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githyanki

D&D Gith Race – What Character Class Should You Play

We look at the 5e D&D gith race and subraces. It’s time to pick the best character classes for both the githyanki and githzerai. Plus some unexpected choices as well. Below you’ll find the video and the transcription.

D&D Gith Race – What Character Class Should You Play Video

D&D Gith Race – What Character Class Should You Play Video Transcription

D&D Party

D&D Party Composition: Cohesion & Tactics| D&D Player Tips

It’s important for a D&D party to be able to work together inside and outside of combat. It can be a roleplay tool within Role-Playing Games. We go over player tips for gamers of any level of experience. We try to break it down by expereince levels, in game, out of game, in combat, and out of combat.

D&D Party Composition: Cohesion & Tactics| D&D Player Tips Video

D&D Party Composition: Cohesion & Tactics| D&D Player Tips Video Transcription

5e D&D

Mega Dungeon Crawl to End All 5e D&D Dungeon Crawls

We were contacted by the folks over at Hammerdog Games about their latest KickStart:

The Grande Temple of Jing – 5th Edition: The DUNGEON CRAWL THAT RULES THEM ALL

Now updated for 5th Edition Dungeons and Dragons. And with exclusive miniatures! This thing is massive with huge amounts of talent on this project – Danny O’Neill with Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook, Skip Williams, Ed Greenwood, Jim Ward, Chris Pramas, Stan!, Grimtooth, Matt Mayhew, Dave Gross, Kevin Andrew Murphy and more.

This is the 5e D&D version of the Pathfinder original. With minis, character maps, and some improvements to the book. It’ll still work with Pathfinder, but the focus is on 5e. Did I mention this thing is massive? 65 themed dungeon levels in a book that is 500+ pages. There are levels that are appropriate for levels from 1st all the way up to 20th.

barbarian

D&D Barbarian 5e Guide: Flavors of Rage! for Wizard 5e

Lets explore a 5e D&D barbarian wizard multiclass combination and how they interact with rage. We recently did a video things you can do while you rage. Since it went over so well we deicided to explore barbarian rage and the different subclasses of wizard.

D&D Barbarian 5e Guide: Flavors of Rage! for Wizard 5e Video

D&D Barbarian 5e Guide: Flavors of Rage! for Wizard 5e Video Transcription

D&D Character Classes

Halfling 5e – What D&D Character Classes Should You Play

Our series continues for what D&D character classes should play for your race. This time we will look at the halfling for 5th Edition Dungeons and Dragons. At Nerdarchy we love the wee folk and always have. Halflings, gnomes, and even goblins are all small characters in the fantasy worlds of DUngeons and Dragons. Though they might be small in staure I wouldn’t recommend underestimating them.

Below you’ll find the video and trnascription.

Halfling 5e – What D&D Character Classes Should You Play Video

Halfling 5e – What D&D Character Classes Should You Play Video Transcription

Stranger Things

Stranger Things Dungeons and Dragons Starter Set for 5e D&D

Lets take a look at the Stranger Things starter set for 5th Edition Dungeons and Dragons. We open up the box and take look at what is inside. More than that though we break it down as a 5e D&D starter set. Down below you’ll find the video and transcription.

Stranger Things Dungeons and Dragons Starter Set for 5e D&D Video

Stranger Things Dungeons and Dragons Starter Set for 5e D&D Video Transcrition

D&D 5e Character Builds

Inflict Wounds Build – D&D 5e Character Builds for Adventurers League

Time to delve back into our Adventurers League legal D&D 5e Character Builds series. We will make a very nasty sorcerer with this build. One our Patreon supporters we do a character build based off of the mostly cleric spell inflict wounds. Below you will find the videon and transcription.

Inflict Wounds Build – D&D 5e Character Builds for Adventurers League Video

Inflict Wounds Build – D&D 5e Character Builds for Adventurers League Video Transcription

Beholder

D&D Cartoon – Beholder Vs Low Level D&D Adventuring Party

Our exploration of the D&D cartoon continues. This time the kids face off against a beholder. We see what lessons we can take from episode 2 of the D&D cartoon for our 5th Edition Dungeons and Dragons games. The name of this episode is Eye of the Beholder. Below you’ll find the video and a transcription of the video.

D&D Cartoon – Beholder Vs Low Level D&D Adventuring Party Video

D&D Cartoon – Beholder Vs Low Level D&D Adventuring Party Video Transcription

Githyanki

Don’t Use Drow Elves Use This D&D Monster Instead

In this series we pick popular D&D monsters and find a replacement monster. In this case we look at the drow and dark elves. Nerdarchist Ted and I each give a pick for a drow alternative. One of us delve back into the underdark while the looks a bit further away. Below you’ll find the video as well as the transcription.

Don’t Use Drow Elves Use This D&D Monster Instead Video

Don’t Use Drow Elves Use This D&D Monster Instead Video Transcription

D&D Wizards and Their Words

We recently did a video about fifth edition Dungeons & Dragons called: D&D Wizard 5E — 3 Deadly Spells Verbal Components Only. In making that video we created a list from the wizard spell list of spells that only require only verbal spellcasting components. It occurred to me we haven’t put the list anywhere for the folks who might be interested the rest of the spells we came up with. It also occurred to me we’ve go the perfect place to put that list, with us having a website and all. D&D wizards have at least one spell at every level they can cast only using verbal spell components. This opens up a lot of possibilities. For instance in fifth edition Dungeons & Dragons a wizard could focus only on verbal spellcasting components.

D&D Fighting Styles

Combining 5E D&D Fighting Styles with 5th Edition Dungeons and Dragons Feats

Join us for a discussion of D&D fighting styles and 5th Edition Dungeons and Dragons feats and how to combine them. We dissect each of the six fighting styles and suggest the different 5e D&D feats that pair nicely with each fighting style. Below you will find the video and it’s transcription.

Combining 5E D&D Fighting Styles with 5th Edition Dungeons and Dragons Feats Video

Combining 5E D&D Fighting Styles with 5th Edition Dungeons and Dragons Feats Video Transcription

Bad Dungeon Master Stories

Bad Dungeon Master, Bad D&D Player, or Other

DMing ain’t easy Yo! Maybe your Dungeon Master could use a little slack, maybe they are a problem player, or could it be they just had an off day. 5th Edition Dungeons and Dragons has become super popular and we could use as many Dungeon Masters as possible. Part of that is making the idea of being a Dungeon Master welcoming.

Bad Dungeon Master, Bad D&D Player, or Other Video

Bad Dungeon Master, Bad D&D Player, or Other Video Transcription

D&D Genasi

D&D Genasi – What Character Class Should You Play

Diving back into our D&D races- What Character Class should You Should Play series. Below you will find our picks for character classes in 5th Edition Dungeons and Dragons that are optimal for genasi. We also give our picks for unexpected character class options. You will also find the video and transcription.

D&D Genasi Race – What Character Class Should You Play Video

D&D Genasi Race – What Character Class Should You Play Video Transcription

D&D Wizard 5e

D&D Wizard 5E – 3 Deadly Spells Verbal Components Only

In 5th Edition Dungeons and Dragons words can kill. Especially if you are playing a wizard character. We’ve put together a D&D Wizard 5e guide to the three most potent spells plus a bonus spell. If people enjoy this video and transcription we will make a series of it and break more spells down by their casting components.

D&D Wizard 5E – 3 Deadly Spells Verbal Components Only Video

D&D Wizard 5E – 3 Deadly Spells Verbal Components Only Video and Transcription