The Angry Blog

Unpolished rants, thoughts, and other randomness.

I Am Not Fourthcore

2
September 12, 2011
For DMs

I need to clear something up. I am not fourthcore. And neither is the Angry DM. Its not that I’m trying to distance myself from it. Far from it. I think fourthcore is great and I have a lot of respect for Sersa (Save vs. Death) and the various contributors. And I do try...
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You Don’t Have a God-Given Right to My Friendship

51
May 18, 2011
For DMs

This is going to be ugly. This is going to be controversial. I’m going to take a lot of flak. I’m ready for it. And be warned: if you want to call me out on what I have to say, be ready for a tough fight. It probably isn’t worth your time and its...
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Its the End of D&D as We Know It

16
April 1, 2011
Setting the PCs Up to Fail

Wherein the Angry DM examines the shotgun that just blew D&D's head off.
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A Final, Angry Word

February 25, 2011
For DMs

Because I can never leave well-enough alone, an open letter: Dear People Who Read the Shit I Write: Can someone tell me what the hell happened here? Because I’m confused. Imagine that you are giving a lecture for an anatomy class. You walk up to the podium and you say “today, we’re going to...
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Tearing 4E a New One Addendum

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February 22, 2011
The D&D Boss Fight

Between comments, Twitter conversations, direct messages, and e-mails, it turns out I struck a few nerves and raised a few questions with my latest article (Tearing 4E a New One: Short Rests and Encounter Resources), so I’ve thrown together a hasty sort of clarification/defense/justification/apology/further insult. If you haven’t read the article, this won’t make...
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