Hello, I am Dictum Mortuum, an on line persona which was created around 2005 on the 339 forums. I`ve been writing guides and articles on d&d character optimization since 2007, to help roleplayers improve their D&D experience. A Little Bit of History 339 refers to the pre-Gleemax Character Optimization forums, because of the number in the board`s URL. I wasn`t really active there as a handbook writer (or even a poster - I mostly was lurking) until 2007. Most of the handbooks on 339 where mostly old and for widely used classes, like Wizard, Druid, Cleric. I was playing a lot of D&D during that time and had many character ideas that involved underused classes like Hexblade. I had a build that was able to reduce my opponents` saves by a large amount, which was devastating coupled with a primary spellcaster using disabling spells. I wasn`t completely satisfied with my build, so I opened a thread asking for help, but that, too, wasn`t enough for me. So I started a handbook, exploring the Hexblade class and focusing heavily on debuffing and disabling. After that, I opened several handbook threads, with varying success or usefulness (probably the highlights where the guide to writing guides and the basketweaver`s handbook). After the forums moved to Gleemax, because of several problems, most 339 optimizers moved to another forum, brilliantgameologists.com, a much better environment for handbook writers: handbooks and guides were on a separate forum, moderators where a lot easier to contact and the code used in the posts was not changing every six months (which required heavy editing of the posts, especially with stuff like [sup][/sup] tags). I moved there most important guides (based on number of posts and views) and left back on the 339 forums the rest. My brilliantmageologists days where not as busy as I was back on the 339, but there are several guides I wrote exclusively for that site. Profile ©