The Free Rules document for 2024 has been released. I’ll be working through understanding the changes in this article, which may get longer as I find more notable changes. Notable Similarities Actions in Combat Although most attack actions are unchanged but there are some new ones. See Influence, Study and Read more
I recently finished the first book Primal Hunter by Zogarth. For those of you who aren’t familiar with it, the main character is a person from our world who is transplanted into a world very much like a video game version of Dungeons and Dragons. The genres of LitRPG and Read more
The Humblewood Campaign Setting bring us a raft of new character race options. I’ve talked about them a bit in an early article on how to manage flying PCs. As I do here, I’ve gotten into the nuts and bolts of calculating the average heights of the difference races. The Read more
Flying PCs in DnD can be a challenge for Dungeon Masters, especially early in the game. I’ve heard of more than a few DMs who ban playable races that have flight. All of the new content from Humblewood got me thinking about this. For me, offering my players the broadest Read more
One of the things I see new DMs struggle with is how to determine combat encounter difficulty. The Basic Rules cover this topic. They don’t seem to give DM’s a lot of confidence, though. Because of this I think its worth covering them again. Here’s what I have to tell Read more