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 ...
UPDATED: D&D to Release Two Storylines a Year Through 2018
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 ...
D&D 5e Aquatic Campaign – Monster & Hero Race Options
I run a weekly game D&D 5e game in a seafaring setting called Vodari. For this week’s Nautical Nonsense column I wanted to gather up all the aquatic monster races and hero races in one handy list that I draw ...
Star Frontiers / D&D 5e Conversion Part 5
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 I have continued to work on combining the Star Frontiers D&D 5e Conversion articles during the winter break. Previously there was some criticism for the D&D ...
Aquatic Allies: Cecaelias
Art by riviel The history of the cecaelias as a race is all but unknown to scholars of the surface world. Though some surface dwellers believe they are a subrace of merfolk, this race of cephaloids, and indeed the merfolk, ...
Survivalist Gaming: Dungeons as Fantasy Fallout Shelters
There are as many kinds of dungeons as there are monsters: living dungeons, conquered dungeons, ruined places, and many more. But dungeons work best when they have a plausible reason for their existence. If it has living inhabitants, there needs ...
Tyranny of Dragons Online Comic – Entire Series (So Far)
Read all 9 pages that have been released so far by D&D in one location… ADDED PAGE 9 – JAN 9, 2015 The biggest and most exciting year for Dungeons & Dragons hits a pivotal moment as the Tyranny of ...
Fixing the Trident – Homebrew D&D 5e Trident
For my seafaring campaign (Seas of Vodari) I wanted to add lots of nautical flavor and when it came to weapons, tridents were a must have. Tridents are three-pronged spears used for spear fishing and historically as a polearm. Tridents ...
Wǔxiá Adventures – Food
Building a campaign world can be a lot of fun, but it also requires a lot of preparation and creativity. That preparation should start by deciding on a theme for your campaign world. I really like the Wǔxiá (武侠) ideas that ...
Aquatic Allies: Selkie for 5th edition
Like elves, the origins of the selkie race lay in the Feywild. A type of shapeshifter, a selkie’s normal form is that of a unique seal species who can shed their skin to become a full-figured human touched by fey ...