Rust Monster

First off, Happy New Year to everybody! As I write this 2007 is rapidly coming to a close (and I’m sitting here writing, damn I need to get out).

Now earlier this month Ampersand released a wonderful glimpse at the Elf entry in the new 4E Player’s Handbook. Sure it might get tweaked again before we get out cheese-stained paws all over it but it’s a nice, juicy bite into what we can look forward to in 2008. And if you’ve read any of my earlier musings you’ll know about my fondness for playing elves so this was really exciting for me.

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Its been a little while since I’ve gotten to any Dungeons and Dragons 4E updates - one reason though is we’ve been playing a lot of D&D here at Rust Monster and lining up characters to battle it out in the Rust Monster Arenas. Go check it out!

So this update will try and pack in several new tid bits released by Design & Development over at Wizards of the Coast. Recently they’ve talked about Quest, Feats, and Paladins in the new 4th edition of the game.

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There are lots of online character sheets for D&D. This one uses the latest 3.5 Edition Revised Character Sheet available at Wizards of the Coast for download. You fill it in - no calculations or selection boxes here. But that also makes it more flexible - no outdated rules or unavailable data from unincorporated supplements.

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Little 4E, whole life a head of you…

News about the gods has come down from the heavens of Design and Development - or would that be up from the Nine Hells? It looks like the gods are getting a serious work over. Well maybe not serious but check this out:

The family of gods for 4th Edition is a mix of old and new. You’ll see familiar faces like Corellon, Moradin, and Pelor, and some new faces as well, like Zehir, Torog, and Bane.

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The online tools demoed at Gen Con have been the subject of much speculation. The demo showed us some pretty amazing things and offers many people around the world who find it difficult to get together with a group of player the opportunity to experience D&D like it was meant to be experienced - with friends around a table. Now you’ll have to have a subscription in order to use all the functionality of the tools, but the digital tools are by no mean necessary to play the game, they are designed to facilitate some of the game’s aspects.

Well Design & Development over at D&D Insider has finally shed some light on what we might see from these online tools. Check it out!

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