Time to get familiar with familiars Familiars are like the pets of wizards, warlocks and other spellcasters. They’re animals and other creatures that obey your commands and perform simple tasks on your behalf. But these are no ordinary pets. They can do more than just sit and play dead and certain magical gifts can makeContinue reading “Familiars in D&D 5e: How They Work and How to Use Them”
Category Archives: Rules
How Bastions Work in D&D 2024 (5.5e)
Your own personal base of operations Ever fancied yourself as a local warlord, ruling from your lofty keep? How about a bartender at the local tavern, handing out ale while you listen in on hushed conversations about local legends. Perhaps you fancy yourself as a necromancer, keeping your own ghoulish graveyard or like the ideaContinue reading “How Bastions Work in D&D 2024 (5.5e)”
How the Heck Does Dual Wielding Work in D&D 2024 (5.5e)?
Simplifying all the rules, feats and abilities for dual wielding. As with many other things, dual wielding has undergone something of an overhaul in D&D 2024. Not only have the rules changed slightly, but where they can be found has changed, and there are new and tweaked feats and properties that alter how duel wieldingContinue reading “How the Heck Does Dual Wielding Work in D&D 2024 (5.5e)?”
Social interactions and how they work in D&D 5e
Create slick social interactions with rules and advice for social encounters. D&D isn’t all about combat. That is only a single pillar of D&D with exploration and roleplaying being huge aspects of the game too. What many people may not realise is that social interactions actually have some very specific mechanics. These existed in theContinue reading “Social interactions and how they work in D&D 5e”
Crafting rules revealed for D&D 2024 (5.5e)
Everything revealed about the new crafting rules for D&D 2024 Crafting has always felt a bit tacked on in D&D 5e with clunky rules that weren’t ever really fleshed out. These often left a lot for a DM to determine themselves. Thankfully, D&D 2024 seeks to remedy this with some simple, straightforward and clear rulesContinue reading “Crafting rules revealed for D&D 2024 (5.5e)”
Heroic inspiration: How inspiration is changing for the D&D 2024 (5.5e) revision?
Inspiration is now “heroic inspiration” and it’s getting some heroic sized changes for D&D’s 2024 revision. Wizards of the Coast has been slowly revealing more and more about the new 2024 revision of D&D 5e. Something you may have missed is that inspiration is now known as heroic inspiration and is getting beefed up forContinue reading “Heroic inspiration: How inspiration is changing for the D&D 2024 (5.5e) revision?”
Surprised: How is it changing in the D&D 2024 (5.5e) revision?
Surprise! The rules for being surprised are changing in the 2024 revision of the D&D rules. Here’s everything you need to know. Wizards of the Coast has been slowly revealing more and more about the new 2024 revision of D&D 5e. Hidden among the reveals is the fact that the surprised rule is getting aContinue reading “Surprised: How is it changing in the D&D 2024 (5.5e) revision?”
Weapon mastery: How does the new D&D 5e 2024 rule work?
Everything you need to know about the new weapon mastery rules for D&D 5e 2024 If you’ve been following along with Wizards’ recent announcements for the new Player’s Handbook 2024, you may have noticed some new features of weapons known as weapon mastery. This is an entirely new set of properties available for martial classes.Continue reading “Weapon mastery: How does the new D&D 5e 2024 rule work?”
Optimising for damage type in D&D 5e
Maximise your damage and minimise enemy damage with our complete, mathematical guide to optimising for damage type. Sometimes you have to make a decision around what type of damage resistance or damage type you want to use. For example, if you want to play a Dragonborn, you have to choose the damage type of yourContinue reading “Optimising for damage type in D&D 5e”
Cover in DnD 5e
Rules and tactics for using cover in DnD 5e What is cover? When fighting in D&D 5e, attackers must land a hit by getting past your defences. This is represented by your armor class. The higher your armor class, the harder you are to hit. Lots of things can improve your armor class from beingContinue reading “Cover in DnD 5e”
Languages Guide for DnD 5e
All the languages you can learn and how to learn them The DnD universe is home to a myriad of planets, races, cultures and civilisations and much like our own world, many languages have developed through these natural divisions of people. In DnD, your character will know, and can even choose to learn, new languagesContinue reading “Languages Guide for DnD 5e”
Invisible condition guide in D&D 5e
Learn how the invisible condition works, how you can take advantage of it and protect yourself from others using it The invisible condition is an unusual one in D&D 5e as it’s typically a condition you do want affecting you unlike other conditions like incapacitated or paralyzed. In fact, it can be an extremely helpfulContinue reading “Invisible condition guide in D&D 5e”