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The Workshop – The Dungeon Master’s Dungeon
Many years ago, a wizard constructed a dungeon. Now, normally, this wouldn’t be an act worth mentioning – after all, wizards make dungeons all the time. At least that’s what we’re told in all of the...
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The Workshop – The Reliquary
Last year I wrote a piece about the way Doctor Strange approached the concept of magical items within the greater MCU – relics were items that were created by sorcerers of old to contain the power of a...
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The Workshop – Cuyler, Tempestborn Storm Herald
I haven’t played much with multi-classing in 5th Edition yet, mainly because I can easily see the appeal of sticking with a single class from levels 1 through 20. However, I know there are big...
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Gift Guide – Xanathar’s Guide to Everything
Xanathar’s Guide to Everything for Wizards of the Coast’s wildly popular and successful 5th Edition of the Dungeons and Dragons roleplaying game will have officially hit every retail channel by the...
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The Workshop – Mechanics Don’t Define You
I recently read a forum post where a poster came down rather hard on 5th Edition Dungeons and Dragons. He was rather up front with the fact that perhaps the game system was just not for him but then...
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The Workshop – Element Benders for DND 5E (Part 1)
These next two articles are going to be a bit longer than normal, so please bear with me, but it segue’s nicely from my last piece about mechanics not defining your character. When Xanathar’s Guide to...
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The Workshop – Element Benders for DND 5E (Part 2)
This week we finish taking a look at the four major element benders from Nickolodeon’s Avatar: The Last Airbender series as envisioned as archetypes for 5th Edition Dungeons and Dragons. As discussed...
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The Workshop – The Reliquary Part Two
This article is a continuation on the them of magical items presented as relics, as discussed in Part One. Instead of retreading that game ground, I’ll let you look back to see the “why” and jump right...
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The Workshop – Games I’m Looking Forward to Playing in 2018
For a number of personal reasons that I won’t elaborate on here, I don’t feel right eulogizing 2017 or giving it a retrospective. It had its ups and its downs like any year, but it was a personally...
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The Workshop: Heroes on Demand – Captain Steve Rogers
I don’t know about the rest of you, but I’m definitely in the mood for some Star Wars right now. Time to go back to what was honestly my least favorite of the three settings for Fantasy Flight Game’s...
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The Workshop: The Goblin Shrieker
Goblin Shrieker (Challenge Rating 1) While they share common blood and ancestry, the goblin shrieker is not your average goblin, as many would-be adventurers have found out. They share many of the same...
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The Workshop: Goblin Rot Magus
Goblin Rot Magus (Challenge Rating 2) Sometimes a rare goblin is born that has the capacity to study the arcane arts. Should that goblin survive to adulthood along with his own likely haphazard...
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The Workshop: Trash Golem
Trash Golem (Challenge Rating 3) This… creation takes the aphorism “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure” to an entirely different level. Created by spellcasters that find themselves living in...
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The Workshop – Nybarg Half Orc Boatswain
Nybarg Half-Orc Fighter (Brute) 3 Armor Class 16 (chain mail) Hit Points 28 (3d10+6) Proficiency Bonus +2 Speed 30 ft Alignment chaotic good Languages Common, Orc Ability Scores Strength 17 (+3)...
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The Workshop: Valoreon – Aasimar Sun Soul Monk
Valoreon Scourge Aasimar Sun Soul Monk 3 Armor Class 14 Hit Points 21 (3d8+3) Proficiency Bonus +2 Speed 40 ft Alignment neutral Languages Common, Celestial Ability Scores Original artist unknown. All...
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The Workshop – Fighter Three Ways (Part 1 of 3)
A few weeks ago I did a piece about how mechanics aren’t the defining factors of your character in Dungeons and Dragons Fifth Edition. While I followed that up with a couple of character builds, I...
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The Workshop – Fighter Three Ways (Part 2 of 3)
Welcome to part two of this three part series that was written as additional follow up to the piece I did about mechanics not defining your character in Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition. This week...
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The Workshop – Fighter Three Ways (Part 3 of 3)
We wrap up this discussion that was prompted by a piece I recently wrote on how the mechanics do not define your character in Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition. And we do so by looking into a third...
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The Workshop – Tiny Dungeon Characters
Just this past week I got my copy of the Tiny Dungeon 2E Kickstarter that I had backed. I was unfamiliar with the game’s first edition, but I saw the names of some gamers that I knew and trusted had...
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The Workshop – Tiny Dungeon 2E Review
As I talked about last week I finally received my Tiny Dungeon 2E rulebook from their recent Kickstarter and I wanted to take a little bit of time to talk about my impressions of the game and some of...
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