New for EN World Subscribers Last week, the 4E version of War of the Burning Sky #5: Mission to the Monastery of Two Winds was added to the subscriber download area . Due to an inexplicably slow internet connection, I wasn't able to add the D&D 3.5 version of that adventure until today.

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D&D / RPG News for Monday, 12 July, 2010

Morrus attempts to update his PHB

As an experiment, I decided to "update" my PHB.

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D&D / RPG News for Wednesday, 14 July, 2010

Explore ENnie-nominated Products at RPGNow RPGNow and Drive-thru–RPG are one of this year's ENnies sponsors.

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2010 ENnies Voting Has Begun!

2010 ENnies Voting Has Begun! The voting booth for the 2010 Gen Con EN World RPG Awards is now open! Voting closes at midnight, July 25th. The winners will be announced at the 2010 awards ceremony Friday, August 4th at the Westin Hotel Grand Ballroom at Gen Con Indy.

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La verdad es que, con lo poco que se conoce hasta este momento, es un auténtico ejercicio de especulación aventurarse a criticar el producto.
Algunos piensan que se trata de una edición 4.5 e incluso un playtest de cara a la 5ª edición. Estas opiniones son bastante jugosas por venir de gente que no ha jugado a la 4e aunque la conoce, o de aquellos que, habiendo comprado libros con mucho entusiasmo, han colgado luego los bártulos y han cambiado de sistema. Más allá, la idea generalizada es que se trata de otra maniobra publicitaria de WotC para intentar enganchar a los jugadores menos radicales de la Guerra de las Ediciones. Y aún más allá, el uso de una caja idéntica a la mítica caja roja de Básico se incluiría en el intento de atrapar a los más nostálgicos.

En palabras de Mike Mearls, responsable del proyecto y ampliamente criticado en los últimos días, la nueva caja roja incluirá las razas clásicas (humano, elfo, enano y halfling), y también las clases tradicionales (guerrero, clérigo, mago y ladrón), una aventura de ejemplo, dados, mapas y marcadores de tablero.

En principio, todo esto iría orientado a los nuevos jugadores; luego, sin embargo, trascendieron unas declaraciones del propio Mearls en las que dejaba entrever que el producto sería toda una línea bajo el nombre D&D Essentials y que "también podría interesar a los jugadores veteranos". A partir de aquí, se ha generalizado la sensación de que nos encontramos ante una nueva edición encubierta, que muchos atribuyen a una "rectificación global" del planteamiento de la 4e.

Y esto es lo planeado para la nueva línea D&D Essentials:

• Dungeons & Dragons Fantasy Roleplaying Game: el starter set o conjunto inicial de juego;
• Dungeons & Dragons Rules Compendium: "libro práctico con las reglas esenciales del juego";
• Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying Game Dice: dados extra (?);
• Heroes of the Fallen Land: contiene cuatro clases (guerrero, clérigo, mago y ladrón), y cuatro razas (humano, elfo, enano, halfling y eladrin);
• Heroes of the Forgotten Kingdoms: contiene tres clases (druida, paladín, ranger y warlock), y cuatro razas (drow, semielfo, semiorco, tiefling y dragonborn);
• Dungeon Master's Kit: consejos, reglas, aventuras, mapas, marcadores de tablero y una pantalla para el DM;
• Monster Vault: colección de monstruos (que no compendio);
• Dungeon Tiles Master Sets: tres conjuntos "maestros" para escenificar las partidas (dungeon, ciudad y exteriores).

Toda esta serie de suplementos, compendios y ayudas deja tras de sí varias dudas. Principalmente, relativas a la redundancia de publicar un producto tras otro que añaden poca novedad y más de lo mismo a lo ya publicado.

Entre las pocas novedades, aunque sí muy llamativa, se encuentra la eliminación de los poderes diarios y la simplificación de los poderes de encuentro, y como curiosidad, reintroducen los dominios divinos.

En fin, muchas son las opiniones que pueden leerse por todas partes sobre este asunto, algunas a favor y muchas en contra, y entre todas ellas una muy curiosa es el temor de que, al mezclar la 4e con algunos aspectos de la 3.5 (como las tablas de avance de nivel) se genere un sistema bastardo, híbrido, aún peor que lo que teníamos en el punto de partida.

Bueno, toca ver si se trata de un salto con red o de un salto al vacío.

Although cursed items in 4e are still around, they seem to have lost their game-ruining panache. I think fun and heroism are a great part of the 4e philosophy, however I’d like to see cursed items make their way back to the table. An easy way to introduce cursed items without punishing your players..

