Cave of the Dice Chucker

Fortunately you don't need a sharp edge to be a blogger. I'm on vacation in a place far, far beyond the reach of the intern...

A while back I did a piece on why I think it odd that first level fighters go by the moniker "Veteran" a term which denotes exper...

It has always bothered me that the level title for a first level fighter is “Veteran” considering that this is exactly what a 1 st level f...

Having recently re-read The Hobbit in commemoration of the 30th anniversary of my first traipse through Middle Earth I can't help but no...

All right, I'm going to skip over levels 10-14 until such time as I can find a reason to chat about the terms Expert, Senior, Chief, Pri...

So the inspiration of this here string of posts on the AD&D Assassin class level titles is finally at hand; we've reached the eponym...

It's been more than 2 weeks now since my last entry on the assassin level titles, and--despite the fact that at least one person has con...

Despite the fact that no one gives a rat's ass, I continue to nibble away at the AD&D Assassin class level titles one by one, week b...

So we're up to Level 5: Thug.  To research today's post, rather than read up on the cult of Thuggee that plagued travelers in India ...

"Congratulations my son, your latest accomplishment has merited advancement to the 4th level of assassinry," says the Guildmaster,...

Waghalter: one likely to be hanged (obs.)  As in they will wag (like a dogs tail) from a halter (noose).  Kinda' grisly, eh? Actually,...

Devoid of the context of D&D, I might have guessed that a rutterkin is either the object or the outcome of hillbilly love.  It seems hig...

Herein I shall, in serial fashion, scatter random thoughts on the level titles of the Lethalist class. Assassin Level 1--Bravo. As we al...