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Reading Time: 8 minutesIf you play it safe in Forbidden Lands, you fall behind. The game’s Willpower system makes that clear almost immediately. You don’t build up power by succeeding: you build it by pushing your rolls, taking damage, and gambling on outcomes that could just as easily make … [continue reading]
Reading Time: 6 minutesIn the first season of Stranger Things, the kids huddle around a table, dice scattered across graph paper maps, as they face down “the Demogorgon.” In official D&D lore, Demogorgon is the Prince of Demons, but for the kids, it became the stand-in name for their terrifying … [continue reading]
Reading Time: 3 minutesLearn D&D by Playing It: A Kid-Friendly, Beginner-Wise Adventure That Builds Your Character as You Go Learning to play Dungeons & Dragons shouldn’t feel like a homework assignment. For new players—especially kids—the idea of flipping through a 320-page rulebook before rolling any dice can be … [continue reading]
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn Dinosaur Princesses by Hamish and Dana Cameron, players play as literal dinosaur princesses (regardless of gender). Unlike many role-playing games, all you need to play is a 47-page rulebook, a fistful of 6-sided dice, and a first-grade education. For players ages 6 and up, … [continue reading]
Reading Time: < 1 minute5E Monsters with Flying This resource is designed to help players and dungeon masters quickly find 5E monsters with flying speeds. The reasons one might need such a resource are as varied as the reasons one might play Dungeons & Dragons in the first place. … [continue reading]
Reading Time: 4 minutesDungeons & Dragons rules can sometimes be bloated or confusing. For the most part, 5E mitigates the bloat and confusion that its predecessors were notorious for. One issue comes when rules have similar verbiage to earlier editions yet are distinct in the new one (such … [continue reading]
Reading Time: 3 minutesWhen you state a painful truth like “in 5E, surprise rounds don’t exist,” you tend to draw a lot of attention to yourself. Some people will invoke Dudeism and say, “Yeah? Well, you know, that’s just like uh, your opinion, man.” Some—usually those who are … [continue reading]
Reading Time: 4 minutesAccording to pages 183-185 of the Player’s Handbook, darkvision means a creature with this trait can: “see in darkness as if the darkness were dim light, so areas of darkness are only lightly obscured as far as that creature is concerned. However, the creature can’t discern … [continue reading]
Reading Time: 4 minutesWailer’s Hold is abandoned. Or was. When I ran some Forbidden Lands RPG sessions earlier this year the players chose to journey towards Wailer’s Hold. Rather than let the abandoned site wallow in disepair and enshrouded in mystery, I decided an opportunistic entrepreneur would try … [continue reading]
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