Hmm, we used to call them henchmen. The rules it seems are optional, and I am not sure I am ready for this, as I need to learn to play my classes better than I do.
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A DnD 5e Gish
I plan to build a D&D Gish, and want to document a good Eldritch Knight build. Here as ever are my notes and links. …
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Games in 2024
Class Wargames decided to play W40K which set me thinking. About boardgames and DnD again. Boardgames The W40K stuff took me towards the Battle of Actium. I found two games on Board Game Geek, and added them to my collection. One has probably gone, the other, Trireme seems available on the market, although the rules…
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Watching Critical Role
I really enjoyed the first two series of critical role, and have also watched a bunch of the one offs and mini-series. I watched on youtube, not on the real-time streaming service and found it useful to have series of resources to hand to help understand the rules of the game. I made a page,…
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Protected: Psionics in D&D
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
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On the WOTC OGL
At the turn of the years 2022/23 Wizards of the Coast shocked their 3rd party creator community by proposing to revoke their open licence and charge royalties on successful derived content. I created this page to track the events and comments made and posted a blog article, On WOTCs permissive licences, also mirrored on medium….
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NWN2: the Harp & the Chrysanthemum
I decided to play this. I downloaded it from its home page but the game has been updated. Here are my notes, which talks a bit about version control but also includes some hints. For more, including the play hints, see below/overleaf.
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D&D Miniatures
Having cleared out nearly all my miniature models from Dungeons and Dragons & Warhammer, I was wondering about replacing some of them. Where to buy them and how to get them painted. Here are my notes.
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More on classes in D+D
For some reason I looked at the video below/overleaf on Youtube, it’s about D&D character classes and multi-classing and this is my response. Not sure how useful it is as most of the words relate to rules no longer used. I conclude with the words, “in summary, if playing in a balanced party, given the…
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Dungeons & Dragons
I bought Ben a copy of the AD&D 5e Starter Pack for Xmas, let’s hope he reciprocates by asking me to join in, although how to do that while’s he’s abroad might be fun … need to check out NWN worlds. Here are some notes….
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Elanee
Here are my notes on Elanee, one of the protagonist’s companions in NWN2. This is what the NWN2 wiki has to say. It contains advice on the build, highlighting certain spells and critically feats; as ever it includes a story summary and details, sadly deleted content.
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VIKING BERSERKER (Bear Warrior)
This is a mirror of the Epic Guild page, which it seems has now disappeared. I have added a link to my fan video of a shifter/werebear below/overleaf which was originally posted in my article, Rendering New Age Video, on this wiki. The URL was http://home.comcast.net/~worldofgreyhawk/builds/data/build275446.html, I suspect that this is the best mirror that…
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Baldur’s Gate Reloaded
Someone’s finally done it, Baldur’s Gate, presumably the original saga, rendered in the NWN2 game engine, known as Baldur’s Gate Reloaded. This was originally pointed out to me by Berliand. This article hosts a video trailer and comments on the acquisition and installation process.
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AD+D Saving Throws
The NWN Online book says, Saving throws are a measure of a character or creature’s resistance to special types of attacks-poisons, magic, and effects like a dragon’s breath weapon. If a saving throw is made, this may reduce the damage or prevent the effects of the spell or attack entirely.
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NWN Playing a Rogue
I started this a while ago, in particular when playing SoU with a fighter/thief, for more see Binky Netzen. This article talks about traps, and multi-classing and cross references a character guide walkthrough.
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