While the Player’s Handbook is the most important book for any TTRPG, as the core instructions for play, the game master’s own instruction manual can be the most influential. As the second part of the ...

Greyhawk returns in the new Dungeon Master's Guide, focusing on the original D&D setting by Gary Gygax. Many iconic D&D characters like Vecna and Tasha originate from Oerth, the world of Greyhawk. Old ...

Dungeons & Dragons has arguably never been more popular. Decades after helping send the nation into a satanic panic in the 1980s, the famous role-playing game (RPG) is now mainstream enough to inspire ...

Dungeons and Dragons players know the ropes of playing the game. Creating a character, choosing their class, and reacting to the world set before them through the eyes of their character is pretty ...

DMs should explain D&D's rules as they come up to help new players learn gradually, and to avoid overwhelming them with information early on. Assist new players with character creation to engage them ...

Dungeons & Dragons is a cooperative role-playing game that requires two components: dungeon masters and players. It is the DM that is in charge of creating and shaping the world, narrative, and action ...

While magic classes in Dungeons & Dragons are a crowd favorite, martial classes might be the unsung heroes of most D&D tables ...

Kipp Cozad has been slaying monsters for decades, at least on paper. He started playing Dungeons & Dragons as a 14-year-old in 1978, when a friend who worked at Spencer’s Gifts introduced him to the ...

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After being defeated by a legendary group of heroes, a lich was sentenced to be trapped inside of a cage for nearly 250 years. The undead creature’s skull resides on a prison ship constantly at sea, ...