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		<title>The Two Faces of Healing</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:36:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is kind of rough and dirty. I&#8217;m throwing it out as a quick response to Bruce Cordell&#8217;s recent D&#38;D Next article about healing, which you can read here. Of course, just because it&#8217;s a quick response, doesn&#8217;t mean it is not also a long response because, hell, its me. I&#8217;m just warning you that its not exactly polished. As I see it, the problem with discussing healing in Dungeons and Dragons is that healing is really two seperate issues, but the distinction is rarely made. That makes it difficult to discuss how healing should be treated because the two different functions pull the game in two different directions. So, let&#8217;s talk about it. While healing primarily refers to magical healing, I&#8217;m talking about all healing here. Natural healing. First aid. Healing by having a warlord yell &#8220;suck it up&#8221; really loud. All of it. Any way of removing wounds and restoring hit points is healing. The first face of healing is tactical healing. Healing during battle. The second face of healing is recovery. Recovering from the events of a battle or adventure or any other form of really bad day that pretty much defines anything that happens to an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Angry Skyrim: Part 4</title>
		<link>http://angrydm.com/2012/01/angry-skyrim-part-4/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 02:01:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Krugmuk the orc continues his adventures by wandering aimlessly trying to help a so-called nature priestess profane a sacred tree sanctuary. Seriously. Follow TheAngryDM on Twitter and keep an eye out for the #AngrySkyrim hashtag to follow the ongoing story. &#8220;Now&#8230; what to do with self today?&#8221; &#8220;Companions have work, but not sure I want spend three hours working through triple negatives to take job.&#8221; &#8220;The Companions of Skyrim: We Put the Crazy in Bureaucrazy!&#8221; &#8220;Tree Lady say that tree dead, but not dead, sleeping, but magic sap&#8230; she say lots. But end, she say kill Raven, get thing.&#8221; &#8220;Honestly, I not listen until I hear words &#8216;kill&#8217; and &#8216;get thing&#8217;.&#8221; &#8220;Now, time for another orc walking to place montage!&#8221; &#8220;Oh I no have barrel of money; but when I hit things with axes it FUNNY. So me wander along, singing a song, all A-lone.&#8221; &#8220;So&#8230; question burning at me since I notice: why I can pick up plates, goblets, brooms, everything. But no can pick up forks.&#8221; &#8220;I mean, sure, I orc. No need fork. Fork for people with tiny teeth who no can tear food from bone. But still&#8230; why?&#8221; &#8220;And so many forks around in world. Always see [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Angry Skyrim: Part 3</title>
		<link>http://angrydm.com/2012/01/angry-skyrim-part-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 04:17:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Krugmuk the orc has killed a dragon, earned the title of Thane, and now he&#8217;s hanging out in Whiterun trying to find adventure. Follow TheAngryDM on Twitter and keep an eye out for the #AngrySkyrim hashtag to keep up on the story. &#8220;Jarl say go climb 7,000 steps and talk to Beard People. That seem like lot of work.&#8221; &#8220;Who count steps anyway? That a lot of steps to count.&#8221; Bar Guy: &#8220;Grey Mane or Battle Born?&#8221; &#8220;Again&#8230; why humans assume everyone care about their politics?&#8221; &#8220;Okay, need go find something to do. Would be so much easier if NPCs just ASK ME DO THINGS!!!&#8221; Old Tree Lady: &#8220;East of here is the Gildergreen, the oldest living thing in Tamriel.&#8221; &#8220;And you want me go kill it?&#8221; &#8220;I see&#8230; because you old? You second oldest? Want me kill Gildergreen so you win prize for being oldest?&#8221; &#8220;Okay&#8230; that close. Old Lady want special raven weapon get tree blood to save other tree for pilgr&#8230; you know what? No care.&#8221; &#8220;Me stop listening when Lady say: go raven nest, get weapon.&#8221; &#8220;Rest of story is what we call &#8216;excuse plot.&#8217; &#8221; &#8220;Oh, hey, it that Companion lady who decide not helping [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Angry Skyrim: Part 2</title>
