The Tome Show

Dave Chalker and Quinn Murphy join me to talk about Draconomicon: Metallic Dragons. We tend to like the book although think that one chapter (Dragon Lairs) was lacking in creativity.

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1st Edition Draconomicon

Draconomicon (4e) Chromatic Dragons

Draconomicon (4e) Metallic Dragons

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Critical Hits

Quinn Murphy

"Tide of Iron" by Drakkensteed

Drakkensteed on Twitter

To look at the super-adventure Revenge of the Giants I called on Quinn Murphy and Ken Newquist. The short of it, great concepts, great fights, great skill challenges, struggles with pacing and story. Listen up for more.

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Against the Giants (older versions)

Revenge of the Giants (4e)

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Nuketown

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At-Will Blog

This advice episode is turned on it's head. Phil "Chatty DM" Menard joins me from the great state...er, country of Canada this time around. But instead of building a PC and giving some DM advice we build an encounter for my personal campaign and give some advice on building a cohesive party.

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Jeff's HoNoToGroABeMo Posts

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Primal Power attempts to explain what the primal power source is and provide characters who use it with more options. For this review Jeff is joined by Will Wong, Quinn Murphy, and Marcelo Dior. And they examine if the book successfully accomplishes that goal (here's a quick preview...it does). It was a really fun discussion that no one quite wanted to end, so I hope you enjoy it.

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Jeff on How Not to Grow a Beard Month

HoNoToGroABeMo Day 12 picture (taken during recording)

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At-Will Blog

Voices of the Third Earth (Portuguese)

RPPR (Role-playing Public Radio) New World Campaign

Regular contributor Will Wong reviews and leads an interview about the Abolethic Sovereignty with author Bruce Cordell. All in all, books sound very interesting to me and it's a great way to see how 4e D&D and Forgotten Realms is impacting your novel lines. Enjoy!

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RPGNow Pick of the Episode - Disposable Heroes Fantasy Set 6

To review the DMG2 I called upon the professionals of Quinn Murphy (At-Will) and Dave Chalker (Critical Hits). All in all this book has some faults, but we generally thought it was fantastic. One of us even claimed that it was the best version of any DMG ever released...that's high praise. Listen in for more.

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RPGNow.com Pick of the Episode - Missing in Action

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Critical Hits

In this episode I talked to Mike Mearls and James Wyatt of Wizards of the Coast about the Dungeon Masters Guide 2. I also went down to my local game store, All Fun and Games, in Apex, NC to talk to the people there about the DMG2 World Wide D&D Game Day event.

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RPGNow.com Pick of the Episode - Streets and Sewers of Himmelveil

Looking for more info about the DMG 2? Check out...

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Fist Full of Comics and Games

Icosohedraphelia 1 and 2

Dungeon Mastering

GeekDad

and At-Will

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Critical Hits

Fist Full of Comics and Games

and Icosohedraphelia Ch1, 2, 3, and 4

Please consider giving to the Melanoma Research Foundation in memory of Bobbie from All Fun and Games.

This episode I am joined by Don Dehm of Pulp Gamer as we build a Halfling Cleric focused on healing, evangelizing, and protecting itself. We also give some of our thoughts on pacing and engagement in the game.

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RPGNow Pick of the Episode - Huxtropy

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Jeff on the Wizard's Community

The Tome Show on the Wizard's Community

Benton and Jason from Fist Full of Comics and Games represented the Vorpal Network at GenCon 2009 and talked to Bruce Cordell and Andy Collins of Wizards of the Coast for me.

They also talked to some other folks at WotC and Green Ronin and you can find that interview at Fist Full of Comics.

Likewise, Gamer's Haven just released an episode with an interview with Joseph Goodman of Goodman Games

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RPGNow pick of the episode - Clever Classes: Explorer

In this episode the Eberron Campaign Guide and Players Guide are explored by myself, McCoy, Nick DiPetrillo (from DungeonMastering), and Ken Newquist (from Nuketown).

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RPGNow Pick of the Episode - Flaws and Merits

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Eberron video Review on DungeonMastering