(While I was finishing up writing this article on backgrounds, I fell down a wikipedia spiral that resulted in the Bacchus/Maenad Warlock Path, which ended up being the main article this week. However, I did finish up this article as I was dreaming up the path. What that means to you gentle…
One of the most iconic image of ancient Rome is the Colosseum, and the spectacle of the games has left a mark on our culture, from modern sporting events to movies like Gladiator. While most campaigns in D&D focus around the idea of a group of epic heroes fighting against…
D&D has always been a game played among friends, or with strangers who often become friends. Friendship is a type of love, and I thought that for our last article for “Love Month,” I’d try to do a mechanical representation of the bonds of trust and love that form between…
A character’s romantic life is often an overlooked part of D&D. However, the current edition gives players the ability to use downtime to run a business, craft items, or a number of other things. In this article, we will give you rules so you can also use down time to…
I’ve talked on social media about the game I’m running for D&D 5th edition. The Monday after the Players Handbook was released, we fired up a new campaign using the 3rd Edition adventure path Shackled City, which we ended up playing for over a year. On December 21, 2015, we…
Back in my younger days, I worked at a book store while going to school, and because of that I was exposed to a lot of books I probably would never have touched on my own. One day, while flipping through a few books in the Metaphysics section, I came…
The celebration of various occasions is a tradition as old as recorded history, and is an important part of the fabric of any society. Holidays are times when regardless of their differences, tradition unites a community and reminds them of the bonds of family and friendship. Not all holidays are…
One concept that video-games do well Phased Boss fights, where the encounter has a several stages that players work through to defeat the boss. The DMG goes into this a little bit in the multipart encounter section, talking about monsters that fight in waves. This is different as it can…
