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Races of Avion, Take Two, Part 1

2010-01-11T06:34:00.000-08:00

After taking a break from my avion project, I realized that I didn't like how it had been developing. I scrapped some of it, though I may go back to it, even I don't know. I have come up with some different ideas, and I felt like writing them down here.I scrapped the planar collision idea, though I still like the idea, I'm not currently using it for Avion. After reading a few chapters of a Dark

Arcana Of Avion

2009-12-28T05:14:00.000-08:00

Its been a while since I did much work on my Avion setting, but since I am now working on two stories and another project set there, it has slowly been getting more developed.The most interesting developments have been about some of the fluff things for the arcane power source.There are three ways to gain the ability to cast arcane magic: the wizard way, the sorcerer way, and the warlock way.

Merry Christmas and a Story Idea Too!

2009-12-24T11:11:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas everyone!I hope you get the +5 magic weapon you were hoping for!Last night I went on a mini-rampage and wrote a bunch of character ideas for yet another story concept. I hope you like it.The watcher of dreams... The white owlLong have my people watched over the dreams of the people of the cities of Krish. The taint that flows into our world gathers where there are many people.

Peculiar Character Build #1

2009-12-23T05:38:00.000-08:00

The D&D 4e Character Builder is awesome.You get all of the options from the books and D&D Insider content, allowing you to easily make characters with as much creativity as possible.In order to inspire you (and show off my creations), I will display my characters, both the unusual and impressive.Super-sized GreatbowA bow as tall as a man, then make it bigger.Basically, you take a bugbear, give

4e Player Vs. Player Concept

2009-11-06T05:46:00.000-08:00

Something that I have been wanting to try for a while, to be able to pit my character ideas against someone else's.Be they machines of destruction, some off the wall half-baked ideas, or an invincible tank.But the problem with this is getting it to work... and not just have it be "Whoever dumps the most dailies first and hits wins." as Wyatt Salazar put it, but have it so that characters might

My Glorious Comeback! and NaNoWriMo!

2009-11-01T19:45:00.000-08:00

Whoops. I have not posted since august... And now its November... Time for NaNoWriMo!! Ok, I'm not really going to write a novel, not in a month anyway. Though I will try to work on one. And I'm going to give you a taste of it right here! An Untitled Novel (ver. 0.000000000004) Ebberhard wished he had a better form of

World Building: Wizard Swears

2009-08-19T14:47:00.000-07:00

Ack! Its been a long time since I posted! But I have the perfect topic for it:Unique swear words, insults, and exclamations!Belgium!Gorram!Merlin's beard!By the egg!Cotton-headed ninny-muggins!A good way to add detail to a world is to give it its own swears, insults and exclamations! Good terms include slang and silly words, as well as religious, historical, and cultural references.Some examples

Dreamplane conjuration and mutability

2009-08-07T12:00:00.000-07:00

My first experience with dreamplanes was a movie, that I don't remember the name of, where a guy with psychic abilities gets recruited into a program where they use a machine to allow psychics into other people's dreams. At first they this is done to help people with problem dreams, then he develops the ability to enter dreams without the machine and has to save the president from one of his

Psychoplanes, Dreamplanes, and Getting Back Into my Posting Schedule

2009-08-05T08:39:00.000-07:00

Well, I have not been keeping up with my posting schedule as well as I would have hoped, and lets hope that I get back into it easily. More APSC soon, really.But for now, I want to bring up a topic that has interested me for some time.Planes.Its always a wonderful concept when you can leave your universe and travel to a completely different world, but what if instead of going away from your world

Monster Builder in Beta!

2009-07-30T10:22:00.000-07:00

Blarg...I keep missing posts due to school related business, but I have good news!The Monster Builder is out in beta!Go check it out!

A New Twist on the Peasant Railgun (4e)

2009-07-24T10:38:00.000-07:00

Ghaa! I missed two days of posting, but to make up for it I have an awesome post:Just about every one has heard of the peasant railgun. A mechanics experiment that requires a large number of peasants to ready an action to pass a spear (or any other item) to the next peasant when it is handed to them, causing the spear to travel a large distance in 6 seconds, effectively making it a far more

Go Read A Book (Here Are Some Suggestions)

2009-07-17T12:00:00.000-07:00

Go read a book from one of these series:Discworld by Terry Pratchett.Myth Adventures by Robert AsprinShannara by Terry BrooksXanth by Piers AnthonyI've only read books from the first two series, but have also heard great things about the others.Any agreements with the series above or other suggestions?

Making 4e More Like WoW: PVP And Raids!

2009-07-15T09:37:00.000-07:00

There have been many people who have complained that 4e is too much like World of Warcraft. I say, take a few more ideas from it. PVPI can see many options for this, one on one, free-for-alls. team battles, and multi-team battles. See who can build the best character and play it best, see which team works together the best, or just get a buch of people together to kill each other. RaidsWhy

WotC Finally Give Psionics Sufficient Fluff and It's WHAT?