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Would you like an “A” or 100 XP?, Part 2 from The Other Side blog

So my son indeed got home tonight and we sat in the game room. He had his notebook, all my D&D books, including 2nd, 3rd and 4th editions of the Dragonomicon, and he wrote a history for me on why is character wanted a life of adventure.Here are som…

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It’s not what you say, but how we read it from Greywulf's Lair » RPG

Ah Mr Mearls. You sure do have a way with letting your well meaning and well written words cause controversy, don’t you?

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D&D Encounters Dark Sun (Week 5) from Dungeon's Master

The party survived. I was shocked. When I was reading the encounter in preparation for week 5 I was sure it would be a TPK

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The Player’s Notebook from Dice Monkey

I’m a firm believer that a player should have more on-hand than just their character sheet.

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Summer Simmers with New 4E Errata! from NEUROGLYPH Games

Wizards of the Coast released a new 20 page PDF of Errata on July 7th, and not surprisingly, this new set of so-called “errata” has created quite a buzz on the 4E blogsites and message boards.  In case you have not downloaded a copy yet, you can get it here. The new D&D errata cover

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Review: Monster Manual 3 from My Girlfriend is a DM

Girlfriend DM loves the Monster Manuals. Every night, she comes home to her ‘folio of friends’ and flips through each page one by one, asking me how high level a monster we can take.

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Icosahedrophilia Podcast, Episode 82: What Lay Beneath, Part 5 from Icosahedrophilia

Can our heroes survive their encounter with the unliving guardians of the burial cave beneath the dragon’s lair? Find out in “What Lay Beneath, Part 5,” recorded on February 20, 2010 and presented in the Icosahedrophilia podcast, episode 82! Please listen now or subscribe via…

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Opportunity Actions: Tarrasque Workshop #1 How Big is the Tarrasque? from DM Samuel's RPG Musings

So, this came up on Twitter: with the release of the Orcus miniature, and Monster Manual 3’s Allabar, Opener of the Way, what is the actual size of the Tarrasque? Seems like a simple question, but the answer, as always, is so much more.  Frighteningly enough, I think this discussion is leading me…

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Should Wizards of The Coast introduce public playtesting? from Greywulf's Lair » RPG

Given the outcry (is that too strong a word? I dunno) about the new D&D Essentials line and the ongoing changes to the system made by the Errata and Updates, my question is a simple one: Should Wizards of The Coast introduce public playtesting for key changes to D&D before making them…

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Dungeon Master Tips book released from Sly Flourish

This week I released Sly Flourish’s Dungeon Master Tips, an e-book focused on giving you useful tips to help you prepare and run awesome 4th Edition Dungeons and Dragons games.

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2010 ENnie Nominations from Dungeon's Master

The ENnie Award nominees were announced today. Regretfully, Dungeon’s Master did not make the final cut in the best blog category

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This final piece is all about the competition for your solos—the players and their characters. You design encounters to challenge those others at your game table, so almost all of this series has really been about them anyway. Rather than the mechanics of making and using solo creatures, this…

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Mailbag 8—All By Myself, Part 5 from Critical Hits » RPG

Origins 2010: Final Round-Up from Critical Hits » RPG

Origins has once again come and gone. Due to various scheduling mishaps with the convention and technical problems, we didn't get to do much in the way of scheduled gaming, and spend our time looking for things to do. Here's just a sample of some of the stuff that we did do and I was excited about…

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D&D Encounters Dark Sun (Week 4) from Dungeon's Master

Today is Canada Day, a holiday across Canada, which meant that last night’s D&D Encounters Dark Sun had less than usual attendance. After three weeks with 20 or more participants, this week we were down to only 12 (including the two DMs). So with two tables of five, we returned to Athas.…

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The Dungeon Master Guys, Episode 3 from Critical Hits » RPG

Welcome to the third episode of the Dungeon Master Guys podcast! Improvising games, "what if" campaign design, using props to make your game more immersive, using cursed items, answering reader questions, and more.

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Revised Plan; Generational Mega Plots, Part 2 from The Other Side blog

So.

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inns & taverns – the resting pond from Fame & Fortune

Known to travellers as a fine place to watch the condemned die over a pie and pint, the Resting Pond is named for a small yet deep freshwater pond (for drownings) and nearby sycamore tree (for… Click the title if you want to know more…

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Dead Eyes and Battle Scars (Part 2 of 2) from Kobold Quarterly Magazine: Monsters and Magic for D&D Gamers

There’s a flip side to chronic injury. The same experiences that permanently wound adventurers also mold them into superior combatants. Even the most fumbled attack by a paragon-tier PC deals some damage.

