Well, another weekend – and my parents are back from Europe. More on that later. I also had my regular D&D 4E sessions, and both were excellent in very different ways. The Castle Zagyg campaign was wacky and really enjoyable. Martin and Peggy were fairly tired, so it was left up to Adam and Nate to do the running… oh, dear. They reached the … Continue reading Weekend D&D 4e Gaming
The latest session of the Castle Greyhawk campaign saw Bradford’s dwarven cleric Floyyd suffer death at the hands of a few orcs serving Iuz (minions now of Adam’s traitorous warlock, Archibald). The group had been hired by Grey College to investigate the one-time mansion of Zagyg, which he lived in while his castle was built. Rich’s paladin was absent for this session. They avoided a … Continue reading Castle Greyhawk
It was only Nathaniel and Josh at the latest Thunderspire Labyrinth session (along with their pet goblin, Splug) and so I had another session of scaling all the encounters to three players. The group did horrible things to the bloodreaver slavers and then made their way to annoy some duergar. The last encounter almost saw a TPK, but Nathaniel demonstrated the power of the warlock and … Continue reading Sunday D&D
XRP has just released Mouseferatu’s Advanced Player’s Guide for 4e. It’s available as a PDF file for only us$12 (so less than $15 australian). 110 pages, and it contains the following: New Races: Earth Gnome, Orc Blooded, Shire Halfling (or Gnome, Half-Orc and Hobbit) New Classes: Martial Artist, Nature Priest, Savage Warrior, Troubadour, Spellbinder (or Monk, Druid, Barbarian, Bard & Illusionist) New Paragon Paths: Acrobat, Merciless Assassin, Specialist Mage, … Continue reading Advanced Player’s Guide
Floydd and Rich’s paladin went shopping via PM before last session. As the paladin and the cleric wandered from place to place (followed by a complaining porter with a handcart), they became aware of a woman following them – she was dressed in good clothes which were now tattered and torn. After their dealings in the gallery, she gathered the courage to approach them: it seemed … Continue reading Betrayal in Greyhawk
If there was a magazine I got just out of habit, it was Dragon magazine during the 3e era, and I feel that became more and more true throughout the Paizo era. While Dungeon under Paizo was doing better and better things, Dragon just had too many articles that didn’t interest me at all. To make things worse, I didn’t like Paizo’s take on demons … Continue reading My thoughts on 4e Dragon Magazine
I’ve ordered the Upper Works of CZ from the Troll Lords, so, with any luck, that will soon be winging its way to me from the states. This will give me quite a bit of detail on the upper section of the castle, which I’ve never ever done any development work on. (It’s always been ruined so my players have just gone straight to the dungeons). … Continue reading Castle Zagyg
Well, both the 4e DM Screen and the 13th issue of Pathfinder were waiting for me in my mailbox today. There’s a bunch of other stuff that’s on its way, but those are the products that actually found me. The DM Screen is cool; really, really thick cardstock, and a bunch of useful tables. Well, that’s my initial impression; we’ll see how it stacks up … Continue reading 4e Screen & Pathfinder
Friday’s session (Castle Zagyg) saw our group without the cleric. It also saw an eighteen round combat against a group of hobgoblins. To be fair, it was the entire lair of about 15-20 of them, all coming out to fight the foolish humans who in their initial parley told the hobgoblins that they were there for the treasure. Yes, I hoped the party would run… … Continue reading Latest 4e sessions
The latest 4e errata is up. Of note to my group: Shadow Wasp Strike (Ranger Attack 3) now targets Reflex, not AC. Flaming Sphere has clearer text (see below) Brew Potion is now a 1st level ritual Stealth got changed (but you know that, don’t you!) Flaming Sphere – Wizard Attack 3Effect: You conjure a Medium flaming sphere that occupies a square withinrange, and the … Continue reading New 4e errata
