Breeching I remember my first real session of D&D using the rulebooks. This was back in the days of 2nd Edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons. I’d read the books and made a few test characters but this was my first […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Literal Worst I’m always seeing discussion on Facebook and message boards regarding the worst class. It’s the ranger. But the monk is also bad. And the rogue isn’t great either. And the warlock is limited. Really, what it comes […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Keg Stand A player in my game wondered what happens if you pour a couple healing potions into one glass and drink them both at the same time? Will the potion miscibility table kick in if they’re all the same […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Ultrazeneca Tenth level monks get the feature Purity of Body, which renders them immune to disease and poison. (Which is ironic if you have the Way of the Drunken Master subclass, as you can no longer get drunk.) Being immune […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Big Bada Boom Picking spells is sometimes tricky. You have the default “adventuring” spells that are designed around combat and kicking ass with a couple utility spells just in case. And maybe the exploration spell choices or wandering around the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Full Contact Game Despite a surprisingly rapid vaccine campaign (in some parts of the world),for many this is still and unobtainable fantasy: physical contact with someone outside your household. The distant dream of sitting around a table with close friends, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Smiling Happy People There’s a standard assumption that every time the PCs complete a quest and walk into a town there will be a new quest and task that needs to be accomplished. No matter how much the players might […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Family Matters I escaped this particular fate myself, but saw and heard of many others who didn’t manage to escape the dreaded clutches of “the little sibling.” But I vaguely remember being the young kid seeing people play the game […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Original Sin Only killed a few angels in my time as a D&D player. They’re a rare enemy. And when you do face off against a celestial, usually they’re fallen or corrupted or mind controlled. But if the DM is […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Incriminating Evidence It’s amazing how often the full details of an evil scheme are clearly laid out in a convenient log or journal. Even if said book is hidden in a secret drawer of a locked wardrobe, this feels like […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Epitaph The difference between an alive and raging barbarian and a painfully dying barbarian can only be discerned if the barbarian dies. Like a cat in a potentially irradiated box, it’s impossible to tell the quantum state of a barbarian’s […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Consumable Since relaunching after my hiatus I have drawn a dick and now am making a butt joke. If I take another break I might use a four-letter word! There’s actually some debate over using goodberry on unconscious creatures. The spell […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
