Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com Joystiq http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com en-us Copyright 2013 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[Neverwinter's magic spells are pretty wizard]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/11/07/neverwinters-magic-spells-are-pretty-wizard/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/11/07/neverwinters-magic-spells-are-pretty-wizard/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/11/07/neverwinters-magic-spells-are-pretty-wizard/#comments Cryptic Studios and Atari Perfect World Entertainment have shared both the video above and the gallery below, both designed to show you what the upcoming Neverwinter's Control Wizard class is capable of. As you can see in the video especially, the spells are heavily inspired by pen-and-paper Dungeons and Dragons, and the game will have you casting old favorites like Magic Missile, Ray of Frost, and the destructive Ice Storm.

You can also see a few other 4th Edition D&D mainstays, including Tiefling heroes (they're the ones with the horns) and some NPC zombies and skeletons. The free-to-play MMO is set to be released early next year.

Gallery: Neverwinter (Wizard)

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And here we thought Wisconsin couldn't get any more depressing. Kevin T. Singer, an inmate at Wisconsin's Waupun prison, has been upset with a policy enacted in 2004 that banned all Dungeons & Dragons in the jail. Officials there cited the game promotes gang behavior and subsequently confiscated all of Singer's D&D materials.

Singer's long been a fan of the pen-and-paper game and tried to appeal the policy, but the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals filed in favor of the prison on Monday, stating that its policy wasn't unreasonable. Singer argued that the ruling is a violation of his First Ammendment rights, but we guess he failed to gain respect for his cause when he signed his appeal with his elvish mage's name: Gilchall Helehuialagos.

[Via G4]

JoystiqWisconsin jail outlaws Dungeons & Dragons originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 28 Jan 2010 03:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>appealdungeons-and-dragonsjailkevin-singerkevin-t-singerpen-and-paperrpgwisconsinThu, 28 Jan 2010 03:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Get over $1000 worth of pen-and-paper RPGs for donating $20 to Haiti]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/01/23/get-over-1000-worth-of-pen-and-paper-rpgs-for-donating-20-to-h/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/01/23/get-over-1000-worth-of-pen-and-paper-rpgs-for-donating-20-to-h/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/01/23/get-over-1000-worth-of-pen-and-paper-rpgs-for-donating-20-to-h/#commentsLike tabletop RPGs and want to help Haiti? That should include every single one of you. Otherwise, get off this site right now and go roll yourself a 20-sided die and see how much fun it is. Then come back, and go donate $20 to Doctors Without Borders through the Gamers Helping Haiti program on DriveThruRPG.com. Just by throwing a Jackson in the pot, you'll get the chance to download $1481.31 worth of old school pen-and-paper RPG rulebooks, scenarios, campaign settings and addendums. That's more orcs, droids, bards, free actions and critical hits than you'll ever need in your entire lifetime!

The set includes the full Serenity RPG, the Castlemourn campaign setting and full sets of rules for both pirate- and zombie-based roleplaying games, among about a million other little RPG related downloads. Not to mention that by donating, you're helping out the cause of Doctors without Borders in Haiti, and you don't have to be watching CNN to know that those folks need all of the bonuses to Strength they can get these days. What are you waiting for? Don't roll for initiative -- just go do it!

[via The Escapist]

JoystiqGet over $1000 worth of pen-and-paper RPGs for donating $20 to Haiti originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 23 Jan 2010 02:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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