Star Wars Force and Destiny – Beginner Game Review – More in the Box than You think
Hello Nerdarchist Ted here, May the Force be with you, and today we are going to delve into the Force and Destiny, The Star Wars Role Playing game, beginner box. Last week we did the Age of Rebellion you can read it here.
I did a review of the Force and Destiny corebook here.but today I wanted to go through the beginner game in detail and talk about the value. Nerdarchist Dave, myself and fairly regular guest and DM on our channel, Scott Garibay sat down and did an unboxing video on this.
Contained in the box are a number of very cool and useful things. You get a complete set of 14 dice, very useful for playing the game. You get the read this first insert with a great example play. You get the Long arm of the hit insert. There is a double sided fold out map. You get a wonderful adventure book. You get a mini or modified rule-book. I say mini or modified because it is condensed from the core rule-book. Last you get 4 awesome character portfolios detailing the information needed to play these characters.
Player Tips – Adding more Class to your Class – Fighter
Happy Friday it is almost the weekend. I am continuing my series on adding more class to your class. Last week we braved the jungle of the Druid class. You can check that one out here.
Today we are going to delve deep into the fighter.
How do You add More Class to Your Class with the Fighter?
Just as the cleric offers different domains, fighters have different types of weapons, fighting styles and archetypes to choose from. Each one of these choices will mean something to a character and tell us something about them.
Ecology of the Abizder – Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition Monster Mash Up
Hello out there in Nerdarchy Land. Last week Dave talked you about Rest and random encounters. You can check that out here. Today I am going to get down and dirty, with our fast and dirty monsters.
Let me present the ecology of the Abizder.
Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition Monster Mash Up
Star Wars Age of Rebellion – Beginner Game Review – More in the Box than You think
Hello Nerdarchist Ted here and today we are going to delve into the Age of Rebellion, The Star Wars Role Playing game, begginer box. Last week we did the Edge of Empire you can read it here.
I did a review of the Age of Rebellion corebook here.but today I wanted to go through the beginner game in detail and talk about the value. Nerdarchist Dave, myself and fairly regular guest and DM on our channel, Scott Garibay sat down and did an unboxing video on this.
Contained in the box are a number of very cool and useful things. You get a complete set of 14 dice, very useful for playing the game. You get the read this first insert with a great example play. You get the Long arm of the hit insert. There is a double sided fold out map. You get a wonderful adventure book. You get a mini or modified rule-book. I say mini or modified because it is condensed from the core rule-book. Last you get 4 awesome character portfolios detailing the information needed to play these characters.
Player Tips – Adding more Class to your Class – Druid
Happy Friday we made it through another week so that means it is time look again through the window and see what cool new ways that you can play your class in Dungeons and Dragons. Last week we looked into adding more class to your class, Cleric, you can check out that article here. Today we are going to get wild and talk about the Druid.
How do You Add More Class to Your Class – Druid?
The druid as is presented so far in Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition has two distinct options. The options are circle of the land and circle of the moon. So far based on what I have seen the druids of the land tend to build their spellcasting characters and either rarely use their wild shapes if at all. If they do use them it for exploration and or stealth. The druids of the moon tend to walk around as people and use their wild shapes for combat. Their spells then are used for healing and exploration.
Oljatt Century Armor – A Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition Artifact Magic Item Collection
Hello Nerdarchist Ted here and I am going to present a new article series written by guest DM on our channel and frequent guest on our video Scott Garibay. Scott proposed to make this armor in one of my most recent sessions and while the idea was not fitting for our low magic world of ‘Chimes of Discordia’ it was a great concept that Scott wanted to take further. So without further ado.
The Oljatt Century Armor, an unprecedented collection of 100 artifact level magic items, were built over a 25 year period by the citizens of the city of Oljatt.
This is the first in a series of articles that will define the following for the Oljatt Century Armor –
Star Wars Edge of the Empire – Beginner Game Review – More in the Box than You think
Hello Nerdarchist Ted here and it looks like we are going to take a break for a while from board games. If you are a board game lover and like my articles please send us an email at nerdarchy @ gmail dot com. It looks...
Player Tips – Adding more Class to your Class – Cleric
Welcome back to another series of mine. Last week we did a player tip to spice up your bard. You can read about that one here. Today however we are going deep into faith and are going to ramp up your cleric.
