Archive for April, 2012

Leonine Roar & Faster Combat: Nominated for Site of the Year & ENnie!

Friday, April 20th, 2012

Huge news for Leonine Roar and Faster Combat!

First, make sure to head over to Stuffer Shack’s series of 2012 Site of the Year posts so you can learn about and vote on your favorite sites! 

I’d like to thank Stuffer Shack and Tourq for the nomination among so many tremendous D&D and RPG blogs.  And huge thanks go out to our entire community of gamers, including all my Leonine Roar readers and followers who love that fine balance of crunch and flavor as much as I do.  You guys and girls rock!

Second, in case you missed it, FasterCombat.com, my GM-friendly collaboration with Johnn Four, has also been nominated for a 2012 ENnie!  Outstanding GM community there and I’ve loved writing all those time-saving lessons and activities to bring your combats to new heights of both efficiency and excitement.

So drop everything – even your dice! – and go vote now for Leonine Roar and Faster Combat! 

Thanks everyone and have a blast this weekend at your games!

– Kilsek (Tony Medeiros)

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60 Good Minutes of D&D Next @ Pax East 2012

Tuesday, April 10th, 2012

Want to know what D&D Next or 5e is all about? 

Mike Mearls and Jeremy Crawford do an excellent job of just that at Pax East.  If you’re a die hard D&D fan, player and DM like me, you owe it to yourself to watch and listen carefully to this excellent hour of D&D conversation. 

Clocking in at around 80% fan questions and designer answers, it’s an excellent listen.  It’s so good, I don’t want any die hard D&D fan or Leonine Roar follower to miss it! 

Or skip to my bulleted favorites after the video and then hit play!

Here’s some of my favorite tidbits:

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Campaign Endings: Destroy the World!

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012

The end of days in near.  The heroes have literally commandeered a storm giant king’s sky fortress, a castle riding upon an electrified expanse of roiling storm clouds. 

The destination?  The Frozen Death.  A place so cold, so dark, that only one thing could survive there – a primordial. 

The heroes have learned that the lava, magma and heat of the world has been not only drained, but stolen into the depths of the Frozen Death itself.  Why?  The Storm King has a primordial to thaw and unleash upon the world!

So much for the simple tribal life for our heroes, right?

World destruction is wonderful campaign theme, perfect for wrapping up the epic tier of play.  It’s one of my favorites and once we hit 30th level – it shouldn’t be just the world that’s in trouble.  Epic scope – go!

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