At Will

Magic items are ultimately disposable items.  Even if we give them glorious histories and backstories, unless we make them uber-artifacts, the mechanics of D&D often mean that they are going to get swept to the side for the next +1 or cool ability that comes a player’s way. 

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Apparently I am:

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Courtesy of Dave of Critical Hits, via Twitter.

I’m a software geek. I’m several other shades of geek as well, but my love for delicious focused quality software to aid me in gaming is a top 5 obsession. This passion is where the increasing amount of video reviews you’re seeing on the site comes from.

I’m always on the lookout for good software, and I love to evangelize on software that other people can use. So, I’ll ask: What software do you use to aid you in the running of your 4th edition D&D games? What software are you curious about that you’d like to see in action?

Here’s the software I’m using at the moment:

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Sometimes, you just have to summon forth your primal energies and….

Format of the new power courtesy of 4e Power Creator.

Video review coming later in the week.

A twitter friend (hello greywulf!) pointed me out to the most awesome source of draconic might in the universe. It is a dragon…made of cake. The only feature this mystical morsel was missing…was stats.

No more. Behold the glorious power of the young cake dragon (cake dragons don’t ever live to ancient, and you wouldn’t want them to).

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