Now the Cleric is a tricky one because the religion that a character follows can literally put them anywhere on the character spectrum. Clerics can be melee fighters or spell casters. It is all dependent on what your stats are and what god you worship. So how can we add more to an already limitless option.
To do that I say lets do something that will be fitting to the game you are playing and play something that you have not done before. If you are already used to playing a very martial cleric try the other side. If you are more used to playing the stand in the back and heal, go martial.
What do You do to Add more Class to your Class – Cleric?
Player Tips – Ways to get More Immersed in Your RPG – Part 4
Welcome back to Nerdarchy. Today I will continue my series on getting more immersed in your table top RPG. Last week I talked about descriptive actions. You can read that article here.
Today I am going to talk about Flaws and Goals. Every character that has ever been popular in movies, tv and books has had some weakness as well as ambition to do something. The iconic Superhero Superman is an extreme example of these concepts. His Weakness is a literal weakness. Kryptonite brings him to his knees, too weak to even move at times. His ambition is plain to help humanity and save people.
Do Flaws and Goals get YOU more Immersed in your RPG?
Board Games in Review – Legendary – Deck Building Game
Hello and Happy Monday. And if it is Monday you all know what time it is. That’s right time for another board game review. Last week I veered away from my typical board games to talk about dice. You can read that article here.
I am a fan of deck building games. I have been playing them for a while and for a long time Thunderstone was my favorite. The complex set up eventually became replaced by Ascension. For Christmas I received a copy of Legendary: The Marvel Deck Building Game.
Not only does this game combine the cool characters you love, both good and bad, but you actually have win conditions and bad guys to fight. The mechanic is really cool and takes some time to get in stride. Depending on which super villain you are up against and what hero selection you have it can go from hard to really challenging.
Are You Legendary – Can you take down the Mastermind?
Player Tips – Adding more Class to your Class – Bard
Last week I started off a new series exploring new ways of looking at classes. I started off with the barbarian and you can read that article here. Today i am going to strut my stuff and talk about the most diverse class in the...
Player Tips – Ways to get More Immersed in Your RPG – Part 3
Many of you are looking to get more immersed in your table top RPG and you are not sure what is the best way. Today I continue my series of player tips. Last week I talked about using a character voice. You can read about that here
What do You do to get more Immersed in your RPG?
Easy Roller Dice – Fantastic Dice Company
Have you heard of Easy Roller Dice? If not than I have a treat for you. Happy Monday everyone. I am taking a break this week from my normal post about board games. If you missed last week and want to hear about Dragon Slayer Dice, you can go here.
Nerdarchist Ryan introduced us to these awesome dice this past weekend and I have to say I was impressed. The dice are crisp and clean and seem to have a very even rolling ratio. Admit it you all pick up dice and ‘look’ for the one that seem to be waited for higher numbers. Well Easy Roller Dice are waited evenly assuring you get the random rolls you are supposed to. Lets face it if you always succeed where is the challenge?
Now we have all seen the buckets or bins of plastic polyhedrals and have sifted through to find those precious few that have whatever desired quality we are looking for, so you are asking yourself by now what is so special about Easy Roller Dice? To take a quote from their website:
Player Tips Adding More Class to Your Class – Barbarian
Nerdarchist Ted here and today I want to start a whole new series. Many of you may have been playing D&D for a long time and still have associations built into each class. Or perhaps you are new and unaware that each class has a broad selection of options built in outside of the mechanical choices.
While some classes seem to have a profession or idea about what the class is, it is merely a suggestion that flavors the mechanics that go along with the other parts of your character.
So today we are going to look at the barbarian. I will talk a little about the preconceived notions and easy ways to get away from this.
How do You Play a Barbarian?
Player Tips – Ways to get More Immersed in Your RPG – Part 2
Last week I talked about a player tip about using a description of your character. You can read about it here. I am going to continue this discussion with another way to be more immersed in your character.
And that is Player Tips: CHARACTER VOICE.
Every day we speak. We use inflection, volume and other characteristics to send a message. Many actors are given over to their characters and develop a voice that makes sense to all aspects of the character. Even if you are not playing Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition all characters have a race, a background and some sort of profession.
Does the character voice make sense for all of those pieces. If not is there something cool or interesting about that character that makes them speak in an unusual voice?
