Off To the Races! An analysis of the main races in D&D: Dwarves In D&D, there are several different races to choose from when building a character. Each with their own different aspects and abilities to base your character off of. These can give your character extra flavor as you go through your adventures with…
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Dungeon Mastering for Newbies: NPCs: the People you Meet Each Day NPCs. You see them everywhere in D&D. Whether it’s the surly barkeep, or the desperate widow, the evil king, or even the Gods themselves, NPCs are essential in order to flesh out your world. They give quests, add flavor, and can even be your…
Resin Dice: The Care and Keeping You’ve probably seen those videos on social media: a maker pours swirls of rippling resin and glitter into a mold, and you cannot help but be mesmerised by the dyes and inclusions some creative people are putting into these things. Resin art has grown increasingly over the past few…
There’s an App for That! Handy D&D apps/virtual tools for any player or DM While D&D was originally designed for paper, pencil, and tabletop, the technology has grown so much within the past 50 or so years that the rise of apps and other computer programs to help or enhance the game has skyrocketed the…
Class Act: Artificer. A Look At The D&D Artificer Class Artificers are the tinkerers and scientists of the D&D world. Masters of invention and creativity, they use tools to channel their magic and make all the cool things! Artificers are a very varied class that can be SUPER versatile, and very cool, depending on how…
Building Character: My Personal Process Creating a character is arguably one of the most fun, and most stressful parts of the game, as you have to figure out someone totally new and exciting! As mentioned in my previous article Building Character: How to make a good backstory for a D&D game[add backlink]. Building good three-dimensional…
Dungeon Mastering for Newbies: Homebrewing! The Modding Of The D&D World! You’re looking through the Monster Manual, and nothing seems to be fitting for the scene you want to do. You want giant carnivorous plants, and there simply isn’t any in the monster manual, or the other general books. Or, you do have a monster,…
Dungeon Mastering for Newbies: What to Expect When Everything’s Unexpected? Your party is in the middle of a cave, where the Amulet of ABSOLUTE POWER lies. You have everything planned out. You know that they’re probably going to fight some goblins and meet up with a tricky princess on the other side. Everything seems to…
Dungeon Mastering for Newbies: A Guide For Coming Up With Ideas For DMing So, you want to get started on Dungeon Mastering, or DMing, for short. Maybe your friends are asking you to play, or your last campaign split up, or perhaps you have an epic inkling for an idea for an adventure that you…
Gemstone Dice: Treasures of the Earth Gemstone dice are unique in the dice world. They’re a high-end combination of two of the things goblins often like: pretty click-clacks, and pretty rocks. Whether you like them because of the healing properties that some gems and minerals are supposed to have, or because of the natural beauty…
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