Why 4th Edition Monster Design was Terrible There’s been a curious throwback on #dnd Twitter the last few days, praising 4th Edition monster design (and to a lesser extent, 4e encounter design). 4th Edition was a divisive version of D&D […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Puppet Master Hey, a #flumphening strip that isn’t about the comedy intersection of a flumph and the tropes of a D&D class. I’m as surprised as you are. D&D players are creative bunch. If you give them a magic rock […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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…
Trust Nothing Anything around you could be a mimic right now. Your desk. Your couch. Depending on the skill of the mimic, maybe even your computer. Is your dog being unusual quiet? Mimic! Your bike tires seem flatter for no […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
D&D Review: Volo’s Guide to Monsters The first major monster expansion by Wizards of the Coast for 5th Edition Dungeons & Dragons (and the second official accessory for the tabletop RPG game), Volo’s Guide to Monsters is an odd duck […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Real Monster At the time of this writing, this was an oddly topical strip. There were numerous “scary clown” sightings across the western world, in North America and the UK. The internet was to blame of course. It was […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
5e Review: Tome of Beasts Kobold Press has published several small products for the 5th Edition of “the world’s Oldest Role-Playing Game” aka Dungeons & Dragons. Their previous efforts were small player accessories of races and a few adventures. Last […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Judgmental Eye Tyrant This strip is super esoteric, even for a webcomic specializing in d20 humour. To explain the joke a little, there are lots of subraces of beholders with slight variances, who are all incredibly xenophobic to each other, believing […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Pathfinder Review: Bestiary 5 The common wisdom among d20 roleplaying gamers is that you can never have too many monsters. Paizo seems to be putting this to the test with Bestiary 5, which – despite the numeral in the name […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Feed the Beast Sometimes you stop and wonder what monsters eat. Dragons and the like seem easy, as they’re carnivorous and willing to devour almost anything – but stopping to consider the quantity of food needed raises questions. But how about […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Monstrous Races Here are five new races for your 5th Edition game: the undeade dhampyr, the savage gnoll, the treacherous goblin, the sly kobold, and the deceptive tengu. Dhampyr “But first, on earth as vampire sent, Thy corpse shall from […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Random Encounter Tables Here are six random encounter tables for your 5th Edition campaigns. Low-Level Grassland Encounters d8 + d12 Encounter 2 1 manticore 3 2 giant vultures (50%) or 22 axe beaks (50%) 4 1 rhinoceros 5 2 gnolls […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
