#Dungeon Master&039;s Guide

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D&D 5e's alignment trap

The 5e alignment system is a useful shorthand and a misleading trap. The Outer Planes as presented in the 2014 Player’s Handbook and Dungeon Master’s Guide only make the alignment system’s problems worse. The perfect overlap between alignments and planes—and the total lack of alternative Outer Planes—reinforces the alignment system’s worst inclinations: easy stereotyping, reductionist thinking,…

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Three Great Optional Rules To Spice Up Your D&D Campaign

Three Great Optional Rules To Spice Up Your D&D Campaign

As I prepare to jumpstart an ambitious new campaign with my RPG group of six years, I’m excited to explore several optional rules to enrich my players’ experience–let’s jump into them! 1. Dael Kingsmill’s Major Injuries Magical healing can really lower the stakes for your adventuring party. Have a good enough healer, every cut, bruise, and chopped off limb will be good as new before you can so…

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5 Things the Dungeon Master's Guide Never Planned For

5 Things the Dungeon Master’s Guide Never Planned For

Strap in folks, it’s about to get nerdy. For over 40 years, the world of Dungeons & Dragons has grown, transformed, and expanded to include just about every possible scenario you can think of or imagine. From fighting goblins to overthrowing entire governments, nothing is off limits in this magical universe created by Dungeon Masters (or DMs) around the world. The players of this game of fate…

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Mudando Ritmos de Jogos de D&D - Parte 2: Quando os descansos não são suficientes

Mudando Ritmos de Jogos de D&D – Parte 2: Quando os descansos não são suficientes

Na entrada do novo nível da Torre do Destino eu, João D, seu guia nessa subida prolongada te levo a nova entrada ainda bem parecida com o nível anterior. Devo admitir que gostei de escrever sobre o Descansos longos e mais longos ainda e vou continuar comentando outras regras variantes para D&D 5ª edição, que são apresentadas no Livro do Mestre(DMG) ou outros livros oficiais, e como isso afeta o…

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30 Fantasy Gaming Flash Encounter Ideas

30 Fantasy Gaming Flash Encounter Ideas

Sometimes games don’t flow like we expected them to. You planned to take three hours, and your players get through most of the quest in one. Not everything that happens at the Dungeons & Dragons table has to be part of some epic happenstance, however. Sometimes, small things stand on their own and aren’t at all part of the bigger picture. We as Dungeon Masters need them because it helps us…

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Review: "Dungeon Master's Guide" for "Dungeons & Dragons" 5th Edition

Review: “Dungeon Master’s Guide” for “Dungeons & Dragons” 5th Edition

Back when D&D 3e came out in 2000, the Player’s Handbook came out before the Monster Manual and Dungeon Master’s Guide (which is why, thanks to the OGL, there was a 3rd party monster book available for sale the day the PHB was out but not the official MM.) The Player’s Handbookcontained an insert that gave more information needed to run the game, including some sample monster stats. Later…

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É possível ter uma experiência "Old School" com o D&D 5e?

É possível ter uma experiência “Old School” com o D&D 5e?

Olá Aventureiros ! Eu sou o Mestre Quiral do DM’s Party, e esta é a coluna da Festa dos Mestres no Mundos Colidem. No capítulo de hoje eu resolvi trazer uma discussão de proposta para se jogar D&D 5e, com uma pegada Old school. Mas antes de iniciar essa proposta, eu trago alguns pontos para contextualizar.

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E57 YR1- 5E D&D DMG Villainous Class Options| Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition Dungeon Masters Guide Podcast

E57 YR1- 5E D&D DMG Villainous Class Options| Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition Dungeon Masters Guide Podcast

Episode 57 of Nerdarchy the podcast Year One So the deep dive into the 5th edition Dungeons and Dragons Dungeon Masters Guide begins. We start with the darker side of player options and NPCs. https://soundcloud.com/david-friant-458990853/e55-yr1-were-talking-the-maze-marauding-minotaur-dungeons-and-dragons-monsters-1 5E D&D DMG Villainous Class Options| Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition Dungeon…

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E56 YR1- 5E DMG Nerdarchy's 1st Impression of the Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition Dungeon Masters Guide Podcast

E56 YR1- 5E DMG Nerdarchy’s 1st Impression of the Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition Dungeon Masters Guide Podcast

Episode 56 of Nerdarchy the Podcast Year One Here is our 1st impression vid and podcast of the 5E DMG. We spent quite a bit of time doing micro break downs of the DMG from here on out. We cover each section individually. Going forward I’ll probably combine two or more sections for the podcast.…

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"The Menagerie"- Out of The D&D Encounters Box #20

“The Menagerie”- Out of The D&D Encounters Box #20

Introduction:   It’s always important to read the flavor text. For monsters, magic items, and spells, the flavor text can turn a blase encounter into something more. This very encounter is based upon the little details of one spell – Polymorph. (Page 266 of the Player’s Handbook) However, instead of just using that spell as written, what if you created a special region affected by the spell, and…

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Want more 5e D&D potions? Look no further

Want more 5e D&D potions? Look no further

For those who played Dungeons & Dragons prior to Fifth Edition, they might have noticed some old, favorite potions no longer appearing in the 5e Dungeon Master’s Guide. This makes sense as Fifth Edition is the most streamlined version of the game so far. What to do, then, if you want to include those potions in your current 5e game? Simple. You turn to The Emporium of Uncanny Magic – Lost Potions…

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Can’t find a local D&D game? Check your library

