Unearthed Arcana – Gothic Horror Options
This month’s Unearthed Arcana by WotC’s Mike Mearls was released today. This time we get Gothic Options for your D&D game, supplementing the themes of the recently released Curse of Strahd that include the Revenant subrace, Monster Hunter fighter archetype ...
4 Types of Dungeons & Building a Random Dungeon for ...
This week on the Campaign Trail I’m taking a quick look at one of the most popular adventuring environments, the dungeon. These labyrinths, full of death traps, starving monsters, and treasure hoards, test both GMs and players. Dungeons come in ...
Tribal Knowledge: Dungeon Remodeling Projects
I am a huge fan of the StoryNexus game Below. When I reviewed it in Harbinger of Doom, I talked about how much I liked the way it lets adventurers alter parts of the dungeon to their own convenience. I may have even waxed ...
In a Goblin Market
Backwards up the mossy glen Turn’d and troop’d the goblin men, With their shrill repeated cry, “Come buy, come buy.” –“Goblin Market,” Christina Rosetti In the last two articles in this series on the fey, I’ve talked about courtly ...
WotC Sage Advice – Rules Answers: March 2016
There is a new Sage Advice article on the Wizards of the Coast D&D website by Jeremy Crawford. The focus of this month’s Sage Advice is on rules answers about druids wearing metal armor, bonus actions and spellcasting, and some ...
The Alchemist Class for 5e
The Alchemist for 5e is now available on DriveThruRPG from Tribality Publishing! This 20 page PDF provides players with a new 20-level Intelligence-based caster class that allows players to share alchemical effects with their allies, 6 traditions updated with playtest ...
A Visit to the Shadowfell – Shadar-kai & More
This week on the Campaign Trail we visit the Shadowfell to look at the Shadar-kai and other inhabitants of this plane. In my next campaign (which is about to start) we’re returning to the Nentir Vale, and I am allowing ...
Fey Huntsmen and Leashed Terrors
A few weeks ago, I wrote about fey knights and the general dearth of worthy fey opponents in the 5e Monster Manual. This week, I present the fey huntsmen that lead the Wild Hunt and their beasts, the leashed terrors. If ...
Tips for Ending Your Tabletop RPG Campaign
This week on the Campaign Trail, we look at ‘Tips for Ending Your Tabletop RPG Campaign‘. After 56 session, 16 months and 17 levels, my players finally arrived at the final temple to face off against the Big Bad Evil ...
Death House – Free Adventure for Ravenloft (D&D 5e)
Foreword | Table of Contents | Gothic Trinkets | Death House Adventure | Haunted One Background Wizards of the Coast has given us the free adventure Death House to play at home last week as a preview of the Curse ...