Bear in mind that, for beginner D&D characters, there’s only really one shield option – the shield in the basic rules. You aren’t stuck with a boring hunk of wood and metal for the entire game, though – there should be plenty ofmagic itemsyou can pick up as you progress through ...
As much as I love 5th Edition Dungeons and Dragons, it’s not the most balanced of games. Some mechanics are numerically stronger than others. This doesn’t just hold true for items and spells, but for entire classes as well. I’ve written a lot here on Mythcreants about the variouspowe...
Part of the fun of playing a rogue in D&D 5e besides defeating monsters and stealing their loot is discovering extremely rare items and weaponry. Fortunately, since Rogues do not necessarily have a moral code (I laugh as I type this), there are no restrictions concerning weapons, items, and...
their 3rd-level spells will really help keep them alive and see them through the leveling process. Depending on their specific abilities, including items that grant casting abilities, at this level, a caster gains access to even
If there’s one thing lacking from playing a Monk, it’s that they can’t enjoy their gold coins that much because the class doesn’t benefit much from weapons and armors. But there are items out there that are actually really good for Monks (they just have to talk to the DM to acq...
It’s amazing just how much s$&% is in there. Not prose s$&%. Not advice s$&%. Actual useful game-building tools. I mean, sure, it’s got all the DMG staples about managing games and using rules and magical items of course. But it also provides, for example, a survey of ever...