So… I have decided to remove my Twitter account and remove myself from the D&D community. This decision has been brought about because of what to me feels like a constant in-fighting between respected members of the community and ego’s, lie’s and hurtful attitudes that some people seem to harbour. I have been told to …
Category Archive: Mechanics
An Arcane Archer Theme
I took my inspiration for this from Ranger from the D&D cartoons, and wanted something to reflect the Arcane Archer mini I ant to use in Thunderspire… Spell Archer While many elven schools of magic teach the use of the blade as a weapon of a wizard, with emphasis on mobility and magic combined, forming …
Tribal Themes: Savannah Savants
by paulbaalham and blindgeekuk This theme is the third and final theme in the series of tribal themes. The first theme can be found here and the second theme can be found here. Tribal themes aim to replicate the closeness of members of a tribe. The more PCs in your adventuring party that are from …
More Cantrips For Mages of a Less Reputable Nature
I really enjoyed putting together the last list of new cantrips, so here are some additional ones, more suited to arcane users with a shadier outlook on life… (a big thanks to DeusInnomen for helping me balance the Muffled Blow power, cheers mate!) While many mages in Nerath come from privileged backgrounds, their parents wealthy …
Tribal Themes: The Beaststalker tribe
by paulbaalham and blindgeekuk This theme is the second in the series of tribal themes. The first theme can be found here. Tribal themes aim to replicate the closeness of members of a tribe. The more PCs in your adventuring party that are from the same tribe, the more powerful the theme itself is. The …
Powers of Death
In the dark places, there are those who seek power not from the elements but from death itself. Some of these descend into madness and are lured into the worship of Orcus, but others unlock arcane secrets and learn to draw on necrotic powers. Some call these people Necromancers, others call them madmen, they do …
Planes Walker Theme
I’m a terrible liar… And yet, last night I think got away with it (or no one decided to call me out about it). I popped onto the irc chat (Mibbit) and loved the auto suggested name ‘zucchini’ so much that I decided to stick with it, and made up a story about how I …
Tribal Themes: The Zannadi Tribe
by paulbaalham and blindgeekuk This theme is the first in a 3 part series of tribal themes. Tribal themes aim to replicate the closeness of members of a tribe. The more PCs in your adventuring party that are from the same tribe, the more powerful the theme itself is. The Zannadi Tribe The hot humid …
Simple Tricks for Simple People
Cantrips are the mainstay of the early years spent learning the arcane arts in the magical academies, simple alterations of the world around you via the manipulation of the arcane winds. For most spellcasters, such as bards, sorcerors and warlocks these simple arcane tricks are useless beyond gaining acceptance into the high echelons of their …
The Races of Bas-Lag
I’m currently listening to Perdido Street Station, one of my favourite books, on audio book, and I thought that maybe 4e’s points of light style heroes would suit the way China Mieville presents adventurers, i.e. mad fools… So here are a few of the main Bas-Lag races for 4e. Cactacae Tall, thick skinned cactus folk …