Can’t find a local D&D game? Check your library

If you’re struggling to find a game of Dungeons & Dragons in your area, you might try your local library. For some time a number of libraries have been offering room and time for D&D, sometimes even providing Dungeon Masters for those who want to play. For the last three years, the Durham County Library in North Carolina has held D&D games on Saturday afternoons. The program has become so popular…

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"Down on the Farm" Out of the Box D&D Encounters #6

“Down on the Farm” Out of the Box D&D Encounters #6

Introduction: Often, the most basic of settings can be a great place to put an encounter. What will seem like another boring problem will turn out to be more. When missing goods, livestock and the like become a problem, players always assume that goblins, kobolds, or the usual rogues gallery of villains is to blame. Switching that up from time to time is a good idea, as it keeps the players…

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Easy Roller Dice Company KickStarter Shout Out and Weekly Wrap 4-17-2016 Hello and well met traveler of the Internet, Nerdarchist Dave here with another Weekly Wrap. First off I wanna give a quick shout out to our secret Facebook group The Company of the N.A.G.

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Hello and well met fellow RPG Nerds,

Nerdarchist Dave here with another edition of our Nerdy News and weekly digest. Hope folks got their game on this weekend. Unfortunately Nerdarchy did not. Ted was away at the Wicked Fair convention where his wife was performing. She is a member of a belly dance troupe.

We had been running 4 games a month- Ted’s Gryphongaff 5e game, my 5e Gryphongaff game, my 5th Edition Dungeons and Dragons Underdark game online, and of course Scott Garibay’s Star Wars RPG.

We’ve haven’t played the Underdark game since November. I’m a little sad about that, but it can’t be helped. We almost had it going for tonight, but we couldn’t get everyone.  We have permanently lost one player and are down to four. We are debating whether or not to bring a 5th or keep it at four players. Crossing my fingers for session 5 in March.

Either way I’m excited we’ll be playing Star Wars next weekend. I finally have my own dice to bring to the table with a great dice bag to put them in and it isn’t the Mandalorian dice bag everyone else pretty much uses for carrying their Star Wars RPG dice.

Now onto other cool nerd stuff. We’ve had one of our fellow RPG YouTuber friends meme Ted and I. Ian messaged me with it while we were shooting our weekly vids Tedless. Ryan and I laughed our asses off when we saw it. There is a strong probability it has made it’s way over to Instagram.

By Ian Christensen from the YouTube Channel Fantastic Dimensions.

OK guys I could use your help on this one. I have to admit I’m a little embarrassed. I put together a teaser trailer for YouTube so YouTube will pimp our channel around the Internet a bit more. One of the things is they have to be short. So my idea was to grab different clips from our video content. Here is one of the problems we’ve got close to 900 hundred vids on the channel and I was trying to grab choice clips from memory. Which mine it isn’t the best of.

So here is what I want your help with send me what you think some of our best clips are at Nerdarchy at G mail dot com. Sorry about spelling out the e-mail address, but you know e-mail scrapers. You can also reach out to us through our Facebook page. Those messages get checked fairly frequently. Below is my 1st attempt a trailer. I thought it came out pretty well. Biggest problem is there is a bit to much me in it.

Nerdarchy RPG Teaser Trailer

I’d also like to thank Easy Roller Dice for sending us some really sweet dice bags. My Reversible Wyvern Bag will be either the new home for my D&D dice or my Star Wars RPG dice. Haven’t decided yet.

I don’t believe these are available yet, but worth keeping your eye out for. I am quite happy to have new home for my dice. A little bit ago Nerdarchist Ted did an article on Easy Roller Dice- Here

Or you can just head over to their website- Here

Quick disclaimer: Purchasing products from Easy Roller Dice through a link on this site will result in Nerdarchy earning a small affiliate commission. You’ve been warned!

Now onto our regularly scheduled nerdy content.

On Nerdarchy.com

Board Games in Review – Legendary – Deck Building Game

Player Tips – Ways to get More Immersed in Your RPG – Part 4

A Guide to the fantasy writings of Ty Johnston

Who’s Job is it to Start The D&D Party- Getting the Adventuring Party Together

Player Tips – Adding more Class to your Class – Cleric

The YouTube Channel-

Against the Chaos Tower| Live D&D 5e Game Play Session 16 part 2

February Dungeon Crate Unboxing- Subscription Box for Tabletop RPG Gamers

Random and Not So Random Encounters Tabletop RPG Encounters| DM Tools- What to Work On

Should Player Characters Brew Potions in D&D 5e| GM 911

Allow the Dungeon Masters Narrative| D&D Player Tips

How to Start Encounters in a TableTop RPG| GM 911

Edge of the Empire Star Wars Beginners Game Unboxing and Star Wars RPG Discussion

Overbearing Boyfriends and Bossy Players in Your D&D Game| GM 911

D&D and Ogres Go Together Like Peanut Butter and Chocolate| Dungeons and Dragons Monsters

D&D PvP- Party Versus Player- Hunting The Rogue Warlock| GM 911

D&D Politics- Player Characters Running For Mayor| GM 911

From The Goblin king to The Clockwork Kings| D&D Live Game Play Session 15 Part 1

Until next time “Stay Nerdy”

-Nerdarchist Dave

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This Week’s RPG Edition of the Nerdy News and Weekly Digest (2-14-2016) Hello and well met fellow RPG Nerds, Nerdarchist Dave here with another edition of our Nerdy News and weekly digest.