How To Be: Some Jojo (in 4e D&D)
And now, it’s time to engage with something that is a challenge on two axes: First, the challenge presented by unpicking what it even means to make it, and second, the challenge of dealing with the standard memetic conversation that unrolls when you bring it up. We’ve been a Touhou. We’ve been an Ukyou. And […]
How To Be: Kipo (in 4e D&D)
Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts is a Netflix TV series created by Radford Sechrist that started its life as a webcomic. The series is something I’ve praised in the past as being uncomplicatedly excellent.
How To Be: Kuchiki Rukia (in 4e D&D)
In Bleach, one of the most central characters to the early narrative is one Rukia Kuchiki. Introduced in the first episode, she is the bridge of our previous point-of-view character into the spirit world as an outsider. Rukia is this sort of mix of gremlin energy, ostentatious self-importance due to her noble heritage, and very legitimate expertise in spiritual matters.
How To Be: May (in 4e D&D)
You may remember that we’ve looked, earlier in the year, at the character Rock Howard, from Garou: Mark Of The Wolves. Fight games are rich fodder for this kind of exercise because they so often about what a character is and less about what the character does. Simply put, fight games don’t make much sense. […]
How To Be: Disney’s Robin Hood (in 4e D&D)
This month, I felt it was time to approach the challenge from a different angle, of taking something with an obvious, easy, simple solution and then exploring around that. And for that, we’re going to look at a classic character, a character who’s so well known we don’t even remember we’re referencing him when we […]
How To Be: Goliath from Gargoyles (in 4e D&D)
This month, we’re going to look at a challenging build; we’re going to be looking at a powerhouse of muscle and stone, in the form of Goliath from the Disney series Gargoyles. Examining Goliath Goliath is either extremely simple or extremely challenging. If what you think of as ‘Goliath’ when you think of the character […]
How To Be: Daryun (in 4e D&D)
We have a bit of a special one this month: Not a character I know, or am familiar with, but who has been in my life and around me for some time. We’re going to look at the character Daryun from The Heroic Legend of Arslan, a novel series some thirty-five years old, which was […]
5 Dual Wielding 4e Characters
You know what’s cool? Dual Wielding! No doubt your favourite professional full-time know it alls have told you that dual wielding is unrealistic and bad and sucks and deprives you of a shield, but my counterpoint is shut up nerd. And when I’m thinking about extremely cool things where the realism doesn’t matter, I think […]
How To Be: Illidan Stormrage (In 4E D&D)
Now, are you prepared? No. No, you are not prepared. We’re going to talk about how you can become Illidan Stormrage. Examining Illidan Weewwwww, could I instead, not do that? I mean, I’m not trying to be a bummer here, but Blizzard lore isn’t exactly consistent. The World of Warcraft story featuring Illidan started in […]
How To Be: Rock Howard (In 4E D&D)
It’s April, it’s Talen Month, and that means we’re going to talk about a character I’ve wanted to talk about for a long time, and a character who I have a deep appreciation for. There’s not a lot of characters that fit in that mould and work well with 4th Edition’s heightened adventure reality, but […]