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Blogging from A to Z Challenge – Preview

a-to-z-2014-badgeWhen the Blogging from A to Z Challenge is over each participant does a round-up posting where they list all the articles they wrote during the previous month. It’s a way to let your readers know what you did just in case they missed any articles. Since all my articles will be about Adventure Hooks this year I decided to share the list ahead of time, this way you know which days you should visit Dungeon’s Master and which days you can skip (although I hope you don’t skip any).

We will still do the post-challenge round-up at which time all the titles will be linked back to the original articles. We hope you enjoy this preview. Let us know in the comments below which day you’re most looking forward to.

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Magic Items That Aren’t Magical – April Fools!

Too often we take D&D too seriously. That’s not to say that funny things don’t happen during the course of an adventure, but when it comes to the rules and the mechanics of the game it’s usually all business.

Today, in honour of April Fool’s Day we’re taking a step back and adding a little bit of humour to one of the more serious aspects of the game – magic treasure.

As we’ve discussed before, the way the players describe their magical items is certainly not the way that their characters describe their items (see What’s a +1 Sword?). With that in mind, every now and then the DM should have some fun at the player’s expense. This isn’t intended to be mean spirited; it’s merely a way for the DM to inject some hilarity into the game by exploiting player greed.

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