Wednesday Knights Blog

On Friday I saw Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull with the family. I thought that the background story line about the crystal skull, etc. was crap. Essentially George Lucas circa Star Wars Episode 1, crap. In reality, however, that doesn’t really matter. The background story is nothing but the MacGuffin anyway.
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http://dnd4.com/phb#17
Well Bryan gets his wish….sort of.  Each class starts out with more hit points 10 + con up to 15 + con.  But it looks like you only gain a set number of hit points per level (4 for a wizard).   Maybe things willchagne with 4.5 n January ‘09.

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I found this stuff on 4th edition.
Nearly every class has 4 At-Wills available to chose from at 1st level, Wizard has 5. Same goes for Encounters. Fighter, Paladin and Rogue have 3 Dailys, everyone else has 4. More become available at higher levels.
Multi-Classing requires a related Stat of 13+. Each class has an [...]

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I just finished listening to the latest Union Dues story from Escape Pod. If you like super hero stories at all, I highly recommend the Union Dues series of stories to you.
These are definitely not the 4 color stories that many  super hero tales are. Instead, they are thoughtfully written pieces containing tough choices. In [...]

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Here is a great video highlighting the fact that sports fans are geeks as much as the rest of us. It’s just that their geekery is more acceptable.

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Today is the first of May. Let’s celebrate with Jonathan Coulton.
First of May
If you haven’t heard this before, I recommend that you don’t play it at work or within the earshot of children. If you have heard it before, you know what you are getting into. Do what you want.

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