Adventure Time for D&D 5e – Part 3: Alignment, Feats, ...
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. After writing about Species and Classes ...
The Rogue Class, Part Two
Last time in History of the Classes, I talked about a few iterations of OD&D thieves. Now we’re on to Advanced Dungeons & Dragons thieves, as well as their close kin – assassins and thief-acrobats. The changes to the Thief ...
Aquatic Allies: Karkinoi (aka What Makes a Race?)
There are a number of excellent blogs and podcasts about creating campaign worlds, from our own Shawn Ellsworth’s World Building series, to James Introcaso’s World Builder blog, and the Dungeon Master’s Block Creation and Inspiration episodes. Not long after joining Tribality I ...
Christmas Themed Adventures – 2015 Update
When I went looking for a Yule/Holiday/Christmas one-shot adventure, I was surprised to see there wasn’t a ton of content out there. Here is the list of what I was able to find, updated with some new items for 2015. ...
WotC Unearthed Arcana – That Old Black Magic
The next installment of Unearthed Arcana is out today. This month we get a Tiefling Variant with 2 subraces (Infernal & Abyssal) and we also see 5 new spells for conjuring.
Adventure Time for D&D 5e – Part 2: Classes
Back in 2014, I ran a 4th edition D&D game set in Adventure Time‘s Land of Ooo. I used a fantastic Adventure Time homebrew mod of D&D 4e, by Bloodghost, to run the game. Last week I wrote about new ...
Realm Works – Pathfinder Digital Content Enters a New Era
I’m really impressed with a new tool called Realm Works being put out by Paizo and Lone Wolf Development. I’m always messing around with my setting information in Evernote, Roll20, PDFs, binders, etc. Whether I’m playing in person or online, a ...
Novel Inspiration: Scarecrow for 5th edition
This week’s Gameroom is brought to you by the awesome supporters on Patreon! Huge thanks to Nick Hoyt for inspiring, brainstorming, and play testing this new Novel Inspiration! A construct with the mind of a psychopath, Crane Crow was once a respected alchemist trapped in ...
Adventure Time for D&D 5e – Part 1: Species
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. After writing about post-apocalyptic fantasy settings ...
Tribal Knowledge: The Single-Class Campaign
This post explores the potential of each class for a single-class campaign and similar deviations from “normal” party breakdowns. This article mostly assumes that the reader is a DM looking for a new and unusual campaign concept. I realize that most of ...