Wednesday Knights Blog

So Chuck asked:
so does this mean scroll have gone away? What about potions that duplicate spell affects?
The short answer is no. First, with respect to potions, the PH lists four different potions: healing, vitality, recovery, and life. These are the only potions listed, however. Also, (once again hearkening back to Earthdawn), every class receives [...]

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In reading the 4E PH for the first time, changes with three four components jumped out at me: (1) Skills; (2) Movement; (3) Hit Points; and (4) Powers. The biggest of these changes deals with the powers and hit points.
Skills: As I explained in my review of Star Wars Saga Edition, the skills have been [...]

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Last year when WOTC announced that they would soon be releasing D&D 4E, I was amazed at the backlash that they endured. From my perspective I figured, “so what.” If 4E was good, that would be awesome. If it wasn’t what I wanted, there were plenty of other games out there to play. Plus, our [...]

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In part 1 of my review, I addressed some of the changes made to the skill system. In this part of the review, I will address some of the changes made to the combat system. Just as with the skills, there are a couple of the changes that  I like. For the most part, however, [...]

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Over the last few months I have read the three books that comprise the Age of Discovery Series by Michael A. Stackpole: A Secret Atlas, Cartomancy, and The New World. These books comprise an epic story centered around a family who had a magical skill in making maps.When I use the word epic to describe [...]

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I finally picked up a copy of the new Star Wars Saga Edition. I have not played it yet. However, I have read through it. Based upon my reading of it and my understanding (through various sources) that this version is a preview of 4th Edition, I can’t say that I am thrilled with all [...]

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Since Every Dead Thing, I have been a fan of John Connolly. His Charlie Parker books are great detective/thriller novels with just a twist or hint of the supernatural. In fact, Connolly has specifically said that he leaves it to the reader to determine whether Parker’s “psychic abilities” are real or whether they are Parker’s [...]

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I found this to be one of the most enlightening of Dr. Seuss’ books. His grasp of the Gibberish language and the rhyming schemes thereof are the most profound in all his literary works. I find it hard to believe that it is considered a “beginner book” for all of its’ poetic imagery. [...]

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I saw Night at the Museum over the weekend. When this movie first came out I was not terribly interested in seeing it. However, it was playing on IMAX near us, and my wife wanted to see it. It is clearly not going to make it onto the list of the 100 best movies ever.
Nevertheless, [...]

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I have talked about Escape Pod before. As I said before, if you are not listening to it, you should be. Episode 93 has a story from Robert Silverberg called Now +n, Now -n.
Although I typically do not like stories involving any sort of time travel, I really enjoyed this story. I guess that’s not [...]

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