The Ranger Class, Part Five
The Ranger Class, Part Five After a week off to write some creepy spells, I’m back to talking about rangers here in History of the Classes. This time around, I’m looking at the Scout class of 3.5’s Complete Adventurer and ...
The Host – Infested Creatures for 5th edition
Inhuman creatures from other dimensions are classic horror tropes. As are temptations of power that encourage the protagonists to walk the line between good and evil. The Host are inspired by the creatures in the classic horror film, “From Beyond“, while their Host Spawn ...
Vin Diesel playing D&D on the Nerdist
Last week Vin Diesel played a game of D&D at The Nerdist to promote The Last Witch Hunter (which you need to see)? Run by excellent DM Matt Mercer, the players included Vin Diesel playing a Witch Hunter character, Dan ...
Monster by Type and Official Conversion Guide for D&D 5e!
In this month’s Sage Advice column, Jeremy Crawford offers a couple new documents for fifth edition Dungeons & Dragons and summarizes some of the resources already available. Specifically we get D&D Monsters By Type and Conversions to 5th Edition D&D.
Wizards of the Coast – Dragon+ Issue #4
I was just notified that there is a new Dragon+ issue today, and it looks pretty good. What’s New in Issue 4:
Playable Halloween Monster Races for D&D 5th Edition – Part ...
This week on the Campaign Trail I thought I could help out anyone looking to run a Halloween one-shot. Crawling an old mansion and throwing Halloween monsters can provide a great one-shot, but maybe letting your players be the monsters ...
Six Spells For Horror
This week I’m taking a break from the History of the Classes to bring you six new horror-themed spells for Halloween, and the design thoughts behind each one.
Natural Lycanthropes in 5th ed – Wereshark
Whether an ancient race or the rare child of an inflicted parent, natural lycanthropes (as opposed to infected lycanthropes) can add a level of intrigue, fear, and drama to your campaign. Systems like Werewolf: The Apocalypse, settings like Kobold Press’ ...
Prestige Class: Dragonlance’s Solamnic Knight of the Crown
Prestige classes were introduced in third edition as a further means of individualizing a character. This month’s Unearthered Arcana article introduced playtest material for us to create Prestige Classes for D&D 5th Edition. I thought that testing out the creation of ...
Unearthered Arcana: Prestige Classes and Rune Magic
The latest Unearthered Arcana is out and this month we get Prestige Classes and Rune Magic. For Prestige Classes we are given an outline on how to create the prerequisites for these classes that become available as characters progress, using ...