Matthew Rossi

Matthew Rossi @MatthewWRossi — Matthew Rossi is a synapsid, perhaps descended from Cynognathus. He was born in Providence, Rhode Island, and grew up there before leaving to see the world and be mistaken for a sasquatch and/or minor singing celebrity in various locales. He currently lives and writes in Edmonton alongside his amazing and beautiful wife and their cats. He’s written three collections of speculative fiction, Things That Never Were, Bottled Demon and At Last, Atlantis. He loves playing warriors in World of Warcraft, barbarians in Diablo III, and he’s beginning to notice a pattern here.

WoW

Revendreth and the Venthyr are revealed in all their Gothic splendor in latest Shadowlands preview

by Matthew Rossi on April 22, 2020 at 3:07pm @MatthewWRossi

Seriously, and I mean this with all love, this latest Shadowlands preview reminds me of Ravenloft in the best possible way.

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The Queue

The Queue: Because I will take literally any excuse to mention Ashkandi

by Matthew Rossi on April 22, 2020 at 12:00pm @MatthewWRossi

Blame ReclusiveCreation, he asked about good looks to go with Ashkandi and the one in the header is one of my favorites. It’s not on a Vulpera but I don’t have any Vulpera.

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WoW

What is the best expansion to level from 10 to 50 in Shadowlands?

by Matthew Rossi on April 22, 2020 at 10:00am @MatthewWRossi

One of the choices you're going to have leveling through World of Warcraft's next expansion, Shadowlands, is deciding which of the game's expansions to go 10 to 50 in.

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D&D

Sometimes you want to run from where everybody knows your name — our D&D Spectacular continued with two sessions in April

by Matthew Rossi on April 21, 2020 at 3:00pm @MatthewWRossi

This time we've got not one, but two D&D games to recap, as things have been pretty crazy this April as we've run not one but two D&D sessions and two one shots -- the second of which will be this Saturday, April 25, which you should definitely listen to on our Twitch channel.

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Discussion

What’s surprised you most while leveling with the Winds of Wisdom XP buff?

by Matthew Rossi on April 21, 2020 at 8:00am @MatthewWRossi

So, I am surprised to admit that I didn't really get much use out of the Winds of Wisdom buff in World of Warcraft until I thought "Oh, right, that's going to run out this week" and started frantically trying to get my next Warrior to 120, only for them to extend the buff.

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How long does it take to level in the Shadowlands alpha?

by Matthew Rossi on April 20, 2020 at 6:00pm @MatthewWRossi

With the big leveling changes coming in WoW Shadowlands, we're all wondering just how long it will take us to reach max level on our mains and on our alts.

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WoW

Taking advantage of the Winds of Wisdom buff? Here are some pointers on how to maximize your leveling efficiency

by Matthew Rossi on April 20, 2020 at 4:15pm @MatthewWRossi

To my mind, there are two separate paths to discuss when talking about the Winds of Wisdom buff that's currently active in World of Warcraft -- there's using it on that 110 or above alt to get them to 120, and there's using it on a fresh or significantly under the level cap character, potentially even a first character if you're just starting World of Warcraft now.

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Discussion

What class in World of Warcraft is the one you can’t give up on?

by Matthew Rossi on April 17, 2020 at 8:00am @MatthewWRossi

I've played World of Warcraft for 16 years now.

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D&D

D&D gets three new Psionic subclasses in the latest Unearthed Arcana

by Matthew Rossi on April 16, 2020 at 4:26pm @MatthewWRossi

One of the reasons I love Wizards of the Coast and tabletop RPGs in general is how quickly they can get new class options to us with things like Unearthed Arcana, and the latest edition unveils a whole new Psionics system.

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WoW