2009-07-13T13:00:00.000-07:00

WotC released their design and development article for the psionics power source and from reading it I think I got a glimpse of how exactly it is said to be.Now before I get into what I think they said, let me point a few things out:A) Psionics usually do not get sufficient fluffing. Instead the psionics usually tend to be a great deal of new mechanics, but lack decent explanation of how it fits

Race Origin Stories: All Decended From Humans

2009-07-10T12:30:00.000-07:00

Some fantasy settings describe humans as being "a young race" compared to the elves and dwarves that have been in existence for ages upon ages. But, what if the humans are the old race, struggling to remain on top, while the world becomes filled with new races trying to make a place for themselves?Perhaps, long ago, humans left the material plane to colonize other worlds. The people who would

Psion: How to multiclass?

2009-07-08T09:36:00.000-07:00

I was really excited yesterday to find that the D&DI was releasing a new class with the character builder update: the Psion! I was quite surprised to see that the psion uses a new system for their powers, I think it should work well, but I noticed something.The way it works is that it eliminates encounter powers, but you not only get to gain new at-will attacks, but you can augment them with

APSC: Arcane Paladin Problem, Part II

2009-07-06T10:00:00.000-07:00

Alright, I think I figured it out the solution to my problem. I'm going to associate certain weapon types with an element, and upon character creation, you pick a weapon type. That weapon type will be what you can use as an implement, and the associated element will be the damage type.I think this both solves the problems with damage type of the attacks and what implements to use. This also gives

APSC: Arcane Paladin Problem

2009-07-03T05:31:00.000-07:00

I began working on the arcane paladin for the APSC project, and I kinda ran into a problem. Several of the paladin's powers are radiant typed, and there are a few ways that I could handle it to make it fit the arcane power source.I could simply fluff if so that they originated from the Divine paladins and were able to channel arcane power into radiant attacks. But that seemed like a bit of a cop

One Page Dungeon: Zoo of Death

2009-07-01T05:34:00.000-07:00

Well, by the time that this post goes up, the one page dungeon contest should have it's winners announced. So, I feel its about time that I posted my entry, The Zoo of death.It can be found here: http://www.scribd.com/doc/16988246/Zoo-of-DeathIt is a reference to a part of the story that was removed from the movie, and one of many reasons why you should read the book.

Please Fill Out This Important Survey!

2009-06-29T11:30:00.000-07:00

A fellow RPG blogger and I are working on a series of PDFs inspired by the D&D 3.0 book Savage Species. In these PDFs we will have the monsters from the 4e monster manuals as playable races. It would help us greatly if you would fill out this survey to help us get an idea of how we should do things.Click here for the survey!Thank you for your time, and watch for our products!Fear the Iron Boot!

4e Hybrid Classes: Alternate Armor Proficiency System

2009-06-26T06:32:00.000-07:00

With the update for the hybrid classes, they changed the way that classes got their armor proficiencies, making it so that hybrid classes may be nerfed in the armor department. I thought this was a little disappointing, so I created my own system for determining a hybrid character's armor proficiency. The way it currently works is that you use whatever both classes have, unless you spend a feat

4e Monster Movement: Why Running Away Wont Help

2009-06-24T08:38:00.000-07:00

When I started this idea to write about monster vision and movement it seemed like an easy idea. It was, at first. Until I started working on the movement part. There is a lot of it, so we should get started.For simplicity's sake, I am going to skip running, shifting, crawling, and squeezing. Those should be in the PHB, go look it up if you like.Walk (0-10, 12, none)Normal movement speed.Fly (3-

4e Monster Vision: Why The Monsters Will See You First.

2009-06-22T05:37:00.000-07:00

4th Edition may be a year old, but people may still not know everything there is about the monsters. For this reason, I am writing this post to help people with small things to help them in case they run into something they might not have come across before. I hope you enjoy.Monsters are able, in many cases to see better than the player races, but that doesn't mean they all do, so I shall start

Five Bullywugs Named Steve: Steve

2009-06-19T05:30:00.000-07:00

Many bullywugs were experimented on in the sorcerer's tower, but this is not one of them.there is a little known line of bullywugs that has fey blood in them, though nobody knows how this happened. A drunken nymph, a hopped-up satyr, or even a disturbingly curious elf, nobody knows, but there is no denying their greater agility (and intelligence, they claim) and different temperament than most

Monster Manual Races That Should Have Been

2009-06-17T05:33:00.000-07:00

I've had this post in the works for a while, but never finished it. Aaron from Allgeektout is doing a series of posts updating the old 3.x book 'Savage Species' to 4e, and that has inspired me to finish this post and make plans to convert some of them into playable races. So, here it is: Monster manual races that should have been.Races they should have had playable in the MM2Archon- Different

