Weekly 4e Homebrew: Interaction Gauge

Every Sunday, I'll have a completely homebrewed Dungeons and Dragons 4th Edition element that you can use in your games. I do take requests so you can either post a comment here, email me at thatrobedguy@hotmail.com with the subject "Homebrew Request", or send me a tweet on Twitter (@brannonhutchins) with the hashtag #weekly4e.

Knowing how to interact with other PCs and NPCs in your Dungeons and Dragons game is important to create a realistic roleplaying experience. But how does one determine that? How do I know how to react to certain characters?

Over the years of gaming, I have noticed some people marking on their character sheets how much they hate or like certain PCs or NPCs in the game. I thought this was quite interesting, especially with those that used MATH to determine the appropriate amount of love or scorn to emulate while roleplaying.

Some of you might be thinking "Why don't you just act it out instead of making it into another mechanic?" My answer would be "Can you even remember the name of the innkeeper in your own hometown that your group spent the first year of sessions talking to? Didn't think so." Keeping notes can help in roleplaying, and having a numerical value placed on an NPC you forgot about can make getting into the proper mood a lot easier.

So, for those of you looking for a mechanical method of gauging your hatred or love for other characters, I present to you: the Interaction Gauge mechanic.

Weekly 4e Homebrew: Fus Ro Dah!

Every Sunday, I'll have a completely homebrewed Dungeons and Dragons 4th Edition element that you can use in your games. I do take requests so you can either post a comment here, email me at thatrobedguy@hotmail.com with the subject "Homebrew Request", or send me a tweet on Twitter (@brannonhutchins) with the hashtag #weekly4e.

If you didn't see this one coming, you are blind (with apologies to any readers in the sightless community). I have been playing an absurd amount of the Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, and I have barely scratched the surface of this massive game. Hell, I've barely gotten into the story missions and I'm not feeling like it's a bad thing! I highly recommend that everyone play this game. Now.

In the meantime, add some Skyrim goodness to your 4th Edition game with everyone's favorite Thu'um: Unrelenting Force!

Weekly 4e Homebrew: [[QUARANTINED]]

OR...I Would Have Written This Article But Then I Took An Illness To The Throat

I have been pretty sick this past week, so much so that this article had to take a backseat. I apologize for the break in the weekly updates.

Feel free to peruse through the Homebrew Archive, though some newer items have not found their way there yet.

I will return in full force next week. If there's anything you'd like to see, remember that you can always drop it here, as a tweet, or even email it. Good gaming.

Weekly 4e Homebrew: Pink Dragon

Every Sunday, I'll have a completely homebrewed Dungeons and Dragons 4th Edition element that you can use in your games. I do take requests so you can either post a comment here, email me at thatrobedguy@hotmail.com with the subject "Homebrew Request", or send me a tweet on Twitter (@brannonhutchins) with the hashtag #weekly4e.

You can all blame my friend Jason on the following as he was the inspiration of this creature. I'm not even sure how to give it a proper introduction so here it is: the Pink Dragon.