Haiku 001 – Einde
Posted on August 14th, 2010 by admin
Samen denkende
Een reis als vuur en water
Einde aan alles
Samen denkende
Een reis als vuur en water
Einde aan alles
Ik ben van plan om zo nu en dan een haiku te posten op deze site. Ik weet nog niet of het heel geregeld zal gaan gebeuren (Niets gebeurd echt geregeld op deze site) maar we zullen wel zien waar het schip strand. De eerste haiku is in het Nederlands. Wie weet verschijnen er nog in het Engels ofzo. Ik weet nog niet of de haikus alleen hier zullen verschijnen of dat er een apart gedeelte van de site voor gereserveerd zal gaan worden.
I’m going to post a haikus at irregular intervals. Some might be in Dutch, others in English. I might dedicate a different part of the site to these haikus altogether. We’ll see what happens.
Urtur and Dark Earth… Those are my two main campaigns. I want to tell you how Dark Earth came to be. How world building started for me.
Dark Earth… The name might betray that I came up with it at an early age. I think I was about 13 or 14 when I started that campaign and ‘Dark Earth’ sounded kind of cool. I didn’t know why it was called that at the time. It was just so mysterious! A month or so after I had named my campaign, there was a computer game and a board game with the same name in the stores. Had I seen these names previously or was it just coincidence? I don’t know and it doesn’t really matter. The name was there and I liked it. All the other games were named after mine. (more…)
Well, I’ve added a rakshasa monster class to my site. Don’t even know if there are any others out there, because I thought that I could do a good job anyway. 7 Hit dice and 7 LA for an ECL of 14… (more…)
So, I’ve been away… For several reasons. Two of them are good reasons, the other might be considered so so. Let’s start with the bad reason.
I’ve discovered World Of Warcraft. There! I said it! Yes, that is one reason for not posting. It is taking up a lot of my time. But it is such a great game! Not as good as Dungeons and Dragons, ofcourse not! But still…
One of the good reasons is, that I am in my final year for my Bachelor degree in Philosophy. Even though I am not always doing what needs to be done, together with WOW, it takes up a lot of my time. And I really need to finish this study!.
The second good reason is that I am play-testing 4th edition. And I must say, the game allows for much quicker combat which is still quite complicated at times. But I also keep disliking all the stupid things which collide in the Pit of Dismal Rules. Until I have play-tested long enough, I will not post my final commentary on the latest edition D&D game. But I will post the last few chapters in perhaps a month. I’m busy moving as well (which is good reason number three, come to think of it) so until then, loyal readers!
My brother recently finished his study at the Willem de Kooning Academie in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. His Animation was approved by the Dutch Film Festival (Nederlands Film Festival) and can be viewed on their site or on youtube. Rate it if you like it. You almost certainly will!
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Daar gaan we weer. Dit keer een korte kritiek op het fenomeen terras. Wederom was ik met mijn vriendin in de stad en besloten wij bij de 7even in Breda wat te gaan eten. Aha! Brood met pesto, kruidenboter en tzatziki. lekker. Dat nemen we even. Het was niet eens zo duur als je de prijs vergelijkt met andere eettentjes. (more…)
So, it had been a while. I’ve been busy, but no more! On to the next chapters.
CHAPTER 6: FEATS
Well, first of all, there are a lot of feats. They come in three tiers, namely the Heroic, Paragon and Destiny tier, and can be chosen once you reach these tiers and meet some other prerequisites. Some are really strong (Like the Jack of All Trades feat discussed above), some are pretty lame (Two-Weapon Fighting adds a +1 damage bonus to damage rolls with your main weapon… Huh?). I really have to play test a lot of characters to see if all the feats are interesting to pick and some point, but I guess they play-tested the feats pretty well. The biggest pro of 4th edition is the number of feats you can choose. You’ll end up with 18 feats at level 30, which is way more then 7 at level 20. (more…)
I have read a couple of books by R.A. Salvatore. He is a master in describing new archetypes when it comes to heroes. The most famous one of course being Drizzt himself. But he doesn’t leave it at that. While Bruenor, Wulfgar, Catti-brie and Regis are cool enough, some of the side characters are even cooler! (more…)
Well, on to chapter 5!
CHAPTER 5: SKILLS
The positive side: There are less skills, yet they still cover the same options as before, streamlined to work well together with the new +1/2 level progression which is the basic idea behind any d20 roll in the 4th edition. There are 17 skills left and characters are now limited to a certain number of trained skills as described in their class. You do not get additional skill points from a high intelligence score, but you can take a feat to gain training in a new skill… Which brings me to the downside of the new Skills. (more…)