Races of Athas Update

Banner art by Jason Engle Things are slowing down a little bit and I am seeing a light where I can actually focus on getting this Dark Sun game going. In so doing I've gone back through and made a couple edits and updates to a few of the race entries. The original post and…Read more Races of Athas Update

Medicine Check Upgrade

Medicine is a skill that, at least in my experience is under utilized in 5e. This is likely due to the abundant healing magics and abilities available to characters these days. Indeed with spare the dying as a cantrip and five 1st level healing spells (according to DNDBeyond) available to at least 8 of the…Read more Medicine Check Upgrade

Exploring My Mystic

Header art by Alex Spisak With the hullabaloo regarding psionics in the wake of the recent Unearthed Arcana I had thought to revisit and dig into the Mystic UA that was released a while back. March 13th 2017 actually. Woof that was a while ago. As mentioned in the last post, Brandes Stoddard already did…Read more Exploring My Mystic

Fighter, Rogue, Wizard Or: How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Game

As most of us know, a new Unearthed Arcana was released 11-25-2019 to mixed reviews on the D&D internet. Psionics has been a contentious subject, mostly, I think, because it has not been seamlessly integrated into the D&D game at large despite having been around since almost the very beginning (Eldritch Wizardry 1976).Psionics has been…Read more Fighter, Rogue, Wizard Or: How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Game

Dark Sun 5e: More PC Races

Previously I discussed the core Dark Sun races and classes when considering a 5th edition conversion. Those of us that have been around a bit remember that there was an Expanded and Revised setting released in 1995. I'm not going to get into the politics of which was better, if you played a version and…Read more Dark Sun 5e: More PC Races

Four Elements Monk: Remastered

**Featured art by Francisco Miyara ** The intent behind this revision is to increase the utility of the Four Elements Monk by reorganizing its development tree and adding diversity to the potential pool of abilities a player character can choose for each element. You will notice a language change for the remainder of this piece.…Read more Four Elements Monk: Remastered

Races of Athas (5e Dark Sun conversion)

If you're one of the folks that sees what I say, mostly on Twitter, well then I'm thankful you've run out of binge material on Prime. While you're considering what to watch next (The Expanse), let me show you what I have very slowly been putting together. I'm a huge fan of Dark Sun. I…Read more Races of Athas (5e Dark Sun conversion)

Bridge to the past: Circle Of Spirits

I've talked repeatedly (every chance I get) about how much I love druids in Dungeons and Dragons. Not only that, I've spoken of and shared my home-brew druid circles with a number of folks on Twitter and a few other friends and gamers. I wanted to take the time to go through it and share…Read more Bridge to the past: Circle Of Spirits

Xanathar’s Druids

Similar to the last post about Clerics I wanted to review and discuss the Druid options in Xanathar's Guide to Everything. Druids are my favorite D&D class so I'll have plenty to say, but I shall try to be succinct. Or at least less verbose. Circle of Dreams (Or I wish I was Fey) Art…Read more Xanathar’s Druids

Xanathar’s Clerics

I know there are lots of these posts and reviews out there now and I am very grateful they are there. Seeing what others think and how others interpret the same information allows me to learn and to grow, to experience something I wouldn't have normally come up with. In that vein I want to…Read more Xanathar’s Clerics