Free RPG Day – Goblins and More
On Saturday was Free RPG Day and game stores across the world participated in this event. If you missed the event there is still a chance to get some of the stuff.
4 Ideas for Fixing the Alignment Problem
“Wait, I didn’t know there is an alignment problem?” or “Alignment ruins every game. Die alignment, die.” No other item on a character sheet is as controversial as alignment. Since the release of AD&D a two-axis alignment system has been ...
Updated – E3: Sword Coast Legends and D&D
Sword Coasts Legends and zillions of other games will be on display at this year’s E3 in Los Angeles. E3 is an annual video games conference held each year where the gaming companies preview their upcoming games and hardware. Wizards ...
6 Aquatic Encounter Seeds for 6th-10th Level Characters
In this series I will be presenting creatures you can use for villains, lieutenants, minions, and wild encounters for 5th edition aquatic games, as well as encounter seeds for these villains at each tier. This week I bring you aquatic encounter ...
Avengers Assemble – Thor Rebuild for D&D 5e
A little over a month ago I shared some some character builds for each of the original movie Avengers. I think the set was pretty well received and Black Widow and Captain America turned out great. I did get a ...
Tournament Report – GP Las Vegas MAY 28-31, 2015
Instead of writing about D&D, I’m doing something special. I attended GP Las Vegas (MAY 28-31, 2015), the biggest card tournament (by far) ever held. I stayed there from Thursday until Sunday, and I thought I would share my experiences ...
Aarakocra (Circle of Air, Storm Lord, Oath of the Winds, ...
The aarakocra were one of my favorite monsters from the original Fiend Folio. They, along with the bizarre and oft-mocked flumph, were one of the only good races in the book and seemed ripe for heroic storytelling. Unfortunately, they weren’t ...
Fate for d20 Dummies & Being a Better GM
Michael recently wrote about his experience jumping into a Fate game. I love D&D and I really can’t see myself running a full campaign in anything else right now. Over the last year, I’ve run a little bit of Fate ...
Level 0 Characters for a Dungeon Crawl
After being introduced to Dungeon Crawl Classics, I decided to add some of that Old School flavor to our Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition Apprentice Character Program (ACP). But these Level 0’s aren’t exactly apprentice characters. They don’t have a ...
The Warlock Class, Part Two
Last time in History of the Classes, I looked at the 3.5 Warlock and Binder classes, as two different approaches to a practice of creepy, forbidden, occult power. Both classes allow and encourage the character to surprise foes with unusual ...