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Bloodhound Ranger From Frontiers of Eberron: D&D 2024 (5.5e) Optimisation Guide
Become a bounty hunter with this relentless tracker and hunter subclass. Rangers make natural trackers and hunters. However, some have…
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Path of the Demonshard Barbarian From Frontiers of Eberron: D&D 2024 (5.5e) Optimisation Guide
Imbue yourself with the powers of demons with this high retribution barbarian subclass. Demonglass holds the essence of a fiend,…
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Frontiers of Eberron: Quickstone is now available on D&D Beyond
Frontiers of Eberron: Quickstone is now available through D&D Beyond, bringing the 254-page Eberron sourcebook to the digital marketplace and…
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Osteomancer Wizard From Steinhardt’s Guide: D&D 2024 (5.5e) Optimisation Guide
Wield the oft-maligned bone magic and gain defensive and domineering powers. Osteomancy is a magical discipline that is little understood…
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Vampire: The Masquerade – Bound By Blood – D&D 2024 (5.5e) Review
Is the vampiric Kindred class and the rest of the supplement worth buying? If you often keep an eye on…
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Ventrue Kindred Subclass: D&D 2024 (5.5e) Optimisation Guide
Vampiric subclass from Vampire: The Masquerade – Bound By Blood, adapted for D&D 5.5e. Clan Ventrue are a fraternity of…
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Warrior: Daggerheart Class Guide
Warriors offer a great frontline fighter, but there is more to them than meets the eye The Warrior is the…
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Toreador Kindred Subclass: D&D 2024 (5.5e) Optimisation Guide
Vampiric subclass from Vampire: The Masquerade – Bound By Blood, adapted for D&D 5.5e. Clan Toreador are a fraternity of…
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Nosferatu Kindred Subclass: D&D 2024 (5.5e) Optimisation Guide
Vampiric subclass from Vampire: The Masquerade – Bound By Blood, adapted for D&D 5.5e. Clan Nosferstu are a fraternity of…
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Lasombra Kindred Subclass: D&D 2024 (5.5e) Optimisation Guide
Vampiric subclass from Vampire: The Masquerade – Bound By Blood, adapted for D&D 5.5e. Clan Lasombra are a fraternity of…
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Gangrel Subclass: D&D 2024 (5.5e) Optimisation Guide
Vampiric subclass from Vampire: The Masquerade – Bound By Blood, adapted for D&D 5.5e. Clan Gangrel are a fraternity of…
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Brujah Kindred Subclass: D&D 2024 (5.5e) Optimisation Guide
Vampiric subclass from Vampire: The Masquerade – Bound By Blood, adapted for D&D 5.5e. Clan Brujah are a fraternity of…
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D&D: World of Warcraft is real – and it’s arriving soon
When the rumours started circulating, some in the D&D community dismissed them as wishful thinking. But at Gen Con 2026,…
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Everything Wizards of the Coast Announced At Gen Con 2026
Gen Con 2026 was a landmark moment for Dungeons and Dragons. Wizards of the Coast took to the stage for…
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Kindred Class From Vampire: The Masquerade – D&D 2024 (5.5e) Optimisation Guide
A vampiric class adapted from Vampire: The Masquerade for D&D 5.5e. Vampire: The Masquerade was first created back in 1991…
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Jaeger Class From Steinhardt’s Guide – D&D 2024 (5.5e) Optimisation Guide
Bio-engineered hunters with enhanced senses and reactions that build up attacking momentum. Jaegers are the result of dangerous experimentation. They…
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A D&D and World of Warcraft crossover has reportedly leaked ahead of Gen Con
It looks like Dungeons & Dragons’ next major product announcement may have come a little earlier than Wizards of the…
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Analysing the Spells from D&D Beyond Drops for D&D 2024 (5.5e)
Are the new spells worth the subsciption and which should you use? With D&D Beyond Drops, subscribers get weekly new…
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Oath of the Eldritch Hunt From Steinhardt’s Guide: D&D 2024 (5.5e) Optimisation Guide
Hunt down aberrant beings with relentless zeal while trying not to succumb to madness. Oathbound warriors, dedicated to eradicating aberrations,…
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Blade of Radiance Rogue From Steinhardt’s Guide: D&D 2024 (5.5e) Optimisation Guide
