A Short Rest: Archives of Candlekeep: 4th Edition, the Rebellious Child
This article was first broadcast in Episode Fifty-One on 5th December 2018. The fifth edition of Dungeons and Dragons is arguably one of the most popular iterations of the rules, but it’s taken some time to get to where we are today. In honor of Art and Arcana, the book released October 23rd that showcases all the artwork and tells the evolving story of D&D over the years, we decided to take a look back at this hobby of ours ourselves and see where it started, and how it’s evolved over time. In June 2008, Wizards of the Coast released the 4th edition of Dungeons and Dragons. When 4th edition is brought up among D&D fans, what typically happens is many of them will engage in a fierce denouncement or defense of the system, while those unfamiliar with or unaware of the edition sit to the side in bafflement, wondering…
Heroes Rise, fifty-first entry: Keith Baker, Creator of Eberron
Welcome, brave adventurers… to the fifty-first entry into our chronicle, recorded on Saturday December 1st 2018, and released Wednesday December 5th 2018 over at heroesrisepodcast.com.
Archives of Candlekeep: Edition 3.5: The Golden Child
This article was first broadcast in Episode Fifty on 28th November 2018. The fifth edition of Dungeons and Dragons is arguably one of the most popular iterations of the rules, but it’s taken some time to get to where we are today. In honor of Art and Arcana, the book released October 23rd that showcases all the artwork and tells the evolving story of D&D over the years, we decided to take a look back at this hobby of ours ourselves and see where it started, and how it’s evolved over time. As established in our last article, while everyone liked 3.0 as an edition and were in love with the d20 system, there were glaring issues almost everyone identified with the 3.0 gameplay rules. Problems with Rangers, Bards, Sorcerers, and Druids were well-known, and the 3.0 psionics rules had already established “psionics are broken” as a virtual law in D&D…
Heroes Rise, fiftieth entry: Ravemaster’s Guide to Guildnica
Welcome, brave adventurers… to the fiftieth entry into our chronicle, recorded on Saturday November 24th 2018, and released Wednesday November 28th 2018 over at heroesrisepodcast.com.
Heroes Rise, forty-ninth-and-a-half entry: CriticalFail
Welcome, brave adventurers… to the forty-ninth-and-a-half entry into our chronicle, recorded throughout the last year, and released Wednesday November 21st over at heroesrisepodcast.com.
Heroes Rise, forty-ninth entry: The First Rule of Level 17…
Welcome, brave adventurers… to the forty-ninth entry into our chronicle, recorded on Saturday November 10th 2018, and released Wednesday November 14th 2018 over at heroesrisepodcast.com
Archives of Candlekeep: 3rd Edition: The Friendly, Embarrassing Child
This article was first broadcast in Episode Forty-Nine on 14th November 2018. The fifth edition of Dungeons and Dragons is arguably one of the most popular iterations of the rules, but it’s taken some time to get to where we are today. In honor of Art and Arcana, the book released October 23rd that showcases all the artwork and tells the evolving story of D&D over the years, we decided to take a look back at this hobby of ours ourselves and see where it started, and how it’s evolved over time. When D&D came under the control of Wizards of the Coast, they pulled support for the “Basic” line of D&D products. This left a lot of players frustrated. Advanced D&D 2nd edition’s rules gave a lot more options but also greatly increased the complexity of play. While many of 2nd edition’s fans were comfortable with the system, the wide…
Heroes Rise, forty-eighth entry: Jellspammer
Welcome, brave adventurers… to the forty-eighth entry into our chronicle, recorded on Saturday November 3rd 2018, and released Wednesday November 7th 2018 over at heroesrisepodcast.com
A Short Rest: Archives of Candlekeep: 2nd Edition; the temperate, responsible
This article was first broadcast in Episode Forty-Eight on 7th November 2018. The fifth edition of Dungeons and Dragons is arguably one of the most popular iterations of the rules, but it’s taken some time to get to where we are today. In honour of Art and Arcana, the book released October 23rd that showcases all the artwork and tells the evolving story of D&D over the years, we decided to take a look back at this hobby of ours ourselves and see where it started, and how it’s evolved over time. By the late 1980s, D&D had become even larger but had also attracted some negative attention. News sources and rumor had associated two teen suicides with playing D&D, and one of the mothers had started a group that actively campaigned and warned against the game, citing the references to demons, magic, assassinations, playing as monsters, and sexual elements…
Heroes Rise, forty-seventh entry: Smells Like Ravnican Spirit
Welcome, brave adventurers… to the forty-seventh entry into our chronicle, recorded on Saturday October 27th 2018, and released Wednesday October 31st (aka Halloween) 2018 over at heroesrisepodcast.com