The Angry Blog

Unpolished rants, thoughts, and other randomness.

In Defense of Opportunity Attacks

4
May 17, 2012
For DMs

I want to defend attacks of opportunity for a bit. But, at the same time, I don’t. The problem is that I want to defend attacks of opportunity (AoOs) for the job they do, but I’m not foolish enough to believe the answer HAS TO BE AoOs. There are other ways to do things. I’m...
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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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