Strike down the enemies of the church with this melee-focused, rogue subclass. The blades of radiance are a devout segment…
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Path of the Lightning Vessel Barbarian From Steinhardt’s Guide: D&D 2024 (5.5e) Optimisation Guide
Leap across the battlefield, blasting your enemies with furious lightning. Created by the scions, these barbarians were experimented on as…
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Blood Hound Fighter From Steinhardt’s Guide: D&D 2024 (5.5e) Optimisation Guide
Enhance attacks with your own blood with this high damage, high injury fighter subclass. Blood hounds were created through nightmarish…
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Valda’s Spire of Secrets Player Pack 2 is now available on D&D Beyond
Mage Hand Press has built a devoted following over the years, and Valda’s Spire of Secrets is arguably their best…
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Arcane Archer Fighter: D&D 2024 (5.5e) Optimisation Guide
Fire volleys of arrows and magical shots with this ranged fighter subclass. Trained in a magical method of archery created…
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Transmuter Wizard: D&D 2024 (5.5e) Subclass Optimisation Guide
Transform matter at a whim with this buff/debuff wizard subclass, updated for D&D 2024. Transmuters are wizards that specialise in…
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Building a Nightwalker Rogue in Daggerheart
Strike from the shadows and disappear with the Nightwalker! The rogue is an interesting class to play in Daggerheart. Where…
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Warrior of the Mystic Arts Monk: D&D 2024 (5.5e) Optimisation Guide
Get magical with this spellcasting monk subclass. If you’re a monk player that’s been glancing jealously at fighters with their…
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Vestige Patron Warlock: D&D 2024 (5.5e) Optimisation Guide
Draw upon the powers of a dying god with this companion warlock subclass from Arcana Unleashed. Some gods have become…
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Analysing the Spells from Steinhardt’s Guide to the Eldritch Hunt for D&D 2024 (5.5e)
Analysing whether the spells are any good, how you can use them and which you should take. Steinhardt’s Guide to…
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Arcana Unleashed debuts on September 15th
If you have ever felt like the existing spell list just wasn’t enough, or that your campaign’s magical world needed…
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Torturer Conclave Ranger From Steinhardt’s Guide: D&D 2024 (5.5e) Optimisation Guide
Use torture as a tool with this cruel ranger subclass. One conclave of rangers seeks to preserve peace by any…
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Rating the D&D 2024 Classes and Subclasses on Rarity in the Multiverse
How common is your character in the D&D universe? Players love to make a unique character. And the Player’s Handbook…
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Circle of Symbiosis Druid From Steinhardt’s Guide: D&D 2024 (5.5e) Optimisation Guide
Graft the limbs and body parts of animals to yourself to become one with nature and gain symbiotic powers. Druids…
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The Crooked Moon – D&D 2024 (5.5e) Review
Is Avantris Entertainment’s debut folk horror book for D&D worth the hype? The Crooked Moon is a 3rd party D&D…
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Harvest Domain Cleric: Crooked Moon D&D 5e Optimisation Guide
Adapt with the different powers of the harvest to aid allies and hamper enemies. Harvest domain clerics are worshippers of…
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Steinhardt’s guide to the Eldritch Hunt is now on D&D Beyond
If you’ve ever wanted to play D&D with the vibe of Bloodborne, Steinhardt’s guide to the Eldritch Hunt might be…
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Circle of Wicker Druid: Crooked Moon D&D 5e Optimisation Guide
Create effigies of wicker to hinder enemies and help allies. Druids of the circle of wicker form crude effigies of…
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Circle of the Old Ways Druid: Crooked Moon D&D 5e Optimisation Guide
Command ancient magic of the Elderwood to become a gnarly warden of the forest. Druids of the circle of the…
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Ravenloft: The Horrors Within – D&D 2024 Review
Is the latest venture into the mists of Ravenloft worth buying? Ravenloft: The Horrors Within is the latest expansion to…
