The Rogue Class, Part Five
In last week’s History of the Rogue, we saw the shift from fragile rogues who should stay clear of combat as much as possible to agile murder-machine rogues. This shift isn’t to everyone’s taste, but I think for most people ...
Tribal Knowledge: Training as Treasure
There are two little paragraphs in the 5e Dungeon Master’s Guide, plus three bullet points, that offer a wonderful amount of room for expansion: Training, p. 231. In the 4th edition Dungeon Master’s Guide II, there are a few pages ...
A Writer’s Guide to Roleplaying: The Price of Magic, Part ...
Though I love Pathfinder for its crunchy goodness, the massive and almost incomprehensible number of magic items makes it hard to believe that magic is something rare and mysterious. Settings like Eberron embrace magic-as-technology, but I miss the days of ...
Harry Potter – Spells for D&D
I’ve been thinking about Harry Potter since the word came out that there is going to be another story in the series added. It’s a play but still sounds interesting none the less. And with that thought, it was followed ...
Hell’s Vengeance Adventure Path Preview & Cheliax
In February, the new six part Hell’s Vengeance Adventure Path is launching, starting with The Hellfire Compact, a Pathfinder adventure for 1st-level characters set in the infernal Cheliax. In this AP, players take on the roles of evil mercenary characters ...
WotC Unearthed Arcana – Kits of Old
The next installment of Unearthed Arcana is out today. Mike Mearls discusses Kits for Fighter and Bard converted over from AD&D as new archetypes; Bard: College of Swords,Bard: College of Satire, Fighter: Cavalier, and Fighter: Scout. If you want to ...
Adventure Time for D&D 5e – Part 5: Traps, Hazards ...
Back in 2014, I ran a 4th edition D&D game set in the world of Adventure Time. I used a fantastic Adventure Time homebrew mod of D&D 4e, by Bloodghost, to run the game. I thought it might be a ...
The Rogue Class, Part Four
At last we come to the watershed moment of the Thief’s Rogue’s development, and I don’t just mean the name change. Up to this point, thieves have a role in combat, but that role is “mostly try to stay away, ...
D&D December Survey
This month’s survey from D&D focuses on the Unearthed Arcana playtest materials released in October 2015 (PRESTIGE CLASSES AND RUNE MAGIC) and November 2015 (LIGHT, DARK, UNDERDARK!). No results were released for previous surveys this month.
Faerie Tales: Naiads, Pixies, and Sprites for 5e
A dear friend of mine asked me to run a 5e adventure for his kids over the holiday. It will be their first official D&D game, though since their dad is a video game designer they are more than familiar with ...