Of course, the bards are careful to always give thanks to the Kindly Ones.

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Living Stars, Blazozoids, and Zodiac Patron warlocks

Colin McLaughlin — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 21:21:20 +0000

We delve into some Spelljammer and 4th Edition lore before jumping into our next Zodiac archetype the Zodiac Patron Warlock. Come for the living stars and blazozoids, stay for the oracular snakes!

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Dendar the Night Serpent and Path of Nightmares Barbarians

Colin McLaughlin — Wed, 24 Jan 2018 13:00:59 +0000

This week, we take a look at how barbarians might fit into a world where the Zodiac defends humanity from the Far Realm, and what role Dendar the Night Serpent plays in all of this.

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Aberrations, Druids, and the Circle of the Zodiac

Colin McLaughlin — Wed, 17 Jan 2018 13:00:39 +0000

A brief discussion of aberration history, a first draft of a druid archetype that would fit in this world of Far Realm vs. the Zodiac - the Circle of the Zodiac.

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D&D Edition Expansion as Told through the History of the WWE

Colin McLaughlin — Thu, 23 Nov 2017 13:00:30 +0000

A look at how D&D editions parallel the history of the WWE, and what we can learn from it.

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