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Just wanted to leave a note that I’m going to be upgrading wordpress tonight. It’s long overdue (I’m still running 2.3!).
I’m going to be doing a dry run locally to make sure everything works right, but just wanted to throw this out there as a heads up in case I manage to bork something.
EDIT: Well, [...]

Blackguard
It’s a bit of an adjustment, and the retirement plan’s not so hot… But such power is worth any price.
Prerequsites: Paladin class, trained in intimidate, special (see below)
Special: A blackguard must have started as a paladin of a good or lawful good god, and must have fallen. The specific form the paladin’s fall takes is [...]

Today’s a pretty big day.
For those in the US, today’s Thanksgiving.
To those who were born on the same day as me, today’s your birthday.
And today’s the one-year anniversary of Encounter-a-Day’s first post, The Prince’s Untimely Arrival.
I wish things were going a bit better, and I wish I could say they’d start going better now, but [...]

I’ve updated 5 of my D&D 4th edition applications so that you can now quickly locate the items and monsters in the D&D Insider Compendium. This does, of course, require a subscription to D&D Insider.
The updated applications are:

Encounter Planner
Monster Database
Quartermaster
Random Encounter Generator
Treasure Trove

In case you should ever need them, here are some giant mutant farm animals.

Giant Mutant Chicken

Giant Mutant Chicken
Level 9 Brute

Large Natural Beast
XP 400

Initiative +8
Senses Perception +5

HP 120; Bloodied 60

AC 21; Fortitude 22, Reflex 22, Will 19

Speed 8

M Peck (Standard; at-will)

+12 vs. AC; 1d8+5 damage

m Peck Peck Peck (Standard; at-will)

The chicken makes three peck attacks against [...]

The world of Thrae is not like most others. It is a barren land, still on fire from a war generations past, where the living huddle in small enclaves to hide from extermination.
When mortal artificers designed the first creation forge, it was heralded as a triumph of magical ingenuity. For the first time, sentient beings [...]

Phil, the Chatty DM, has let the cat out of the bag about the online blogger game he’s running, into which I’ve somehow managed to insinuate myself. I’ll be playing Targ Bonechewer, a rabble-rousing orc who was thrown in a dark hole for inciting rebellion amongst the disaffected dregs of society. I look forward to [...]

The PCs are a team running in the professional arena circuit. Like many other successful teams, the PCs are famous celebrities almost universally loved by commoners and nobles alike.
They lead a double life, however, as they’re actually agents working for their crown. The world-traveling lifestyle, with frequent and easy access to all walks of life, [...]

Warforged Octopus

Description
The light from two ominously-glowing reflect off the assorted metal plates covering this creature’s bulbous head. Long, cable-like tentacles trail behind it.

Warforged Octopus
Level 7 Elite Soldier

Large Natural Magical Beast (aquatic, living construct)
XP 600

Initiative +8
Senses Perception +5, darkvision

HP 166; Bloodied 83; see also warforged resolve

AC 25; Fortitude 23, Reflex 21, Will 18

Saving Throws +2

Speed swim [...]