Alternate Magic: The Power of Sensory Deprivation
A friend of mine was telling me about the concept (via 4th Edition Dungeons and Dragons) of the Shadowfell; a dark reflection of the mundane regularly leaking into the prime material world. Or, alternately, even when you thought you were walking ...
5 Fantasy Series You Should Read If You Play D&D
Movies, television, and theatre are wonderful places to get ideas, concepts, and even plot-lines for great D&D campaigns. However, for true inspiration and a real feel for how adventures/characters should play out, nothing beats a good series of novels. When ...
The Hyper-weirdness of Dragonlance Villains: Lord Toede
This weekend we have a guest post by Colin McLaughlin looking at one of my favorite Dragonlance villains, Toede. When I was a teenager, I had a job working at a now defunct retail entertainment store. Like any kid into ...
Steam Lunar New Year Sale!
With the announcement of the 5e OGL/SRD and some potential changes in my work life, I’ll be taking a short hiatus from The Game Room and From the Depths. Look for announcements on new projects, PDFs, and more coming soon! ...
D&D 5e 2016 February Survey & Survey Results
We see another discussion of the previous monthly survey, with results from Rune Magic & the Rune Scribe Prestige Class, and the Unearthed Arcana Underdark-themed subclasses. Here is the excerpt from the article, and the complete details of the survey ...
Steampunk Armor for D&D 5th Edition
Pirate Weapons | Steampunk Weapons | Steampunk Armor | Steampunk Equipment If you like steampunk, check out Steampunk Adventurers for 5e, which is now available on DriveThruRPG from Tribality Publishing! With STEAMPUNK ADVENTURERS you can provide your players with new ...
The Assassin Class, Redux
In the Rogue Class, Part Five, I discussed the Assassin in broad terms, but didn’t have enough reference text to write about it in detail. I have since corrected this fault, with a copy of Dragon Magazine #379, with the ...
The Adventure Zone – a D&D 5th Edition Actual Play ...
One of the funniest and most entertaining actual play RPG podcasts out there is The Adventure Zone. The Adventure Zone comes to us from the McElroy brothers of the My Brother, My Brother and Me podcast. Griffin McElroy takes the ...
A Lich for Every Class: The Paths to Transcendence
This is Part 1 of a Multipart Series | Part 2 Inspired by this post on the fabulous Goblin Punch blog about an immortal, evil, ‘lichlike’ path available for fighters, I’ve been thinking about Liches and the ‘other class’ equivalents ...
The Art of the Apocalypse – 5 Ways to Destroy ...
One of my guilty pleasures is a love for the end of the world movies/television shows. I’m not sure why these have always fascinated me but I suppose they are a grim reminder that this world we’ve built is always ...