D&D's new Giant Barbarian has massive talent, but it shouldn't be the only one who can do a fastball special.
Category: Character Creation
D&D’s Newest Resource Pool Blends Proficiency Scaling and Arcane Recovery
How many uses can you get out of the Runecrafter wizard's new resource pool, which combines proficiency scaling with Arcane Recovery?
Why DMs Are Banning Silvery Barbs
Find out why DMs are banning Silvery Barbs before its even released in D&D's new Strixhaven book.
Beastmaster Character Sheet
A custom character sheet for MCDM's new Beastmaster class.
Give Giff Guns
New Giff features are stacked in a way that hides their value, but they're still missing a critical component of their identity. Guns!
Mercer’s Exandria Unlimited Character Taps New Best Spellcaster Race
What's going on with Matt Mercer's sorcerer build? Some crazy good tech! Here's how it works.
Cutting Words
Trimming a bad mechanic from 5e to improve the flow of combat and eliminate adversarial DMing posture.
There’s More Than One Way to Skin a Class
Examining reasons why creators might tread over an explored design space.
MCDM’s Illrigger Preserves and Pushes 5e Design
Exploring how MCDM's Illrigger class capitalizes on classic 5e design and pushes the envelope with a new spellcasting template.
Session 0+1
There's a lot of cargo cult Session 0 rituals. Let's trim the fat to get players rolling and role-ing the first time they sit down to play D&D.