New DM Handbook: Character Backstory
There are a lot of people who either don’t feel creative enough to make up a character backstory, or who feel like they’re going to do it wrong. There’s no real way of doing it wrong, as long as you can paint a vivid enough picture of your character for yourself (although I’m sure a lot of DMs would prefer to have something concise, if you’re going to share it with them). Still, I know some people feel lost without some help, so I’m going to share a tool I created for my players that’ll help simplify the process.
Multi-Class Character Builds in Dungeons & Dragons 5e The Sorcerer
Hello fellow Nerdarchests, Art here. I’m back with the next installment of my series Multi-Class Character Builds in Dungeons & Dragons 5e.
As usual I’d like to take a moment to talk about the class in general. With the Sorcerer my personally feelings are mixed of sort. On one hand you basically have a Wizard and on the other hand you have a variation of the Wizard. But, after a closer look and a rows through the spell lists I’ve come to find Sorcerers to be very diverse as a class. Able to handle things in a multitude of ways due to their Sorcery Point ability as well as any abilities from their Blood Lines.
Custom background – Dragon Familiar – Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition
Nerdarchist Ted here and today I take my first foray into making a background for Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition. We did a video on this possibility of a person being a familiar for a dragon, look for that release on Nerdarchy youtube channel soon. ...
Animal Trainer Background for 5E D&D
Welcome to Nerdarchy as we explore creating custom backgrounds for D&D 5e.Backgrounds are one one of the most innovative additions to this iteration of the game.
They combine role-playing elements and game mechanics right in a characters core concept. The inspiration mechanic is also tied to a characters bonds and flaws.
First let me start off by saying this is something I found very challenging.
