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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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Guardians of the Galaxy – D&D 5e Character Builds

Guardians of the Galaxy grossed $774 million worldwide at the box office, a sequel is on the way in 2017 and they even have a cartoon series on Disney XD. While Guardians of the Galaxy takes place in a science ...
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Acronyphobia – Common Tabletop RPG Acronyms, Abbreviations & Terms

Acronyphobia is the irrational fear of acronyms. In tabletop RPGs we throw around a ton of acronyms and there is a bit of a learning curb for newbies. Even as experienced players we’re expected to just know all a ridiculous ...
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Deities of Pathfinder’s Golarion for D&D 5th Edition

Last week on the Campaign Trail I looked at running Pathfinder’s Golarion as a campaign setting for D&D 5th edition. The Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition Player’s Handbook provides listings of deities for running your game in the multiverse worlds ...
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Try Pathfinder’s Golarion for Your Next Campaign Setting

From the crumbling spires of the ancient Runelords in distant Varisia to the bustling merchant kingdoms of the Inner Sea, Golarion is the name of default world of the Pathfinder Campaign Setting and related supplements, modules, and Adventure Paths. There ...
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Magic Ammunition – Arrows (D&D 5e Homebrew)

When I’m a player, one of my favorite PC builds is an archer that shoots magic arrows with interesting splash effects (versus just a +2 to attack and damage rolls). When my PC is shooting arrows I want to be more ...
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Fantastic Four – D&D 5e NPC/Monster Builds

Previously, I shared my Avengers character builds and now we have another super hero team releasing a movie this summer. The Fantastic Four are a fictional superhero team that debuted way back in 1961. After a couple of so-so movies, ...
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Jurassic World Raptors – D&D 5e Homebrew Monster

Last week on the Campaign Trail I published my homebrew build of Indominus Rex inspired by the movie Jurassic World. In the past I also posted a couple of dinosaur related articles (Prehistoric/Lost World Campaign Setting and D&D 5e Monster ...
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Jurassic World’s Indominus Rex – D&D 5e Homebrew Monster

Jurassic World has already made over 1.5 billion dollars at the box office worldwide. Last weekend, my family was able to get to the movies after our vacation and see Jurassic World. I already posted a couple of dinosaur related ...
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Deities of the Nentir Vale (4e) for D&D 5th Edition

The Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition Player’s Handbook includes the awesome Appendix B that provides deities for running your game in the multiverse worlds of the Forgotten Realms, Greyhawk, Dragonlance and Eberron. It also provides the Celtic, Greek, Egyptian and ...
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4 Tips for Running Published Adventures

If you are playing D&D, Pathfinder or any of the many other tabletop roleplaying games, there are some pretty good published adventures out there. Who are published adventures for? Anyone really… first time gamemasters, world builders looking for an adventure ...