Player Tips – Adding more Class to your Class – Fighter
Happy Friday it is almost the weekend. I am continuing my series on adding more class to your class. Last week we braved the jungle of the Druid class. You can check that one out here.
Today we are going to delve deep into the fighter.
How do You add More Class to Your Class with the Fighter?
Just as the cleric offers different domains, fighters have different types of weapons, fighting styles and archetypes to choose from. Each one of these choices will mean something to a character and tell us something about them.
Ecology of the Abizder – Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition Monster Mash Up
Hello out there in Nerdarchy Land. Last week Dave talked you about Rest and random encounters. You can check that out here. Today I am going to get down and dirty, with our fast and dirty monsters.
Let me present the ecology of the Abizder.
Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition Monster Mash Up
Oljatt Century Armor – A Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition Artifact Magic Item Collection
Hello Nerdarchist Ted here and I am going to present a new article series written by guest DM on our channel and frequent guest on our video Scott Garibay. Scott proposed to make this armor in one of my most recent sessions and while the idea was not fitting for our low magic world of ‘Chimes of Discordia’ it was a great concept that Scott wanted to take further. So without further ado.
The Oljatt Century Armor, an unprecedented collection of 100 artifact level magic items, were built over a 25 year period by the citizens of the city of Oljatt.
This is the first in a series of articles that will define the following for the Oljatt Century Armor –
Who’s Job is it to Start The D&D Party- Getting the Adventuring Party Together
Fantasy Live Role Playing Characters, Hardenstein 2014
How many games of Dungeons and Dragons have you played in that have started with? “So you look around and find yourself in a tavern.” My guess is to many, but who’s fault is it?
Player Tips – Adding more Class to your Class – Bard
Last week I started off a new series exploring new ways of looking at classes. I started off with the barbarian and you can read that article here. Today i am going to strut my stuff and talk about the most diverse class in the...
Does Party Composition Matter in 5E D&D
What’s the worst statement one player can utter to another at the gaming table? In my opinion it’s when one player looks to another and says “We need a X. You should play that.” This is such a pet peeve of mine. One I hate the formulaic approach to D&D or any tabletop RPG for that matter. Two I’m not overly fond of other people telling others how to play the game.Three why not play the role yourself if you feel it’s so very important to the adventuring party.
We even did a video about D&D adventuring party composition awhile back.
Player Tips Adding More Class to Your Class – Barbarian
Nerdarchist Ted here and today I want to start a whole new series. Many of you may have been playing D&D for a long time and still have associations built into each class. Or perhaps you are new and unaware that each class has a broad selection of options built in outside of the mechanical choices.
While some classes seem to have a profession or idea about what the class is, it is merely a suggestion that flavors the mechanics that go along with the other parts of your character.
So today we are going to look at the barbarian. I will talk a little about the preconceived notions and easy ways to get away from this.
How do You Play a Barbarian?
Multi-Class Character Builds in Dungeons & Dragons 5e Wrap up with the Wizard!
Hello fellow Nerdarchests, Art here. I’m back with the next installment of my series Multi-Class Character Builds in Dungeons & Dragons 5e. If you missed my previous article on the Ranger just click HERE.
Today marks my final installment of the multi-classing in Dungeons & Dragons 5e series. So let’s get started with the Wizard…
Let me take a few lines here to talk about the most divers casting class in the game in my opinion… The Wizard. I think the way the Wizard schools give additional abilities as they level is what makes the class so complex yet simple. With the multitude of spell casting schools to choose from the Wizard gains quite a few options as to how you can play them based on their school of magic. I feel that multi-classing with the wizard opens up an even greater realm of possibilities for characters to delve into both for role-play and for combat purposes. With that, let’s get started…
Multiclass Character builds in Dungeons & Dragons 5e (The Ranger)
Hello fellow Nerdarchests, Art here. I’m back with the next installment of my series Multi-Class Character Builds in Dungeons & Dragons 5e. If you missed my previous article on the Warlock just click HERE.
