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4e PHB Readthrough – Chapter 10: Rituals
Finally we reach the last chapter in our Dungeons & Dragons Fourth Edition Player’s Handbook readthrough with rituals. Rituals is a new thing for 4e. Because the old spellcasting system has been retired and what are called “spells” now are … Continue reading
4e PHB Readthrough – Chapter 9: Combat
We’re closing in on the end of our chapter by chapter dissection of the Dungeons & Dragons Fourth Edition Player’s Handbook. This time – combat! Much of this chapter is familiar to players of any edition of D&D; I’ll stress … Continue reading
4e PHB Readthrough – Chapter 8: Adventuring
After the awfulness that was the magic item section, we resume our readthrough of the new Dungeons & Dragons Fourth Edition Player’s Handbook. The first section is “Quests.” These are the new way they’re factoring adventures, into multiple “quests,” where … Continue reading
4e PHB Readthrough – Chapter 7: Equipment
In this installment of our read through of the Dungeons & Dragons Fourth Edition Player’s Handbook, we take a look at equipment. Every class starts with 100 gold to equip themselves, a welcome reduction in complexity from the class-based random … Continue reading
4e PHB Readthrough – Chapter 6: Feats
Another day, another twenty pages of the D&D Fourth Edition Players Handbook, read and broken down for your deviant pleasures. This time, it’s Chapter 5: Feats. Feats were the “big addition” in the Third Edition rules. Other games had done … Continue reading
4e PHB Readthrough – Chapter 5: Skills
Welcome to the latest installment in my blow-by-blow readthrough of the new Dungeons & Dragons Fourth Edition Player’s Handbook. Or as those of us “in the know” (read: geeks) call it, the D&D 4e PHB. Chapters 1-3 started out promising … Continue reading
4e PHB Readthrough – Chapter 4: Classes
Welcome to the second installment in my read-through of the new Dungeons & Dragons Fourth Edition Player’s Handbook. This time, we’ll go through Chapter 4: Character Classes. “Just one chapter!?!” you cry? Well, this one chapter is 125 pages long; … Continue reading
4e PHB Readthrough – Chapters 1-3
As I read through the 4e PHB, I bring to you a play by play commentary. I’m trying to wipe what I already think I know and just take the book as it comes. First Impressions. The layout is decent, … Continue reading
D&D 5e PHB Readthrough, Chapter 8: Adventuring
And now we get to the Adventure! Welcome to this installment in my D&D Fifth Edition PHB readthrough and review. This time, Chapter 8: Adventuring. First they reiterate the D&D Decision Loop (DDDL) from earlier: The DM describes the environment The … Continue reading
D&D 5e PHB Readthrough, Chapter 7: Using Ability Scores
Welcome to this installment in my D&D Fifth Edition PHB readthrough and review. We are entering “Part 2: Playing the Game” with a chapter on using ability scores. First they reprint the Ability Scores and Modifiers section from earlier, in … Continue reading
D&D 5e PHB Readthrough, Chapter 5: Equipment
Welcome to the next in the series of my D&D Fifth Edition PHB readthrough and review. I know there’s been a little time gap, I had some bidness to attend to. The equipment chapter kicks off with the basic monetary system and … Continue reading
D&D 5e PHB Readthrough, Chapter 4: Personality and Background
Twenty pages of actual roleplaying-related information in a Dungeons & Dragons Player’s Handbook? What’s the world coming to? Welcome to the next in the series of my D&D Fifth Edition PHB readthrough and review. We ground through all the classes last … Continue reading
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