D&D: The SADdening

Examining D&D's added ability score flexibility and how the SAD/MAD balance affects characters.

“Typical” Alignment

First glimpses of D&D's Wild Beyond the Witchlight offer 5th Edition's latest attempt to grapple with applying alignment to monsters: "typical" alignment.

Size & Strength DCs

Can giants use their own doors?

Aarakocra Banned?

What do new Adventurer's League changes mean for flying character races?

Is Oath of Heroism OP?

The Oath of Heroism Paladin subclass is D&D's latest Unearthed Arcana playtest release. While the mythological flavor is incredible, the subclass gets some goodies that were historically only available by multiclassing: expanded critical range, Haste as an oath spell, and free attacks. How does this add up to a standard Paladin? We ran the numbers.