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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I did not manage to take many pictures at Gen Con this year. The ones that I did can be found at our Flickr Photostream.

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Ok, I’ve been back from Gen Con for a few days and I figure that it is long past time to do a Gen Con wrap up post.
As usual, I had a great time. We go with the same group of seven people every year. Four of us are from my current gaming group. Plus [...]

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In StarGate, each use of the gate requires 7 chevrons - 6 for the points in space and a 7th for point of origin.
In “Fifth Race,” O’Neill modifies the gate dialing program to travel to the Othalla in the Galaxy Ida. This required the use of an 8th Chevron. The 8th [...]

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Terraformed Mars: Heaven or Hell?
by Jenny Rufledt
With the proposed completion date of the new Mars only a few months away some U.N. officials are concerned as to the intentions of the T’sa. Having only recently discovered the T’sa plot to help the Fraal in their war against humanity some are proposing the possibility that [...]

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The more I think about the stupid statements made on McCain’s blog, the more upset I get. However, I am not sure who I should be mad at. Sure, McCain’s campaign made a ridiculously stupid comment that appears to have been intended as a demeaning insult. As far as I am concerned, there is simply [...]

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In responding to an allegation that John McCain had plagiarized a war story from Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, the McCain Campaign posted the following on the campaign blog:
It may be typical of the pro-Obama Dungeons & Dragons crowd to disparage a fellow countryman’s memory of war from the comfort of mom’s basement, but most Americans have the [...]

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