Review: Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes In a somewhat surprising move, Wizards of the Coast opted not to release a new storyline adventure in the spring of 2018, and instead released another sourcebook: Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes. The spiritual sequel to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
D&D Review: Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide After the cancellation of its predecessor and a delay for an uncertain length of time, the first sourcebook for the 5th Edition of Dungeons & Dragons has been released: the Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
What IS D&D? The question is a bit zen but I’m asking anyway: what is Dungeons & Dragons? The obvious answers are “a game” or “a hobby”, or “a book, roughly 300 pages long”. Maybe even a glib “a lifestyle.” […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Building a Fantasy World XV: Other Realms A detailed fantasy world can be called “complete” when as little as a single region has been detailed, typically a small continent or one side of a larger continent. But even with enough […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Building a Fantasy World XIV: Player’s Guide After laboriously establishing the details of your fantasy world, you’ll (hopefully) have a chance to introduce it to your players and run a campaign in your sparkly new world. The adventures have been hooked, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
New Living Campaign I spent a lot of 3rd Edition playing Living Greyhawk before it ending at the onset of 4th Edition to make way for Living Forgotten Realms. With 4e winding down I wonder what will replace LFR. In an ENWorld discussion […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Building a Fantasy World 1.5: Setting Variables Backstory I’ve recently been reading the Kobold Guide to Worldbuilding, a book that isn’t so much a step-by-step guide to building a fantasy world (like this blog series) and instead essays on a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Building a Fantasy World IX: Factions & Organizations An often overlooked element of world building are organizations. Even if they are included, organizations are often limited to the role of antagonists. This might be to avoid heroic groups that might […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Building a Fantasy World VIII: Cities A convention of D&D campaign worlds and much fantasy fiction is the great metropolitan capital, the focal trade-city and hub of the continent, which is often a nation unto itself. This only somewhat reflects […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Building a Fantasy World VII: Deities Most editions of D&D have been very neutral in terms of world lore. Races might receive a small assumption of flavour but this is very easily altered, and most classes make no assumptions regarding […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Building a Fantasy Campaign World VI: Room for Monsters Perfect worlds don’t need heroes, and they certainly don’t need adventurers. Functioning kingdoms do not need to hire mercenaries to do the jobs of soldiers or a police force, civilized areas […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Building a Fantasy Campaign World V: Nations The dominant element in fantasy campaigns tends to be nations, be it tiny city-states like the city of Greyhawk, or massive continent-spanning empires like the Five Nations of pre-Last War Eberron. Expansive and detailed […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
