A dojo for players of fantasy role-playing games
Short and Sweet Overview: If an Attunement limit in 5th edition seems arbitrary, one solution might be to tie a character’s number of attunements to the already existing mechanic of proficiency. You would then be able to attune...
It can be fun to exploit a loophole. It can even be fun to permit such exploits. But if you’re the DM, you want to watch for exploits that rely on misreadings of the...
Past editions of D&D have permitted clerics to serve an entire pantheon, rather than a single god. The 5th edition Player’s Handbook is silent about this matter, but the new Dungeon Master’s Guide (p. 11-13) seems fairly...
The faster your combats are, generally, the better your game sessions will be: You can get in more fights and more role-playing while simultaneously ramping up the thrill factor and immersiveness of your game....
Note: The text of this article, including the Death domain presented here, is designated as Open Game Content. (Click here for the license.) I f you’re using a Death domain for clerics in your...
Robijeign, Arch-Diviner of Stull, gazed at the runes. Jagged hashes, rough, and deep, the strange markings had been found carved into the underside of the banquet table: ten of them, forming a circle, with an additional...
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Introducing the Ludus Population Engine
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Welcome to The Ludus, the School of Games We’re writing The Ludus for players and game-masters of tabletop fantasy role-playing… Read more…
