Unique Uses of the Creature Codex: Part 1, Peerless Lords
What was the first monster you ever faced in Dungeons & Dragons? Why do we remember the in-game monsters we face off against, down to gritty, visceral detail?
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Folk Magic: Sailor’s Magic
In a world suffused with magic, what kind of Deep Magic do the common folk use in their day to day lives? See how sailors keep things shipshape!
Magical Wastelands: Planar Intrusions
When magical planes intrude on a fantasy world, the results can lay waste. Get a sample of some of the after-effects.
Deep Magic: Pestilent Arcane Spells
In the spirit of Deep Magic, your arcane caster can now explore the putrid potential of vermin and plague with Pestilent Magic.
A Magical City!
Campaign Builder: Cities & Towns is being edited at the moment. For the curious, here’s a morsel to stave off the hunger.
Dungeon Tables: Critical Hits, Part 4
The crits keep coming! Critical hits for radiant, psychic, and acid damage are here!
Dungeon Tables: Critical Hits, Part 3
For crits and giggles, now we’ve got lightning, thunder, and necrotic damage criticals on your melee weapons!
Introducing Players to Roleplaying Games: Making New GMs
No matter how you got to be a GM, you probably want to pass it on. Just as you’ve taught new players how to play, you can help some of them realize the joy of being a GM.
Deep Magic: Spells of the Saints, Part 4
More spells from lost saints to spice up your 5E D&D game! And in some cases, we use the word “saint” very loosely.
That’s the Pits: Down-and-Dirty Pit Fighting Rules
The first rule of Lou’s fight club is let’s talk about it. Pit fighting is one of the most profitable downtime activities in 5E, Lou Anders explains pit fighting rules that let characters of different levels compete.
Skill Challenges for 5E, Part 1
Skill challenges bring the same structure and excitement of a good combat to non-combat encounters! Liven up roleplaying and exploration with these tips!
Bigger Bads: Mage NPCs
The standard NPC stat blocks for wizards don’t handle all the wizards you might meet. Let’s create more generic NPC wizard blocks you can use to fill in gaps!
Children of Typhon: The Iron Keepers
The Iron Keepers are the second sect of Typhon cultists, working to free the Father of Monsters from his imprisonment.
Tome Unleashed: Sarcophagus Slime
The Tome Unleashed series fleshes out monsters from the Tome of Beasts, giving ways to modify existing monsters or introduce them to a campaign.
Unlocking the Vault: Potion of Bouncing
A potion of bouncing makes your next pitfall a non-event! But what other ideas can we bounce off you for this magic item?
Kobold Dispatch: July 2022
Notes on Tome of Heroes, Tome of Beasts 3, Book of Ebon Tides, Warlock and Warlock Lairs, Twitch streams . . . these kobolds have been busy!
