The Worth of Artifacts
I feel like artifacts aren’t worth it.
Who Wants What Weapon Groups?
One of the design choices in the structure of 4th edition Dungeons & Dragons is the way that weapons are given categorical signifiers that let you treat them in shared, mechanically related ways. What did these groups do, and who needs help?
Alternative Rewards
So okay, Alternate Rewards. They’re kind of a problem.
Claw Gloves
4th Edition D&D is, like all editions of D&D, very much invested in the physical stuff your character carries around. I’ve talked about this in the past, where D&D finds it easier to use material objects to give you preposterous abilities, even though it’s ostensibly a game about wizards with preposterous abilities. In 4th edition, […]
Hunter’s Dreams – Trick Weapons, Part 3
This is more work on Hunter’s Dream, a 4th Edition D&D-compatible mod made to enable a Bloodborne style of game, where players take on the role of hunters, who have to first research their prey before going out to the tactical combat stage of things where players get to have cool fights with werewolves and […]
Hunter’s Dreams – Trick Weapons, Part 2
This is more work on Hunter’s Dream, a 4th Edition D&D-compatible mod made to enable a Bloodborne style of game, where players take on the role of hunters, who have to first research their prey before going out to the tactical combat stage of things where players get to have cool fights with werewolves and […]
Hunter’s Dreams – Trick Weapons, Part 1
I started work on Hunter’s Dream back in January, with the basic idea being a way to play a Bloodborne style game set using 4th Edition D&D. The reasons are pretty easy to grapple with – starting with ‘I like it’ and moving on to ‘Bloodborne’s play experience is a tactical game of resource expenditure, […]