D&D Insider Exclusive Race: Revenant

2009-06-15T05:39:00.000-07:00

But I mostly just wanted to boost my hits.The revenant is 4e's first undead playable race, but instead of being a race of their own, they are simply a soul stuffed back into a body by the Raven Queen. This can cause a revenant to 'be' any other race, allowing them access to that race's feats, paragon paths, or epic destinies that their previous race had access to. In additon, there is a lot of '

A Short Break

2009-06-13T14:26:00.000-07:00

I appologize, even though there is nothing that binds me to post, I still feel bad for not posting. I just have not been in the mood lately. So, I figure I should at least give you something to pass the time while I am AFK.Cave StoryCave story is a free independent game that I really enjoy.Someone even made 4e races for it: hereSpelunkyAnother fun indy game hereSavage SpeciesAaron from

APSC: Martial Barbarian, The Way its Meant to Be

2009-06-09T05:37:00.000-07:00

Well, after quite a while of posting at least every other day (about a month!), sickness, adjusting to a new computer, and laziness caught up with me and I've missed several days that I should have been posting. So, to make it up to you I present: Martial Barbarian!The way it's meant to be!First the crunch, then the fluffs.Mechanical changes:I... I honestly can't find anything that needs to be

Hybrid Classes and Other Character Ideas

2009-06-05T05:45:00.000-07:00

Well, when they released that they were going to include hybrid classes on the charcter builder with the next update, I was excited with all the possibilities! A barbarian/paladin! A druid/wizard! Even a sorcerer/avenger! I was all ready to create some new characters and write a post about them.But no.They only included the classes from the PHB1 and the FRPG.None the less, I have some more

Story Time: Untitled Story Project

2009-06-03T05:44:00.000-07:00

For some time I have been working on several story ideas for the Ages of Avion setting. Though it may ultimately not be in that setting, I finally started writing recently. Here is the unedited first draft of what I have written so far. Ebberhard wished that he had a better form of transportation. His legs were hurting, but he refused to believe it was because he was getting old."pick up the pace

New News about the D&D Insider

2009-06-01T05:42:00.000-07:00

I'd put a real post, but I'm sick and it was just my birthday (yes, I'm pulling the birthday card).But I will tell you that they are planning a lot of things for the D&D Insider.Previews way before they come out in books, and even some exclusive info.Next Post: some writing of mine (fiction) or something else I've been meaning to do.

Birthday Post: Hybrid Classes Version 2 and Hybrid Character Update

2009-05-30T05:38:00.000-07:00

A while ago, I posted about the 4e hybrid class rules, and a character that was using the rules. Today, I am going to review that character to show the changes in the new version. Comments are in italics.ClassStarting HPHP Gain/levelHealing SurgesDefense BonusesPaladin7.535+1 WillRanger62.53+1 RefTotal13.55.58+1 Will +1 RefRounded1358+1 Will +1 RefAlthough It doesn't make much of a difference for

How To Go Over 200 MPH in 4e

2009-05-28T05:21:00.000-07:00

I was bored the other day, I decided that I would make a character as fast as possible.And dag, did I do it.I start with the razorclaw shifter's base speed 6, made him a druid with the primal predator class feature, and went from there. I adjusted the character's stats to best work with the choices below, which gave me 18 dex (it wouldn't let me go any higher legally) and the rest didn't

APSC: Answering Some Questions

2009-05-26T05:33:00.000-07:00

I love comments, I really do. Lets me know that people actually do read my blog. And I also love feedback, especially feedback that I am looking (and asking) for. One of my frequent commentators, Shinobicow of Charisma 4 (also known as 'The Dump Stat'), commented some questions that I had thought about but had not sorted out completely. shinobicow said...Hmmm... the APSC is hard thing for me to

Last Chance to Suggest Next APSC and a Bit More Divine Bard

2009-05-24T05:42:00.000-07:00

First of all, some shout outs:Thanks to Berin Kinsman (of Unclebear.com and the Phoenix RPG Examiner) and Oddyesy (of How to Start a Revolution in 21 Days or Less) for posting about the APSC project on their sites.Thanks to Greywulf (of Greywulf's Lair) made an awesome picture for my divine bard (and for putting up with me while we got it perfect):(click for larger image)Second, some changes to

D&D Information Request

2009-05-22T05:39:00.000-07:00

WotC seems to be more closely watching what information slips out nowadays. When 4e first came out good ol' Mikey let slip a few hints about the second player's handbook that set the 4e fanboys on a speculation rampage.Why don't they do that anymore?There is a lot inf info that they could give us peeks at, or just flat out tell us, and be none the worse. Here are some of the things that I would

Monster Manual 2 Monster Races and Ones That Could Have Been

2009-05-20T05:43:00.000-07:00

I'm so happy! I got my monster manual 2 in the mail today (1. I'm writing this on Monday, 2. Yay, Amazon!) and I was a little disappointed at the monster races in the book. Not only were there only three of them, but they are notably weaker than the races in the first MM and considerably weaker than the ones from the PHBs, signaling that they really only want these races for NPCs.New Monster

APSC: Ideas and Whats Next?

