Showing posts with label 4th edition. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 4th edition. Show all posts

Saturday, June 21, 2008

Character Creation

Wow the classes and races are very different in 4th edition. What was intended to simplify the game has actually made each class fairly complex. Fortunately, most players start with one character, and can adjust accordingly.

One thing that has come up recently is rolling for stats vs. the point system. Being an old school player, I have always felt that rolling for stats is a good, random, exciting way to make your character. Whereas the point system is like an attempt at simply making everyone the same. I have come to accept the point system to a degree, but certainly don't find the creation process as exciting.

The new races, Dragonborn, Elderin, and Tiefling are all very cool in their own ways. While the old races got a bit of a face lift. The new classes Warlock and Warlord are also interesting variations, and I look forward to future race/class players handbooks. I will review the races soon, followed by the classes.

Thursday, June 19, 2008

4th Edition Dungeons and Dragons

Hello and welcome to 4th edition Dungeons and Dragons.

I am one of those old school D&D types who has been playing all manner of Pen and Paper RPGs since the 80s and still love it today. I know there are a lot of us out there, still enjoying the good old fashion role playing aspects that even today's technology just cannot compete with.

This blog will be dedicated to adventures, character building, new races, new classes, and fun ideas about the Dungeons and Dragons multi-verse. But mostly Forgotten Realms. I am a bit behind with my new books, but they are on the way! When I create my first character, I'll post him up!

I'll gladly share the characters and ideas of some of you other D&D guys too. Happy gaming.

Fyodor