The next version of Dungeons & Dragons has officially been announced, titled One D&D. Unofficially, it's pretty much 5.5E.
Wizards of the Coast also announced an official Dungeons & Dragons VTT for One D&D. You can read about that here.
So Ive been off and on playing in my first 5th edition campaign, The Curse of Strahd, which didn't enamour me to the 5th edition system, but seems fine enough as a campaign. Ravenloft was one of those settings for D&D I always enjoyed the idea of, but never got the chance to play in (the closest...
Level Up is the working title or codename for an upcoming standalone tabletop roleplaying game. This game is conceptualized as an ‘advanced’ version of 5th Edition which adds a little more depth to the rules you already know and love. It will be fully backwards-compatible.
Level Up will be...
WIR: Odyssey of the Dragonlords 5e
I'm going to need some discipline in order to get through this massive 460 page 5e campaign book. I'm certainly going to run it in the future, so what better way to get to know it and inform the board at the same time than a 'where I read' thread?
I'm torn...
It started out over two years ago as Just some noodling on which game to settle on for OSR games.
Today I published my first game. I am quite proud. :)
https://o5rgames.blogspot.com/2019/05/into-unknown-is-now-available-in-print.html
So the next adventure announced by WotC is Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus. Apparently, as the title indicates it starts in Forgotten Realms and then moves to the first layer of Hell.
Probably includes some elements of The Blood War, I wonder how much Planescape they've included or if this...
Today on EN5ider we take on the abstraction of hit points with a new optional rule: Vitality! Get the adventurers more invested in combat by diversifying the effects different types of damage have on the game with Bullet Wounds and Battle Scars.
And if you missed it, three of our most...
EN5ider is getting positively barbaric with today's article--Intriguing Organizations: Tribe of Nar'Adsch! These barbarians are the descendants of a once great kingdom shattered by the doings of a warlock and they have sworn themselves against all things infernal, completely obsessed with...
A new article over on EN5ider! Rolling a natural 20 or a natural 1 has never been so much fun! With these ability check critical effects for your 5E game, there are positive and negative tables for physical, social, medicine, knowledge, and arcane style checks. By Jeff Gomez; illustrated by...
Has anyone found good stuff on DM's Guild?
This Mission to Thay: Nethwatch Keep got a good review by Bryce Lynch of tenfootpole as did this city adventure Rats of Waterdeep. Also heard good things about The Howling Void, The Night of the Rise and the adventures of Ashley Warren are well laid...
You know how it is. Lots of games vying for my attention, but because this hobby is built on network externalities I am once more giving D&D5 material (particularly as it pertains to character creation) a good read.
Some stray thoughts:
I never liked the Champion and Battle Master subclasses...
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