One bard's take on D&D and other things

Month: August 2020

What We Know About Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

This week, Wizards of the Coast announced a new rules expansion book titled Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything. This announcement came with a lot of teasers among the tweets, so let’s sort through some of this information!

This book seems to be in the same vein as Xanathar’s Guide for Everything, with options for both players and Dungeon Masters.

We’ll get more information at the upcoming D&D Celebration event this September. But, for now, we already have some tidbits confirmed that I’m pretty curious about!

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SBotLL Campaign Diary: Conversations

In this session, Nala speaks to a far away ally and is challenged to reconsider some of her ideas. Allora secures a safe place for the evacuation of the Awoken Flame while Finnith attempts to be a listening ear.

These campaign diary posts are where I talk about the campaign I play in and what happened in the most recent session!

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Session Prep: August 2020 CoS Session

While the rest of the group goes over their options, Sirya Aseaquen carefully(?) navigates through Castle Ravenloft on her own. Until she isn’t alone.

In these session prep posts, I go over what I did to prepare for my monthly CoS sessions. I also talk a bit about what happened and what I need to prep for next time!

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Looking at UA: Feats

July’s Unearthed Arcana introduces a variety of new feats for player characters. Feats are an optional mechanic in D&D. When you level up and get an Ability Score Increase, you can choose to instead take a feat. It’s up to your Dungeon Master whether your campaign will use these. Feats can help you customize your character according to your vision for them.

Let’s take a look at these new feats!

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