RPG Mixtape: A Bard Sings In A Tavern
Hello! My name is Jac, I am an anti-hipster/music geek who spends countless hours looking for interesting music. I love sharing my findings with anyone who will listen. I appreciate all genres of music, including rap and country. I especially ...
A Collection of Traps & Hazards (D&D 5e)
The world your players are exploring should be filled with dangers other than monsters. This week on the Campaign Trail I wanted to share some traps and hazards I have used in my campaigns. The D&D 5th edition Dungeon Master ...
Gary Gygax Day – 2016
Over the many years of being a fan of D&D, I never got the chance to meet Gary. I bought all the books, and I have some collectables that he signed, but I never met him. Today would be Gary’s ...
Keep Summer Safe: A Look at Conflict Resolution
It’s no secret I love Rick & Morty. I’ve been on record for several years now stating it is the best and sharpest show on television. In my crushing need for the third season to finally arrive, I’ve been rewatching ...
Unearthed Arcana: Quick Characters Breakdown
For whatever internal reasons, July’s UA article was delayed until the last Monday in July. But here we are, and I’m going to say a few words about it. “Quick Characters” presents dice tables for generating characters, largely constrained to ...
Overwatch as a Tabletop RPG Campaign Setting
Overwatch Campaign Setting | Chrono Rogue (Tracer) | Stealth Hacker Rogue (Sombra) In May 2016, Blizzard launched Overwatch, a game where players clash with colorful heroes on battlefields around the globe in the near future. Last time on the Campaign ...
Fifth Edition’s Content Strategy
In various communities around the internet, I’ve seen a lot of people complain about WotC’s glacially slow publication schedule for 5e, often suggesting that they do not understand why WotC is making these choices. I don’t have any insider knowledge, ...
The Age of Retiarius
I had something else planned for this week, but then I read the July round of rules answers in Sage Advice. One of the questions was about the net, and if attacks with the net were always made with disadvantage. ...
Drafting in the MF0 Universe
Drafting; where each player starts with a set number of booster packs and makes a deck from them, is a much-loved variant in the world of trading card games. In tabletops, this is a little more difficult as there are ...
Rules Answers July 2016 – Jeremy Crawford
There is a new article on D&D Wizard’s of the Coast website by Jeremy Crawford. He has complied a listing of Twitter questions and his answers. As always, these are his rulings, and the DM at your table can play ...