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Eberron: The World in Rhyme from My Girlfriend is a DM

From Paolo Jose Cruz of Geek Fight! Trivia Night and a friend of Polyhedral comes this rap & R&B send up of Eberron. This is a spoof of “Empire State of Mind” by Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys, based on the mythos of Eberron, the ‘dungeon punk’ campaign setting for…

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My Orcus & Me! from Stargazer's World

Today I got my Orcus, Prince of Undeath Gargantuan Figure.

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Dark Sun Is Deadly from Dungeon's Master

Expect your PCs to die if you are playing a campaign set in Dark Sun.

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Marathon D&D in the Summer Time! from NEUROGLYPH Games

One of the best things about summer, particularly on long holiday weekends, is the opportunity to get a group together for a massive Marathon Gaming Session!  This weekend is a good one for North America, being both the 4th of July in the USA, and Canada Day Weekend north of the border.  Having…

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THE House Rule for Rules Heavy Games? from RetroRoleplaying: The Blog

If you wonder why I prefer older versions of D&D or others rules lite games to the rules heavy monsters often published today, you only need to read part of Christian's Exploring The Magnum Opus That Is Ptolus post over at Destination Unknown where h…

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While ruminating over his planned ascent from novice adventurer to trans-level-30 epic immortality all without shedding a single drop of mortal blood (or amorphous ochre ichor, or what have you), Gamer Bling encountered an obstacle that revealed a surprising blind spot on the part of the vaunted 4e…

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Free RPG Day 2010 Offerings – Deathwatch! Pathfinder! Dark Sun! Sort of! from Worlds in a Handful of Dice

The Free RPG Day happened, once again. For the first time ever it wasn’t during the Finnish Midsummer celebrations, but our local game store chains still failed to participate, probably because of a lack of game space and because they make their money off manga and Warhammer, not roleplaying…

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As the world scales….. from www.NewbieDM.com

A conversation came up the other day on Twitter about how  DM’s treat the world around their PC’s, in as far as the level of threats that surround them.  Is every enemy that appears, and every area the PC’s discover at the player’s level? I was fairly surprised at the..

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Hear Me! from Thieves' Cant

Another short blog post today – I had the pleasure of being on the Power Source Podcast recently. We discussed a lot of things, an in-depth discussion of the Fey Folio, notwithstanding.

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Calling In Sick from Mike's D&D Blog

I’m sorry for missing Monday, I needed the day off, as we all do sometimes..

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Blog Carnival: Overpowered Sandboxes and Just-Right Rails? from DM Samuel's RPG Musings

In 4e it is very easy for the DM to scale monsters and encounters to fit the party level.  It is the first edition where I have had an extremely easy time doing so, and I can even rate the encounters easy, medium, or hard based on what I am throwing at the players.   This

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D&D Encounters Dark Sun (Week 3) from Dungeon's Master

What do you get when four PCs are attacked by goblins from high atop a rocky outcropping?

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Tuesday Terror #19 from the home den » RPG

I feel really bad. I have been busy and wasn’t able to get a new one up last week and this one’s late. I hope you guys aren’t too disappointed

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Courier On His Way from Kobold Quarterly Magazine: Monsters and Magic for D&D Gamers

As one of the freebies we like to do around here, the latest Kobold Courier has gone out! You should find it in your mailbox, if you are a KQ subscriber or an Open Design patron. This is #4 of the intermittent series, and includes news on RPGs, some background on the new 10′x10′ Toon…

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Dead Eyes and Battle Scars (Part 1 of 2) from Kobold Quarterly Magazine: Monsters and Magic for D&D Gamers

By paragon tier, PCs have made it out of the neophyte stage and are professional adventurers. They walk with a confident strut, and their words carry the weight of experience. However, one thing always gives away an accomplished adventurer: the numerous scars.

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Creating A Character That Can’t Be Killed from Dungeon's Master

I’ve been perusing the D&D Player’s Strategy Guide since I received it as a Father’s Day gift this past Sunday. My reading hasn’t been focused on building the best character, as I have already done that. Of course my best character may not be your best character and that’s ok, I forgive..