2009-05-18T05:58:00.000-07:00

Well, I'd at least like to think that the posts about the divine bard are the cause for my sudden increase in visitors, and because of that I will definitely continue with the project. The only question is: whats next?There are currently four power sources, and 17 classes in 4e (19 if you count playtest classes) and though not all combos make sense, there are still a lot of possibilities.Here are

APSC: 4e Divine Bard Additions

2009-05-16T05:38:00.000-07:00

Note: Made slight tweaks to 'Harmonious Strike' that I neglected to add before. (5/22/09)The divine bard (and the project in general) is an ongoing process, and I have some more to add to the divine bard today!Power AdjustmentsFirst of all, I can't believe I forgot to mention that the keyword 'arcane' needs to be changed to 'divine.'Also, divine area powers tend to only affect enemies, while most

Power Source Theory

2009-05-14T05:41:00.000-07:00

Just a quick post today, next time there will be more Divine Bard!I have a theory, and to some extent it is based on a mix of 3.x and 4e D&D. Basically its that the Power Sources can be grouped into three different types: Given, Taken, and Self.Given sources include Divine and Primal, and are granted to them by some other source such as a deity or nature.Taken sources include Arcane, and are

APSC: 4e Divine Bard Fluff and Stuff

2009-05-12T05:37:00.000-07:00

Warning: Rant ahead! if you are just here for the Divine bard fluff then scroll down until you see the word "Fluff" in bold letters.For some reason, people seem to have trouble understanding the concept of this project: To alter existing classes to have different power sources. Hoping to achieve this by first adjusting the mechanics to change the way the class feels when played to match the new

No Goku, WOTC Doesn't Know About Ki

2009-05-11T05:35:00.000-07:00

Divine bard fluff is postponed for this breaking news:Monks don't use Ki.In fact, Ki may not even be a power source any more.And samurai? Not even a class anymore.WHATS GOING ON!?!?On the plus side, you can use the magic item ritual on your fists. YES. On your fists. I also created a new term: "minor psudo-class" for those feat-only multiclass options that they put into dragon magazine, such as

APSC: 4e Divine Bard Character Sheet

2009-05-09T11:43:00.000-07:00

I was kind of disappointed with the lack of replies to my previous post, but I decided that it needed something more visual to make it stand out more. So I present to you: Davyd the Divine Bard's Character Sheet and Power Cards!Click to enlargeYou may have noticed that I also abbreviated "Alternate Power Source Class" to "APSC", but that's not terribly important.What is important is that I get

Alternate Power Source Class: 4e Divine Bard

2009-05-08T05:49:00.000-07:00

Its what you have all been waiting for:The first prototype for my alternate power source classes: The Divine BardI will go through each step, as to make it clear how to alter the power source, and hope to get as much feedback as possible. This build is inspired by a 3.x option found on this page.Step one: Main Ability ScoresBards typically have charisma as their main score and intelligence and

Tomorrow: Alternate Power Source 4e Class (Beta)

2009-05-07T05:35:00.000-07:00

No post today, sorry... But tomorrow's post will have the long awaited alternate power source class, Divine Bard!Oh, and did you know that four months is the cheeseburger anniversary?Err... Month-a-versery?

Ideamancy: Create but not control...

2009-05-05T05:50:00.000-07:00

It is entirely possible that I have an overactive imagination. I come up with new ideas all the time, so many that I can't seem to work on all of them. but because I like to talk about them, here are some new ones:Dokapon Table-top RPGFirst- a little back story. It started when one of my favorite webcomics did a comic of a game I had never heard of before, Dokapon Kingdom. (and they also did a

Alternate Power Source Classes: Idea Forming

2009-05-03T05:12:00.000-07:00

Well, I have not really mentioned it, but I'm on twitter. Apparently, so is Mike Mearls, one of the people that work on 4e. I got to talk to him yesterday, and I asked him what he thought of one of my ideas, and he said he thought it could be pretty interesting.Geek out.^^He he he he he...Right, so anyway, if you told one of the guys who made 4e that you are doing something cool for it, and

Optimized Characters: PHB1 Racial Traits Character Ideas

2009-05-01T05:23:00.000-07:00

After my last post about optimized characters did so well (I broke my visits/day record!), I decided that I would expand on that and give some suggestions of what would be good optimized character to do based on a race's power and features. Here are the races of the first Player's Handbook:DragonbornDragon breath- A focus on area attacks or a certain element.Dragonborn fury- Bonuses to attack

Thanks a lot, Wizards of the Coast!

