Archive for the 'Voice of the Forest' Category

World of Windowcraft

Monday, October 30th, 2006

We join our intrepid adventurers, Azok the tauren warrior, Han-shom?ɬ©r the high-elf rogue and Churahl the furbolg shaman as they attempt to infiltrate the notorious Defias hideout known as the Deadmines.
Having successfully traversed a sheer drop by rappelling down with ropes, the three adventurers have alighted on to the rooftop of a two storey [...]

At Least it Worked for One Round

Sunday, October 29th, 2006

It was the perfect plan: the attractive mage would run in to the cavern catching the attention of the enemy miners, claiming that she was being chased. On getting their attention, and pointing at her comrades ‘chasing’ her, she would set off an area-of-effect spell, centred on her, to throw as many of them [...]

Kilgore’s Tip of the Day #1

Sunday, July 2nd, 2006

When preparing to attack some miners by surprise, use a heavy pick, regardless of your proficiencies. That way, if you charge in and critically miss your opponent, instead hitting the rock face about three feet away, you can pretend that you are mining with enthusiasm.
The illusion is somewhat lessened when this is done with [...]

Unincorporeal Sound

Sunday, July 2nd, 2006

‘Okay, so we need to distract those miners. I have the Ghost Sound spell. I could make an illusory sound sort of there-ish to draw their attention.’
‘Uh, Xanthia, that’s only about five feet away from where we are. We could just say, “Hey, miners! Look at us over here!” and save [...]

Death From Above

Sunday, July 2nd, 2006

It’s a common problem: how do you sneak up on a guard? It gets more difficult when he has his back up against a cliff, so you can’t approach him from behind. The smarter people will realise the answer lies in the third, vertical, dimension. Well, I call it ’smarter’, because the [...]

How Not To Approach Gnolls

Sunday, May 28th, 2006

If you are a human female wearing no armour, carrying no weapon, and just happen to be fluent in Low Common, it is not advisable to stroll up to some hungry, monstrous humanoid Gnolls who are preparing dinner to say ‘hello’ in a cheery voice.
Bloody unconsciousness is likely to occur, with a chance of death.