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El conocido portal Archiroleros, dedicado a Dungeons & Dragons, comenzó a publicar en noviembre del pasado año una revista en formato electrónico con artículos de ayuda, traducciones de aventuras oficiales y distintos recursos para el juego.
A día de hoy han lanzado dos números (noviembre de 2009 y mayo de 2010) y su descarga, además de gratuita, es altamente recomendable.

En el primer ezine (numerado 00) encontramos lo siguiente:

• La estructura de la narración (artículo de apoyo)
• La Fortaleza del Páramo sombrío (análisis de la aventura homónima de WotC y publicada en España por Devir)
• Scales Of War : Rescate En Rugido-Quebrantado (traducción del primer capítulo del adventure path Scales of War, publicado en la revista Dungeon)
• Hojas de Personaje, Hojas de Poderes y Hojas de Rituales (material de apoyo para la 4e)

Y en el segundo número (aunque en realidad es el 01):

• Problemas fuera del combate (artículo sobre las situaciones fracasadas ajenas al combate)
• Bajo la mirada del Beholder: Mercenarios de Punjar (análisis de esta aventura de Goodman Games, publicada en España por la ya extinta OK Games)
• Githzerai (artículo dedicado a esta raza, que reaparecía como clase de personaje en el Manual del Jugador 3)
• El gato negro (relato corto escrito por Azalin_Rex)
• La Biblioteca Carmesí (consultorio de reglas de la 4e)
• El Mazo de Muchas Cosas (artículo sobre uno de los objetos mágicos más reconocibles del juego)
• Los últimos alientos de Puerto Ceniciento (aventura de nivel heroico)
• Hojas de control y cartas de puntos de acción (material de apoyo)

Parte del material publicado son traducciones de artículos aparecidos en las revistas Dragon y Dungeon, lo cual es muy de agradecer dada la desaparición de las versiones españolas de las mismas.
La maquetación es realmente buena, utilizando el mismo formato screen de las revistas de WotC y algunos manuales con versión de lectura en pantalla (A4 apaisado); incluso algunos elementos "de plantilla" pertenecen a las mencionadas revistas, lo cual deja constancia del éxito de este formato (nuestro grupo publicó hace algo más de un año una revista similar en formato).

La iniciativa es estupenda por compilar y ordenar un material valioso que, de otro modo, pasaría un tanto inadvertido. Son muchos los colaboradores en la comunidad Archiroleros que participan en la creación del ezine, y justo es reconocer el esfuerzo y el trabajo de tanta gente con tan buen resultado.
Por poner un pero, se echan en falta marcadores que harían más sencilla la navegación por la revista.

Absolutamente recomendable.

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Publicación electrónica con material para Dungeons & Dragons.

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When it comes to skill challenges, failure is not an option. “Of course,” you say. “No one wants to fail a skill challenge.” But this means something else entirely.

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D&D Trivia Archive May 2010 from Critical Hits » RPG

On Twitter, I give out little tidbits about D&D history as I know it or experienced it. This means I might not always be right, but at least it's interesting. You can challenge me on twitter or by email.

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D&D Encounters Dark Sun (Week 1) from Dungeon's Master

The first session of D&D Encounters: Dark Sun was a sink or swim lesson in desert survival. This second season of the program takes place on the world Athas, an endless expanse of sand and searing heat having been blasted lifeless by the ravaging effects of magic. On Athas the majority of the..

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My Favorite Role: Matthew, What Is Best In Life? from My Girlfriend is a DM

Last night, my character died. Loq, a shapeshifting spellcaster enlisted in the service of the military of The Mullier Empire, was discorporated in the process of trying to disarm an arcane shielding device.

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My summer reading list from Gaming Brouhaha » RPG

Our summer holidays are rapidly approaching and that means a few weeks of sun, sand, and…books. I usually get through a bunch of books during my summer holiday time, including several RPGs. Here’s what is going with me this year: Fiasco &#..

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Character Roles: The Healer from Life and Times of a Philippine Gamer

There’s a common impression that there’s no job more thankless than being a Healer. Much like the Tank, they don’t really get a lot of the glory. However, unlike the tank, the loss of a healer is something that players try to avoid at all costs. Everyone knows that healers are…

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Icosahedrophilia Podcast, Episode 74: Enter the Dragon, Part 1 from Icosahedrophilia

If you can’t handle the combat, stay out of the desert! That’s what our heroes will learn in “Enter the Dragon,” a four-part Icosahedrophilia adventure arc that kicks off in episode 74.