		<link>http://angrydm.com/2011/12/angry-skyrim-part-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 15:14:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The second installment of Angry Skyrim. Krugmuk the Orc explores White&#8230; Plains. Whatever, hunts for medicine, slays a dragon, and discovers his supernatural heritage. To keep up on the Angry Skyrim story, follow TheAngryDM on Twitter and look for the #AngrySkyrim hashtag whenever I feel like playing. Okay, so here I am in White&#8230; burgville. Whatever. To deliver word of a dragon attack that they apparently already know about. Also, I appear to have contracted some variety of supernatural sniffles. Everyone says I look bad&#8230; even for an orc. &#8220;On doorstep of inn, old lady fighting with Battle Born People. Says they have son locked up.&#8221; &#8220;This smell like &#8216;nother : sure could use an adventurer *hint hint* &#8216; situations.&#8221; &#8220;Now, where I buy medicine?&#8221; &#8220;I said: I sure could use an adventurer!&#8221; &#8220;Well, I say no. NPCs need learn to be a little proactive in solving problems. Want help: ask. Me have things to do.&#8221; &#8220;I no expect old lady to be orc-proactive, but at least say &#8216;Hey orc, be proactive at these people for me. I pay you!&#8217;&#8221; &#8220;Orc-proactive require enough upper body strength to hold greataxe.&#8221; &#8220;Dis not open world freedom! Dis just passive, whinging crap. Why [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Angry Skyrim: Part 1</title>
		<link>http://angrydm.com/2011/12/angry-skyrim-part-1-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 15:14:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, this is the second Angry Skyrim archive, but, because I had to restart due to deleted save files, I&#8217;m calling it the first. Enjoy. And remember, you can follow Angry Live on Twitter whenever I feel like playing. Follow me @TheAngryDM and keep an eye out for the #AngrySkyrim hashtag. I discovered I deleted my original Skyrim save. So, I&#8217;m already in reruns! Good enough for sitcoms, good enough for me! A controllable, first person vehicle section? Oh gods, I&#8217;m going to end this unconscious, aren&#8217;t I? Ha! Just kidding. I&#8217;m not going to do that all over again. But I could. So, restarting Skyrim, I am still an orc and still teamed up with Imperial Buddy. But the more attentive among you may notice something different about me. See if you can spot it. (Hint: Lower cheek color) Imperial Buddy seems to have an interesting accent. Variable Somtimes Scandinavianish. The fact that I instantly see the value of the different bottles of wine hurt my role-playing immersion. Orc Sommelier: &#8220;Have nice boo-kay, but suspect blood of foes from still beating hearts harvested early and steeped in oak cask&#8221; Can never remember, is red wine for human meat and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Angry Skyrim: Prologue</title>
		<link>http://angrydm.com/2011/12/angry-skyrim-prologue/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 04:38:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An archive of the first series of Live Tweets from the Angry DM&#8217;s play through of Skyrim. Follow TheAngryDM on Twitter and keep an eye out for the #AngrySkyrim hash to keep up with the story. Okay&#8230; time to find out if all of this folderol about Skyrim has any merit. Crap, a controllable first-person vehicle introduction. I&#8217;m going to end up unconscious, aren&#8217;t I. Umm&#8230; Imperial dudes&#8230; before you start doing roll call, you really should let me input my name. Or tell me my name. Something. I don&#8217;t want to get in trouble for not following directions. I&#8217;m suspicious of the justice system in this land. Shouldn&#8217;t you know my name, species, and gender if I&#8217;m on your prison transport cart? Given I might be either viking or some kind of lizard guy&#8230; or girl&#8230; are you entirely sure you haven&#8217;t confused me for anyone else? I&#8217;m really curious about the arresting officer&#8217;s report and court documents that left my species and gender unrecorded. And the executioner seems so casual about it. &#8220;Execution, huh? Well, whoever you are, you must be guilty or you wouldn&#8217;t be on the cart.&#8221; You put me on the cart! &#8220;Would I have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Key Ability Scores Can Suck It</title>
