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May 15, 2013
Feats and Skills and Options, Oh My!
Mike’s given us a look at the larger picture of the different types of abilities in D&D Next. To sum up: The simplest character is just a class and race....
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May 15, 2013
Druid + Ranger + Fighter
Since Mike’s post is mostly a run down of the changes in the latest playtest packet, I’m going to follow the same format, focusing on the new classes. Druid This...
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May 14, 2013
So What is a Feat, Anyway?
Mike’s looking at feats again, asking what a feat is, anyway? The answer, apparently, is a +1 stat bonus: A feat can be used to gain +1 to an ability...
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May 13, 2013
The Tiers of the World
Mike’s been talking about tiers in D&D again. So I’ve dug up a Samuel Beckett quote for the title and dug through a lot of games, let’s talk tiers. What...
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Apr 19, 2013
Physician, Heal Thyself!
The big topic of Mike’s post is the role of non-combat healing and the essential-ness of having a healer. It’s essentially a reverse from the earlier ideal that a cleric...
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Apr 17, 2013
The Right Tool For The Job
While Mike tackles three different topics in his post, there’s a theme to it: complexity. The first venue for complexity is spells—particularly the complexity of choosing which spells to prepare....
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Apr 16, 2013
Common Tongue
The direction of D&D Next is to expand ‘story’ not ‘mechanics’: After the core rules for the game are done, we really want to stop adding so much stuff to...
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Apr 15, 2013
Working Away
Most of Mike’s Legends and Lore post is about roles in D&D Next: how do you handle specialized characters and general situations? The underlying issue is this: suppose you’ve got...
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Apr 8, 2013
Do We Need Rules For This?
With the shift in format for Legends and Lore, there’s a little less to respond to. In Mike’s post, the first section is pretty straightforward, dealing with the differences between...
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Feb 25, 2013
A Change in Format
Time to play some catch up. Several weeks ago Mike talked about a change in his format for Legends & Lore into a This Week in D&D column. This may...
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Jan 28, 2013
D&D Next Design Goals, Part 4
Just as expected, this week’s Legends and Lore is on Advanced D&D Next… or D&D Next Advanced? D&D Advanced Next? Anyway, wherever they stick the adjective, the idea of Advanced...
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Jan 23, 2013
D&D Next Goals, Part Three
The most interesting part about the latest installment of Mike’s D&D Next Goals posts is how it throws the previous posts in a different light. The topic this week is...
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Jan 14, 2013
D&D Next Goals, Part Two
This week’s Legends & Lore continues the in-depth look at the design goals of D&D Next, this time with an emphasis on the basic rules. The most interesting bit here...
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Jan 11, 2013
D&D Next Goals, Part One
It looks like we’re in for a series of posts on the goals of D&D Next, which lines up nicely with my preoccupation with the business of RPGs lately. In...
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Jan 3, 2013
Wrapping Up 2012
Here it is, 2013, and I’m still wrapping up 2012. Or rather, wrapping up my thoughts on Mike’s post about wrapping up 2012. The real topic, though, is prestige classes....
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Dec 19, 2012
Chaotic Magical
With a title like Chaotic Magical I wasn’t quite sure what to expect from Mike’s Legends and Lore post, but it turns out to be a pair of quick thoughts...
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Dec 18, 2012
Class Design Concepts
With expertise dice firmly ensconced, it’s time to look at class design (again). It’s interesting how much though we’re seeing on classes at the moment. A quick scan over the...
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Dec 4, 2012
Expertise Dice
The holidays have me playing catchup with Legends and Lore posts again. Oh well. Let’s take a look at expertise dice. The big news (which I’m posting about several weeks...
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