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Analysing the New Monsters From Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
How monstrous are the new monsters in D&D 2024’s latest release? Ravenloft: The Horrors Within brings with it a bunch…
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Building a Seraph in Daggerheart: Tier 1
A tanky flier ready to heal allies or hammer enemies! The Seraph is the Daggerheart version of a Paladin, along…
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Analysing the Unearthed Arcana 2026 Villainous Options Update
Finding out of the villainous options have improved through the latest D&D playtest. Wizards of the Coast are back with…
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D&D Beyond’s Q3 2026 partnered content roadmap is here
If you’ve been waiting for a reason to clear your schedule and try a new campaign, D&D Beyond just handed…
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Ranking the Subclasses From Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Working out which subclasses are horrifying and which are horrific. D&D 2024’s latest expansion, comes in the form of a…
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Grave Domain Cleric: D&D 2024 (5.5e) Subclass Optimisation Guide
Guide creatures towards and away from the grave with this revive-focused cleric subclass. Clerics of the grave domain are focused…
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Reborn: D&D 2024 (5.5e) Species Optimisation Guide
Have a 2nd chance at life with this not quite undead species. Reborn are creatures that have died, but for…
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Undead Patron Warlock: D&D 2024 (5.5e) Optimisation Guide
Unleash necrotic powers from powerful, undead entities. Those warlocks that make a pact with an undead patron draw their powers…
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Heliana’s Guide to Monster Hunting: D&D 5e Review
A strong supplement that offers interesting downtime activities and fresh character options Heliana’s Guide to Monster Hunting is a 600+…
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Shadow Sorcery Sorcerer: D&D 2024 (5.5e) Subclass Optimisation Guide
Wreathe yourself in shadow with this stealthy and evasive sorcerer subclass. Sorcerers infused with shadow sorcery draw their powers from…
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Hexblood: D&D 2024 (5.5e) Species Optimisation Guide
Transform into a hag-like being with this fey species that likes to trick and curse. Hexbloods are beings that have…
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College of Spirits Bard: D&D 2024 (5.5e) Optimisation Guide
Summon unpredictable spirits to aid you in combat with this high damage bard subclass. Bards of the college of spirits…
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Phantom Rogue: D&D 2024 (5.5e) Optimisation Guide
Ghostly rogues that tread the path between life and death. Phantoms are rogues that are especially close to death. Not…
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Lupin D&D 2024 (5.5e): Species Optimisation Guide
Deep dive on this lycanthropic species, including tactics and build advice. Lupins are individuals that have been affected by lycanthropy,…
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Reanimator Artificer: D&D 2024 (5.5e) Optimisation Guide
Command corpses and revive the dead with this brand new subclass from Ravenloft: The Horrors Within. Ever wanted to play…
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Hollow Warden Ranger: D&D 2024 (5.5e) Optimisation Guide
Stalk and terrify enemies with this wielder of ancient powers. Within the dark parts of the lands lurk ancient and…
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Warrior of the Pestilent Haze Monk: Crooked Moon D&D 5e Optimisation Guide
Plague your enemies with this high damage, debuffing monk subclass for the Crooked Moon setting. It’s not clear what motivates…
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Best Magic Items for a Fighter in D&D 2024 (5.5e)
Analysing all the best magic item options for a fighter. Everyone loves a magic item in D&D. They come with…
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The Northlands Bundle From Kobold Press has arrived on D&D Beyond for D&D 2024
Kobold Press has brought one of its most well regarded releases to D&D Beyond. The Northlands Bundle, combining the Northlands…
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Lunar Sorcery: D&D 2024 Optimisation Guide for 2014 Subclass
Analysing the 5e (2014) subclass with the new 5.5e (2024) rules. D&D 2024 was built to be backwards compatible with…
