Get tough and cunning with the Vulpera species from D&D: World of Warcraft. The Vulpera are a fox-like playable species from D&D: World of Warcraft. They’re surprisingly hardy for small folk and have an impressive cunning in combat. All of this makes for a species that leans towards being more adept in melee than atContinue reading “Vulpera D&D 2024 (5.5e) WoW Species Optimisation Guide”
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Troll D&D 2024 (5.5e) WoW Species Optimisation Guide
Attack with frenzied aggression with the regenerative Troll species from D&D: World of Warcraft. Trolls are now a playable species through D&D: World of Warcraft. They’re different from the trolls typically found in D&D, being more humanoid and intelligent than the monstrous versions found outside of Azeroth. That’s not to say that they’re not stillContinue reading “Troll D&D 2024 (5.5e) WoW Species Optimisation Guide”
Pandaren D&D 2024 (5.5e) WoW Species Optimisation Guide
Weave through combat with lightning reflexes as World of Warcraft’s Pandaren species. The Pandaren are a species exclusive to the World of Warcraft setting. They’re panda-like humanoids with some monk-ish capabilities which can be handy for monks and other melee classes. Primarily, you get a species that works really well for hit and run tacticsContinue reading “Pandaren D&D 2024 (5.5e) WoW Species Optimisation Guide”
Analysing the New Weapons For D&D 2024 (5.5e) From D&D Beyond Drops
The first new weapons for D&D 5.5e; the pitchfork, weighted chain and bola. For the first time ever, we have some new weapons to play with in 5.5e. Martials rejoice! D&D Beyond Drops (the perks from D&D Beyond’s subscription) has gifted 3 brand new weapons and they come with some interesting options for character builds.Continue reading “Analysing the New Weapons For D&D 2024 (5.5e) From D&D Beyond Drops”
Bariaur: D&D 2024 (5.5e) Species Optimisation Guide
Charge into the fray with this quick and aggressive species from D&D Beyond Drops. D&D Beyond Drops has blessed us with another new species in the form of the celestial Bariaur. Like a centaur, but with the lower half of a sheep, Bariaurs like a fight using their heightened speed to close the gap betweenContinue reading “Bariaur: D&D 2024 (5.5e) Species Optimisation Guide”
Mechagnome: D&D 2024 (5.5e) WoW Species Optimisation Guide
Use a technologically enhanced body to become tougher and more reliable. Mechagnomes are the construct creations of the titans and the precursor to the Gnomish species before the flesh curse transformed them. Some Gnomes have used technology to help them transform into these mechanised forms once again, merging flesh with technology to become Mechagnomes. TheContinue reading “Mechagnome: D&D 2024 (5.5e) WoW Species Optimisation Guide”
Path of the Spiritual Guardian Barbarian: D&D 2024 (5.5e) Optimisation Guide
Call upon nature spirits to grant protective and offensive powers. In D&D: World of Warcraft, barbarians have been re-skinned into shamans and the path of the spiritual guardians is one of the subclasses that can be used as a shaman with a slight alteration to one of the barbarian features (primal knowledge becoming the totemsContinue reading “Path of the Spiritual Guardian Barbarian: D&D 2024 (5.5e) Optimisation Guide”
Earthen: D&D 2024 (5.5e) WoW Species Optimisation Guide
Heal and harm with this stony dwarvish species from D&D: World of Warcraft. Earthen are what Dwarves once were. Formed of living stone, they look very much like hardened Dwarves. In fact, Dwarves are what become of Earthen that succumb to the flesh curse. They possess an enhanced version of a Dragonborn’s breath weapon andContinue reading “Earthen: D&D 2024 (5.5e) WoW Species Optimisation Guide”
Path of the Elements Barbarian: D&D 2024 (5.5e) Optimisation Guide
Harness elemental energy to strike down your foes. In D&D: World of Warcraft, barbarians have been re-skinned into shamans. This is a fairly controversial choice. Barbarians do culturally match shamans reasonably closely, but lack the spellcasting capabilities of shamans. I was curious to see how they would implement this and largely, it seems that theyContinue reading “Path of the Elements Barbarian: D&D 2024 (5.5e) Optimisation Guide”
Dracthyr: D&D 2024 (5.5e) WoW Species Optimisation Guide
Take flight with World of Warcraft’s own version of the Dragonborn species. The Dracthyr are the World of Warcraft equivalent to Dragonborn. They lack breath weapons or the the elemental resilience of their D&D equivalents, but make up for this with powerful tails and wings that cause unarmed strikes alongside the ability to glide andContinue reading “Dracthyr: D&D 2024 (5.5e) WoW Species Optimisation Guide”
Analysing the Feats From D&D: World of Warcraft for D&D 2024 (5.5e)
The feats in D&D: WoW are mostly either excellent or terrible, but when they’re excellent, they’re often fiddly too. D&D: World of Warcraft has many new character options to allow players to build characters in the world of Azeroth. To aid creating a Warcraft character, there are a handful of feats. Primarily, these are forContinue reading “Analysing the Feats From D&D: World of Warcraft for D&D 2024 (5.5e)”
Analysing the Spells from D&D: World of Warcraft for D&D 2024 (5.5e)
Are the new spells for D&D 5.5e any good and which are best? D&D: World of Warcraft attempts to adapt D&D into a World of Warcraft (WoW) setting. That means bringing in all sorts of WoW character options, including loads of spells to help players realise the fantasy of playing their WoW characters on theContinue reading “Analysing the Spells from D&D: World of Warcraft for D&D 2024 (5.5e)”