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Changes to Race Options in Eberron: Rising from the Last War

November 25, 2019 / Fen / 2 Comments

Eberron: Rising from the Last War is here! This is a setting book for the world of Eberron, which gives a different spin to the world of Dungeons & Dragons. In this world, players can choose unique race options besides the ones presented in the Player’s Handbook—the changeling, kalashtar, shifter, and warforged.

Wayfinder’s Guide to Eberron gave us the latest version of these options before Rising from the Last War, and there have definitely been some changes! In this post, we’ll talk about these updates. (This post is mainly focused on the changeling, kalashtar, shifter, and warforged options, so we won’t address any changes made to the dragonmark character options just yet.)

Looking at UA: Class Feature Variants

November 11, 2019 / Fen / 2 Comments

Hoo boy, this Unearthed Arcana is a real big one. In this UA article, each class receives at least one enhancement or replacement for a class feature. Wizards of the Coast has portrayed these feature variants as options for a DM to enable at their discretion in their campaigns.

Also, the survey for the last Unearthed Arcana is available!

So let’s get into this big ol’ article.

Session Prep: October CoS Session

October 28, 2019 / Fen / 0 Comments

October is the perfect month for Curse of Strahd! The Friday before Halloween, we were able to hop on and do a CoS session, right as the weather is cooling down and the leaves are changing.

In this series, I’m writing about how I prep my monthly CoS sessions and the results of that preparation. I’ve been able to learn a lot about how I need to prep generally and for this specific group.

Session Prep: September CoS Session

September 16, 2019 / Fen / 0 Comments

It’s been a while since our last one, but finally we could all hop on and do another Curse of Strahd session!

Changing Your Character After Starting a Campaign

August 5, 2019 / Fen / 0 Comments

The nature of Dungeons & Dragons—and the nature of anything that includes improvisation—is that your ideas will not survive first contact with the game. That’s okay! That’s part of what makes the game unpredictable and exciting.

And as you play, you may find yourself needing to/wanting to change your character. What do you do then?

Looking at the Strongholds & Followers Hardback

July 29, 2019 / Fen / 0 Comments

In February 2018, MCDM Productions had their first Kickstarter, Strongholds & Streaming. It was wildly successful, and now many backers (including me) have received their backer rewards!

I wrote a more in-depth review of the Strongholds & Followers content already, but let’s take a look at this shiny new hardcover!

Looking at the D&D Essentials Kit

July 22, 2019 / Fen / 0 Comments

Last month, the D&D Essentials Kit started to appear in Targets around the U.S. It’s priced at $24.99, and it will be exclusive to Target until September 3^rd.

Now that I’ve got my hands on it, let’s take a look!

Session Prep: June CoS Session

July 8, 2019 / Fen / 0 Comments

It’s July, but here’s how last month’s Curse of Strahd session went!

Session Prep: May CoS Session

May 20, 2019 / Fen / 0 Comments

This time, we got to one of the coolest parts of Curse of Strahd’s rising action—the tarokka card reading. The party had a few questions for Madam Eva as well, as they attempt to unravel the tangled fates that reach throughout Barovia.

In this series, I’m talking about how I prep my monthly CoS sessions and the results of that preparation. I’m learning a lot about what works for me and my group!

Session Prep: April CoS Session

May 6, 2019 / Fen / 0 Comments

The Curse of Strahd campaign is going strong, complete with a new ally and a close brush with death. Here, I’ll talk about what I did to prepare for the session and discuss how that turned out!