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4e D&D Game Styles – How Does the DM Decide? from DM Samuel's RPG Musings

One of the suggestions in Chapter 1 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide (DMG) is to inform your players of the style of game you will run before the game starts. This is suggested so that the players can are prepared for the world in which their PCs will be living, and I think it is

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Friday’s 4E Freebie – Dusk by Mike “Gabe” Krahulik from NEUROGLYPH Games

“Please don’t take offense, but we’d appreciate it if you’d refrain from hunting in this immediate area. We have to stay inconspicuous, you understand.” ~ Carlisle Cullen (Twilight, 2005) Look, let me set the record straight right from the start – I am not a Twilight fan. I also don’t judge folks…

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A 4e D&D Rules Question: Teleporting What You Can’t See from Dungeon's Master

DMs are encouraged to say yes whenever possible in 4e D&D. But in a recent game we experienced a situation that was very unusual and saying yes didn’t seem appropriate. As the DM I said no at the time but agreed that we should do some investigation before the situation happens again.

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I Have Found a New Home! from DM Samuel's RPG Musings

I have successfully transported all of my posts and links over to the new home for this site: http://www.rpgmusings.com/ Please stop by and take a look at my new digs! There will be some small formatting changes in the next few days, but things are generally complete. There is now an email…

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D&D 4th Edition News Preview Gale Force Nine’s Fighter & Cleric Official Dungeons & Dragons Token Sets Player Token Sets for the stalwart fighter and devout cleric will be released by Gale Force Nine in August. Both sets contain a Character Status Tile, character specific tokens and markers, a Mount Token and an Invisibility Stand-In.

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D&D 4th Edition News Dungeons & Dragons tries to lure back players CNN has an article about D&D — 4E in particular.

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Thursday, 10 June, 2010

D&D 4th Edition News Review of Treasure Hoard by Chaotic Shiny Productions Are your Characters tired of the same old boring Treasure Parcels in your 4E game? Then check out this review of Chaotic Shiny Production’s new Treasure Hoard Generator Pack, a random generator of loot of every type imaginable – and a few you haven’t thought of yet ! Corpse Gas Hazard Noxious But Entertaining Fumes: Turn regular zombies or other undead into something surprising with the Corpse Gas Hazard.

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Friday, 11 June, 2010

Win a copy of Legend of the Five Rings 4th Edition In the Legend of the Five Rings Role-playing Game , one of the core concepts in helping players develop their characters is the game of Twenty Questions, which helps inspire those new to the game to think about the history of their characters and how they relate to the larger Empire of Rokugan. To celebrate the new edition of the game, we thought we might give away three copies of the Legend of the Five Rings 4th Edition Role-playing game! And how better to see who really wants one than by playing an entirely new version of Twenty Questions? Three winners will be drawn from those who get the most right answers

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De esa entrevista, muy breve (sólo cinco preguntas; supongo que ha sido por correo), se pueden extraer los datos siguientes:

• Han pretendido que los monstruos sean más certeros en los ataques, o, cuando menos, que inflijan más daño; la idea es que las criaturas supongan un mayor reto en función de la amenaza que "deberían representar" (no quieren encuentros que acaben con los aventureros impolutos sin manchar apenas sus armas… ). Para ello, han incrementado el daño de los monstruos entre un 30% y un 40%.
• En la misma línea, han modificado el ataque de los monstruos según su rol.
• En el manual aparece de nuevo Lolth, la diosa drow, cuyas características han sido ampliamente modificadas para que se parezcan a las de criaturas propias de emboscada (el modo lurk, aunque no lo incluyan), pero manteniéndola especialmente para encuentros en solitario.
• Un detalle interesante es que quieren que los combates sean más dinámicos y decisivos (es decir, como la escena final de una película de acción ). En el manual se incluyen más de treinta plantillas de solos para estos momentos finales, con auras y poderes creados ex profeso para "capturar la épica" del combate (¿?).
• Como ya se anunció en Dungeons & Dragons Inside, los bloques de estadísticas han sido rediseñados para facilitar la lectura rápida por parte del DM.
• En el Monster Manual 3 reaparecen viejos conocidos (mimic, derro), y hay una plantilla para monstruos psiónicos. Esto último me transmite cierto pánico por lo que puede engendrar.

Bueno, en conjunto serán más de 300 monstruos los que aparezcan en el libro, y como digo siempre, da igual el sistema que utilices, porque al final siempre vas a necesitar monstruos y no es tan difícil adaptarlos.