2009-04-29T05:11:00.000-07:00

After I made sure to buy the module of "Keep on the Shadowfel," WotC releases it for free.FREEI PAID for it and now they are giving it away!And some people say it's to get 'good will' after the recent 'scandal,' but no, WotC hates me, apparently.So everyone, go download it. EVERYONE! Crash their servers with all your downloads!BWAHAHAHAHA!Ok, seriously now, its cool that they are releasing it to

Optimized Characters: Start With the Racal Powers

2009-04-27T05:24:00.000-07:00

One of my favorite things to do with 4e, especially with the character builder, is create characters with a theme. Sometimes that theme is just to make that character as powerful as possible, while other times its to use a certain subject, be it crunch or fluff, and run with it.A major aspect of this can start with which race you pick for your character, and the racial power is a big part of

Monster Mania

2009-04-24T11:15:00.000-07:00

I was having a conversation with Ravyn from Exchange of Realities. She pointed out that her RPG design company, Victorious Press, is looking for new designers and suggested I apply. The application involves using a D&D 3.5e random monster generator and filling in the blanks, both crunch and fluff. Here are some of my favorite results and my ideas for them:Large, undead, aquatic swarmAquatic

AoA Hiatus and Another Setting

2009-04-21T05:36:00.000-07:00

I have been having trouble writing for my Ages of Avion posts lately, and I decided that I will take a break from it until I can focus on it more. Part way through writing the "halfbreeds of Avion" post I realized that not only did I not want to make stat blocks for all of those new races, but the fluff I was writing about them was just random junk that I pulled off the top of my head and I felt

AFK?

2009-04-20T00:46:00.000-07:00

Ack! I've been missing posts!>.><.< Not like anyone noticed... On and off I have been working on the next Ages of Avion post (Races of Avion 4: Halfbreeds of Avion), but it is going slowly and I am having trouble finding time. Which is sad because I spend a great deal of time at home, in front of the computer. What have I been doing instead of writing the post you long for, you ask?

Poll: Decide Next Post Series on Ideamancer!

2009-04-13T14:44:00.000-07:00

You may have noticed on the right side of this site that there is a poll. In this poll are several ideas for new series of posts that I would like to write, but don't have the time to write all of them. I created the poll to see what you people think would be the most interesting, and am writing this post to attract your attention to it and to explain what I have in mind for them.Alternate power

Multiclass/Dualclass

2009-04-11T05:03:00.000-07:00

I don't usually comment on updates from the D&DI, but sometimes I just feel like writing about something.Another thing I don't usually do (rather, AVOID doing) is listen to people complain about 4th edition. But, with how much people complain, I've still heard all of the complaints people have. One of them is that 4e doesn't have as much customization as 3.x.Well, duh.4e is:A) SimplifiedB)

Religions of Avion 101

2009-04-08T07:30:00.000-07:00

Ok, Today was supposed to be the half-breed races of Avion, but due to some procrastination, I don't have enough time to finish it well enough that I would be happy with the result when it is time to post. So, here are the basics of the religions of Avion, or at least what I have so far.First of all, there is The Creator:He is, as the name implies, the creator of the world. Nearly everyone

OMG! WOTC MADE A BUSINESS DECISION!

2009-04-07T18:30:00.000-07:00

Edit:This was posted earlier today, but for whatever reason, the RPGBN didn't pick it up, so I'm reposting it so its visible for people to read.Seriously?WotC decides to do something and every last RPG blogger has to write about it? (slight exaggeration)I admit that their move is somewhat questionable and could cost them in the end, but is it really necessary to have 8 posts on it? And I

Random Idea: Inspiration block demon

2009-04-06T02:00:00.000-07:00

Ok, I know I said I was gonna write about WonderCon, But I never did. So here is an idea inspired by the last event of the con: The sing along Buffy the Vampire Slayer musical episode.Inspiration block demon:The opposite of a muse. Causer of writer's block, instigator of procrastination, and all around pain in the rear for creative types.And that's all I got before my thinking of it caused it to

Interesting Player Idea

2009-04-04T05:00:00.000-07:00

During my last few D&D sessions ( which I need to catch up on), one of the players wanted something to do with her minor action so she was experimenting with her cantrips. She was new to the game, and had tried to randomly use "Ghost Sound" with out any real purpose. I have a tendency to believe that everything done in a battle should have some purpose, so it irked me a little. During our last

Races of Avion 3: Avion's visitors from Avito

2009-04-01T03:00:00.000-07:00

Here are the races of Avito: Kobolds and the various races of beastfolk. The races are simple versions, being simply changes to existing races, and will be updated at some point as new, unique races.KoboldThe Kobolds are the ruling class of Avito, and within the kobold race there are three classes: Highborn, common, and lowborn. these classes do not interbreed, due to their cultural beliefs that

Races of Avion 2: Avion's visitors from Avire

2009-03-25T12:58:00.000-07:00

Here are the races of Avire: Orcs, Goblins, Hobgoblins, Imps, and Barcs.OrcsHair: Maroon or crimson red, purple, rare platinum blondSkin: Deep green to pale greenOther: what? did you think that orcs were gonna have normal hair?Personality: Orcs, at first impression, are considered to be "calmer, green humans," being somewhat unpredictable and clever, but also showing great patience. However when