		<link>http://angrydm.com/2011/09/key-ability-scores-can-suck-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 02:47:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, let&#8217;s do this one quickly. Listen up. I got drawn into a discussion on Twitter this morning about Monte Cook&#8217;s first Legends and Lore column and about skills in 4E. A few folks brought up The Religion Problem and, honestly, this one was new to me. &#8220;Where have you been, Angry?&#8221; I know, I know. Here it is, in a nutshell: because Religion is an intelligence skill, and because intelligence is not an important attribute for clerics, it turns out that a wizard untrained in Religion is just as good at it as a cleric who is trained. I never noticed the problem. And I&#8217;m not sure it really is a problem. You can disagree if you want, but frankly, you won&#8217;t make me care. Thing is, I&#8217;m okay with it. See, I still think of Religion as a knowledge skill. Its based on memorizing facts like the names of gods, their symbols, their commandments, the scriptures, histories, and so on. That&#8217;s intelligence, man. And it stands to reason someone more intelligent is going to be better at it because they have a memory like a gelatinous cube. But, this is 4E. And Religion isn&#8217;t just a knowledge skill [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Play a New RPG Month</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Sep 2011 20:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[All right, people, listen up. October is Play a New RPG Month. Hadn&#8217;t you heard? No? Well, that&#8217;s because it&#8217;s a new thing. The folks over at the Dice of Doom podcast started it as a result of their Great Gaming Experiment. What&#8217;s that, you ask? Oh, come on. If you aren&#8217;t following the Dice of Doom podcast, I can&#8217;t help you. Rupert, Paul, and Dwayne (and their guest hosts and contributors) are definitely Friends of the Angry DM, insofar as the Angry DM is capable of having friends. So, go, check out their site and their podcast. Play a New RPG Month.  Right. PANRPG. The idea is that, for one month, you put your regular campaign on hold and play something new. And, ideally, you let someone else take over the GM screen &#8211; someone who doesn&#8217;t normally do it. The GM learns the game, walks the players through character generation, and then runs about three sessions worth of adventure. Then you stop and go back to your normal game. Why PANRPG? There&#8217;s a lot of reasons to participate in PANRPG Month. If you&#8217;ve been playing the same game for a long time, it can help break out of that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Am Not Fourthcore</title>
		<link>http://angrydm.com/2011/09/i-am-not-fourthcore/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 15:11:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I need to clear something up. I am not fourthcore. And neither is the Angry DM. Its not that I&#8217;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 to spread the word whenever something new gets released. But I don&#8217;t play in or run a fourthcore game. I never have. I&#8217;m not fourthcore. The Angry DM (of Twitter) is not fourthcore either. See this great comic from d20 Monkey: http://www.d20monkey.com/2011/07/01/fourthcored/ . That about sums it up. Like Brett in the comic, The Angry DM doesn&#8217;t get fourthcore. He doesn&#8217;t symbolize it. He doesn&#8217;t represent it. He&#8217;s not fourthcore. Fourthcore is not about being an unfair, cruel, killer DM. It is about players taking on an extreme but ultimately winnable challenge so that, in the end, they can celebrate an amazing victory. It is also about the players challenging themselves rather than their characters. It is about the players acheiving victory rather than directing their characters to victory. It is their ability to think, reason, manage resources, and solve puzzles that is truly tested by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Solution: Outwit the Angry DM</title>
		<link>http://angrydm.com/2011/08/solution-outwit-the-angry-dm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Aug 2011 04:37:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Outwit the Angry DM contest is now over. Those who are in the drawing (and those who are not) have been informed via e-mail. The winner will be contacted within the next few days for shipping information and then will be announced here. But a lot of folks want to know the solution, so here it is. Let&#8217;s take a look at what happens after Angry pulls New Guy from the room. [In the Other Room] New Guy: Look, I&#8217;m&#8230; Angry: Shut up. I&#8217;m going to ignore that outburst for one reason: you are the only one who didn&#8217;t piss and moan and whine or make smartass remarks about the puzzle. You took the situation you were presented with and you tried to work it out. But the next time you quit the campaign, you quit the campaign. New Guy: I didn&#8217;t&#8230; Angry: You got it wrong, kid. Sorry. Those are the breaks. You missed something and I gave you every opportunity to notice it and rethink. New Guy: I didn&#8217;t miss&#8230; Angry: You did. How many statements did the statue make? New Guy: Three. The copper chest is&#8230; Angry: How many? Look at the paper. Count them. New [...]]]></description>
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