Tabletop RPGs
Retiring a Player Character Before a Campaign Ends
Like it or not, if you’re playing a tabletop RPG such as D&D 5e, there is a story that your table is playing through. I’m […]
Monster Monday
D&D Monster Monday: Werewolf
It’s the final Monster Monday before Halloween! As you know, I’m contractually obligated to highlight an appropriately-spooky creature in honor of the holiday. It was […]
Campaign Planning
How to Select the Perfect Creature(s) for a Combat Encounter
I talk a lot about “building an encounter”. Typically, this is about everything else that goes into creating an interesting encounter and not about what […]
News and Reviews
D&D 5e Supplement Review: The Puppeteer
The Puppeteer by Jonathan Chia and Andrew Seguel is a supplement that brings a brand new class, the puppeteer to D&D 5e. As a puppeteer, […]
Monster Monday
D&D Monster Monday: Fire Elemental Myrmidon
A hulking creature stands before you, illuminating a terrifying red-orange light. With a flash, its enormous scimitar ignites and you feel a scorching pain as […]
Dungeons and Dragons
How to Create a Chase Encounter That Actually Works
A chase encounter in D&D 5e is one type of dynamic encounter that changes the general structure of a typical combat encounter. They’re a fun […]
Mechanics Discussion
A Look Into the Recharge Mechanic in D&D 5e
I’ve been using a lot of elemental myrmidons in my homebrew campaign lately. They’re quite a lot of fun. They can dish-out a truckload of […]
RPG Math
RPG Math: Calculating Probability
There are a plethora of tabletop RPGs out there. If there’s a genre of story, there’s an extremely high chance that there’s at least one […]
Monster Monday
D&D Monster Monday: Gray Ooze
Your entire body is slowly being cooked alive in a living vat of acid. “The buddy system… now I understand why…” you think as your […]
Character Builds
Character Build: Oath of Conquest Paladin
Oath of Conquest Paladin I’ve played various editions of D&D throughout various stages of my life now. Up until 5th edition, though, paladins have generally […]