Category: D&D 5E

Spell of the Week – Arcane Gate

There are plenty of spells that require you to think creatively if you’re going to make the most of them, but only one of them makes you think with portals.

Spell of the Week – Arcane Eye

In the same way that Dr. Who’s Daleks are an unstoppable race of space-murderers that can be thwarted by a flight of stairs, Arcane Eye would be a game-breaking spell if it wasn’t so bad at dealing with doors.

Ten low-level spells that are always worth preparing

When you begin to approach the end of a campaign it can be hard to know what to do with all those level one spellslots you’re dragging around. After all, even the ever-reliable Fireball loses some of its appeal when you have the ability to drop a dozen flaming meteors from the sky. However, there…

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The Vengeance – The World’s Greatest Heroes for D&D 5E

“In a world filled with heroes, some still manage to stand above their peers. The band known as The Vengeance are among the most respected men and women to have ever taken up arms in defence of righteousness and the very survival of all civilised peoples.”

New Basic Rules Adventures

Following on from the success of A Most Potent Brew, we have published two more pay-what-you-want adventures that can be run using only the basic 5E rules published on the WoTC website.

Fly away home – Dealing with winged PCs

There’s no getting around that fact that flying is awesome. Humans have been dreaming of flight for millennia and we’re more than happy to expend huge amounts of time and money to get up in the air. This means that when we find ourselves messing round in the fantasy world of RPGs, it should come…

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Destined for Failure

‘Supposed-to-lose’ fights have been a staple of games for as long as I’ve been playing them. If done well they allow the players to experience the desperation of a last stand, or hammer home the fact that their foe is operating on a different level to them – for now, at least.

Poly(hedron)amory – The Love of Dice

Once you’ve got a few campaigns under your belt I guarantee that you’ll find yourself in an odd position when it comes to dice. On the one hand, you clearly have too many – all those poly sets are pretty identical, after all – but on the other you know that you always need more.

Con Artist – D&D at the UK Games Expo

For three days in early June the Birmingham NEC played host to the 2016 UK Games Expo. A vast hall was packed to the gills with people chattering about dice, hex-grids and action points, while the nearby Hilton Hotel teemed with tables dedicated to gaming of all sorts.