Playing D&D 5e on Hard Mode: High-Stakes Gameplay
There are several ideas in D&D 5e books to help steer in this gritty direction; I’ll summarize the ones that I know of. I’ll also provide homebrew ideas for how to play D&D 5e on epic difficulty.
Lingering Injuries: How to Make D&D 5e Wounds Matter
Instead of settling for the boring options of dead or not dead, use grievous injuries to up the stakes. You can create value for high-level healing and resurrection spells while keeping players worried about losing their heads when lingering injuries are possible!
How to Develop Eloquence: D&D 5e Roleplaying Tips
Eloquence is a gift to some but a process for many. In this article, I share my methods and resources for developing words, dialogue, and more for D&D games. You can learn to employ language like Matt Mercer if you learn how to develop the skill.
Enhanced Spell Components: D&D 5e Spellcaster Rewards
Rewarding players with spell components of a higher caliber. There are many ways to motivate players and freshen up the game that don’t involve magic items!
Monster Creation and Modification: D&D 5e Challenge Ratings
Dungeons and Dragons Fifth Edition has a wide variety of dangerous monsters for a party of adventurers to encounter anywhere their journey takes them. Most DMs rely on the Challenge Rating system of comparing one monster against a party of four adventurers. I’m going to discuss the Challenge Rating system, where it falls short, and how it can be useful for DMs.
Masochist Fire Dancer: D&D 5e Bizarre Builds
I realized a bizarre combo can be achieved by immolating oneself with Alchemist’s Fire then using Absorb Elements to resist the damage and empower melee attacks with fire. I’ve identified several class concepts that could feasibly pull off this strange self-immolation tactic, so check out my findings!
Why ‘Spell Mastery’ Is Incredibly Useful: D&D 5e Wizard Guide
This is your ultimate guide to Spell Mastery. One of the coolest, unappreciated class features of any class in D&D 5e is the Wizard’s Spell Mastery at level eighteen. Spell Mastery essentially transforms one first-level spell and one second-level spell into bonafide cantrips because they can be cast without expending spell slots.
Barbarian Subclass Ratings: D&D 5e Paths Ranked
Rating each subclass to identify which Barbarian paths are premium, and which ones are hot garbage.