Dungeons and Dragons Blog

It’s been a while since I came up with a formal plan for this site and while I know I might only be sticking with things until baseball season starts, it’s probably worth the effort.  Traffic has been up a bit so as more and more people stop by, it makes this website more and more of a priority.

In December, one of my “must buys” is coming out.  As soon as I get it in my hands, I’ll do a review of Fiendish Codex II - Tyrants of the Nine Hells.  The last time I was this excited about a project was Tome of Magic, and that came out a while ago.  I’ve bought stuff since then, but I’m really excited about Fiendish Codex II - Tyrants of the Nine Hells.  The tail end of my campaign takes the players through the Nine Hells and the only material I have to work with is what’s in Manual of the Planes and the old 2E Guide to Hell.

I’ll also restart my Blast From the Past series.  This month I’ll take a look at the original Isle of Dread.  Module X1 came came with the original Expert Rules box set and it was the first module I ever owned.  The Isle of Dread has taken center stage because it’s the primary focus of Dungeon Magazine’s Savage Tide Campaign Path.

I’ll also take a look at the next issue of Dungeon Magazine and highlight anything else I find that’s worth writing about.  So hopefully you’ll pop in, especially if you’re on the fence about Fiendish Codex II - Tyrants of the Nine Hells.

Ed Greenwood continues his excellent series on the Border Kingdoms with posts on Arthyn, Arnglar, Alamontyr, and Adaerglast.  This is some great stuff and normally you’d have to pay $30-35 for a compilation of all of these columns.

Wizards.com recently came out with their April previews, and one of the major highlights was a good hard look at the upcoming release of the Players Handbook II.  I was hesitant to pick up Dungeon Masters Guide II because I wasn’t sure it was worth the price but I eventually caved and purchased it.  There’s some near features to this book, but I’ll probably have to flip through it in the store before I can judge it properly.

Nothing coming out this month really interests me. I haven’t implemented psionics into my campaign and I don’t even own the Expanded Psionics Handbook so I won’t even be thinking about getting Complete Psionic until I purchase and absorb that.