Ptolus Live with Chris Perkins as Special Guest
I am quite excited to check this out! The above video contains a discussion of an influential D&D campaign run by my favorite RPG guy: Monte Cook.I am going to go through this and peel out all of...
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Dungeons & Dragons - Explorer's Guide to Wildemount Review
You can buy this book right here.Wildemount is the setting created by Matthew Mercer for the second season of Critical Role.OK people, here's what we're going to do. We'll go through this thing...
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Dungeons & Dragons - A Guide to the Hezrou
by Mike SchellI am gearing up to run four classic Monte Cook adventures, all converted to 5th edition. As I prepare them, I have noticed that Monte uses certain monsters in every single module. I guess...
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Dungeons & Dragons - A Guide to the Gray Render
by Tom BaxaToday I'm going to tackle another monster who seems to be a Monte Cook favorite - the Gray Render. We'll go through each edition, and take a look at some gray renders in actual adventures.In...
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Dungeons & Dragons - Laeral Silverhand's Explorer's Kit
You can buy this set right here.Look what showed up in the mail! A new dice set, with all sorts of other stuff. Let's check it out.Dice: I was initially wary of the dice, as they looked like that...
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Lore You Should Know - Nautiloid
The D&D people just put out a video on a topic near and dear to my heart - the nautiloid.What is that? It's a ship - a mind flayer ship. It is featured in the upcoming PC game, Baldur's Gate...
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Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden Promotional Materials
 I got a big old box in the mail today from Wizards of the Coast. In it was piles of stuff linked to the new adventure: Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden.In this post, we'll take a quick look at...
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Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden Dice and Miscellany
 Let's check out the new dice set! You can order this set right here. According to the promotional materials:"To help with your expedition to Icewind Dale we want to arm you with dice that'll bring the...
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A Guide to Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Hopefully once this document is complete, this guide to Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden will help you get a handle on this book in a short amount of time. I'm going to try to boil it down to the...
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How to Run Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
  Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden is a huge book. Chapter 1 is about 100 pages long, and the story is not linear. It can definitely feel overwhelming.I am going to try to help you make sense of...
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Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden Review
  I've finally read the whole book, I wrote a guide to it, I even wrote a "How to Run" article... that means that it's time to write a review of the new D&D adventure: Icewind Dale: Rime of the...
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Dungeons & Dragons - Ice Road Trackers Review
 Now that I've gotten through all of the stuff in the Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden book, I figured that I would check out the first Adventurers League module linked the adventure: Ice Road...
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Dungeons & Dragons - Encounters in the Far North Review
Today we're going to look at a DMs Guild product linked to Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden . This is Encounters in the Far North, a collection of scenarios to place in your Icewind Dale...
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Dragon+ Issue 31
You can read this issue here.Time to get caught up on my Dragon Pluses! Tons of stuff in this one, including a tremendous article on accessibility and D&D which shed some light on a few things for...
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Dungeons & Dragons - A Guide to Arveiaturace
One of my favorite NPCs in Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden is the white dragon, Arveiaturace. I got to thinking about the corpse that rides on her back and decided to wander around the internet...
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Dragon+ Issue 32
You can read this issue right here. I'm still playing catch up with Dragon+, the online magazine that is full of free D&D stuff! Every issue has .pdfs and piles of maps, alongside all sorts of...
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Dungeons & Dragons - A Guide to the Brain in a Jar
Today we're going to look at a really fun D&D monster: The Brain in a Jar. I'm going to go through each edition and pull out the lore so we can get ideas on how to use this really weird, really...
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The Dungeons & Dragons Quarantine Boom
I got an email from the D&D P.R. people hyping up the releases for the 2020 holiday season. I was looking through it, and had a lot of thoughts that felt blog-worthy. I decided to ust go ahead and...
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Dragon+ Issue 33
I'm all caught up now! You can read this issue of Dragon+ right here.Imagining The Ampersand: Wylie BeckertWe get a full look at the alternate cover to Tasha's Cauldron of Everything, by Wylie...
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Dungeons & Dragons - A Guide to Auril, the Frostmaiden
Auril is the main villain in Rime of the Frostmaiden, so I figure it might be handy to go through old products and see if we can dig up any lore that might help run her more effectively in our Icewind...
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