Retraining Nov24

Retraining

On page 87, the Rules Compendium defines retraining as: Sometimes a player makes decisions when creating or advancing a character that he or she later regrets. Perhaps a chosen power isn’t working with the character...

Telling Players to Use Dailies Nov22

Telling Players to Use Dailies

I was thinking about something: Our campaign has done away with the 15-minute work-day, mostly because we rarely get more than one combat encounter in per game day. The big reason for this is because the campaign is focused...

Asking for Perception Nov07

Asking for Perception

I don’t know why this bothers me as much as it does, but when a DM asks a player to roll a Perception check, I can’t help but feel they’re doing it wrong. In 4th Edition, you have two ways of viewing the...

A Lesson Learned at PAX

PAX Prime took place on August 26-28 in downtown Seattle, Washington. I’d never gone before, but when my good friend and heterosexual confidant Shaun Brennan offered a weekend pass promising fun-filled nerd-joyment, I...

Redesigning Encounte...

I decided to play Street Assault differently than it was written; instead of an...

Musings on Our Seven...

The last month has seen a lot of changes to our roster. First, Brian went and got...

Redesigning Encounte...

The Spy Headquarters encounter was my favorite so far and not because it was a...

Musings on Our Sixth...

Session 6 was a spectacular session! My closest friend and the best man at my...

Redesigning Encounte...

The group’s encounter with Shealis was different than those that had come...

Musings on Our Fifth...

Session 5 of our War of the Burning Sky campaign was the best session yet! Not only...

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