Cut From the Same Cookie A variation on racial rules was presented in Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything. While not a lot of content and not a major fix, this was a nice stop-gap patch to signal the designers were aware […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
New Shiny I mock but I’m actually really happy with the races in Volo’s Guide to Monsters. Mostly because they’re less “out of left field” than we normally get from new player races. I’m not scrambling to find a place […] ↓ 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…
Pathfinder Review: Inner Sea Races The latest hardcover release for the Pathfinder Campaign Setting line is Inner Sea Races, the follow-up and companion for Inner Sea Gods and spiritual companion to the Advanced Race Guide. Released a good month ago, […] ↓ 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…
5e: The Playtest Process It’s review time. I refer of course to the end of December surprise of one last playtest package before the end of the year. This would be our fourth real package, excluding the small updates with […] ↓ 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…
Racist D&D has always had sub-races. They went away for a short time during 4th Edition but seem to be making a comeback. Many people don’t like subraces as they clutter the game with multiple confusing different types of elves […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Monsters Characters Responding to a older Rule-of-Three article today. The idea of monstrous PC races was again brought up, spear-headed by folk wanting to play kobolds, which continues to be a fan-favourite monster race for reasons that defy reason. But it could also […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
