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Who is the new D&D Rules Expansion Gift Set for?
There’s a new official Dungeons & Dragons book coming out on Tuesday, but it’s bundled in with the Rules Expansion Gift Set. Due to all of this that we’re living through [waves hands at world] the Gift Set didn’t come out in time for the peak gift-giving time of year. Instead, it’s an oddly timed…
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Try inverting your D&D encounters’ difficulty
When you start with a harder encounter and let your players know they’ll get to use more of those features that they always hold in reserve.
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My Best of 2021
My 21 favorite stories I wrote in 2021
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The Normalization of D&D in Media
This isn’t some niche nerd hobby anymore.
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Narrative character creation in 5th edition
Changeup character creation to follow the way they lived their life before, and the story comes naturally.
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Errata for December 2021 mostly focused on helping your character be yours
A vast majority of new changes are to how player characters are guided towards Alignments, they almost never will be.
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Why DMs Are Banning Silvery Barbs
Originally posted on ThinkDM: Silvery Barbs was an Unearthed Arcana subclass feature that was playtested for the Strixhaven setting. After class-variable subclasses were abandoned, the feature was converted to a level 1 enchantment spell for bards, sorcerers, and wizards. This spell is published in D&D’s new book, Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos. Spell Mechanics The…
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Deck of Many Gifts: A Holiday Shopping Guide
Don’t know what to get for your D&D playing friends? Here’s advice broken down by the style of D&D fan they are.
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Four ways to use Oleg Dolya’s new Neighborhood maps
The latest in Dolya’s procedural maps are a snapshot of a city street or neighborhood. Here’s how to use them in your game.
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The Hunter should be among your D&D Backgrounds
Whether by bow, snare, or spear you are a provider for your people. Start your heroic journey as a Hunter.
