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Unearthed Arcana: Psionics, Round Four

Brandes Stoddard — Tue, 26 Nov 2019 17:13:27 +0000

That’s not the proper name for this UA release, which would be either Fighter, Rogue, and Wizard or PsychicSoulPsionics, but as those are both unhelpful names, you get Psionics, Round Four. This is a new, very 5e take: what if there’s no mystic or psion 20-level class? Instead, psionics is three subclasses, a handful of spells, and two feats. Also, folks? Psionics is one of the most contentious things we ever discuss about D&D. I’m not sure why that is, […]

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Dark Sun Psionics

Brandes Stoddard — Thu, 09 Jul 2015 13:00:50 +0000

In today’s History of the Classes article, I’m examining Dark Sun’s use of psionics in AD&D Second Edition. As far as I know, it’s the only 2e setting – out of the glorious variety of 2e settings – that deeply embraces psionics and makes it a centerpiece of the setting. My resources are the revised Dark Sun Campaign Setting (the one reworked to fit Skills and Powers), Dragon Kings, and The Will and the Way. I also have a copy […]

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Aarakocra (Circle of Air, Storm Lord, Oath of the Winds, Infiltrator)

Rich Howard — Mon, 08 Jun 2015 12:00:29 +0000

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 available to the average player as a race (at least until Dark Sun) and creating appropriately balanced new races in the early editions was challenging. It’s a little thing, but opening the 5th ed Monster Manual and seeing the aarakocra […]

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D&D Upcoming Storyline Predictions – Revised

Shawn Ellsworth — Wed, 06 May 2015 14:11:55 +0000

Way back in November 2014, I made some predictions on upcoming storylines between now and 2018. I predicted that they would do an Underdark storyline… but I was way off thinking it would come out in 2018. As we have learned more about the two storylines a year that will be coming out each year, here are my revised “predictions”, but I would say that this is wild guesses at this point. Here are the storylines and products that have […]

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New Options for Githyanki and Githzerai PCs

Rich Howard — Mon, 13 Apr 2015 12:00:46 +0000

My previous article on githanki and githzerai PCs generated a lot of conversation about the history of these races across more than 30 years of D&D, including discussions about the kind of options people would like to see converted to the newest edition. Below you will find several new class archetypes inspired by James Wyatt‘s brilliant “Rise of the Githyanki” in Polyhedron #159, including the ghustil (arcane healers) for both bards and rangers, a holocaust warrior variant for eldritch knights, and a […]

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UPDATED: D&D to Release Two Storylines a Year Through 2018

Shawn Ellsworth — Wed, 21 Jan 2015 06:31:42 +0000

Since I wrote this article in November 2014 quite a few things have changed, so I thought it was time to update the original article. In a recent interview, Jeremy Crawford commented that the official setting of the D&D tabletop RPG “is the multiverse, which includes all D&D worlds.“ On Twitter, Chris Perkins revealed he has something in the works for 2016, which just might be a new setting based on his own world called Valoreign. Errata documents will be […]

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High Power Races: Thri-Kreen

Rich Howard — Fri, 19 Dec 2014 18:27:28 +0000

Along with the aarakocra, the thri-kreen are one of my favorite non-standard races to play. Unique and alien, thri-kreen provide for unusual roleplaying opportunities and unusual flavor at the table. The challenge? Thri-kreen are a powerful PC race (see Behind the Development below). Converting them to a standard PC race while maintaining their flavor and popular, race-specific powers was a challenge and even with this conversion DMs should consider before allowing them in their campaigns. If used, DMs and players […]

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D&D to Release 2 Storylines a Year Through 2018

Shawn Ellsworth — Fri, 07 Nov 2014 17:36:31 +0000

UPDATED to include new information revealed at Gamehole Con by Chris Perkins and Ed Greenwood. New text is in blue. In an interview on Israeli site pundak.co.il, Mike Mearls (Head of R&D for Dungeons & Dragons) provided answers to 14 questions. The most interesting question and answer for me was: Q: How often can we expect to see a story line like Tyranny of Dragons? Once a year? Twice a year? A: We’re looking at two storylines a year. Right […]

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Dark Sun and Ravenloft D&D 5e Status

Shawn Ellsworth — Mon, 03 Nov 2014 21:19:53 +0000

In his reddit AMA today Mike Mearls was asked by JesterRaiin “And now, the question: could you confirm both [Dark Sun] and Ravenloft coming back?“ Mike Mearls responded: “I can’t confirm anything, but I can say that we’re big fans of the classic D&D settings. When we created the core 5th system, we new that it had to be flexible enough to both cover past D&D settings and have the ability to stretch to cover new ones.” So have faith […]

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10 Awesome Monsters for a D&D 5e Desert Encounter

Shawn Ellsworth — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 12:00:47 +0000

Aquatic | Arctic | Cave or Underground | Desert | Forest | Grassland | Jungle | Mountain | Swamp Are your adventurers parched and starving in a desert wilderness? Does your group need a little challenge on the way to the pyramid? Let us do the work for you. Here is a list of 10 Awesome Monsters for a Desert Encounter (and some Dark Sun ideas) from the Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition Monster Manual. There are tons of monsters out […]

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