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D&D Beyond Drops: New Weekly Content for Beyond Subscribers
Wizards of the Coast has introduced D&D Beyond Drops, a new subscription benefit that delivers fresh content to players and…
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Philosopher Wizard: Crooked Moon D&D 5e Optimisation Guide
Draw on the powers of creation and destruction with this surprisingly alchemical subclass. The philosopher subclass is not a real…
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Analysing the Spells from Heliana’s Guide to Monster Hunting for D&D 5e
Which spells should you choose and which are best. Heliana’s Guide to Monster Hunting gives a load of extra character…
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Occultist Wizard: Crooked Moon D&D 5e Optimisation Guide
Draw from eldritch powers with this high risk, high reward wizard subclass. Occultists don’t just study the occult, they attempt…
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Heliana’s Guide to Monster Hunting: Species Guide for D&D 5e
Theres a plethora of new race options in Heliana’s Guide to Monster Hunting Heliana’s Guide to Monster Hunting is an…
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D&D Beyond Brings Back A La Carte Purchases with New Starter Packs
For the first time since 2024, players can buy individual content on D&D Beyond again. It’s a change that divided…
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Comparing all the subclass spell lists in D&D 5e and 5.5e
Listing out all the spells for each subclass and finding the best and worst options. As I was working out…
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How D&D 2024 (5.5e) Makes Better Use of Your Action Economy
Doing more with your turn in D&D 5.5e. Sometimes I’m asked by players whether it’s worth transitioning from D&D 5e…
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Horned King Patron Warlock: Crooked Moon D&D 5e Optimisation Guide
Curse your enemies with the witchcraft of the horned king. Those warlocks that receive their power from the horned patron,…
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Analysing the Unearthed Arcana 2026 Villainous Subclasses 2 for D&D 5.5e
Deep dive into the latest playtest subclasses for D&D 2024. It’s not even been 3 weeks since Wizards of the…
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Great Fool Patron Warlock: Crooked Moon D&D 5e Optimisation Guide
Mock and torment with the powers of the great fool. The Great Fool is a whimsical entity with a twisted…
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The Talent Subclass Guide for D&D 5e
Which talent subclasses are best and what are they good at? The talent is MCDM’s take on a psionics class.…
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Dr Dhrolin’s Dictionary of Dinosaurs Has Landed on D&D Beyond
The beloved prehistoric sourcebook from real life palaeontologists has arrived on D&D Beyond, and it brings along with it 57…
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Ravenloft: The Horrors Within Arrives June 2026
Wizards of the Coast is returning to the Domains of Dread this summer. After months of relative silence on the…
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The Talent – D&D 5e Class Optimisation Guide
Become a master of psionics with this psychic 3rd party class from MCDM. The Talent is a psionic class (similar…
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Crimson Sorcery Sorcerer: Crooked Moon D&D 5e Optimisation Guide
Weave blood magic to steal and restore vitality with the crimson sorcery sorcerer. Crimson sorcery refers to the innate, magical…
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3rd Party Spells for D&D 5e
Analysing the spells from 3rd party supplements D&D 5e has a vast array of spells with hundreds found in the…
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Analysing the Unearthed Arcana 2026 Villainous Subclasses and Paths of Villainy
Deep dive into the latest playtest subclasses and brand new feat options, the paths of villainy, for D&D 2024. It’s…
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Dhampir Lineage: D&D 5e (2014) Race Optimisation Guide
Thirst for blood with this vampiric lineage Some beings have their very nature transformed by some magic or event. It…
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Heliana’s Guide to Monster Hunting Subclass Guide for D&D 5e
Analysing and rating all the monster hunting subclasses from Heliana’s Guide Heliana’s Guide to Monster Hunting is a 600-page third-party…
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The Griffon’s Saddlebag: Book One Arrives on D&D Beyond — Updated for 2024 Rules
