UA 2020: Subclasses, Part Three Breakdown
It’s been a couple of weeks since the chaos of Subclasses, Part Two: Revenge of the Bride of the Electric Boogaloo, so yesterday WotC dropped three more playtest subclasses. We have the Armorer artificer, the Circle of Stars druid, and ...
DMs Guild Review: The Blood Hunter
Art by Gordon McAlpin Lead Designer and Story Creator: Anthony Joyce Graphic Design and Illustration: Gordon McAlpin Party Level: Five Length: Two hours DM Experience: Proficient Player Experience: Advanced Beginner Review: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Blood Hunter by Anthony Joyce is a ...
Descent into Midnight – Preview
Descent into Midnight is a “roleplaying game about community, family, and hope on an aquatic world“. This Kickstarter has been a long time in the making and has also gone through heavy playtesting. You do not want to miss out ...
UA 2020: Subclasses, Part 2B Breakdown
Déjà vu, all over again! There’s been a whole thing that is why this got retracted and reissued. You either know about it or don’t, you have opinions about it or don’t, but I’m not getting into it here.
UA 2020: Subclasses, Part 1 Breakdown
New year, new Unearthed Arcana – this time bringing us four new subclasses. We have the barbarian Path of the Beast, the monk Way of Mercy, the paladin Oath of the Watchers, and the warlock Noble Genie Patron. I am ...
Explorer’s Guide to Wildemount – Official 5e Critical Role Book
Read our Explorer’s Guide to Wildemount Review Brandes posted details on this book yesterday, but we have an official press release this morning. Fans of Critical Role will be getting an official D&D hardcover book this spring. Reaction to this ...
Explorer’s Guide to Wildemount – Product Announcement
Read our Explorer’s Guide to Wildemount Review Hey, you remember that placeholder Amazon product page for the next WotC hardback, from a few days ago? There’s been an update: it’s going to be the Explorer’s Guide to Wildemount, the setting of ...
Unearthed Arcana: Psionics, Round Four
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 ...
Eberron: Rising from the Last War Review
We started seeing WotC tinker with Eberron mechanics quite early in 5e, in Unearthed Arcana releases – so long ago that I wasn’t yet writing breakdowns for each one. Then we had Wayfinder’s Guide to Eberron and Morgrave Miscellany, both ...
The Artificer Class, Part Seven
Now that my review copy of Eberron: Rising from the Last War has arrived, I’m starting my breakdown of it by finishing up the History of the Artificer series. As a reminder, this class went through multiple rounds of public ...