Tag Archives: WOTC

5e Design Goals, A Question Or Two

Posted on January 28, 2013 by Lizard

So, there’s another design diary up on WOTC’s site, and that means another chance for me to write an inchoate, off-the-cuff rant there, and then post it here, and pretend that it’s content. I’m a bit confused as to how … Continue reading →

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More 5e Comments

Posted on November 26, 2012 by Lizard

Yet another attempt to leverage the random, off-the-cuff drivel I spout on other gaming sites into an “article” here. Hey, the site’s free. You get what you pay for… including my constantly reusing that lame excuse when I post content … Continue reading →

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D&D 5e: Hit Points

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Lizard

Another in my highly irregular series of “crap I wrote on WOTC’s board that I’m reposting here in order to pretend I have content”. OK, first of all, you need to read this, which is Mike Mearls’ take on hit … Continue reading →

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Comments on 5e: The Grid

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Lizard

Again, this is simply a repost of an off-the-cuff rant to a blog entry at WOTC. Read it first, or this replay makes no sense. An interesting fantasy, and I don’t mean the kind with elves. Now, let’s discuss how … Continue reading →

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Beginning: Comments On 5E

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Lizard

Race, Class, Theme, Background Well, since a lot of my writing time (i.e, time when code is compiling, tests are running, etc) is being taken up with occasional rants on the 5e boards, it seems to me that I could … Continue reading →

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D&D 5E

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Lizard

Well, as everyone probably knows by now, this site not exactly being known for cutting edge news or steady updates (I’ve got a good excuse for not posting much this past month, namely, I’ve been taking care of my sick … Continue reading →

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Reskinning vs. Renaming

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Lizard

Sort of an amplification of my earlier post, here’s an example of how I typically “reskin” a monster. This is an extremely simplistic reskin, and could actually use a bit more tweaking, but I wanted to use a “real world” … Continue reading →

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The New 4e “Monster Builder”: WTF?

Posted on May 8, 2011 by Lizard

I mean, the new “Monster Builder”. Which doesn’t build monsters. Which doesn’t do ANYTHING, really. You can change the name of the monster and the name of the powers, and that’s IT? When you change the monster name, it doesn’t … Continue reading →

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Random WIP: Hyperspace

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Lizard

Honestly, this is sort of being posted because I don’t like long stretches of “No posting”, not because I genuinely think it’s likely to be of interest to anyone. (Oh, BTW, the next stage of the Battlelords walkthrough is almost … Continue reading →

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The Saga Of Heinrich

Posted on February 21, 2011 by Lizard

I’m working on a much longer article, one of my walkthrough-review thingies, though not my long-promised Alma Mater one (coming soon!), but I wanted to share this little tidbit. In Friday’s 4e game, the Big Fight consisted of the usual … Continue reading →

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