The Griffon’s Saddlebag collection is now complete on D&D Beyond. With Book Two already on the platform following its December…
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College of Whistles Bard: Crooked Moon D&D 5e Optimisation Guide
Use the power of whistling to summon ghostly spirit to enhance allies, teleport the party and cast spells subtly. Bards…
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Satyr: D&D 5e (2014) Race Optimisation Guide
Engage in revels with this whimsical half goat race. Satyrs are whimsical creatures native to the ancient Greek inspired setting…
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Analysing the Spells from The Crooked Moon for D&D 5e
Analysing whether the spells are any good, how you can use them and which you should take. Avantris Entertainment launched…
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Sinner Rogue: Crooked Moon D&D 5e Optimisation Guide
Frustrate your enemies with jinxes and immorality by invoking malefic powers. Sinners take pleasure in the vices of the world.…
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Kender: D&D 5e (2014) Race Optimisation Guide
Taunt and steal stuff with this extremely curious race from the Dragonlance setting. The world of Krynn (the planet of…
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Sneak Attack Tactics for D&D 5e and 5.5e
Analysing the rogue’s unique damage mechanic and how you can maximise its use. Every class has mechanics that help increase…
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Heliana’s Guide Part 2 launches on D&D Beyond as new Mythozoology Kickstarter begins
Heliana’s Guide to Monster Hunting: Part 2 officially launched on D&D Beyond today. The release coincides with the start of…
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Radiant Paths in the Cosmere RPG
How radiant paths work and all the information you need to pick the right radiant path for your Cosmere character.…
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Stoneward Path Optimisation Guide for the Cosmere RPG
Become a protector with this defensive radiant path for the Cosmere RPG Stonewards place the needs of others, especially their…
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Analysing Species That Haven’t Been Updated for D&D 2024 (5.5e) yet
Diving into which species desperately need updating to the new rules and those we’re likely to see in the future.…
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Wizards of the Coast unveils D&D’s 2026 roadmap
Wizards of the Coast has officially revealed its full publishing roadmap for Dungeons & Dragons in 2026 – and it…
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Willshaper Path Optimisation Guide for the Cosmere RPG
Manipulate stone and transport between realms with this intellectual, utility radiant path for the Cosmere RPG. Willshapers seek to embody…
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Tamer Subclass Guide: D&D 5e
Which subclasses are best and what are they good at? Tamers are featured in Loot Tavern Press’ Heliana’s Guide to…
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Tamer: D&D 5e Class Optimisation Guide
Catch ’em all as a Tamer – the Yokai Realm’s monster raising class The Tamer class doesn’t do much to…
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Analysing the Variant Artificer Capstones in Exploring Eberron 2024
Analysing how good the variant artificer capstones are and whether you should allow them at your table Keith Baker is…
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Pugilist Subclass Guide for D&D 2024 (5.5e)
Which pugilist subclasses are best and what are they good at? The pugilist is a longtime 3rd party class for…
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Pugilist – D&D 2024 (5.5e) Class Optimisation Guide
Become a street brawler with this hard punching, 3rd party class for D&D 2024. Pugilists are street brawlers. They’ve learnt…
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3rd Party Classes & Subclasses for D&D 5e
The most popular 3rd party classes and subclasses, outlined and evaluated by us. D&D has a ton of options for…
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Circle of the Forged Druid: D&D 2024 (5.5e) Optimisation Guide
Transform into a creature of steel and stone with this transformer subclass from Keith Baker’s Exploring Eberron book, updated for…
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Warrior of the Living Weapon Monk: D&D 2024 (5.5e) Optimisation Guide
Use your body as a literal weapon with Keith Baker’s monk subclass from Exploring Eberron, revised for D&D 2024. Warriors…
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