Monsters, Traps & More for a D&D 5e Grassland Adventure
Aquatic | Arctic | Cave or Underground | Desert | Forest | Grassland | Jungle | Mountain | Swamp It’s a beautiful, sunny day and your adventurers are out for a stroll across a wide grassland. Yawn. Does your group ...
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Whenever the word Tiefling comes up in our home game, my son says “tie-FLING“, and I’ve always said “TEAF-ling.” For me it is a little odd when I hear it pronounced tie-FLING, because I don’t think of it that way ...
The Druid Class, Part One
Now that I’ve said all I can think to say on the Bard class, let’s break down the Druid – a class most often defined in its contrast to the Cleric. Like the Bard, the Druid’s history goes back to ...
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Aquatic Talk with DM’s Block
TL;DR: If you’re reading this column, you’ll want to listen to this pod. This week I sit down with DM Mitch and DM Chris from the Dungeon Master’s Block podcast to talk about everything both roleplyaing and aquatic. If you aren’t familiar with ...
Survivalist Gaming – Water water Everywhere…
…and not a drop to drink. In real life survival situations, securing an adequate supply of water is perhaps *the* most important consideration (sometimes eclipsed by the need for shelter depending on environment). You can live around a month or ...
5 Fun Gimmicks for D&D
Just like a long-term relationship, sometimes D&D needs a little spice to shake things up. Traditional ways of doing this may include: switching out the DM for a new one, trying an original home-brew adventure or story line, starting the ...
System Agnostic: Creating a World From Random Races [Rescentia Part ...
Over at the pathfinder_rpg subreddit, user ‘TheMightyBarbarian’ issued a challenge to create a world with nonstandard fantasy races. Specifically, the requirements were that ‘1 Core Race (Humans, Halflings, Elves, etc) 3 Featured (things like Half Elementals, Half Angels, Drow, Catfolk) ...
Unearthed Arcana – Eberron (Changlings, Shifters, Warforged, Artificer & More)
Mike Mearls has released the first Unearthed Arcana article on the official D&D website! It’s the first in the monthly series and this month looks at the Eberron campaign setting. A six page PDF download is provided with info for ...
More than a Color, 5th edition Dragonborn, Part 1
Though it’s true that dragonborn who choose a career in adventuring are commonly those born with the strength, charisma, and breath weapons of their ancestors, not all dragonborn are gifted with those particular abilities. Some dragonborn use their social skills to gain ...
Monster Lab: D&D 5e Carnivorous Plant
Last week I wrote about Monsters & Traps for a D&D 5e Jungle Adventure. An interesting bit of feedback I received on Facebook was that I missed Carnivorous Plant. To update Carnivorous Plant for D&D 5e, I could just use ...