Tabletalk

Reading Time: 3 minutesWhat is a Tiefling in D&D 5E? What do you get when you mix infernal bloodlines, blazing eyes, and a past steeped in prejudice and power? You get a tiefling—a mysterious and misunderstood playable race in Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition. Tieflings offer rich roleplaying … [continue reading]

Reading Time: 3 minutesLooking for dread-fueled inspiration for your next D&D session? These Ravenloft-compatible adventure hooks are tailor-made to pull your players into a world of mist, monsters, and moral rot. Whether you’re running a one-shot in Barovia or your party just got Mist-napped from Faerun, the Domains … [continue reading]

Reading Time: 7 minutesLast year I wrote about my take on Otik’s Spiced Potatoes original recipe. That was before I realized that Kyle Newman, Jon Peterson, and Michael Witwer would be publishing Heroes’ Feast: The Official D&D Cookbook. Even when I learned of its publication, Otik didn’t enter my … [continue reading]

Reading Time: 6 minutesOn the toxicity of unrequited love In order to speak more about Gollum’s fall, I first want to bring up a poem by one of J. R. R. Tolkien’s contemporaries, W. H. Auden. (Tolkien and Auden died within a month of each other in September … [continue reading]

Reading Time: 2 minutesWhat if we missed Aesop’s point in The Fox and the Grapes? Convention holds that the titular fox of this fable walked away from his snack and declared the grapes sour only after he couldn’t reach them. I haven’t read every fable from Aesop that … [continue reading]