Choose Your Own Adventure novels (or pick a path novels) allow you to make a choice at the end of a section and they tell you which page to turn to. These books take what was once a simple story and give the reader some agency over what happens next. While they may not seem …
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If your players are like most out there they likely hate dying in a session. We get it, dying sucks. But what if we told you could kill your player’s characters and they’ll still have fun? There are plenty of ways to augment your game so that dying isn’t a terrible thing. We’ll give a …
In Dungeons & Dragons’ recently released book Mythic Odysseys of Theros players get to explore a world once reserved for players of Magic: The Gathering. With this crossover book the Greek mythology inspired world has become open for dungeon masters to explore with their players. While the book offers a lot to love, perhaps the …
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Have you ever wished you could get some of the Wizards of The Coast’s Unearthed Arcana material in hardcover print? Well you’re in luck! Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything, releasing later this year, is that and more. The book looks to collect subclasses from Unearthed Arcana, normalize previous mechanics from other Eberron settings for use in …
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Wizards of the Coast, owner of Dungeons & Dragons and Magic: The Gathering, have continued their recent crossover of the two properties in some exciting ways. Starting in 2018, Wizards announced and released their first crossover product: The Guildmaster’s Guide to Ravnica. This introduced characters, stories, and campaign settings from the MTG universe into DnD …
Crafting sucks in 5e. Do you want to make a weak poison that’s unable to kill almost anything? That’ll take you at least 20 days, and that assumes you have what you need to make it and the proficiency to do so. Want to make something better, like a magical item? That could take you …
Electrum is a unit of currency in DnD between a silver piece and gold piece and everyone seems to hate it. This article will likely incite angry emails from electrum’s staunch defenders, but we’re not passing judgement. We’re simply here to explain where electrum comes from, why it’s used at all, and why it’s generally …
In DnD having cultural notes on your settings can be both a tremendous time saver and a functional tool. When doing any amount of world building these things can get overwhelming quickly. Trying to hold on to too many details makes it hard to create and organize thoughts in a useful way. A little bit …
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Names are important in DnD. We’ve already taken a dive into How to Create Good DnD Names. Now we need to go a step further and talk about how to help your players choose good character names that match your game. Players often ask “How do I name my DnD Character?” and feel lost when …
When creating things for your DnD session you can easily sink hours into preparation. This isn’t really a problem when you like session preparation, but it is possible you might run into an efficiency problem. Some types of content are harder to generate than others and you might end up spending more time on a …
