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Fizban’s Treasury of Dragons Reveals Big Secrets About 5E D&D’s Iconic Monsters

During a press briefing this week Wizards of the Coast I learned a ton of details about one of the three new fifth edition Dungeons & Dragons books slated for release in fall 2021 in particular. Fizban’s Treasury of Dragons dives deep into the lore of these mythical creatures. During the meeting Ray Winninger, executive producer in charge of the Dungeons & Dragons studio, asked what could be more important to 5E D&D than the creature who lends its name to the game itself. I’ve got the details on what to expect inside so let’s get into it.

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Wild Beyond the Witchlight Whisks 5E D&D Adventurers to the Domain of Delight

During a press briefing earlier this week Wizards of the Coast shared lots of details about one of the three new fifth edition Dungeons & Dragons books slated for release in fall 2021. Wild Beyond the Witchlight takes adventurers from the Witchlight Carnival to the Feywild and is designed for 1st-8th level characters. This book comes with a poster map showing the carnival on one side and the Domain of Delight Prismeer on the other. Chris Perkins, senior story designer for Dungeons & Dragons, revealed some whimsical secrets about the first official 5E D&D Feywild adventure so let’s get into it.

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Expanding 5E D&D Background Characteristics — Outlander

Salutations, nerds! The unassailable law of alphabetical order dictates looking at the Outlander background in fifth edition Dungeons & Dragons. These are characters who come from outside what most people in your setting would consider civilized society and scoff at your use of silverware! Maybe. I haven’t actually played a 5E D&D outlander myself and perhaps tinkering with it will give me a new appreciation for the background. Who knows? I’ll may have to add something else to my list of things to do. Let’s get started.

Play Your Next 5E D&D Game as the Ultimate Duelist

Over at Nerdarchy the YouTube channel Nerdarchists Dave and Ted swash and buckle into a fifth edition Dungeons & Dragons Ultimate Duelist character build. The duelist is all about fighting one on one. We envision them as being quick of wit and foot. Taking inspiration from of our favorite swashbucklers we modeled this 5E D&D character off of a highway halfling from a book series we enjoy. Let’s get into it.

What is Gamefound and Why Haven’t I Heard of It?

If you’re only into RPGs and not into board games there’s a pretty big chance you might not be familiar with Gamefound. Sure, there have been a handful of RPG related projects who have used their Pledge Manager tool after their crowdfunding campaign but until today they have never had an RPG on their platform to crowdfund. Before we dive deeper into things let’s look at Gamefound as if it were a character in your favorite RPG and look into it’s Session Zero.

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A Mysterious Message Brings Adventurers Through the Mists to the House of Lament from Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

Salutations, nerds! We’ve got one more bit of Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft to cover before moving on to other fifth edition Dungeons & Dragons things and that is the House of Lament. For most of the rest of this book, the name of the game has been picking through each individual section for a detailed preview. Since House of Lament is an adventure it’s not possible to do this without huge spoilers so instead I’ll deep dive without being too explicit.

Worldbuilding and Character Development for 5E D&D Inspired by Game of Thrones — Padded Armor

I recently started rewatching Game of Thrones all the way through for a second time. I’d bounced off the series twice and gotten hooked on my third attempt watching the series. Watching it again now engages me in different ways. For one thing it’s fun knowing the fate of the characters and seeing how each step of their journey influences their outcomes. For another I simply missed a lot of the nuance the first time around. Like countless fifth edition Dungeons & Dragons nerds the show appeals to me as a source of inspiration for gaming too. One thing about the show that stands out particularly to me is the armor worn by warriors across Westeros and Essos. There’s a wealth of worldbuilding and character development potential for 5E D&D through armor and I’m excited to explore them so let’s get into it.

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D&D Ideas — Wondrous Items

Welcome once again to the weekly newsletter. This week’s topic is wondrous items, which we discussed in our weekly live chat. We hangout every Monday evening at 8 p.m. EST on Nerdarchy Live to talk about D&D, RPGs, gaming, life and whatever nerdy stuff comes up. The Clockwork Frog is one of our own most wondrous items, which functions as a vehicle for up to two creatures. Originally created for our Muckwuggle the Frog God book this wondrous item more recently became one of our monthly Magic Item Cards. Find out more about it here. You can get the Nerdarchy Newsletter delivered to your inbox each week, along with updates and info on how to game with Nerdarchy plus snag a FREE GIFT by signing up here.

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Top 10 5E D&D Homebrew Conjuration Spells by a Factor of Three

This look at homebrew spells for fifth edition Dungeons & Dragons involves the transportation of objects and creatures from one location to another. There’s currently over 13,220 homebrew conjuration spells at D&D Beyond so while Nerdarchists Dave and Ted skillfully looked at the homebrew Roguish Archetypes for 5E D&D there I’m cracking open the spellbook in this post. We get a kick out of checking out the 5E D&D content folks come up with and sharing their homebrew creations. (There’s lots of these posts whether for homebrew subclasses, magic items, spells, feats and more floating around for the curious.) Let’s get into it.

Play Your Next 5E D&D Game as a Staff Master

Over at Nerdarchy the YouTube channel Nerdarchists Dave and Ted keep it simple with a fifth edition Dungeons & Dragons staff master character build. The comment section is filled with various takes on the concept and most of these incorporate magic with a strong dose of maneuvers but the simplest (and pound for pound best?) weapon in 5E D&D inspired them to explore an equally simplistic approach. The Staff Master character build takes things slow and steady so let’s get into it.