Question about tiny sized races

2009-03-20T19:35:00.000-07:00

Now that I have joined the network and people will actually read my posts, I wanted to ask:Does anyone have any ideas for "tiny" sized races?In Ages of Avion, my homebrew setting, there will be several of them and I have yet to actually determine the rules for them. They are probably not going to be played by anyone other than those who are more role-playing oriented, as I can't imagine all of

Planet-sized Jelly Monster

2009-03-20T14:20:00.000-07:00

I looked at the title of a post over at A Hamsterish Hoard of Dungeons and Dragons and misunderstood it. It said "Monster: Earth Jelly," and I mistook it to be this:A GIANT SPACE OOZE THAT TRAVELS FROM PLANET TO PLANET EATING ALL ORGANIC MATTER!Take an Ooze monster, add Unicron, and Galactus, and what do you get?DOOM!This would be an awesome one time Spelljammer adventure, where the characters

I made it! I am a member of the RPG Bloggers Network!

2009-03-18T01:03:00.000-07:00

This week I am putting off my next update in the "Races of Avion" series for some good news: I got accepted into the prestigious group known as the RPG Bloggers Network.Now I will actually get readers! In celebration of my acceptance, here is a small part of my 4e speculation file:How will the Power Sources be distributed in the next Player's handbook?I don't know, but here are the most likely

St Patrick's Day RPG Blog carnival: Leprechaun Racial Stats!

2009-03-17T00:00:00.000-07:00

Happy St. Patrick's day!In honor of this holiday, I present to you: Leprechaun racial stats: Leprechaun Short fey, clad in green, with red hair and beard, and not to mention, a mischievous smile.Racial TraitsAverage Height: 2'10"-3'2"Average Weight: 50-75 lbs._______________________________Ability Scores: +2 Dexterity, + 2 IntelligenceSize: SmallSpeed: 6 squaresVision: Normal_________

The terrible truth

2009-03-13T18:00:00.000-07:00

There is something I have to say...I'm more of a player than a DM.I've spent way more time reading the PHB than the DMG, my favorite part of the monster manual is the monstrous races in the back, and I look forward to the PHB2 than I ever will for the DMG2.Its true, and not only that, but when I try to DM it never goes as well as I'd like.So, once my group is through with Keep on the Shadowfell,

What class are you?

2009-03-13T00:00:00.000-07:00

Everyone else is posting theirs, why not?D&D Home Page - What Class Are You? - Build A Character - D&D CompendiumIn secret temples far from bustling cities and priestly hierarchies, orders of esoteric warriors train their initiates in ancient traditions now forgotten or forbidden by most religious organizations. The champions of these orders are avengers—deadly weapons in the hands of their gods,

WHAT?

2009-03-12T19:18:00.000-07:00

Red Nose Daywhat the heck?

Races of Avion 1: Avion's Original Races

2009-03-11T00:01:00.000-07:00

Ages of Avion may be similar to the typical D&D setting, but not everything is the same! Some of the races have slight changes, and some races do not even exist. So, of course, I will now go further into more detail about the races of Avion. In this post, the races that are originally from Avion, and are playable at least by the third age.HumanSkin: any real life human colorHair: any real life

Races of Avion

2009-03-11T00:00:00.000-07:00

Over the next few weeks, I will be posting more detailed descriptions of the races of Avion. They are not exactly like the standard races, and will all have descriptions to explain the views of the majority of that race. Of course, characters are not required to have that view, and can be completely different from the description. Most of the new races will use exact or modified rules of other

Ultimate damage tank

2009-03-08T16:36:00.000-07:00

I was thinking about Dak Ness, the "shifty shifter," and decided that he needed some team mates. So I decided to make more optimized characters who could use their racial abilities to augment their classes, and I noticed that the bugbear can use weapons that are one size larger than its own size(and I later found that minotaurs have the same ability, but only in the monster manual). So I made

Ages of Ages of Avion

2009-03-04T00:00:00.000-08:00

Now that I have actually named my fantasy setting Ages of Avion, I guess I'd better describe the ages. The ages are essentially sub-settings within the main setting, ideally will all be playable and interesting enough to play. Each age is a different time period in the world's history, from the human race's perspective, thought I may later expand it to include history of all of Avion's races and

ZOMG! Kobolds!

2009-03-02T23:40:00.000-08:00

Kobolds, maybe I just like to root for the little guys, but I like them.Kobolds are fun! Little, dragon obsessed, scaly people who just try to make a living when some adventurers go and lay waste to their entire family.I was hoping that there would be better race information for them in the draconomicon, maybe a few feats for them, like fire breath or some wings, but no luck. maybe someday,

wondercon!

2009-02-27T09:47:00.001-08:00

Going to Wondercon this weekend! Yay!Probably/maybe a report when I get back.

Character Idea: Are you afraid of the dark...?