I’m going to take up some space and talk a bit about the Ranger in general (Yes, I know I made a booboo and missed the class entirely before). However, there was a reason I missed the anger from before as I have had quite an issue finding good builds that work well thematically with the class. As most people know the basic Ranger as listed in the Player’s Guide is quite laughable and weak, when compared to other classes. The reason for this is the lack of any real meaning behind their main class feature the “Favored Enemy”. By this I mean it does nothing to enhance the Ranger’s combat potential against said enemies like it used to in previous editions of D&D. I have found uses for multi classing with the Ranger but only as a secondary class (listed in my previous articles), but the Ranger as a primary class has been quite difficult to say the least. So, let’s get started…
How do you Class up Your Ranger?
Wizards of the Coast Announces The Dungeon Masters Guild
Hello all and welcome back to Nerdarchy. Today I want to talk about the Dungeon Masters Guild that Wizards recently announced. You can view their announcement article here. If you want to head strait to the guild and start adding to your Dungeons and Dragons 5E Library you can go here.
So if you have no idea what I am talking about let me explain. By now you had to have heard the news about WoTC releasing the Open Gaming License for 5th edition. The OGL for 3rd brought so much new product and producers that it was great for the industry. Not only did we get new content but it also brought new names to the forefront. Correct me if I am wrong but this is where Mike Mearls was discovered and he is one of the big wigs of 5th edition, so thanks OGL.
What is the Dungeon Masters Guild?
Dungeon Crate brings RPG loot to your front door every month
There seems to be a subscription box service for just about everything nowadays, from crafts to wines to all kinds of foods and more. There are even a number of different subscription boxes for the nerd or geek in all of us. But what about tabletop role playing gamers?
Before January 18, the pickings seemed pretty slim, but that was the launch date for Dungeon Crate, a monthly subscription box service with a focus on role players and the games we love.
What are subscription boxes?
Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition – A Return to Ravenloft
Hello Nerdarchists and RPG enthusiasts. I am sure by now you have heard the wonderful new of the release of the Curse of Strahd. Players get to be sucked into the evil world of Ravenloft and forced to contend with the evil power that is Count Strahd von Zarovich. You can read the full article here.
Will You Descend in Ravenloft and Deal with Strahd?
Here is an excerpt. “Heroes from the Forgotten Realms and other D&D worlds can easily be drawn into Strahd’s cursed land. Once there, they must contend with the horrors of Barovia. Its people are melancholy, misshapen and grotesque, living in fear of the wolves and other creatures that serve Strahd’s evil will.
Multi-Class Character Builds in Dungeons & Dragons 5e (The Warlock)
Hello fellow Nerdarchists, Art here. I’m back with the next installment of my series Multi-Class Character Builds in Dungeons & Dragons 5e. If you missed my previous article on the Sorcerer just click HERE.
I’m going to take up some space and talk a bit about the Warlock in general. First I think the class itself is a unique design with its’ spell-like abilities built in aka the Eldritch Invocations gained at second level. These abilities allow characters to come up with very interesting tricks and techniques. The patron selection also adds a variety of interesting mechanics as well, making the Warlock a great utility tool in party of adventures. The third way a warlock can be diverse is their Pact selection out of the Pact of the Tomb, Chain and Blade, giving a final score in a very diverse character class. Lastly with the Warlock able to regain spell slots on only a short rest, making this class quite durable.
How do You Build a 5e Warlock?
My little secret: I skip D&D editions
Cover of Player’s Handbook, AD&D or D&D 1e, via Amazon
Role playing games, specifically D&D, came into my life in about 1980. I say “about” because I can’t remember the exact date, though I know it wasn’t later and seems unlikely it would have been earlier. It all began when my junior high school started a Dungeons & Dragons club, and being a fan of fantasy literature, I made sure to attend the first meeting where character sheets were handed out. At the time I had not been aware of the game, but I figured the terms “Dungeons” and “Dragons” meant it would be of interest to me. Unfortunately that club didn’t last long because of some bad press the game received, but it was too late for me. I was hooked.
Mowing yards for money back then, I saved up enough to start collecting all the core books as well as many modules and the occasional supplemental rules book. First edition was king then, and the game had the word “Advanced” in its title. I remember I payed $15 for my first Dungeon Master’s Guide and $12 each for the Player’s Handbook and the Monster Manual; I’m not sure, but I believe the adventure modules were between $7 and $10, and that includes a lot of modules produced by companies other than TSR, the publishers of D&D back then.
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.
