Free Download of A Great Upheaval (Storm King’s Thunder)
Like Curse of Strahd’s Appendix B: Death House before it, Wizards of the Coast has provided A Great Upheaval (Chapter 1 of Storm King’s Thunder) for free on the Dungeon Masters Guild. Like Death House (which advanced PCs to level ...
Storm King’s Thunder Review
The new D&D adventure Storm King’s Thunder™ just launched today (September 6th), and was released early to gaming stores back on August 26th. When I first received my copy from Wizards of the Coast last week, my initial impressions were ...
The Problem of Ogre Power
Dating back to… I think it was the release of D&D Basic, I’ve been rankled by the design around ability-score-boosting items in D&D 5e. I got to thinking about ability-score-boosting magic items. I’ll explain why, and I’ll offer alternatives – ...
More Storm King’s Thunder Previews
While we wait for our copy to arrive for review, we’re seeing a couple more previews from this fall’s adventure book, Storm King’s Thunder. WotC’s Extra Life campaign has hit $20,000, so here’s two more previews that have been unlocked ...
Extra Life & First Two Storm King’s Thunder Previews
Wizards of the Coast has announced that it will be running its fourth Extra Life event with a goal of making $50,000 or more to add to the already $200,000 they have raised in support for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals ...
Domain Rulership, Part Nine
You know, there have been a lot more domain-management systems published for D&D, D&D derivatives, and D&D clones than I would have guessed. Today I’m tackling the Adventurer Conqueror King System (hereafter ACKS), which will take up enough column-inches to ...
Archfey Patrons, Part Three
I am distressed to discover that it has been almost two months since I wrote the last article in this series. It has been a very busy time, and here we are again. This time, I’m offering custom features for ...
Unearthed Arcana: The Faithful Breakdown
Awesome, Unearthed Arcana is on time! This time around, we have two new subclasses addressing arcane casters that have ties to faith or a deity: the Seeker Patron and Pact of the Star Chain for warlocks, and the Theurgy Tradition ...
Unearthed Arcana – The Faithful
This month (it was meant for July, but this came in a little late), a 3 page Unearthed Arcana PDF presents two new options that allow arcane casters to express their faith in the gods. Warlocks get the Pact of ...
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 ...