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Ideas for a Steampunk Campaign Setting

This week on the Campaign Trail I’m back looking at campaign settings that go beyond the typical fantasy worlds most of us play in each week. In each article in the series I’ll provide notes on running a campaign (or ...
Thoughts & Things

Gamma World

Going through my crazy chaotic thoughts, I remembered I have a home campaign that I should think about.  The players opened up a octagonal portal system to other worlds. So there are 8 worlds available to them, and they’ve only ...
Aquatic / PirateD&D 5eFrom the DepthsGM Resources

6 Aquatic Encounter Seeds for 6th-10th Level Characters

In this series I will be presenting creatures you can use for villains, lieutenants, minions, and wild encounters for 5th edition aquatic games, as well as encounter seeds for these villains at each tier. This week I bring you aquatic encounter ...
History of the Classes

The Warlock Class, Part Three

I can’t believe we’re already to the last article on the Warlock class. Sure, there was a two-article bit on Sha’ir as a gratuitous lead-in. Sure, I’ve also bolted on studies of the Binder class along the way. But here ...
Eye of the Beholder

Eye of the Beholder: Campaign Continuity

When you sit down at a table to play a pen and paper RPG as a dungeon master, you are there because you want to tell a story. The best dungeon masters are not necessarily gifted with encyclopedic knowledge of ...
Role Initiative

5 Uses for Intelligent Weapons

One of the most infamous entries in the D&D magical item catalog is the intelligent weapon. Most frequently a sword or dagger; these items have been imbued with personality, understanding, the ability to think and reason, and even magical powers. ...
NewsUnearthed Arcana

WotC Unearthed Arcana – Variant Rules

The next installment of Unearthed Arcana is out today.  With variant rules for Players Make all the Rolls, Vitality, and Custom Alignments.
D&D 5eDark SunPlayer ResourcesRacesThe Game Room

Aarakocra (Circle of Air, Storm Lord, Oath of the Winds, ...

The aarakocra were one of my favorite monsters from the original Fiend Folio. They, along with the bizarre and oft-mocked flumph, were one of the only good races in the book and seemed ripe for heroic storytelling. Unfortunately, they weren’t ...
Campaign TrailGM ResourcesPodcasts

Running a Fantasy Heist – Tribality Writer Shawn on Dungeon ...

I had an awesome time returning as a guest to talk about running heists with DM Mitch and DM Chris on the Dungeon Master’s Block podcast. We discussed what to steal, exotic locations, plot twists and more. “This week we ...
Campaign TrailFATE

Fate for d20 Dummies & Being a Better GM

Michael recently wrote about his experience jumping into a Fate game. I love D&D and I really can’t see myself running a full campaign in anything else right now. Over the last year, I’ve run a little bit of Fate ...