Wield dark powers to become a more resilient and melee-focused magi. The Knights Stygian are a subclass of the Magus class from 3rd party creator, Sterling Vermin. They use any means necessary to eradicate evil, even taking on dark, necromantic magic to accomplish their goals. The Knights Stygian use their necrotic powers to drain theirContinue reading “Knights Stygian Magus – D&D 2024 (5.5e) Subclass Optimisation Guide”
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Analysing the New Spells From The Magus Class for D&D 2024 (5.5e)
Lots of interesting spells add more tools for the magus and other spellcasters. With Sterling Vermin’s 3rd party class, the Magus, there’s a need to flesh out their spellcasting capabilities with a range of additional spells. These spells lean into the capabilities of an intelligence Gish class, leaning on combat-oriented spells and some more wizardlyContinue reading “Analysing the New Spells From The Magus Class for D&D 2024 (5.5e)”
Heaven’s Guard Magus – D&D 2024 (5.5e) Subclass Optimisation Guide
Gain heavenly healing and protective powers with this holy order of magi from 3rd party creator, Sterling Vermin. The Heaven’s Guard are a subclass of the Magus class from 3rd party creator, Sterling Vermin. They protect the holy and sanctified places of the world as well as those that are placed under their protection. TheyContinue reading “Heaven’s Guard Magus – D&D 2024 (5.5e) Subclass Optimisation Guide”
Arcana Unleashed Review
Some of the best and most interesting new gameplay options yet for D&D 5.5e. Arcana Unleashed is Wizards of the Coast’s latest, official rules expansion for D&D 5.5e. It follows on from Ravenloft: The Horrors Within back in June, but rather than tackling a setting, as the other rules expansions for 5.5e have done, ArcanaContinue reading “Arcana Unleashed Review”
Magic Connoisseur Feat Guide for D&D 2024 (5.5e)
Expand your spell list with this spellcasting feat from Arcana Unleashed. Magic connoisseur is a brand new general feat from Arcana Unleashed. Like some general feats, it requires taking a specific origin feat to qualify for it (in this case, magic initiate). Like magic initiate, it grants some extra spells known to expand your spellcastingContinue reading “Magic Connoisseur Feat Guide for D&D 2024 (5.5e)”
Arcane Order Magus – D&D 2024 (5.5e) Subclass Optimisation Guide
A wizardly subclass for the already quite wizardly Magus half caster allows magi to double-down on their strengths. The arcane order are a subclass of the Magus class from 3rd party creator, Sterling Vermin. They seek magical knowledge and to catalogue arcana of the multiverse. This enables them to be even more competent spellcasters andContinue reading “Arcane Order Magus – D&D 2024 (5.5e) Subclass Optimisation Guide”
Are the Evolving Magic Item Mechanics From Arcana Unleashed Any Good?
Simple mechanics mostly work well to give your old magic items new life. Arcana Unleashed has brought loads of magically focused options for DMs and players to use at their tables. It’s also introduced one new mechanic; evolving magic items. The premise is that players might often become attached to a favourite magic item, oneContinue reading “Are the Evolving Magic Item Mechanics From Arcana Unleashed Any Good?”
Magus – D&D 2024 (5.5e) Class Optimisation Guide
Sterling Vermin’s take on an intelligence half-caster is powerful and functions well as a class that’s perhaps more spellcaster than martial. D&D 5e has been lacking a proper intelligence based gish class. We have a druidic warrior in the ranger and a divine warrior in the paladin and while artificers are intelligence casters, they aren’tContinue reading “Magus – D&D 2024 (5.5e) Class Optimisation Guide”
Battle Familiar: Spell Optimisation Guide for D&D 2024 (5.5e)
Just how good is this combat-ready familiar spell from Arcana Unleashed? Battle familiar is a brand new spell from Arcana Unleashed, and as you’d expect, it gives you a battle ready familiar as a summon. Not only that, but Arcana Unleashed has a load of familiar enhancing feats and some of the subclasses also specialiseContinue reading “Battle Familiar: Spell Optimisation Guide for D&D 2024 (5.5e)”
Analysing the Backgrounds From Arcana Unleashed for D&D 2024 (5.5e)
Arcana Unleashed’s backgrounds are a solid addition, built on a bunch of strong new origin feats. Arcana Unleashed is the latest rules expansion for D&D 5.5e and comes packed with new magical options to use at your table. One of those is 10 new backgrounds, almost all inspired by the magical factions included in theContinue reading “Analysing the Backgrounds From Arcana Unleashed for D&D 2024 (5.5e)”
Analysing the Unearthed Arcana 2026 Underdark Options 2
Descend into the Underdark for Driders, Illithidkin, fungal options and more It’s been about 3 weeks since our last Unearthed Arcana, and that time we got some Underdark options including the path to Ceremorphosis for those that want to transform into a bit of a mind flayer. This time, we get more Underdark options includingContinue reading “Analysing the Unearthed Arcana 2026 Underdark Options 2”
Ranking the Subclasses From Arcana Unleashed
Analysing all the subclasses from D&D’s latest rules expansion. D&D 5.5e’s latest expansion, comes in the form of a magic themed supplement called Arcana Unleashed. It comes with 6 revised subclasses and 2 brand new ones. They are: Each of these subclasses is magically themed and the 4 wizard subclasses finish off the 8 schoolsContinue reading “Ranking the Subclasses From Arcana Unleashed”