Christmas Themed Adventures
A few years ago, I went looking for a Yule/Holiday/Christmas one-shot adventures for D&D 5th edition. I wasn’t surprised to see there wasn’t a ton of content out there, but each year more and more is getting created. Also, there ...
Underwater Spellcasting for 5e
This week on the Campaign Trail, I thought I’d look at casting spells underwater. The core rules don’t worry about casting spells underwater too much and the main debate on this topic usually focuses on if can you cast a ...
Three New Diseases of the Deeps
More like diSEAses, amirite? This is a collection of new diseases for Under the Seas of Vodari’s GMing section. Diseases are tough to use well in D&D, unless you’re comfortable with a clause like “lesser restoration has no effect unless ...
Fizban’s Treasury of Dragons Breakdown, Part Two
Dragons! Full of magic, am I right? In 5e D&D they sure are… other than the fact that most of them aren’t spellcasters (other than the psionic spellcasting of gem dragons), and their breath weapons and frightening presences aren’t magic. ...
Aquatic Traps
You see “aquatic” in one of my article titles, you know I’m working on stuff for Under the Seas of Vodari. Today, I’m thinking about how water, buoyancy, cold, darkness, and pressure might influence the construction of traps in dungeons. ...
Fizban’s Treasury of Dragons Breakdown, Part One
So there I was, raiding a wizard’s library as one does, and I found this book labeled For Review. Someone (James Wyatt) has dragons on his mind, and we need to get to the bottom of this. He isn’t working ...
Dungeons & Dragons Unveils Critical Role: Call of the Netherdeep
Just received this interesting press release in my inbox. Great to see Critical Role having a product release to coincide with their Amazon Prime series launch. This book is inspired by the campaigns of the wildly successful liveplay series. Critical ...
Dungeons & Dragons Rules Expansion Gift Set Coming in 2022
This press release (see below) just arrived in my inbox. A new book called Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse, which contains more than 250 monster stat blocks and over 30 playable races from various sources including Volo’s Guide to ...
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight Out Today
Here’s a press release from the Dungeon & Dragons PR team. You can read our review here too. Dungeons & Dragons today unleashed the first adventure of the world’s greatest roleplaying game set primarily in the Feywild – The Wild ...
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight: A Feywild Adventure
SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES A wickedly whimsical adventure for the world’s greatest roleplaying game. Once every eight years, the fantastic Witchlight Carnival touches down on your world, bringing joy to one settlement after the next. Its owners, Mister Witch ...