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Unearthed Arcana 2023: Player’s Handbook Playtest 5 Breakdown, Part Two

Brandes Stoddard — Fri, 05 May 2023 02:20:14 +0000

Okay, I took the weekend off from writing about this packet so that I could go to the Georgia Renaissance Festival and my house could flood. So, you know, life. Anyway, last time I covered everything up to the Fighter class and Champion subclass, and that brings us to the Sorcerer. It will be absolutely necessary to examine the new Sorcerer-only spells in the first part to get a sense of what this class even means; likewise for the Warlock […]

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UA 2023: Player’s Handbook Playtest 5 Breakdown

Brandes Stoddard — Fri, 28 Apr 2023 17:02:04 +0000

There’s a staggeringly huge new Unearthed Arcana playtest document from WotC, with the new weapons table, five classes (barbarian, fighter, sorcerer, warlock, and wizard), a bunch of new spells, a reversion to 2014 spell prep/spell knowledge (but with the meaning of those terms inverted for some reason), a few new feats, and a few changes to the Rules Glossary. I’m going to say right now that finishing this in one article is not bloody likely, not even with the ridiculous […]

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Chronicles of Eberron – Twogether Studios

Michael Long — Sun, 04 Dec 2022 03:35:00 +0000

Chronicles of Eberron is a new fifth edition Dungeons & Dragons sourcebook from Eberron creator Keith Baker and designer Imogen Gingell. The book explores deep Eberron lore and provides advice for both players and DMs, along with new monsters, treasures, spells, and character options. Chronicles of Eberron is available on the DMs Guild as a PDF and print-on-demand. Join setting creator Keith Baker for another journey across the realms of Eberron, from the trackless void of the Astral Plane to […]

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Welcome to Dragon Talk Is a Love-Letter to People Who Play D&D

Michael Long — Sun, 27 Nov 2022 22:56:51 +0000

D&D podcast hosts Shelly Mazzanoble and Greg Tito shine a spotlight on the D&D community in their new book Each week for the past seven years, Dragon Talk hosts Greg Tito and Shelly Mazzanoble have sat down with D&D fans and creators to share their love of the World’s Greatest Roleplaying Game. Turns out, D&D aficionados come from all walks of life and backgrounds: game designers, actors, streamers, screenplay writers, psychologists, teachers, map- and merry-makers, cosplayers, and cosmographers. Each guest […]

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Monsters of the Multiverse Breakdown, Part Five

Brandes Stoddard — Mon, 08 Aug 2022 12:00:56 +0000

In this, the fifth and probably final article on Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse, I’m digging into the individual stat blocks of some named monsters. Last time out, which was a few more months ago than any of us would have liked, I went through the stat blocks starting with A to identify major trends in monster redesign. The originals of these stat blocks are in Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes. Part One: Aarakocra – Genasi | Part Two: Githyanki — Satyr | Part […]

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Unearthed Arcana 2022: Wonders of the Multiverse Breakdown

Brandes Stoddard — Tue, 19 Jul 2022 20:47:45 +0000

We have a new twelve-page UA release from WotC, offering a wide range of playtest content. It’s not particularly clear what titles any of it might go with – there’s some Giant-related material salient to that previous Giant UA, but there’s also some cosmic stuff with some Planescape vibes that might be part of Spelljammer instead? Life is full of mysteries, and I’m not solving this one today, so let’s dive in. The byline for this UA goes to Makenzie […]

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Unearthed Arcana 2022: Giant Options Breakdown

Brandes Stoddard — Sat, 28 May 2022 18:07:24 +0000

There’s a new Unearthed Arcana to take us into Memorial Day weekend, and “giant” is both its leading adjective and its subject matter. We get three subclasses and ten feats in this document; it’s not clear what exact book this will be for, but it’s got giants on its mind one way or another. This UA’s byline includes Makenzie de Armas, James Wyatt, Ben Petrisor, and Jeremy Crawford. Self-promo Digression: Let me tell you about some cool giant-based content I […]

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Monsters of the Multiverse Breakdown, Part Four

Brandes Stoddard — Tue, 24 May 2022 15:33:56 +0000

This book is finally going on sale as an individual title rather than as part of the gift set, as well as going up on D&D Beyond, so commentary is all over Twitter now. Today I’m getting into Chapter 2: Bestiary – the whole rest of the book, other than some fairly brief Appendices. As a reminder, this book has more than 250 monsters from Volo’s Guide to Monsters and Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes, plus one (1) new creature. I […]

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Monsters of the Multiverse Breakdown, Part Three

Brandes Stoddard — Mon, 11 Apr 2022 20:24:37 +0000

It’s been several weeks, but I’m finally coming back to this series—which isn’t to say that we’re finishing today. No, we’re finishing just the player races today, from sea elves to yuan-ti. Part One: Aarakocra – Genasi | Part Two: Githyanki — Satyr | Part Three: Sea Elf — Yuan-ti Sea Elf Naturally, we here at Under the Seas of Vodari HQ watch this one with intense interest. Humanoid + Elf, Medium, 30-ft speed, swimming speed equal to walking speed. Note […]

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Unearthed Arcana 2022: Heroes of Krynn Breakdown

Brandes Stoddard — Thu, 10 Mar 2022 13:00:39 +0000

Spelljammer Dragonlance confirmed! In the first UA of the year, we get a bunch of player-facing mechanics for Dragonlance: a race, a subclass, two backgrounds, and a fistful of feats. My commentary will, as a result, be all over the place. The byline on this one includes Ben Petrisor, F. Wesley Schneider, and Jeremy Crawford. Kender I think I can safely say that kender are the single most divisive element, among D&D fans, in all of Dragonlance. This text sets […]

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