Category Archives: Systems

Dungeons & Dragons 4th Ed – Part 2

First, sorry for the delay in postings.  Just have been too busy and uninspired to write.  So here is a continuation of my initial DnD 4ED review. Initially I had thought the system was a bit MMO ish.  The abilities and character roles had given me that initial opinion.  Now that we have gotten through the ...

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nWoD – Taunting

So I was building a character concept that involved Throws and Taunts.  But looking into the system, I couldn't find anything that dealt with Taunting.  So with some discussion on the WW forum and suggestions there I fleshed out my own setup for it.  I give partial credit to its creation to the forumites ...

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Dungeons & Dragons 4th Ed – Part 1

Company: Wizards of the Coast System: Dungeons and Dragons Version: 4th Ed Review: for beginner to average players While still using a d20 system, the main rule set was completely revamped from all the previous versions.  Before, they would only polish up the math and create a new set of character rules for the newer editions.  This time they ...

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Dungeons and Dragons 3.5

Company: Wizards of the Coast System: Dungeons and Dragons Version: 3.5 Review: for average to experienced players D&D has been out for ages, from 1st all the way to the new 4th edition.  What a lot of the core players have settled on is the 3.5 edition.  It still holds the original ideas and rule schemes from the first ...

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Role Playing Systems

I was working on another post and decided to section this off from it.  Here is an overview on RP systems in general that will show up in most my system reviews from now on. The basic ways of enjoying any RPG system can be broken down to a few groups.  Character Creation, Combat, Social and ...

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Aion – Conclusion

I got to a point where I went too fast on the quests and had to grind a bit of mosters.  I discovered the cheap trick of the 'toggle Rest' feature.  It quadruples your HP and MP natural regeneration.  Makes it easy to kill a mob then rest.  Just tricky when you deal with multiple ...

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