Apex Predators: Aquatic Barbarians for 5th edition
These two Totem Warrior barbarian builds showcase how you can mix-and-match the standard powers in the core rules, re-skin their special effects, and add a few new powers to create the feel you want for your campaign or specific PC. For example, ...
Paizo’s “The Emerald Spire” for 5th Edition, Part 5
Late last year, Paizo Kickstarted a superdungeon called “The Emerald Spire“. Along with the characteristicly beautiful production value and stunning art, each of the 16 levels of this detailed module has its own fold-out map in the style of Paizo’s other ...
DCC RPG – Mercurial Magic
After playing Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG, I starting to fall in love with the magic system. Casting magic in DCC can be unpredictable, dangerous and very powerful. And with great power there are also negative aspects like spell burn, corruption, misfires, ...
The Warlock Class, Part One
Now that my series on the Sha’ir has ended… again… I’m moving on to the Warlock, a class that first formally entered D&D in 3.5e in the pages of Complete Arcane. It has undergone radical changes in mechanics from that ...
D&D April Survey Results & Another Survey
“Another month brings another D&D feedback survey.” Wizards of the Coast has provided the results of the April survey and continues to ask for feedback on this edition with another survey, Elements Survey 4. 1) I just completed the May ...
PaizoCon Product Announcements and Sneak Peeks!
PaizoCon ends today and yesterday they posted a sneak peak of upcoming products. “One of the exciting parts about PaizoCon for a lot of our attendees, fans, and onlookers are the juicy spoilers and announcements that come out of the ...
8 of My Favorite Things from May!
It’s been a pretty incredible month of geek. Here are a few things that are getting me talking. Champions of Aetaltis Most of what I have to say about this Kickstarter is covered in the video. What I can add is the ...
The Sha’ir Class, Part Two
I was overturned last week on my plan not to write a second post about the Sha’ir. I could have resisted writing about the 3.5 Sha’ir, by Dean Poisso in Dragon Magazine Issue 315; the 4e Sha’ir from Heroes of ...
In the Eye of the Beholder: Skills
Skills are the things that allow adventurers to succeed where others might fail. The ordinary person might not be able to fling a fireball or swing a sword as well as an adventurer, but the rigors of the road and ...
Ultimate Adaptability: Variant Humans for 5th edition
In the early editions of D&D, humans were the foundation on which other races were compared. In other words, they were bland. Humans had no advantages or penalties (with the exception of being able to rise to any level in ...