2009-02-25T00:00:00.000-08:00

He he he... Every once in a while I get a really silly idea... and here is one of them:A drow that is afraid of the dark!...well I suppose its only funny if you know enough about D&D. Drow are dark elves that live underground in an area of dangerous things called "the underdark". They stand out from their normal elf cousins by their black skin, white hair, and general evilness. For a drow to be

Broadswords and Boomsticks

2009-02-18T00:00:00.000-08:00

Game idea: Broadswords and Boomsticks.setting: modern day Sci-fi/horror (aliens, monsters and zombies)possible media: video game(RPG, Shooter/Hack and slash, tactics-style RPG), Tabletop RPGconcept: monsters, aliens, and zombies attack! All your dreams come true!Basically, what every nerd dreams for: something happens that makes all of their gaming, reading, and other nerdy things they have done

Writing Idea: Planar Ranger

2009-02-11T00:00:00.000-08:00

Ok, I was working on writing the next session of the D&D group. But that doesn't stop my brain from working on other things, I was thinking about an idea for another story, and as I am thinking about it, I suddenly stop and think, "Aw, crap. I just created ANOTHER fantasy setting."Anyway, as it has developed so far, long ago there was a powerful wizard (as there commonly was) and he excelled

D&D sessions 8 - 10

2009-02-04T00:00:00.000-08:00

Ack! I am so far behind on the sessions! Its been so long that I don't really remember what happened... I have a paragraph I wrote a while back, I'll just add what I can to that.On with the story!After looting Balgron's treasure, the team finds a dead end and heads back to the hallway to pick another door, and decide to go north. Inside this room, they find what appears to be a torture chamber,

The Time Traveler's Daughter

2009-01-11T14:12:00.000-08:00

Sorry its been a while since I posted anything, been kinda busy. But, I suppose it is ok, since nobody actually reads this. I wouldn't normally talk about my personal life on this blog, but i'll let it slide since its what inspired my new idea: I got a girlfriend. Now, now, before you start jumping to conclusions about what the new idea is, its not THAT. Now that that is settled, heres the idea:

writing- character ideas

2009-01-02T00:00:00.000-08:00

One of the things i find i am good at, when it comes to writing is characters. For my fantasy setting, which in itself already has several sub settings due to different time periods (but I'll get into that later), I have several groups of characters. The original group, who I don't actually know if I will use, the comedic group, lead by a drunken wizard's familiar unknown to anyone in the group (

D&D session 7

2008-12-29T00:00:00.000-08:00

After a couple of weeks off (from meetings, not posts.), the group got back together to continue the adventure. Kami still has not found his dice, or he rolled so well last time that he just wanted to use my dice again. Anyway, to the adventure.The last we saw our heroes, they had defeated a group of goblins that had set a trap for them. They walked down a hallway and saw three doors, in order to

Fantasy Setting Name

2008-12-22T00:00:00.000-08:00

Whats in a name?don't believe any nonsense about a rose smelling as sweet even if it was not called a rose. Names can have power."Then he explained the name was the important thing for inspiring the necessary fear. You see, no one would surrender to the Dread Pirate Westley." -Wesley, The Princess Bride.And so I have a bit of a dilemma, I obviously cant go on

"Lost" the RPG

2008-12-20T00:00:00.000-08:00

Dang it, I have a terrible idea.But its so funny!Ok, here's the idea: get a bunch of players to play a lost-ish RPG where they are stranded on an island in the middle of the ocean, they think that they have to survive and figure out whats going on on the island.The twist is: Its a Gilligan's Island RPGSomehow, Gilligan is the antagonist, accidentally at least, and whatever they do, as long as it

4e size rules Grumbles & Races for my Fantasy Setting

2008-12-18T16:22:00.000-08:00

I like 4th edition D&D.It's not perfect, but I enjoy playing.One of the imperfections is that in its simplification, it has removed a lot most of the rules and info for sizes. I'm sure that this does not bug many people, but it bugs me. Why? Because I'm weird. Most playable classes are of the Medium size category, with a few exceptions that are small sized (four out of the twenty five playable

D&D session 6

2008-12-10T23:44:00.000-08:00

First of all, I'd like to point this out, second one down if my favorite. ^^ So true.Anyway, here is the sixth session Of keep on the Shadowfell that I am running my players through. Kami has lost his dice and has to use my extra set, but that doesn't really have anything to do with anything.Last we saw our heroes, they had just returned to town with Douven Staul. Once there, they notice that

Current Ideas

2008-12-10T10:00:00.000-08:00

currently there are three ideas going through my head at this time.1. Broadswords and Boomsticks (B&B)characters fight a number of unnatural, super natural, and extraterrestrial entities trying to take over or destroy the world or just plain be evil.possible media for this include:table top RPGVideo game (3rd person shooter/hack and slash or tactics-type RPG are my top ideas)graphic novel/

Presidential Vacuum Squad (PVS)

