In this session, the player characters fight to prove their resolve and earn new power for the upcoming battle.
In these Campaign Diary posts, I discuss the campaign I play in and what happened in our most recent session!
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In this session, the player characters fight to prove their resolve and earn new power for the upcoming battle.
In these Campaign Diary posts, I discuss the campaign I play in and what happened in our most recent session!
Continue readingAnother eventful session in the Curse of Strahd campaign last week! The two player characters have been separated from their NPC allies and find themselves in quite a bit of trouble…
In these posts, I talk about what I did to prep for my monthly Curse of Strahd sessions and the results of that prep!
Continue readingThis most recent Unearthed Arcana revises three subclasses from previous articles. The Revived rogue subclass has become the Phantom, the Noble Genie warlock subclass has been revised to the Genie, and the Archivist artificer subclass has become the Order of Scribes wizard.
Also, the survey for the recent Psionics UA is up!
Continue readingIn this SBotLL session, tensions run high as the party tries to plan for the upcoming battle.
In these Campaign Diary posts, I discuss the campaign I play in and what happened in our most recent session!
Continue readingA lot happened in this April’s Curse of Strahd session, so let’s try to unpack some of it.
Continue readingWe got a new Unearthed Arcana last week! The survey for the spells and magic tattoos article is also live.
The new article presents revised psionics options for the fighter, the rogue, and the sorcerer. It also revises the new psionics-themed spells and feats. It looks like this is going to be the official approach to psionics in 5e moving forward, as the article notes, “we’ve decided to say farewell to the mystic and explore other ways of giving players psi-themed powers.”
In this blog post, I’m going to compare the new options with their versions in previous UAs.
Continue readingMysteries were uncovered and plans were set in this SBotLL session.
In these Campaign Diary posts, I discuss the campaign I play in and what happened in our most recent session!
Continue readingCurse of Strahd happened towards the end of March! The party spent a little more time in Argynvostholt, met an old enemy, and planned their next move.
In these posts, I break down what I did to prep for my monthly Curse of Strahd sessions.
Continue readingWe’ve got a surprising new Unearthed Arcana this week! Instead of presenting new subclasses, this UA gives us some new spells and a new type of magic item. Also, the survey for the last UA article is up, so go let your opinions count!
Continue readingHi, all! This post will talk about Knights of the Shadow Realm, a Kickstarter campaign that will run to April 17th. Zac Goins reached out to me earlier with some information and a review copy of part of the campaign, and I thought it sounded pretty cool!
Knights of the Shadow Realm is a campaign for D&D 5e that can take a party from 1st to 20th level. The review module covers the first section of that campaign.
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