Points of Light

A Sundered World: Shaman Playbook Draft

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

We have shown you quite a few locations within A Sundered World , so this time I figured we would change gears and give you a preview draft ...

Wandering Monsters: Other Elementals

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

The first look at elementals pertained to generic elementals and genies. I said way back then that I disliked how some of the elementals ...

Naming Conventions & Background

Monday, July 22, 2013

The Perks of Being A Myth Junkie In the Forgotten Realms, there is the kingdom of Cormyr, which is essentially Camelot with war wizards....

Legends & Lore: Roleplaying

Monday, July 22, 2013

Though Dungeons & Dragons is the iconic role-playing game, there is not much in the game that really rewards or enforces a consistent...

Luansidhe - The Faerie Moon

Saturday, July 20, 2013

Before the great Sundering, the realm of Faerie was a lush, verdant mirror to the Prime Materia, brilliantly teeming with life and ru...

D&DN Q&A: Feats, Feats, And More Feats

Thursday, July 18, 2013

I mentioned earlier this week that I am getting to the point where I think that feats should just be dropped from the game, and this week...

Wandering Monsters: Plants

Tuesday, July 16, 2013

I am not sure whether or not I should be surprised that while past Wandering Monsters articles have talked about fey and underdark denize...

Legends & Lore: Meaty Feats

Monday, July 15, 2013

I have talked about feats a couple of times already, so to sum up my prior experience I will say that I felt 3rd Edition feats to be a p...

D&DN Q&A: Cosmology & Monsters

Friday, July 12, 2013

I have mentioned several times now that the best approach for handling the default cosmology is to not give as a default one; give us a to...

Blackscale Swamp Map

Thursday, July 11, 2013

A map that Victor whipped up for a Dungeons & Dragons/Dungeon World/ probably FATE (which I picked up last week) adventure I am working...

Wandering Monsters: Monster Mashups

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

To me the best kinds of monsters have both interesting flavor content and combat applications. They spark the imagination, making you want...

Legends & Lore: Monsters and the World

Tuesday, July 09, 2013

Last week Mearls talked about their approach to planes, specifically mentioning that the relationship between Ravenloft and the Shadowfell i...

Wandering Monsters: Unlikely Heroes

Wednesday, July 03, 2013

This week's Wandering Monsters is about letting players run with the normally wrong crowd . As someone who has played an earth elemen...

Legends & Lore: The Many Worlds of D&D

Monday, July 01, 2013

One thing I (usually) like about Dungeons & Dragons is that there is no default world (though I guess 3rd Edition kind of implied Gre...

D&DN Q&A: Modular Features, Paladin Alignment & Legendary Creatures

Thursday, June 27, 2013

I have blogged numerous times about why I do not like wizards, ways I might do magic , and how to make some of the existing classes m...

Wandering Monsters: Big Beasts

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Where last week's Wandering Monsters pertained to giant bugs , this week we get to look at giant entries from a trio of other biologi...

Legends & Lore: System vs. Content

Monday, June 24, 2013

I hated adventure design in 3rd Edition at any level. Early on it was because of limited hit points, reliance on certain class features ...

Aurora: The Wandering Empire

Sunday, June 23, 2013

Long, long ago in the time before the Sundering, there were gods who held dominion over the celestial heavens and influenced the people o...

D&DN Q&A: Legendary Difficulty

Friday, June 21, 2013

Earlier this week we got our first glimpse at 5th Edition's kind-of answer to 4th Edition's solo monster. Understandably this rais...

D&D Next: Drafting the Druid

Thursday, June 20, 2013

I had a number of complaints regarding the druid just from reading it since its initial release—per day wildshaping and spells, and set-in-s...

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