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Exploring the Folk Hero Background

Stories are filled with heroes from humble origins, and each culture spins its own version of the story. In Dungeons & Dragons, the world is often filled with larger than life heroes battling epic villains, and the folk hero background ...
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DMs Guild Review: Kakobear

Art by Davis Lodzins Written by Green Bird RPGS (Richard Thompson and Davis Lodzins) Illustrated by Davis Lodzins DM Experience: Competent Player Experience: Advanced Beginner Review: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ If you’re looking for a unique creature, potential pet, and story idea generator, ...
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Five Magic Items for the Circle of the Moon

Way back in that Twitter thread, I talked about the function of totems as 4e magic items. I suggested that they could be intended for druids, especially the Circle of the Moon, and might boost the stats of lower-CR Wild Shapes, ...
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Exploring the Entertainer Background

The Entertainer background gives players an opportunity to bring their love to roleplaying and acting deeper into the game, and have their character do the same. Any character with the entertainer background gets a touch more bard-y, opening up their ...
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Exploring the Criminal and Spy Background

Today we take a look at the Criminal background and its Spy variant. Based on nothing more than anecdotal evidence, I am confident to say that the Criminal background is the most popular one in D&D 5e. Why? Well, for ...
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DMs Guild Review: The Blood Hunter

Art by Gordon McAlpin Lead Designer and Story Creator: Anthony Joyce Graphic Design and Illustration: Gordon McAlpin Party Level: Five Length: Two hours DM Experience: Proficient Player Experience: Advanced Beginner Review: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Blood Hunter by Anthony Joyce is a ...
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Exploring the Charlatan Background

The Charlatan background offers a ton of fun roleplaying hooks for that roleplayer that likes wearing a new mask every game… or every five minutes for that matter. It’s a fun way to punch up character classes that so rarely ...
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Five Tips for Engaging Players

The schedules have finally aligned! You and your friends are gathered for a tabletop game night.  You’ve jotted down your notes, checked your dice for luck, and have a snack nearby. You’re ready. The game starts off great. But then…something ...
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Exploring the Acolyte Background

In this series, we will be exploring each of the backgrounds presented in The Player’s Handbook, 5th edition and see how each can create an interesting character background for your next character. This week we start with the Acolyte background. ...
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Explorer’s Guide to Wildemount – Product Announcement

Read our Explorer’s Guide to Wildemount Review Hey, you remember that placeholder Amazon product page for the next WotC hardback, from a few days ago? There’s been an update: it’s going to be the Explorer’s Guide to Wildemount, the setting of ...