Working out which subclasses are horrifying and which are horrific. D&D 2024’s latest expansion, comes in the form of a horror themed supplement dedicated to the shadowy demiplanes of the Ravenloft setting. Inside Ravenloft: The Horrors Within comes 7 new and refreshed subclasses built for D&D 2024. They are That’s a decent spread of subclasses.Continue reading “Ranking the Subclasses From Ravenloft: The Horrors Within”
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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 on death. They seek to shepherd the souls of the dead to the afterlife and fend off the curse of undeath. Their affinity with the grave also grants them the power to stave off death,Continue reading “Grave Domain Cleric: D&D 2024 (5.5e) Subclass Optimisation Guide”
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 some miraculous and inexplicable reason, still live. Some simply have the breath of life returned to their bodies following a fatal incident. Others are the product of magic and science, stitching their flesh back togetherContinue reading “Reborn: D&D 2024 (5.5e) Species Optimisation Guide”
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 from beings like liches and vampire lords. Such creatures know much about the pursuit of power and the sacrifices to achieve immortality through undeath. As such, they often attract ambitious individuals with aspirations of greatContinue reading “Undead Patron Warlock: D&D 2024 (5.5e) Optimisation Guide”
Analysing the Origin and Dark Gift Feats From Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Dark gifts or dark duds? See which of the new feats for D&D 2024 are worth taking and which deserve to be lost in the mists. Ravenloft: The Horrors Within is the latest rules expansion for D&D 2024 (5.5e) and comes packed with options for your NPCs. Some of those options come in the formContinue reading “Analysing the Origin and Dark Gift Feats From Ravenloft: The Horrors Within”
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 the darkness and negative energy of the Shadowfell or similar sources. They thrive on darkness, using it as a barrier and even forming solid matter from it’s shadowy substance. Shadow sorcerers are great at keepingContinue reading “Shadow Sorcery Sorcerer: D&D 2024 (5.5e) Subclass Optimisation Guide”
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 found their very being transformed by the magic of the Fey. Usually, this is due to a bargain struck with a hag. Perhaps a couple long for a child, receiving a hexblood infant as partContinue reading “Hexblood: D&D 2024 (5.5e) Species Optimisation Guide”
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 are able to summon spirits to aid them in battle. These spirits are unpredictable and only vaguely within the bard’s control making this a somewhat unreliable subclass. If you play a spirits bard, you shouldContinue reading “College of Spirits Bard: D&D 2024 (5.5e) Optimisation Guide”
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 only do they exact it on others, but they also draw on its powers. This grants them necrotic powers and soul trinkets that can manifest a ghostly aura. As a result, they can be highlyContinue reading “Phantom Rogue: D&D 2024 (5.5e) Optimisation Guide”
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, but where the curse hasn’t fully taken hold on them. They can’t transform between humanoid and beast forms, instead, they are stuck in a hybrid form; part humanoid, part wolf. Interestingly, the lupin has noContinue reading “Lupin D&D 2024 (5.5e): Species Optimisation Guide”
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 as Dr Frankenstein and his monster in D&D? Well now you can! Ravenloft: The Horrors Within brings us a brand new artificer subclass in the form of the reanimator. These artificers combine science and magicContinue reading “Reanimator Artificer: D&D 2024 (5.5e) Optimisation Guide”
What is Ravenloft: The Horrors Within and What to Expect?
Everything you can find in Wizard’s latest D&D expansion book. Ravenloft: The Horrors Within is an official rules supplement and setting guide for D&D 2024 releasing into early access today (2nd June 2026) and more widely on the 16th June 2026. It’s the 3rd of its kind (following Heroes of Faerun and Forge of theContinue reading “What is Ravenloft: The Horrors Within and What to Expect?”