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How D&D Next Taught Me to Love Dragonlance Again, Part 2

Posted by Greg Bilsland on October - 23 - 2012

In last week’s post, I discussed my D&D Next home playtest game using the classic Dragonlance modules (the DL series). Competing for Time I didn’t really get into details of why I chose to run Dragonlance. Aside from the setting being a staple of my youth (as described in several earlier posts), it’s an issue of  [ Read More ]

How D&D Next Taught Me to Love Dragonlance Again, Part 1

Posted by Greg Bilsland on October - 19 - 2012

In the past month, I’ve written about my on-off relationship with the Dragonlance setting during my youth: Part 1 and Part 2 The reason Dragonlance has been on my mind is because I’ve been running a group of eight friends through the classic Dragonlance module set (DL1 – DL12), which covers the Chronicles novel trilogy by Tracy Hickman  [ Read More ]

House Rules

Posted by Greg Bilsland on February - 5 - 2011

I like to house rule my games, whether Dungeons & Dragons or board games. Here are a few of the most common D&D house rules I’ve used. Most of these are for 4th Edition D&D, but I’ve also applied adaptations of them in 3rd Edition. 1. Characters always get inherent bonuses (see Dungeon Master’s Guide  [ Read More ]

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