In Dungeons & Dragons, one person serves as the Dungeon Master, the game’s lead storyteller, and referee. The DM runs the adventure for the players, who navigate its hazards and decide which paths to explore. The DM describes the locations and creatures in an adventure using helpful descript...
Dragons of Stormwreck Isle Become a legendary hero as you battle epic monsters, uncover age-old secrets, and navigate an ancient dragon war. This bundle includes both physical and digital versions of an introductory adventure book, a beginner player’s rulebook, 5 ready-to-play characters, and...
The second big choice to consider is your character’s DnD race (soon to be renamed species by Wizards of the Coast). D&D’s vast fantasy world is replete with all manner of creatures, including Elves, Dwarves, Dragonborn, and more. Your choice of race will also impact your character’s ...
In Dungeons & Dragons, this immersion is taken to the next level because your playersarethe investigators and will dictate how the mystery is resolved. Don your deerstalker hat and pack your pipe, for the game is afoot, dear Watson—today, we’re talking about running murder mysteries in D&D!
So how might I use the systems of DnD to make such a concept come to life? Are there existing artifacts that I could use for this? And what type of creature would be a good fit for the beast? The beast doesn't need any other special properties, just need...
Using forcecage is pricey, and dragons, particularly red ones, are notoriously loathe to give up any treasure, but forcewall isn’t and is still very effective. Offensive uses of teleport effects, well timed, can be brutal. An ancient red dragon could make for a decent quasi-mailman, too...
ancient form of magic to rewrite reality, which is why so much was different in the 3e era. A similar event was used in the Forgotten Realms campaign years later to bridge the gap between 4e and 5eD&D, which was known as the Second Sundering, and it reversed a lot of the unpopular ...
and countless opportunities to become rich. It’s so big that most of the quests in Keys from the Golden Vault can safely be set within or near the city without the players needing to travel far. If an adventure is set in a distant land, then plenty of mages in the city have access...
s Gate 3. But ICOTFR is a) free and b) a blast. Basically, it’s a passive hero management game – you’ll be collecting oodles of classic characters “from throughout the D&D multiverse”, putting them into different formations, and having them battle familiar monsters likeDnD Dragonsand...
This isn’t a minor issue. It’s a big one. It’sthebig one. It’s the issue that all companion systems seem to revolve around. Because there’s a lot at stake. First, there’s the burden it places on whoever has to actually run the NPC. Mechanically. Running any character in D&...