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Campaign Trail

Each Friday, Shawn shares monsters, traps, campaign settings, advice and other fun stuff for you to use in your campaign.

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Adventure Time for D&D 5e – Part 1: Species

Back in 2014, I ran a 4th edition D&D game set in the world of Adventure Time. I used a fantastic Adventure Time homebrew mod of D&D 4e, by Bloodghost, to run the game. After writing about post-apocalyptic fantasy settings ...
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Ideas for a Post Apocalyptic Campaign in a Fantasy Setting

This week on the Campaign Trail I’m back looking at campaign settings that go beyond the typical fantasy world. Past articles in this series have provided notes on running a campaign (or adventure) in a setting such as prehistoric/lost world, ...
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Werewolf Prestige Class for D&D 5e

Prestige classes were introduced in third edition as a further means of individualizing a character. A recent Unearthered Arcana article introduced playtest material for us to create Prestige Classes for D&D 5th Edition. I’m working with one of my players who ...
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Dragonlance in 5th Edition – Player Options

Last week on the Campaign Trail I looked at what support is available to run a Dragonlance campaign in fifth edition. Since launch, Wizards of the Coast has been very focused on supporting storylines set in the Forgotten Realms. For ...
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Dragonlance in 5th Edition – Campaign World & Adventures

This week on the Campaign Trail I wanted to take a look at what support is available to run the Dragonlance saga in Fifth Edition. Since the launch of D&D 5e, Wizards of the Coast has been very focused on ...
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Playable Halloween Monster Races for D&D 5th Edition – Part ...

Are you looking to run a Halloween one-shot? This week on the Campaign Trail you’ll find another batch of homebrew monsters to create evil, overpowered PCs to go with the 3 from last week. Crawling an old mansion and throwing ...
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Playable Halloween Monster Races for D&D 5th Edition – Part ...

This week on the Campaign Trail I thought I could help out anyone looking to run a Halloween one-shot. Crawling an old mansion and throwing Halloween monsters can provide a great one-shot, but maybe letting your players be the monsters ...
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Prestige Class: Dragonlance’s Solamnic Knight of the Crown

Prestige classes were introduced in third edition as a further means of individualizing a character. This month’s Unearthered Arcana article introduced playtest material for us to create Prestige Classes for D&D 5th Edition. I thought that testing out the creation of ...
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Monsters for a D&D 5e Forest Encounter – Updated

Aquatic | Arctic | Cave or Underground | Desert | Forest | Grassland | Jungle | Mountain | Swamp Looking to have your adventurers get lost in the forest while looking for that temple, elven village or whatever? Let us ...
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Updated: 5 Reasons to See Vin Diesel’s The Last Witch ...

This week on the Campaign Trail I’m going to take a break from providing stuff for your game and write about a movie coming out called The Last Witch Hunter starring Vin Diesel. Do you like tabletop RPGs and fantasy ...