I finished reading through the 4E Player’s Handbook last week. 4E introduced some significant changes in mechanics from the previous edition of Dungeons and Dragons. There are a lot of good reviews of the core rules, but seeing as this is a blog about writing fantasy fiction, I wanted to take a different tack.
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Never submit a story to a market without reading the submission guidelines first. It’s also important to read work previously published in that market so you can get an idea of what types of stories the editors like. I always do the former, but tend to neglect the latter unless samples are offered online.
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WotC released the excerpt on multiclassing this week. I’m a purist when it comes to PCs. Multiclassing never held much appeal to me, especially with all the restrictions in earlier editions. I liked the system in 3/3.5E, though I know there were some imbalances that got exploited.
Multiclassing went through some pretty serious revision in 4E. [...]

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There has been a parade of great 4E previews on WotC’s website this week. While many of the excerpts posted to date have left me feeling uneasy about one aspect or another of Dungeons & Dragons’ latest incarnation, I’ve been impressed with each and every entry from the Monster Manual. The excerpt on angels is [...]

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Today’s Dungeons & Dragons 4E excerpt provides a sneak peak at paragon paths. A PCs career is divided into three tiers: heroic, paragon and epic. The paragon tier encompasses levels 11-20.
As the article states, paragon paths are 4E’s version of prestige classes. I never liked the idea of prestige classes being used by players, a [...]

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