Welcome back, my inquisitive roleplaying compatriots! A particularly engaging session of Dungeons & Dragons this weekend inspired me to write/gush about one of the things I love most about my D&D players: the intricate characters they build! While my previous character-building article was a how-to on putting all of the technical details together on a … Continue reading Player Tip: Create Characters, Not Cardboard Cutouts
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DM Workshop: Fixing Racial Ability Score Increases
With a quick perusal of the Player's Handbook for Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition, you'll notice each Race and sub-Race grant characters a bonus to their initial Ability Scores (AS). The standard Human, for example, provides a +1 bonus to every AS and the Mountain Dwarf provides a +2 to Strength and Constitution. Veteran players … Continue reading DM Workshop: Fixing Racial Ability Score Increases
Player Tip: Alignment is a Guide, Not a Nuisance
From the city watchman with a heart of gold to the merciless fiend slaughtering innocents in its wake, all characters in Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition are guided by their Alignment. While we briefly discussed Alignments in the Create your Character post, this post is going to provide a deeper dive into the nuances between … Continue reading Player Tip: Alignment is a Guide, Not a Nuisance
Player Tip: Try New Things
This may seem like a no-brainer, but you'd be surprised by how easy it is to fall into a particular pattern. From game to game, I often find myself playing a Healer-based role because it's what I know and love. This time, we're going to explore the consequences of sticking to what you know, and … Continue reading Player Tip: Try New Things
Player Tip: So You Want to Try a Roleplaying Game?
Unlike my previous DM/GM articles, this one goes out to the players. I'm going to start from the very beginning, for those who are thinking about starting a roleplaying game for the very first time. To clarify, when I say roleplaying game, I'm talking about rule-sets like Dungeons&Dragons, Call of Cthulu, Pathfinder, Hunter: The Reckoning, … Continue reading Player Tip: So You Want to Try a Roleplaying Game?
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