A few thoughts gathered while reading Kim MacQuarrie’s excellent book, The Last Days of the Incas, an account of the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire…
If you’ve played D&D more than a little, you’ve almost certainly had a character who was a member of an “adventuring company”. Such a construct is notable for its rarity [...]

I hope you like movies…

I was going to do 10, like a top ten list, but really you just need 9.

In which MetalJim needs your help to see over the next hilltop…

…so….hungry…must…get…lunch

I really hope that 4th Edition doesn’t fail me here.

Back in 1978, with world in turmoil amidst ongoing co-mingled political, financial and energy crisises (sound familiar?), James Burke unleashed Connections upon an unsuspecting world. His winning brand of dire British tongue-in-cheek optimism, combined with a fresh new perspective on the progress of civilization (via the mostly unsung heroes of science and technology), was at once both [...]

In which MetalJim tackles 4th edition’s new rules for NPC and bad guy creation…

This weeks theme: Improvisation

The above title was seen on a note taped up backstage at a George Hrab show, or maybe it was a Philadelphia Funk Authority show. Either way it seems like good advice to me. Speaking of figuring things out…

In which MetalJim shows off his “leet” painting skillzzz…

One of the all-new features of D&D 4E is the “skill challenge”. A skill challenges is, in effect, a non-combat mini-game the party plays using their skills, and thus, by making (or failing) skill checks.
The goal of a skill challenge is for the party to achieve a certain number of successes before suffering a certain [...]

Thinking about character creation again…

Sorry about the late post folks technical issues kept this from dropping Friday.

Don’t hate the game, hate the vendor..

Note: this is campaign material for the players in my D&D4E campaign that is starting. Everyone is welcome to ask questions or offer comments, however…
PLAYER-CHARACTER SURVEY
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INTRODUCTION
 
This information will help me as the DM in preparing a campaign that is to all players’ liking. Please answer the following questions to the best of [...]