Using Oozes Effectively – A 5e Encounter Design
Recently, I had the opportunity to explore using Oozes in a 5e “combat” encounter. My party was heading to a
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Category: DM Advice
Lost in the Woods? How to Hex Crawl in 5e
Fifth Edition’s approach to exploration gets a bad rap. Hex crawling is often seen as an OSR affectation, with 5e
After the Starter set? Level five and beyond…
Hands up how many have played the Starter or Essentials set, have reached level five and stalled out, wondering “what’s
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Training, Ritual, and Ceremony in Leveling Up Tiers
Tiers We bandy about the term tiers fairly often. They come up when we’re talking about how ‘hard’ an adventure
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Turncoat Villain 2: Building Better Baddies
Previously, on Blog Post Z: Return of the Turncoat Villain. You want to write a mastermind villain, but your players
Big Brains & Reversible Jackets: The Turncoat Villain
No Plan Survives First Contact With A Horny Bard Who doesn’t love a good mastermind villain? You’ve got your grand
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Polydismorphia; The Shapeshifting Sickness Of The Elves
The transmutation of living beings is one of the great benchmarks of magical progress. Academic arcanists have long attempted to imitate what elves and druids arrive at so easily: the power and freedom of polymorphia, the ability to change your form as one changes clothes. Yet, like all magic power, it comes at a cost. Forcing the mind and soul through multiple bodies can leave lingering marks on the ego, like a palimpsest self. … Continue readingPolydismorphia; The Shapeshifting Sickness Of The Elves
Creating Narrative Cost for Magic in 5th Edition
World-shaping Power At Dollar Store Prices I want to talk to you about magic. Make no mistake; magic is rad.
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Carousing Catastrophes and Social Solutions to the Party Problem
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How to Reclaim Alignment and Empower Imaginative Character Narrative, Easily
Good vs. Evil, Laws vs. Chaos, easy. It doesn’t take much to see this “easy” solution fall over, however. In this article, I would like to explore the possibilities available behind the idea of alignment and a simple implementation change that can bring new life into this old standby. … Continue readingHow to Reclaim Alignment and Empower Imaginative Character Narrative, Easily