2008-12-09T19:13:00.000-08:00

Ok, assuming that it will one day be possible, when cloning gets advanced enough to create exact copies of people, will there be a group of people that follows the president around with vacuums to collect all of his skin cells to keep anyone from getting his DNA to make a clone for them to control?I swear, with ideas like this I'd be an evil genius if not for my conscience. It occurred to me that

Epic

2008-12-01T19:43:00.000-08:00

D&D's most greatest weapons ever. Its so awesome, I just had to link to it. Some of these are on par with Punpun

The Archivist

2008-11-30T17:51:00.000-08:00

Have you ever wanted to play a character that knew a lot of information, be it about monsters, old lore, legends, history, or even life, the universe, and everything?Most people will point you to a bard.What if you don't want to be some spoony bard, all singing and music playing? You could tell everyone that you have a dark character, that sings dirges and gives dirty looks, but nobody would take

The Best Terrible Idea I've Ever Had

2008-11-25T23:42:00.001-08:00

The other day, my mother and I determined the most efficient morally-questionable profession ever.But I can never tell, for I cannot unleash such a concept on the world.You mundanes have no idea what a burden us imaginatives have.

D&D session 5

2008-11-24T12:24:00.000-08:00

I need to post sessions before the next one happens. Anyway, after defeating the kobolds and Irontooth in their cave, they were so close to leveling that I decided to have them go on the side quest to rescue Douven Staul to get that last bit of EXP. But first, we wrapped up the end of the kobold cave.Having just defeated the kobolds and Irontooth, Aiur searched the cave to see if it is safe to

Blog Status

2008-11-19T23:38:00.001-08:00

Wow, its hard to believe that this blog is already in it's 3rd month...Even harder to believe that I feel like the quality is slipping, considering it was not that great to begin with.I am two sessions behind on posting the tales from the D&D game that I am running, and got far too lazy with the "Shifty Shifter" and the "PHB2 Speculation" posts. Over the next few days I will catch up on the

D&D Fun: Player's Handbook 2 Speculations

2008-11-13T22:59:00.000-08:00

It is still a ways off, but while hanging out with some fellow geeks, we got onto the topic of the next player's handbook. Several of the classes and races were excluded from the first one and we were wondering what was going to go into PHB2. This will be the third form of this post, the first being speculation found on forums, the second being a condensed version of that, and the third being

Barbarian with a thesaurus

2008-11-12T22:20:00.000-08:00

Ok, what do you think about this:A barbarian who talks at about Tarzan level, "Me Tarzan, you Jane." but every once in a while throws in a really complex word, "Krug exterminate tiny gob!" Maybe even more exaggerated, by using words that the other characters may have not even heard of, using it perfectly: "Krug extirpate tiny gob!", "Krug hit infinitesimal gob!" and the like.I think it could be

D&D fun: Shifty character

2008-11-11T19:34:00.000-08:00

I was going to make a post about PHB2 speculations, but I got distracted.When the character creator finally getting released, I decided that I would work on a character idea I had thought of: extreme shifter!Basically, a character that moves around enemies like nobody's business. When a character shifts, they do not provoke an attack of opportunity while passing or moving away from enemies. This

D&D session 4

2008-11-06T20:51:00.000-08:00

So it is now official that the group is now just down to me, Ky, and Kami. This would not bug me as much if that did not mean that there is an equal amount of players and NPCs in the adventuring group, and for a short time more NPCs. But the game must go on. Now, where were we?When we had last seen our heroes, they had just defeated a kobold ambush and were recovering from the battle. Amongst the

D&D session 3

2008-10-26T22:37:00.000-07:00

Finally I got the group together (and by group i mean two players, the regulars) for another session of D&D, hard to believe its only the third session... but basically we decided that we would go on without the rest of the group. Now it has been a week and the session is not quite fresh in my memory, but its was a short session, so lets go!When we last left our heroes, they had just returned to

new Dungeons and Dragons session!

2008-10-26T17:18:00.000-07:00

We finally had another D&D session, now I just need to remember what happened and post it!I also had some other idea, and then promptly forgot what it-Oh!A role playing card game! A RPCG!You collect cards and then you make characters with them! I have not worked out the details, but that's my idea. Maybe you get cards of races, classes, and abilities... and then you use those to build your

D&D- more missed sessions...

2008-10-08T21:48:00.001-07:00

Well, it seems that every time that we are all supposed to get together, people either don't show or are sick, or something else. As it is, I may just stop trying to get everyone together and give up on the game. Maybe I'll have someone else DM.

ren faire!

2008-10-08T21:33:00.000-07:00

There's nothing like a renaissance faire!The food!The entertainment!The sharp things!And of course, I am nerdy enough that I dressed up for it! So me (peasant), the pirate captain, his wench, and a fair maiden spent our Saturday down at the park. To be honest, I was a little disappointed by the lack of stores selling sharp things, but the whole event seemed smaller than in previous years. Though