In Defense of a Light Release Schedule On message boards I frequent, I keep seeing complaints regarding the content-lite release schedule for 5th Edition Dungeons & Dragons. A lot of people really want more: more books, more class & race […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yahoo A savage and feral humanoid, yahoos are naked save for their long hair and the filth coated over their bodies. Human Beasts. Despite being identical to unkept humans, yahoos are aggressive and primitive, and are animals in everything but […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Review: Princes of the Apocalypse The second storyline (read: Adventure Path) for 5th Edition Dungeons & Dragons is called Elemental Evil, which focuses on the cults of several elemental princes and their efforts to take over the Forgotten Realms and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
New Traps Update: A PDF of these traps- expanded and revised – is available exclusively on the DMs Guild site, here. Here are a handful of assorted traps to challenge your players with. Arrow Launcher Mechanical Trap When a creature […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
New Subclasses Here’s some new PC options for your game. Note: The Commander fighter subclass – formerly part of this blog – was removed to comply with the 5e SRD. A PDF of that martial archtype and the related maneuvers […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Animate Entrails Resembling writing intestines ending in a fanged maw, animate entrails are distantly related to tapeworms. The parasites make their homes inside the digestive tracts of unfortunate victims. Living Intestines. Animate entrails devour the digestive organs of their host, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
D&D 5 Review: Dungeon Master’s Guide The Dungeon Master’s Guide is the third and final book of the core rules of 5th Edition Dungeons & Dragons. With its release, the core rules are at long last complete. Or as complete […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Issuing Demands This is a pretty in-joke strip. Sorry. A lot of gamers really want a new Open Game Licence. Even if they don’t plan on starting up a 3rd Party Publishing company, it would be nice to know the legalities […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
D&D 5 Review: Monster Manual September is the Month of Monsters, as Wizards of the Coast releases the third product for 5th Edition Dungeons & Dragons: the terrifying Monster Manual. It’s hyped as “A menagerie of deadly monsters for the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
On The Street I can say a lot of good things about 5th Edition D&D. But what really stood out on my first read-through of the PHB was the lack of summoning. One of my favourite characters from 3e was […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
D&D5 Review: Player’s Handbook Two-and-a-half years after it was first teased, the 5th Edition Dungeons & Dragons Player’s Handbook has been released. The book hits Wizards Play Network (WPN) stores on August 8th and everywhere on the 19th. I really […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Background: Harlot Before you took to adventuring, you were once a member of the oldest profession, exchanging money for the pleasure of your company. The life of a harlot is a dangerous one – only slightly less dangerous than being […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
