Send me your questions about 4e D&D!

Continuing a theme here....

Remember this post?

My editor over at Another Castle forwarded me this email:

We are actually planning a desk side tour in April, which will end with a series of phone briefings at the end of the month (April 21-24). Although we're still working out which spokespeople will be available, if you could send me your (or I guess Erin's) best time slots to do interviews during those dates and we'll work something out from there. It would still be helpful to have Erin prepare her questions so if the phone briefing falls through we could go back to the questions.

Yeah, I had no idea what a "desk side tour" was, either, until I googled it.

Anyway, it looks like I have the opportunity to ask questions about the upcoming 4th edition of Dungeons and Dragon. The problem here is that I haven't been rabidly following the rumors and speculation regarding 4e, so I really don't know what to ask.

Rather than squander this opportunity, however, I figure I should try to exploit the resources inherent in teh intarwebz. If you are a fan who has a burning question regarding 4e D&D, either leave a comment here or email me at erin dot palette at gmail dot com. I will collect the best and most popular questions to ask during this interview.

I LIVE! (sorta)

Cripes, I'm behind on this.

I'm going to blame the allergy medication I've been on recently (Pseudovent) by saying that the side effects of taking it made me think I was coming down with a bladder infection, kidney stone, or both. Let me further add that it's nearly impossible to write anything coherent when I'm running to the bathroom every 15 minutes and leave it at that.

Yikes.

However, do not fret! Yesterday I found the time to write another column for I Attack the Darkness, and I am sure that its 1,000+ words will ease your burning need (you really should get that looked at, by the way) for all Palette Polemic.

Also, below this post you will find a late-breaking Wednesday Night Wackiness. Go thither, and enjoy.

My World Is Rocked

I am utterly gobsmacked.

Today, I sent this email to Jason Dobson, my editor and Grand High Poobah over at Another Castle:

Hey Jason,

I've gotten a few requests to review 4th edition D&D. Any chance you can snag me a review copy? (Not even sure that review copies have been released yet, but I do know that 4th ed games are being run at conventions.)

He replied (emphasis added by me):

Hey, cool news!

First, heard back from Wizards on D&D. Turns out they are fans of the site and in particular your writing as well, so kudos! They are getting together numbers on when 4th edition stuffs can be sent over, and are bumping us to the top of the list. Also, where are you located? They are gonna be doing tours at some cities and wanna know if they can count on you being on hand for one of these tours of the new rules and what they have coming up.

I'll keep you posted once I know more :)

Fans?

Of my writing?

This is me, running around like a little girl, screaming at the top of my lungs in excitement and disbelief.


But surely this is a mistake, right? He's pulling my leg, or the WotC rep is being polite. So I pull him up on chat, just to make sure.

Me: So, straight up: they actually said they were fans of my work? Not like they were being polite or whatever, they actually read and enjoyed it?

Jason: Yeah, she knew the site, said she was a fan and liked your writing, and even assumed you would be the one by name who would be handling it.

SWEET BUTTERY ERIN.

They know me by name.

I'm.... I'mma go lie down now... my world is rocked so hard I can't stand up....

IATD: Flog Your Players

Ah, Valentine’s Day. That time of year when a young girl’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of brutally abusing her players in the RPG she is running. In this week’s installment of I Attack the Darkness, we explore in great detail the forbidden love inherent in all role-playing games: Sadomasochism.

No, really.

I Attack the Darkness

Since many of you have no doubt been wondering, "Where the hell has Palette been lately and why isn't she updating regularly", I am pleased to announce that I am now a columnist at Another Castle. I will be covering "unplugged" RPGs -- the funky dice and dead tree kind, as opposed to console or computer games.

My debut article can be found here. I'm currently on a biweekly schedule, though that may change in the future.

For those folks who are baffled by my choice of title, and for those who felt that yesterday's WNW was insufficiently wacky, I give you this: