TTRPG Design Approaches & How to Use Them
Ross Leiser explains top-down, bottom-up, and other approaches to designing homebrew classes for D&D 5e and TTRPGs.
Grappling in 5e: A Complete Guide for Players and Dungeon Masters
While the mechanics of grappling are fairly straightforward, a player or a dungeon master can gain many strategic ideas from exploring this action.
Mörk Borg Review: Stylish and Fun TTRPG
Learn about the appeal and flow of the Mörk Borg TTRPG to see if it’s right for you and your band of temporary player characters!
How To Run Survival Games in 5e: A Year-Long Campaign Retrospective
The survival rules in D&D kinda suck. But don’t worry, I’ve learned a lot from my survival campaign, and I’m here to distill those lessons into an article to fix survival in D&D.
New Thaumaturge Spellcasting Class (Third-Party D&D 5e)
The Thaumaturge is a fresh spellcasting class with new spells to support it that are exciting for veteran D&D 5e players. Here’s my review of Benjamin Huffman’s latest third-party class design.
D&D 5e Best Druid Subclass: Circle Ratings & Ranks
Reviews, ratings, and rankings of each D&D 5e Druid subclass.
Colin Robinson Psychic Vampire D&D 5e Character Build
Learn to play a character that functions as a vampire of energy via words and drabness instead of messy bites. Play as Colin Robinson from What We Do in the Shadows!
3 Steps to Improve Combat Encounters in TTRPGs
I’ll admit, I’ve written somewhat about this topic before, but only because it weighs heavily on my mind when I run a game. As a player who doesn’t particularly enjoy combat, I’ve narrowed down what issues I have with combat and a simple formula to spice up fights in gameplay. These steps take little effort to incorporate and have been tested in my own games.
