The Next Epic, part one
“My epic character can beat the entire planet’s break DC.” While there’s no official release date yet, it goes without saying that we’re getting fairly close to the formal release of D&D Next (the...
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“Time to see how much XP you’re worth, old man!” The evolution of D&D with regards to mandated end-points of character progression – and ways to bypass those end-points – was not a precise one....
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“I don’t care how high your attack bonus is, you can’t punch the sky!” Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 The turn of the millenium had comparatively little impact on the world; quasi-religious prophecies ranging...
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“So then he dropped a planet on me. That’s when I got angry.” Tradition and innovation have always been natural opposites, as one seeks to maintain an existing set of practices while the other seeks to...
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