Holy Waters: Oath of the Waves Paladin for 5th edition
Aquatic Paladins The fight against corruption and evil doesn’t stop at the shoreline. Paladins who follow gods of the ocean, such as Poseidon, or who are born among marine races, often follow the Oath of the Waves. As with other ...
Survivalist Gaming: The Survival Skill
Like most skills in modern role playing games, ‘survival’ is something of a catch-all (though not so much as that most rolled skill in Pathfinder and Dungeons and Dragons 5e – Perception). This is totally fair; too much granularity gets in ...
The DM’s Screen – Benefit or Burden?
In recent days, the DM’s Screen for D&D 5th Edition has been released and this has brought up some interesting discussions around my tables. Over my D&D career, I’ve played with dozens of Dungeon Masters of both sexes. Some were ...
Interview with Fan-Favorite Artist, Todd Lockwood
Todd Lockwood is one of the most recognized and prolific fantasy artists in the gaming industry. His work contributed to the reinvention of the 3rd Edition D&D Monster Manual, as well as the iconic characters of the 3rd Edition Player’s Handbook. ...
Rich’s Gameroom: Fighter (Eldritch Archer)
The arcane archer prestige class from previous editions fulfilled a desire in players for firing unique magically charged arrows on the battlefield. For many, the arcane archer became the conduit for channeling our love for archery-based heroes like Green Arrow, ...
D&D Adventurers League Elemental Evil Schedule Announced – Available March ...
Starting March 2015, The D&D Adventurer’s League Organized Play program will be releasing a number of in-store exclusive adventures that tie into the Elemental Evil storyline, including 16 brand new adventurers. As with Tyranny of Dragons, these adventures will be exclusive ...
Monsters & Traps for a D&D 5e Jungle Adventure
Aquatic | Arctic | Cave/Underground | Desert | Forest | Grassland | Jungle | Mountain | Swamp Are your adventurers lost in the jungle while looking for that lost temple? Did you send them into the jungle with a treasure ...
The Bard Class, Part Four
Welcome back to my ongoing eccentricity obsession series about the Bard class. This time, I’ll be talking about Fourth Edition. I suspect that some percentage of my readers, devilishly attractive lot that they are, despise all things related to Fourth ...
Salt in the Blood: Oceanic Bloodline for 5th ed Sorcerers
Sorcerous Origins (Oceanic) Sorcerers draw their magical power from a variety of sources. Some are the result of an unusual bloodline (draconic), while others tap into powerful arcane or divine forces (wild magic). Sorcerers who manifest powers from an oceanic origin ...
D&D Adventure System Game – Temple of Elemental Evil
So way back in September it was announced that WizKids would be taking over the Dungeons & Dragons Adventure System board games with an aptly pre-release title of D&D Adventure System Game #4. It was stated that D&D Adventure System ...